Fiction in Parenting Magazines

I can't think of any, sorry. Are you familiar with duotrope.com? It's got a great searchable database of places that take fiction. I'm assuming that your story is mainstream, right?

A lot of the places I can think of that want 'parenting' stories are looking for non-fiction. Head on over to duotrope, see if that helps.

I can't think of any parenting mags off hand that accept fiction. This doesn't mean they wouldn't. I suppose you could do worse to give them a call and ask. On the other hand you could also target mags such as Woman's Weekly (or the US versions) as they may accept these types of stories.

Stijn Hommes said:

Yes, I know duotrope, but there are no publications with any obvious fitting themes.

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Without having read your story, I still think it has to fit in the mainstream category. Other than parenting, what is the theme? Can you give us a one-sentence description of the plot? Maybe we can help you. We'd certainly try to.

I know BrainChild publishes fiction. The Sun magazine also often publishes stories with a family theme.

You could also do a google search and see what comes up.

Cheers!

Stijn Hommes said:

I only found websites for the Australian and New Zealand versions. Can you point me to the guidelines for the US (or some European) equivalents?


Yes, BrainChild does do fiction, but my story doesn't fit their word count. The Sun might be a good choice and I'll look into them.

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I'm not sure if this would work, either, but I've submitted to them before and they're great and take fiction.

http://www.literarymama.com/

It's not a paying market, though - not sure if that makes a difference to you.

Woman's weekly (In the UK)

(This is taken from http://www.jbwb.co.uk )

Woman's Weekly is looking for warm, realistic short stories in two length categories: 2,000 words and 1,000 words. Serials are also required of between 2 and 6 instalments of around 4,000 words per instalment. Submit to: Gaynor Davies, Woman's Weekly, IPC Connect Ltd, King's Reach Tower, Stamford Street, London, SE1 9LS. Write for the latest Woman's Weekly Writers' Guidelines, enclosing a sae.

Woman's Weekly Fiction Special is published bi-monthly and contains approximately twenty-five complete stories of between 1,000 and 6,000 words. Themes are varied, from humour to romance to gentle crime. Each issue also includes a feature aimed at helping would-be writers and a readers' poetry page. Submit to: Gaynor Davies, Woman's Weekly, IPC Connect Ltd, King's Reach Tower, Stamford Street, London, SE1 9LS. Write for the latest Woman's Weekly Writers' Guidelines, enclosing a sae

The website is here, although not much on it.

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I did hear that Gaynor doesn't work there anymore, but not sure if that's true or not. I'll give them a call in the next few days to check that one for you.



ETA: Woman's Weekly pays £75 per story (about $150)