HybridMom.com Writer's Guidelines

Readers of HybridMom.com and Hybrid Mom magazine are women who are leading double lives…and loving it. Blending a commitment to at-home parenting with other demanding roles means that their days are crazy; they crave a support group that is there when they have time for it, to make them laugh and feel good about the path they have chosen.

These women are no longer choosing between a successful career or a successful family life, but rather integrating their many aspirations for the purpose of achieving a balanced life. Hybrid Mom’s editorial content reflects a voice of friendship, rather than an expert and focuses on the "real world" of this new generation of Moms. Hybrid Mom provides insight and intelligence, practical tools and strategies to guide today's Moms in their quest to work, play and live without sacrificing their families.

We share secrets, stories, photos and wisdom gleaned from experience, but we don’t tell readers how to be a better mother, housewife and person. We celebrate and commiserate rather than lecture. Our readers are more than mothers. They are wives and daughters and human beings with brains and dreams and a yearning for a community that fits all of their identities.

Our readers are educated, determined and at times, frustrated. They are also very busy, so get to the point fast. Entertain them with stories about people like them. Educate them with information they need in the easiest-to-digest format possible. Most important, have fun. Find new and creative ways to reach the heart and mind of our readers.

This is the next generation of "reality magazines." A good trick is to read the story out loud to a friend before you send it in. If it doesn't sound natural, try again. Read the stories on our site. Once you understand where Hybrid Mom's readers are coming from, you will understand how to write for them.

WRITER'S GUIDELINES

Welcome!  We are excited to hear your stories and ideas! Here are just some of the topics which need your voice. We do not pay for articles published on our web site, but we do pay $150 for columns and $300 for features for published submissions.

• We do not pay for articles published on our web site. We pay  PERSONAL ESSAYS/OPINION (800-1200 words)
• NEWS/INFORMATIONAL: (600-1200 words)
• HUMOR (400 -600 words)
• REVIEWS (200 words for mini-reviews; 600 to 1200 for longer reviews)

Within our Work Category - all content here will support and be relevant to how a Hybrid Mom ‘work’.

• Career
• Continuing Education
• Business Technology Tips
• Entreprenuers
• To Work or Not to Work
• Volunteering

Within our Play Category – all content here will support and be relevant to how a Hybrid Mom integrates work, and however she defines it, within her everyday.

• Body
• Entertainment
• Family
• Humor
• Mind
• Reviews
• Technology

Within our Live Category – all content here will support and be relevant to how a Hybrid Mom integrates these subcategories into living!

• Entertaining
• Friendship
• Marriage
• Money
• Parenting

Submitting an Article
To submit any content to be published on HybridMom.com please submit an article via email to Allison Rubin, Managing Editor at allison[at]hybridmom.com or Beth Smith, beth[at]hybridmom.com for publication in Hybrid Mom magazine.

By submitting a piece, you grant us your consent to publish it on Hybridmom.com. You will retain all rights, and are free to publish the piece anywhere else as long as you put forth your best effort to make sure that "Originally published on Hybridmom.com" with a back link to us.

By submitting a piece, you are acknowledging that you solely own the copyright and agree to the above guidelines.

We will become the top online and offline destination for Hybrid Moms, with you, our readers and writers, sharing your experiences, your voice and your sense of humor!

THANK YOU!