Top 10 Education Markets

by Brenda Ramsbacher

The school year is ending. Most college students are out for the summer. But for writers, this is the perfect time to get back into writing for the Education Market.

T.H.E Journal Online: Technological Horizons in Education
http://www.thejournal.com
The leader in putting technology into the schools.
The editorial calendar: http://www.thejournal.com/business/media/ecal.cfm
G uidelines: http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/cp/default.cfm Send manuscripts in both hard-copy and electronic form to: Editor, editorial@thejournal.com, T.H.E. Journal, 17501 East 17th Street, Ste. 230, Tustin, CA 92780.

College Bound Magazine
http://www.collegeboundmag.com
O ne of the magazines all graduating seniors should at least take a look at before heading off to school.
G uidelines: http://www.collegeboundmag.com/contribute.html or in PDF format at http://www.collegeboundmag.com/CB_WG.pdf.
Can also download the style sheet and 2003-2004 National and Regional Overviews. Send queries and accompanying clips with a SASE to: The CollegeBound Network, 1200 South Avenue, Suite 202, Staten Island, NY 10314. May also send queries via email to editorial@collegebound.net

Student Leader Magazine Online
http://www.studentleader.com
A forum for emerging leaders.
Guidelines: Potential article ideas can be generated from http://www.studentleader.com/sl_3.htm. Then query Editor Vincent Alex Brown at vince@studentleader.com or ask for more details pertaining to the style. The details on this can be found at http://www.studentleader.com/sl_Q&A.htm.
Further contact can be made by sending mail to: Student Leader, c/o Oxendine Publishing, Inc., John Lamothe, associate editor, P.O. Box 14081, Gainesville, FL 32604-2081. Contact can also be made via email to john@studentleader.com.

University Latino Magazine
http://www.ulmag.com
A new magazine with the first issue geared toward the incoming freshman.
Guidelines: http://www.ulmag.com/write.asp
Editorial calendar: http://www.ulmag.com/calendar.asp.
Caution: They may pay in copies only and not monetarily. Send 250-500 words via the online form at http://www.ulmag.com/write.asp.

University Business
http://www.universitybusiness.com
UB tells the story behind the controversies from college admissions to technology. It is a publication for presidents and other senior officials at the universities and covers the emerging trends in management. Yet the topics covered are a broader range.
Editorial calendar: http://www.universitybusiness.com/uploaded/pdfs/EditCal.pdf. For further information contact: University Business, 488 Main Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851.

techLEARNING.com
http://www.techlearning.com
A magazine for the technology teacher.
Guidelines: http://www.techlearning.com/content/about/tl_edguide.html
Editorial calendar: http://www.techlearning.com/content/ad/2003/edit.html
The feature articles and software evaluations are assigned by the editorial department. Send in your qualifications/clips for future potential assignments. Send queries and clips in the message body of an email to techlearning_editors@cmp.com. May also send queries and clips to: Technology & Learning, 600 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA 94107

American Association of School Administrators
http://www.aasa.org
May be a difficult market to find a niche for those unfamiliar to the eduation system. While the theme is defined for each issue, not all contests will relate directly to that theme.Target audience is the district-level school administrator.
Guidelines: http://www.aasa.org/publications/sa/author-guidelines.htm.
Editorial calendar: http://www.aasa.org/publications/sa/ed_calendar.htm.
Accepts 30% of all unsolicited manuscipts. American Association of School Administrators, 801 N Quincy Street, Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22203-1730. May also send material via email to magazine@aasa.org. Do not send material by fax.

Today's School
http://www.peterli.com/ts/
Contains information about technology, facilities and creating safe secure schools in every issue.
Guidelines: http://www.peterli.com/ts/about/writguid.htm Company also publishes other magazines. Their guidelines also available by following the link on the guidelines page for Today's School. Send queries to Shannon O'Connor, Editor at soconnor@peterli.com. Do not send entire manuscript right away. Before a query is sent, contact Ms. O'Connor for the current editorial calendar.

Phi Delta Kappan
http://pdkintl.org/kappan/kappan.htm
The professional print journal for educators.
Guidelines: http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kedguide.htm
Editorial calendar: http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kedcal.htm. . Caution: The Journal pays only well-known writers. (Well-known is in the eye of the beholder, so beware of this facet.) Send materials to BRUCE M. SMITH, Editor, 408 N. Union, P.O. Box 789, Bloomington, IN 47402- 0789.

Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation
http://www.pdkintl.org
Associated with the Journal and publishes full-length books, Short Monographs, Fastbacks, Research Bulletins, Hot Topics, and From Inquiry to Practice which reflects the education and school market.
Guidelines: at http://www.pdkintl.org/edfnd/fdnguide.htm.
Read the submission guidelines carefully. They do pay an honorarium for each publication. Queries and proposals should be sent to: Donovan R. Walling, Director of Publications and Research, Phi Delta Kappa International, P.O. Box 789, Bloomington, IN 47402- 0789.

Bonus Market

Scholastic Adminstr@tor
http://www.scholastic.com/administrator
Helps administrators improve the quality of technology being implemented in the schools.
Editorial calendar: http://www.scholastic.com/administrator/advertise_edcal.asp
A list of the editorial staff is available at http://www.scholastic.com/administrator/contactus.asp.
Contact Karyn M. Peterson, Associate Editor via email at kpeterson@scholastic.com for more information and the guidelines. Do not contact every single one listed on the editoral staff page! Freelance writers are encouraged to apply.

Brenda Ramsbacher lives in Mountain Home, Idaho with her husband, four children and two spoiled dogs. She likes to sew clothes for her children, quilt, scrapbook, and read. Over the years, she has penned hundreds of articles and book reviews. Currently, Brenda is working as a book reviewer. You may reach her at scribblers@runbox.com

JustMarkets announces "A Flash Fiction Contest"

Are you creative enough to write a compelling, short, short story?
Can you do it in less than 100 words?
If yes, this is a contest for you.

Welcome to the first JustMarkets monthly contest.
Each month JustMarkets will award a first place prize of $100.

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Halos of deceitful, misguiding light,
filling people's hearts with both fear and delight,
paradoxical hope and unneeded fright.

Evading our eyes from all of its lies,
aesthetic deceit - to compel and transfix, the blind they hypnotize.

To seduce us away from the fire which burns,
smothering it in so many, leaving so few to yearn.

To yearn for truth and glorifying passions within,
these things they have stolen - these halos of sin.

Painted with hands unknown and shameful,
at least a harlot repays money with pleasure.

Inculcating the herd with inhuman beliefs,
keeping them afraid, reverent, and sheep.

Without mercy they circle silly lobes,
tools to control through our conscience which scolds.

Such halos of deceit I reject with every breath,
"Nay," I shout.  "They are the true death!"

On a good day luck dropped three quality books of poetry in my mail box: MIGHTY GOOD LAND by Dan Powers, SHORTS by John Lehman and PLAYING TENNIS WITH ANTONNIONI by Alan Catlin. As I read these writers I was struck by what opportunity the poetic form offers us; not just for expression, but for experimentation. Powers, Lehman, and Catlin all write with eloquence, yet in styles that are quite dissimilar. They hail from different parts of the United States; one from the Midwest, the other from the South, and the other a true blue Easterner. These geographic distinctions can be heard in their poetry. In addition, each uses line structure very differently, but to good purpose. I liked all three of these books, but for very different reasons.

MIGHTY GOOD EARTH By: Dan Powers 52 Poems / 103 Pages / $12.95 Black Greyhound Media P.O. Box 40367 Nashville, TN 37204 Word Count: 256 (does not include header) I found it hard to believe that this was Dan Powers’ first published book of poetry. These straightforward narrative poems are told with restraint and clarity. Mighty Good Land is all about the people and places in Power’s life; his wife, his father, his children, the farm, the church, the home. They mirror the reflections many of have as we look over the landscape of our life. This is an excerpt from, “Good Earth and Poor”: The seasons and the planting of seed – by nature the true work of out father – who never owned the piece of land he wanted, but it was near, past the end of our field, and through the seasons he watched it fall piece by piece into the hands of the subdividers. And with the half-smile of given-up desire, he would say, “That was mighty good land.” And he would say it softly to no one but himself while he held his hands dug deep into his pockets. And another from, “Half-Light Off the Appalachian Trail”: I drive home as if alone, blind in rain and headlights, you far away in stillness on your dark side of the truck, the wipers slapping rhythm to the cold silences piling up between us like a mountain we can’t see over, can’t climb, won’t try as long as it’s raining. There is no secret code language or illusive imagery in these poems. The writer is personally revealing with words that are clear-spoken. This is a fine first book with poems reflecting a southern sensibility.

SHORTS 101 Brief Poems of Wonder and Surprise
By: John Lehman
101 Poems / 95 Pages / $11.95 Zelda Wilde Publishing 315 Water Street Cambridge, WI 53523
ISBN-13: 078-0-9741728-2-8

The poetry in this collection is easy to read and assimilate – the themes are anchored in the Midwest, but the conclusions are universal in significance. They have a Haiku feel about them – starting the reader in one place and leaving them suspended in another. Lehman is the master of the understatement, as well as the third and most critical element of poetry – the ending. With great skill he takes a collection of common moments and elevates them. Many Haiku poets choose to limit the quantity of the offerings in a particular book or collection, wanting to give each poem space to reverberate with afterglow. In Shorts, Lehman made the choice to pack them in - 101 to be exact. I feel the sheer volume may have diluted the overall impact of the book. In his preface, Lehman notes, “Shorts is the first book comprised entirely of justified poems. This new form – which I originated – capitalizes on the dynamics between the spoken sentence and this intentionally-chosen line break.” I am always a bit suspicious when a writer says they created a new form. I realize poetry more then any other form of writing is subject to the art of formatting (shall we call it an obsession). But in this case Lehman’s form serves its function well and presents his work without the distraction of more ornate formatting strategies. Here are two examples of Lehman’s justified poem (which I can’t quite do justice to because my right margins are a bit ragged-edged; his are not): After My Son’s Divorce Clouds above mountains form precipitous ranges in the sky. Moss-headed Salmon struggle upstream to lay their eggs then die. We head on motorcycles toward Turnagain Point. I wonder how far. And he wonders why. Another Sub-Zero Night “Once there were birds,” I tell my pup, “a sun to warm your face and amazing things called flowers, that would grow.” She shivers and urinates on the snow. This expansive collection of short narrative poems is nimble and wise. Learned technique and keen observational skill make this an enjoyable read. One can almost visualize Lehman’s notebook crammed with quick descriptions of the life around him, which fall under his expert hand into Shorts.

PLAYING TENNIS WITH ANTONIONI By: Alan Catlin
27 Poems / 62 Pages / $15
March Street Press 3413 Wilshire Greensboro, North Carolina 27408
ISBN: 1-5966-021-2

Poets find food for reflection in many things. These creative prompts direct the themes and associations of their work. In, Playing Tennis With Antonioni, Alan Catlin lands upon a charmed idea. He marries the movies. In doing so, his poems become a cinematic off-spring of sorts. This collection is imagery-rich as it sews together, often colliding unions. The titles of Catlin’s poems are telling: · Kurosawa’s Deliverance · L. Wertmuller’s Seven Beauties, Muscle Beach Bikini Party · Alfred Hitchcock’s To Hell and Back · Scorsese’s Blair Witch Project · Truffaut’s Mighty Joe Young Revisited Here is an excerpt from: “Kubrick’s Dawn of the Living Dead”: 1 “Transcendent creatures existing out of time, spirits of the dead walking; zombies for designer footwear, clothes, invade a shopping mall. 2 Omega man on The run, there is Nowhere to hide: Full metal jackets, Body armor piercing Round are of no Use, the dead keep Walking, legions of Them like the Roman Armies sent to war. These are highly developed works. Most I would characterize as word poems. They move down the page with spare uncluttered prose reflecting the associations bubbling out of the writers mind. Catlin is particularly adept at this, and I was glad to see him take this “leap” from his more narrative work. This is a nice study in blending siblings of the same cinematic parent.