Writer's Guidelines

Do you have an article that you think would be a great fit for Within Kingston? Or a Visionary you'd like to Nominate?

We love to feature local, as well as national content on global warming, energy-saving tips, environmental sustainabillity, natural health & wellness, healing, alternative medicine, gardening, nutrition, holistic parenting & pregnancy, fitness, spirituality & more...

Here are our Writing Areas, please click on one of the links below to find out more information:

1.) Visionaries Within Kingston
2.) General Article Submission
3.) Interviews
4.) Author or Article Suggestion/recommendation (from another writer other than yourself)

Or click here to find out our Article Submission Deadlines.

Visionaries Within Kingston

If you have someone you'd like to nominate to be a Visionary Within Kingston, we'd love to hear about them!

Visionaries Within Kingston features local citizens, organizations or businesses who are doing something 'extra-ordinary' in the areas of environmental sustainabiilty, green-living, community support and awareness, natural wellness & health, and spirituality.

Two outstanding visionaries are chosen per issue to be featured, which can serve as a great opportunity for you (yes you can nominate yourself!), or someone you know to get the attention that they need or deserve. Especially for non-profit organizations, groups, or new businesses, individuals or practitioners who are offering something unique, or helpful to our community.

Visionary Submission Guidelines:

Your visionary write-up can be anywhere from 250-325 words long. Please include any relevant contact information for the individual being nominated, such as a phone number, email address, web address, business/organization name, etc.

If they (or you) are chosen as Within Kingston's next visionary we will contact you (or them) before hand to arrange for a photo session.

Please submit your nominee to editor@withinkingston.com. using our writer's form below.

Article Submission

Do you feel your article would be a perfect fit for Within Kingston?

Within Kingston likes to feature a variety of content in the areas of holistic health, environmental sustainabillity, spirituality, and community.

Writing for a magazine can feel a bit daunting if you haven't written before, so here are a few tips to help.


Tips on writing an article suitable for magazine publication:

1. The article should be informative, offering tips, points of interest, an educational or do-it-yourself section.

2. Make sure you include your references at the bottom of your article, if you are using statistics, data, or quotes make sure that you source your information appropriately.

3. If you are including photos, please ensure that you have the proper permission, and ensure that their credit information is included in what you send along. If you are doing a "how-to" type article, consider including images to help the reader follow along. As well make sure that your photos are high resolution, for best quality.

4. Ask yourself as you read it through, is this easily digestable? Does it get to the point quickly, what is grabbing the reader's interest? Why would they want to read this article? How does it benefit them? Will they get lost in it? How far through the article do they have to go before they catch the message?

View your article in the same way as you would if you were having a conversation, make sure that the article itself is broken down in bite size chunks, and in order, so as to not overwhelm the reader.

5. Read other articles in magazines in print or online, to see how your article can best be laid out, view it as a story to be told, it should have a great headline, flow, climax, and ending. Keeping it simple, makes for a readable easy to follow article.

Once you feel you're ready to submit your article, please follow the guidelines below to ensure that your contribution is suitable for publication in Within Kingston.


Writer's Guidelines

Writers' Form 2008 Please click to download the form here

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES CAREFULLY. ARTICLES THAT DO NOT ADHERE TO THESE REQUIREMENTS CANNOT BE CONSIDERED.

1. Submit all articles via the Writers' Form, in Microsoft Word.

2. Most articles published in Within Kingston are between 500 and 700 words.
Articles exceeding 700 words will be considered individually and may need to be edited to fit within space constraints.

3. Use font “Times New Roman,” size 11.

4. "Left and right justify" the entire text.

5. Use only one space following a period.

6. Include a bio of 50-60 words in the space provided on the writers' form.

7. Include a by-line containing your name, website and phone number at the end of your article.

8. Complete the Writers' Form in its entirety, including the text of your article, and email it to editor@withinkingston.com.

9. Submit a photograph of yourself using one of three formats: 1) A hard-copy print which we will scan (prints are returned upon request if you attach a self-addressed, stamped envelope); 2) High quality digital file on CD; or 3) high resolution digital file (300DPI) as a jpeg emailed to editor@withinkingston.com.

Submitting your article is only the first step in the process. Please remain diligent and available to participate in the editorial process. Your patience and follow-through are greatly appreciated.

We sincerely appreciate your efforts and interest in contributing and communicating with the holistic community. As much as we respect your individuality and voice as a writer, we would also like to provide content that stays objective. We must ask you to please be open to a full and mutual editorial process with detachment and objectivity. Review, edit and spell-check your document before submitting and perhaps run it past a friend or partner.

After submission, a team of several editors will review, make comments and recommend changes. Editors can be blunt in their remarks. Know that we love you and are focused on helping you produce the best possible article for our readers. As much as is reasonably possible, you will be included in the process and offered the opportunity to edit your own article and approve of or suggest alternative changes. Once your submission is received, we request that, as much as possible, communication regarding the submission occur via email to editor@withinkingston.com.

Within Kingston reserves the right to edit articles as appropriate for space or content without prior approval following initial submission. We promise to be respectful and authentic to the writer’s voice in this process. As a community-based forum for sharing ideas and information, all editorial submissions to Within Kingston are made as donations. No article received by Within Kingston is guaranteed to be published, nor is any article guaranteed to be published in a specific issue. Editorial priorities can be changed at the last moment.

Within Kingston is an unbiased, independant publication, and as such does not receive money or payment for any articles published. Article content is decided upon seperately from any advertising revenues. Within Kingston will not publish any articles that are self-promoting on behalf of the writer, or in any way markets any particular product or service. Out of respect for our readers, Within Kingston does not disguise ads as articles, this policy is to maintain the journalistic integrity of the publication so that we can continue to offer honest creditable content. If you would like to advertise a product, service or event please contact our advertising department at 613-767-9721, or info@withinkingston.com.

Please read past issues of Within Kingston to understand the nature and style of the editorial content. The office of Within Kingston has past issues available to you for $4 each. Generally we accept articles on health, wellness, the environment, transformational travel and personal growth. We prefer articles by Canadian authors, and we very rarely accept fiction and poetry.

If you agree to these terms, please see our format guidelines above. Once again, we sincerely appreciate your enthusiasm and interest in communicating with the holistic community through Within Kingston.

Guidelines for Interviews


1. Please call the interviewee to schedule the interview on behalf of Within Kingston after your interview has officially been assigned. Let us know the time and date at which the interview has been scheduled.

2. Tape record the interview or take notes if possible.

3. Review the person’s website for information before the interview.

4. Request that they send a press kit, when available, to Within Kingston Editorial Dept, where you can pick it up for your research (under time contraints, have it sent to you, and then please forward it to Within Kingston offices for our records).

5. Please request one or two photographs of the person you are interviewing to accompany the article. Please follow the guidelines above (Writers' Guidelines, no. 9) with regard to sending photos.

6. Please secure a signed release (click here for a digital copy of the release) permitting us to publish the photographs.

NOTE: For select interviews and articles we will provide a photographer and schedule a photo shoot - TBD by Within Kingston Editor-in-Chief.

All editorial submissions should be emailed to editor@withinkingston.com. We appreciate all of your time and effort in providing Within Kingston Magazine with critical editorial content and hope that it will be a mutually beneficial experience!

Article/Author Suggestions

Do you have an article or author you'd like to recommend to Within Kingston? Someone or something you'd like to see featured regularly?

We'd love to hear about them! Please email all suggestions to our editor at editor@withinkingston.com along with any relevant information.

Article Deadlines

If you are unable to make the above deadlines, it's not too late! Please send along your articles to us regardless, as articles are considered based upon relevance, current issues, and available space. We especially love to get articles ahead of time, so if you have a few you'd like to send along, please do!