Submission Guidelines

World Pulse is founded on the belief that there is a world of untapped knowledge, innovation, and vision held by the women of the earth. We cover global issues through the eyes of women and accept submissions that are solutions-oriented, timely, and that demonstrate the collective power of women globally. Anyone who supports our mission is welcome to submit.

At World Pulse we have a unique editorial cycle: Much of our content is sourced from our online community newswire, PulseWire. We encourage anyone who is interested in writing for World Pulse to first join PulseWire and post to the community. Our editors are always active on PulseWire searching for new content and emerging voices, and we ask that our writers engage with the community and consider this cycle before submitting.

We publish timely articles on urgent international topics. Copy should be thoughtful and provocative, provide thorough coverage of the topic, and inspire readers by highlighting forces that are working for solutions. We favor stories that emphasize creativity, courage, innovation, restoration, efficiency, transition, transformation, and collaboration. We also heavily favor queries from journalists and writers who are from the regions they are reporting on.

We are far more likely to publish a piece that illustrates a relationship to the larger landscape of global social-change. For example, we are not likely to publish a story on one orphanage for trafficked children in Cambodia, however, we may consider running a story that highlights a rapidly building network of care centers for children throughout Cambodia, or a global phenomenon of "polyclinics" of hope for trafficked children.

When submitting, keeping in mind that all articles must include or consider the following:

• The perspectives of women and/or youth, in their own words
• An illustration of the challenges and breakthroughs for those working to solve the problem
• A connection of the personal and local to international patterns and emerging global movements
• Solutions-oriented discussion of the issue at hand

Our lead-time is anywhere from three to six months and submissions should not be so time-bound that they will be dated by publication.

As a news source, it is essential that all components of each article be absolutely accurate. We expect that the writer has thoroughly double-checked and verified the accuracy of all information in an article before submission. Sources must be submitted with each article.

Send us an email proposing your story idea. Construct the headline and initial paragraph of your query as you envision it in print.

Our editorial staff carefully reviews all queries. We prefer that queries be submitted via email to editor@worldpulse.com. Submissions will not be reviewed if they do not follow the format below:

Working Headline

Subheading

Introductory lead paragraph illustrating your angle, tone, and your writing style. This paragraph should answer the following questions: Why is this story important now? Why is it inspiring and exciting?

Informational paragraph discussing the scope of your article, the sources you will talk to and the questions you will explore. Where will our readers be taken? What will they learn and how will they feel?

"Why you?" paragraph telling us why you are qualified to write on this topic. Why are you passionate about this topic? What do you hope to achieve with the publishing of this story?

• Indicate to us if you have photos, or if you have relationships with potential photographers.
• Understand that you will be required to submit full documentation of your sources to assist in fact checking (We will work with you if there is concern of security risks for yourself or your sources).
• If you are not from the country you are writing about, have you considered that the story must have ample voices and perspectives directly from the mouths of women and youth of the region?
• If we have, or another publication has, run a similar story in the last two years, explain how your story will differ beyond being tailored to World Pulse's editorial style.

Please include biographical information and publication history with your submission. If you have not been published in World Pulse before, please send at least two, but no more than four, previously published works with your query. World Pulse assumes no responsibility for unsolicited queries, manuscripts, or other types of submissions. Although we will try to respond within three months to all submissions, we cannot guarantee a response to any submission.

Please DO NOT query by phone or by fax. Email queries to: editor@worldpulse.com

We rarely accept queries via postal mail.

Feature (1,500 – 2,500 words)
In-depth exploration of an international topic or global movement through the eyes of women and/or youth.

Young Guru (800 – 1,000 words)
An in-depth interview with, or an essay from, a visionary child leader

Frontline Journal (1000 – 1500 words)
A personal narrative from a woman writing on the frontlines of conflict

My Homeland (600 – 1200 words)
Literary essays (may be excerpted from a larger work) that convey the emotions, memories, or connotations related to the struggles, strengths, and beauty of a particular place

Business Alchemy (600 – 800 words)
A personal narrative or interview with a top business woman social entrepreneur on her successes and challenges

Through His Eyes (600 – 800 words)
A personal narrative or interview with an inspiring man who is working to support women

Photo Essay
A story told through visually engaging imagery

World Pulse is a strongly visual magazine. We print color and black-and-white photography. All photographs should relate to our Editorial Mission. We favor images that are rich in detail, balanced in contrast, artistic, and honest. Highly personal, experiential, and emotionally provocative images are our preference. We are very interested in the photo-essay form, and encourage photographers and photojournalists to query us with ideas, or to submit images for thematic photo-essays.

At this time, we do not send photographers out on assignment.

Please submit photography to photos@worldpulse.com in the following formats:

• Electronic TIFF or JPG images of at least 300 dpi

We accept submissions on a rolling basis. Upcoming themes still accepting submissions include:

Spirit: Transforming Faith (Spring 2011)

We provide artists, photographers and writers whose original work is published in World Pulse with a copy of the issue in which they appear. Our ability to provide an additional honorarium will vary over time and will be discussed with each contributor on an individual basis.

We encourage our writers to use sources that are historically underrepresented in the news, including people of color, GLBT, people with disabilities, and children. In addition, we urge our writers to take advantage of new economic and development data-measures that incorporate the value of gender equality, healthy ecosystems, and the unpaid work of women.