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This guide describes the manuscript needs of the periodicals published by Faith & Life Resources, a Division of Mennonite Publishing Network. Writers are invited to contact the editor(s) of the periodical(s) of their interest, preferably via email. For a sample copy, send $2.00 and a 9x12 SASE to: Name of Periodical, 616 Walnut Ave., Scottdale, PA 15683.

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General Guidelines

Your name
Address
Email address
Phone number
Number of words
Type of manuscript (fiction, autobiography, biography, etc.)
Any illustrative material enclosed

Electronic submissions are preferred

Unsolicited manuscripts will not be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE).

If major content changes are necessary, the editor will contact the author for approval of changes made and/or may request that the writer make revisions.

Rates of payment vary among the periodicals. Query the editor about specific questions.

With

Editor: Carol Duerksen
Email: CarolD@mennoniteusa.org
Website: www.withonline.org

Audience: youth ages 12-18
Focus: With seeks to empower youth to be radically committed to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, to peace and justice, and to sharing God’s good news through word and action.
Frequency: six times a year.

With features a different theme in each issue, such as peer pressure, faith, sex and dating, prayer, service and mission, relationships.

First person and fiction pieces (800-1800 words). Told from the perspective of a teenager so that they ring "authentic" even if written by an adult.

How-to articles, poetry, and meditations.

Purpose

Editor: James E. Horsch 
Email: horsch@mpn.net
Website: www.mpn.net

Audience: older youth and adults of all ages
Focus: action oriented, discipleship living
Frequency: monthly in weekly parts

Purpose needs short anecdotal stories and features (up to 600 words) and verse (up to 12 lines). Prefers terse, fast-moving writing style in first person. Rates on art and photographs vary according to quality.

Readers of Purpose are committed Christians who want to apply their faith in daily life. It suggests ways to resolve issues consistent with biblical principles. Such situations may arise in a variety of settings such as among the family, on the job, in the church as well as the community.

Sample copy available. Send $2.00 and 9 x 12 SAE.

Purpose is interested in articles and stories that

• Illustrate how Christians apply their faith to daily life

• Illustrate biblical understandings that undergird discipleship living

• Stress loyalty to the church and its ministries

• Support Mennonites and other Christians as they participate in and witness to their local communities

• Inspire interest in the cultural and historical diversity of our world

• Highlight biographical and historical stories of Anabaptist, Mennonite, and other Christian leaders, places, and events

• Emphasize hobbies, nature, travel, art, science, and seasonal topics from a Mennonite and/or other Christian perspective

Rejoice!

Editor: Byron Rempel-Burkholder 
Email: ByronRB@mpn.net
Website: http://www.mpn.net/rejoice

Audience: Rejoice! is a devotional ministry to individual adults and families.
Publisher: co-published with Kindred Press (Mennonite Brethren), in denominational editions
Focus: to nurture readers in their spiritual growth through daily Scripture reading, meditation, and prayer. Prayer Requests: Specific prayer reminders for each day are provided by each co-publisher for its readers.
Frequency: Quarterly

Rejoice! meditations (300 words), based on the Uniform Series outline and the Revised Common Lectionary, are assigned by the editor.

Writers who are members of the copublisher bodies are preferred. Contact the editor if interested. Include a SASE with your query.

Sample copy available. Send $2.00 and a 9 x 12 SAE.

Leader: Equipping the Missional Congregation

Editor: Richard A. Kauffman, senior editor; June Mears Dreidger, managing editor 
Email: junemd@mpn.net
Website: http://www.leaderonline.org

Audience: pastors, elders, deacons, worship leaders, Christian education workers, committee chairs and other lay leaders of Anabaptist/Mennonite congregations
Focus: to inspire, equip and empower leaders in helping their congregations fulfill God's call "to be followers of Jesus Christ, and by the power of the Holy Spirit, to grow as communities of grace, joy, and peace, so that God's healing and hope flow through us to the world." Strong emphasis on practical articles with plenty of narrative appeal. Includes seasonal worship materials.
Frequency: Quarterly

Note: Most articles are solicited from writers within the Mennonite Church. Query letters are welcomed.