Natural Awakenings is your community healthy and green living magazine. We welcome your news, articles and calendar events to tell us what’s going on locally, so that we can bring this information to our readership

of over 50,000 per month in over 1000 distribution locations to 9 counties around Denver and Boulder. Below are some guidelines to explain in more detail how we can promote YOU in Natural Awakenings.

We look forward to seeing YOU in a future edition of Natural Awakenings!

DUE DATES FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS

Anyone Can Participate in Natural Awakenings

Always the 10th of the month before

publication (ie May 10 for June issue).

The earlier, the better.

CALENDARThere are 4 parts to the calendar:

DAILy* - A day in the month of the current issue

ONgOINg* - Happens on a certain day of the week (ie every Tuesday in May)LOOkINg AhEAD* - Happens in a future month ie July 4. *These are considered “basic” calendar events and are 35 words or so. Your event can be placed in any of these sections.

SAvE ThE DATE - A small ad in the front of the calendar section – it’s a large, colored box with a graphic and 60 words of text.

PRICINg: ◆ Save the Date: $75. Non-profits receive 10% off.◆ If your event is free to the public, a basic calendar event is free to you up to 2 free each month.◆ For non-profits, a basic calendar event is $5.◆ If you are a for-profit, a basic calendar event is $10.◆ Display advertisers receive 5 free basic calendar events each month.◆ Resource Guide advertisers receive 2 free basic calendar events each month.◆ If we approve you as a “distribution point” (we deliver magazines each month to leave out for your clients/patrons/customers), you receive 2 free basic listings each month.

You also have the option to expand (to 75 words) and highlight your event each month. It’s $10 extra for each of these options.

TO SUBMIT: Go to MileHighNaturalAwakenings.com; look to the left under “Ways to Participate.” Click on “Submit a Calendar Event”. Either pay at the payment page after submission or skip it, depending on what you’ve submitted.

ARTICLESWe want educational information that offers

tips and help to our highly-educated readers; that means smart, intelligent writing that is more in-depth than what you would see in a typical magazine/newspaper. We rarely print articles that are over a page in length (about 800 words). See Editorial Guidelines for more information.

TO SUBMIT: Go to MileHighNaturalAwakenings.com; to the left under “Ways to Participate ” click on “Submit a Health Brief” (for shorter articles, health-related, of under 300 words) or “Submit a Local Article” (for longer articles not necessarily health-related). Skip the payment screen after submission; it’s free!

WhAT WE WANT:We focus on hope, healing, practical tips and

benefits. Every reader wants to know how they can personally use and benefit from this information in their life journey.

Attribute all medical or health claims and scientific study results; cite credible, authoritative sources. List additional resources in an italicized endnote, if needed.

WhAT WE WON’T PUBLISh:◆ Depressing lists of symptoms and technical details of treatment. ◆ Extended, first-person (me/I/my) accounts of life journeys.◆ Marketing or sales copy heavy on blatant self-promotion.

NEWSWe are looking for everything from grand

openings to large events, from adding professionals to your practice to moving your location. If it’s local news, we want to know! 250 words or less. Please include who, what, when, where and why. To submit: go to MileHighNaturalAwakenings.com, look to the left under “Ways to Participate.” Click on “Submit a News Brief”. Skip the payment screen after submission; it’s free! See Editorial Guidelines below for more information.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:◆ If your article has been published elsewhere, we are probably not interested. ◆ We may not publish your piece immediately, and cannot guarantee to later.◆ Your original work might be edited to fit AP /our magazine’s style and are not subject to review after edits.

hOW WE DECIDE TO PUBLISh ARTICLES◆ Our readers and supporters needs and wants;◆ The quality of all the editorial we receive;◆ Tone, educational content and timeliness of your writing;◆ Recently printed content of yours or a similar topic;◆ The monthly theme;◆ The space that remains after other priorities.

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EDITORIAL GUIDELINES