Article Submission Guidelines

Every Living Real article must help the reader answer these questions: “What does faith look like in everyday life? What role does faith play in church, family, culture, relationships, and more?”

Article submissions must remain true to the theme of the magazine—real life, real faith, real people. To  become familiar with the types of articles we are looking for, click on the Articles tab. Writers must show how real life circumstances have challenged and strengthened their faith by living out God’s Biblical principles. Inserting Scripture to support the story’s message is highly recommended.

Contributors are not paid, but do retain the rights to their work. Contributors may also list Living Real Magazine on their resume to help build their platform as a published author.

Submission Guidelines

  1. To be considered for publication, please follow the guidelines carefully.  

  2. Articles must be the submitter’s original work.

  3. Word Count: 300-800 (not including bio)

  4. Create your submission in a Word document. Use font Times New Roman, size 12. Please include a brief, 2-3 sentence bio at the end of your article.

  5. Do NOT indent paragraphs. DO double space between paragraphs.

  6. If your submission has been published before, please state the publication and when it was previously published at the end of your article.

  7. Scripture references must be accompanied with the abbreviation of the version used. Italicize verse(s) with no quotation marks. For example: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1 NKJV).

  8. Attach to your submission email a professional headshot in jpeg format.

  9. In the top left corner of your submission, please include the following:
    Your name (line one)
    Email address (line two)
    Phone number  (line three)
    Date of submission (line four)
    Suggested title (line five) - LR reserves the right to change the title.

    Example:
    Sally Seashell
    sallyseashell@gmail.com
    803.555.6789
    March 25, 2018
    Article Title

Ready to Submit

Attach your Word document and your professional headshot to an email and send to hello@livingrealmag.com. Put “Submission” in the subject line. In the body of the email, please introduce yourself and tell how you discovered Living Real. Finally, please be patient as we pray over and seek out the best articles possible for each issue. We will contact you if your article is selected.

Editor’s Privilege

  1. We reserve the right to edit all submissions for style, clarity, and length without the approval of the writer.

  2. By submitting, you are giving Living Real Magazine permission to publish your work in the magazine as well as use in other facets of Living Real Magazine communication: i.e. social media, conferences, teaching material, books, etc.

  3. Because Social Media outlets are where our character is on full display publicly, we reserve the right to pull any article previously selected if we deem an author’s language or actions to be inconsistent with that of Living Real Magazine’s standards, or that which we believe could jeopardize the integrity of Living Real..

Integrity of Living Real

The integrity of Living Real Magazine is of utmost importance to us. It’s our first priority as we seek to represent Jesus Christ well to the world. Though we cannot track down every person’s story submitted, we do try to print stories we know to be true to the best of our knowledge. We seek only to print what we determine aligns with Scripture.