Poll: Calling all escapists! Have you had an article published?

[BlindMessiah94]

Have you had an article published in the escapist?
I am currently reading over the guidelines for submissions and it seems pretty clear.
Pick a topic and query deadline, submit your pitch, and see what happens.
Just wondering if anyone has any advice that would help.
Even if you haven't had anything published I urge you to check out the Contacts page for details, then offer me any advice you have.

Also, if you have a link to any articles you have written, I'd love to read them.

 

[BlindMessiah94]

Erm, I guess not. Or noone cares.

I'm on my own!

Runs off to the typewriter

 

[ffs-dontcare]

I've had a few high school yearbook articles published, but nothing special.

 

[dagens24]

My favourite one is the one with the dog. :'(

 

[BlindMessiah94]

My favourite one is the one with the dog. :'(

I assume you are referring to Jurassic Bark, the episode with Seymour from Futurama. That show knew how to tickle you funny bone while tugging at your heartstrings.

 

[StBishop]

I've not had anything substantial published, I had some things published in local magazines and newspapers in my home town, there's not even a website for it.
I also got some stuff in my school's newsletter, again nothing special.

Nothing on the internet at all, but my brother is a reviewer I could ask him if you have any questions specifically seeing as you aren't getting much interest in the topic yet.

 

[ace_of_something]

Just the college newspaper and most of my articles were either Sports or reviews of Albums/Bands. I'm not sure if I would have anything interesting or clever enough to report on games or gaming.

Make sure to brush up on AP guidelines.

And Futurama IS awesome.

 

[rezboyjoey]

For the record Futurama is awesome, but I voted "published elsewhere" for the purposes of the poll.

On topic: I've had a couple of editorials published in local papers. I don't remember what they were all about (this was a couple years ago) but the most memorable one was on the Sadam Husein trial/execution.

 

[Shjade]

Eh...several editorials in a high school newspaper. They went over pretty well with the student body from what I heard, but I don't think of that as being really published, y'know?

Something I've yet to achieve in a meaningful way.

 

[Omikron009]

I don't think I'm a terrible writer, but I've never really had the will to submit, or for that matter, write anything.

 

[ottenni]

I would love to submit something to the Escapist, but sadly i have the literary skills or a rusty fork. Maybe one day, maybe.

Oh and, WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP!

 

[snide_cake]

I've had a letter to the editor published in a local newspaper. It was a rather long article and when submitted the editor said it needed to be trimmed back. So I went through and editted it and parred it back to the word count she required. When I sent it back to her she complimented me and said I had done a better job than she could have

I'm working on a couple of novels, but I'm not sure if that's the calibre you're asking. Although now that I think about it, having an article published at The Escapist would be kind of awesome too

 

[IckleMissMayhem]

Review of some female "friendy" equipment and clothing designed for watersports, and a couple of articles in my old employer's newsletters.