Sources: To credit important sources, including any industry people who assist you, add a note stating, “The editors thank xxxxx, of yyyyy company, in city, state, for their assistance with this article.” You don’t need to say what they contributed to--just give them public acknowledgment, as it’s our professional courtesy policy.
Expert bios: If you use one expert source throughout your story, such as in a major training or health-care feature, please provide their professional credentials, as well as biographical and geographical information, for use as a possible sidebar or editor’s note.
3. Horse&Rider photography requirements…
Our graphic standards are quite high. We usually assign the photography or illustration of a story to one of our professional photographers or artists. Also, we rarely accept photographs without an accompanying manuscript. We prefer high-resolution digital photography. Each photo must be 300dpi when sized at least 5 inches by 7 inches (at least 2,100 by 1,500 pixels). Generally, this is at least one megabyte (1,000 kilobytes). REQUIRED IMAGE SIZE WILL VARY BY USE OF THE IMAGE. Submit photography on a CD or DVD, and include caption information. No camera-phone shots. Don’t send original photos or illustrations; we can’t guarantee their return.
4. Submission instructions...
Queries: Send queries (which include the focus of the story along with a fairly detailed outline; please be succinct and to the point, no long stories) for consideration to: Horse & Rider, Jennifer Paulson, Managing Editor, 2520 S. 55th St., #210, Boulder, CO 80301.
Materials: No hard copies of manuscripts will be considered. Only digital files (sent on CD/DVD or via e-mail) will be accepted. Mail a CD/DVD, with the manuscript composed in Word and associated photos, to Horse & Rider, Jennifer Paulson, Managing Editor, 2520 S. 55th St., #210, Boulder, CO 80301. To send files via e-mail, attach a Word document containing the manuscript and low-resolution images (to be replaced with the required high-resolution images if the manuscript is purchased) to jpaulson@aimmedia.com.
Note: Please allow three months for us to respond to your submission. We do not accept simultaneous submissions. Please target your ideas to our audience as best possible.
