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What is
MoXie?
Moxie: Courage, guts, aggressive energy, know-how, skill, initiative.
Who is Moxie for?
Moxie is designed for smart, gutsy women who don't need a quiz to figure
out what to do in bed. (Hey, if that's what you want, you can stop reading
here, and run to the store for a copy of Cosmo. Any issue will
do; this "story" repeats every month.) Moxie readers want stories that tell
them something about how to put together a life that works.
What we want...
Moxie's features celebrate women who are living boldly,
pursuing adventures, taking risks, and providing others with vibrant role models in the process.
We like first-person stories that mirror women's strengths, especially those that provide vibrant, feisty examples
of real women doing real things in the real world.
Do you have a Moxie story to tell?
Instead of turning to staff writers, we publish stories by and about you
---
our readers.
Many Moxie authors have never written for publication before, so don't feel afraid to submit something if it's your first time.
(Hey, everybody's a virgin at some point.) If you've had a moxie experience
---
one that involved courage, guts,
and grit ---
write it up as a story and email it to emily@moxiemag.com.
Guidelines for submitting a story are at
the bottom of this page
Fiction? Poetry? Personal essays?
You bet. We're among the very few magazines that publish these forms.
Just be sure to indicate whether your piece is fiction or non-fiction.
Lots of our stories are a combination of the two
---
real-life events,
slightly fictionalized. If that's what you send to us, tell us that,
too.
Unique Stories on the Web
While most magazines simply post a few of the stories from their print editions on their websites, Moxie has always
published unique content on the web. If you've read the magazine on
paper, you'll find completely different articles on our website. And if you've read articles on the website, you'll find completely different
content in the print edition of Moxie. Moxie's editors choose which pieces will be published, and where each piece will go.
Who Are Moxie's Editors?
Moxie's all-volunteer posse of
editors plows through scores of submissions each month to cull the
best of the best for Moxie.
Emily Hancock, Moxie's founding
editor, began her career as a developmental editor when she was on
the editorial board of The Harvard Educational Review. The author of
The Girl Within, a book about women's identity development that is
based on her doctoral research at Harvard, she has also published a
number of articles in professional journals as well as popular print
and online magazines. A long, long time ago she scripted,
edited, and narrated Somewhere To Go, a documentary about parents of
children with Down's Syndrome. Besides writing and editing for Moxie, she has edited magazines as disparate as
Mothering, The
Natural Family Living Magazine, and Diablo, a glossy lifestyle
magazine. She now works as a writing coach.
Sapna Gandhi graduated from Saint
Mary's College of California with a degree in English and Women's
Studies. She currently works as a manager for a national
telecommunications company and hopes to attend graduate school in
the near future. Her passions include literature, film, music,
dance, writing and the propagation of feminist thought, banter, and
activism!
Nicole George lives in Oakland and
loves her cats, yoga, and playing in the woods far more than she
loves her editing job.
Leora Harling, who grew up in the
Bronx, is currently living in San Francisco where she's writing her
first novel. She works as an online copywriter to pay the bills.
Julia Park is a fiction writer and
journalist who holds a Master's Degree in English. The author of
Opium, published at moxiemag.com, her work has appeared in literary
journals, zines, anthologies, and newspapers in the U.S, England,
Japan, and on the Internet. She has completed two novels.
Lisa Rigamonti is a Leo and as such
a great lover of the arts, the sun, and getting her own way. She
pays her bills by working as a technical writer at a biotechnology
company.
Jordan Rosenfeld co-founded a small
women's publication. She writes fiction to save her life, day after
day, in parks and cafes. She lives in Petaluma with her husband and
her muse, Figaro, the dog-cat.
Kristina Wong, a community college
newspaper editor, is attending UCLA, where she plans to nab
a B.A. in Mass Communications to advance her career as a journalist,
creative writer, artist, dancer, and actress.
Elizabeth Zipper is a Senior at San
Francisco State University, where she will graduate with a BA in
Journalism. She lives in San Francisco and plans to pursue a career
in the magazine industry.
Last But Not Least...
James Schinnerer works with
computers and such so it should be no surprise he is our webmaster
here at Moxiemag.com. James got his BS in Electrical
Engineering from UC Santa Barbara. A few of the things he
enjoys in his spare time are playing his piano and gardening.
Silvi
is our loyal dog. Though she hasn't learned to read yet, she
has an endless amount of Moxie which helps keep us going strong!
Want feedback from Moxie's
editorial posse?
Most magazines simply send out a
one or two line letter when they make a decision about your work.
But Moxie's editors are prepared to provide comments on your
writing! If you would like their virtual feedback, send a check for
$10 to Moxie or click on the PayPal button below to charge the fee
to your credit card.
Want a virtual critique from
Moxie's editor in chief?
Send a check for $35 to Moxie or charge it via PayPal.
Want to Become a Moxie Babe?
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Moxie!
call for submissions!
Moxie invites you to submit something for
publication at Moxiemag.com!
Writers
Guidelines
Moxie, for the woman who dares, is for gutsy women who want more from
a magazine than fashion, sex, and beauty. With an entirely unique
voice, Moxie celebrates women who are living boldly, pursuing
adventures, taking risks, and providing others with vibrant role
models in the process. Upbeat and positive, Moxie encourages women to
define themselves from the inside out---apart from media
stereotypes.
Profiled
in Writer's Market 2001, and pictured in the
New York Times article on brash new women's
magazines, Moxie is now publishing original
stories not found in the print edition online
at moxiemag.com, named one of the 50 best
websites for writers in Writer's Digest.
Stories should mirror the spirit of the magazine.
First-person accounts, fiction, non-fiction, essays, photographs, illustrations,
and poems are welcome. Just stick with Moxie's mission: to describe
real women doing real things in the real world.
Criteria for submissions:
-Does the article exemplify or inspire moxie (courage, guts, daring)?
-Will the piece matter to women who are putting together lives that work?
-Does it embody a positive point?
-Does it fit one of Moxie's online departments
or themes?
Method of submission: email only.
Paste the text into the body of an email and put the title of the
piece in the subject line!
Length:
-Web: 500 - 2,000 words
Requirements:
-Paste text into body of email, send to emily@moxiemag.com
-Include word count at the beginning of article
-Put title in the subject line of your email
Compensation:
-Web: 1 copy of the current print issue OR $10 (don't spend it all in one place)
NEXT THEME: You tell us!
Moxie is a work in progress. What do YOU want to see in Moxie?
Email your suggestions to emily@moxiemag.com
Emily Hancock, editor/publisher
Moxie magazine
www.moxiemag.com
1230 Glen Ave
Berkeley, CA 94708
510-540-5510
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