I get Take Em magazine and I like it. There are some nice articles and stories and great pictures in there. The a few of the articles, stories, pictures, etc from the subscribers who are interested in sending in content to help make a good magazine. And No, I am not a part of or have any affiliation with the magazine, only a subscriber.
I was thinking about writing something for the magazine, and saw their guidelines for the mag. Seems decent enough to get good content.
Take ‘Em! Waterfowl Journal Writer’s Guidelines
Articles and photos that fit Take ‘Em! Waterfowl Journal’s motto, The Magazine for True Waterfowlers, are always welcome. We cover waterfowl hunting only. We do not cover deer or other game.
General guidelines: Please write for our magazine’s whole audience. We have readers who are brand-new hunters AND readers who have hunted waterfowl 60-plus years. Have something interesting to tell both groups. Go beyond how many birds you killed. Tell a great story. Paint vivid lively word pictures. Tell how you set your decoy spread and why, habitat you hunted, how you got the birds to work (or why you think they didn’t), and interesting things you saw or that happened. Best stories use a rich style that carries your reader along so they are part of the story, and they learn something.
We want: Personal Hunt Experiences, Conservation, Waterfowl Education, Kids or Women in Waterfowling, Freelance Hunting Opportunities, How-to/DIY projects, Shotguns/Ammo (note: we will not print reloading data), Hunter Health & Fitness, Waterfowl Dogs, decoys, calls/calling, Nostalgia/Heritage, waterfowl organizations, funny true stories, and Recipes you have actually made.
We do not want: Product placements, endorsements, fluff, “native advertising” or “advertorials.” These will be edited and/or rejected with glee. But — brief mentions of brands or models of hunting gear or services are fine if they fit the context of your article.
