MRH staff notes - 2
Medium-sized pieces (3-6 pages):
A medium-sized article gen-
erally isn't as detailed as a step-by-step. Most often the article
describes the general process used, and highlights a few key
techniques with photos and/or diagrams. This kind of article
typically has 500-2000 words and 6-20 photos or diagrams with
captions of 2-3 sentences each. We typically pay about $150 -
$300 USD for a medium-sized article like this. If you include spe-
cial media like a video or a click-n-spin photo series, we pay extra
for that.
Large in-depth works (7-20+ pages):
Most often, our larger
articles follow a step-by-step format, but any in-depth treat-
ment is possible here. An article in this category generally has
1000-5000 words or more, and 20-60+ photos with captions
of 2-3 sentences each. We typically pay $400 - $1400 USD or
more for these in-depth articles. Almost always, we like to get
extra media with this category of article, which ups the pay-
ment even more.
Most layout tour articles fall into the large category. If you're of a
mind to do a layout tour article for us, make sure you follow our
interview format. Also, we like to get a video with layout tours, so
readers can see the layout and meet the owner or club leaders.
If you do happen to get a cover photo, we pay $100 for that.
To help you better know how to submit articles to us, we're run-
ning an article in this issue that goes into some detail about how
to create and submit an article to MRH. Tom Patterson, who has
made the cover a couple times now, tells you about his experi-
ences doing his first article for MRH.
Finally, make sure and check our author submission guidelines
) and our new author style
guide
. The style guide
MRH-Mar 2013
