# Been Published in a Magazine? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 6, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311 "2003-12-06T04:14:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/21 "2003-12-06T18:19:12Z")
Ignoring scholary journals (BORING!) I am proud (?) to say I once got something published in True Confessions. Oh yeah. A boyfriend gave me one as a joke, and I noticed that on every other page they were soliciting articles. I thought I could do this. Turns out I was right. Got $100 when I needed it pretty badly. ---
**Author:** ![Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horrifying_Howler_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/22 "2003-12-06T20:04:32Z")
I’ve been published a few times in a sporting magazine in Ontario, they were articles I wrote about about winter sports (I wrote about dog sledding). It was a pretty exciting feeling. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/23 "2003-12-06T20:25:09Z")
The best-known magazine to have printed my work was **Reader’s Digest** , who bought an anecdote. I’ve also been published in several science fiction magazines, like _Asimov’s, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Aboriginal SF, SF Age, Realms of Fantasy, tomorrow SF,_ and others ([Full List](http://www.sff.net/people/rothman/pubs.htm)) Oddest publication was the cover story for _VB Tech_, a magazine for Visual Basic programmers. They tried an experiment publishing science fiction stories. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/24 "2003-12-07T03:03:51Z")
Lots of newspaper letters, ranting about whatever. I HAVE had photos published in Billboard magazine, ad shots for Budget Tapes and Records. And, if I recall correctly, a letter to Analog magazine once. I am discounting professional journals. That is too easy. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/25 "2003-12-07T03:32:34Z")
I’ve been published in magazines a few times. I was the editor and I couldn’t find anyone willing to write for such lousy pay, so I ended up having to write it myself. And a letter I wrote to [salon.com](http://salon.com) was published a couple years ago; mine ran right under one from Jane Smiley. That is so far the pathetic height of my fame. ---
**Author:** ![Poetgrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@Poetgrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poetgrrl)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/26 "2003-12-07T07:29:48Z")
Wow, I am soooo jealous of you guys! What I wouldn’t give to be published in a magazine! I like writing short stories, and in fact I got a chance to write one as an assignment for school. I did well, but the comments on the paper were discouraging, mentioning how I need to work on ‘craft’ and ‘style’ which to me feel like really abstract terms. I wish I had some sort of ‘craft pencil’ that will boost the craft of my stories by 200% or something silly. I guess my problem is that I have all these great ideas, but I’m just really lame at communicating them. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/27 "2003-12-07T08:08:40Z")
A small letter to the editor. Just like **Mach** , I had forgotten about an e-mail I sent to Yahoo mag… something about filesharing a while ago. I think I accidently tossed the copy… but I remember it had something about Lord of the Rings on the cover. And I’m quoted a couple of times in [this](http://www.foolmart.com/Shopping/Product_View.asp?PRODUCT_ID=MF145_10) book. Actually, the author was looking here a couple of years ago on the SD for teens to interview on tips for teens on managing money. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/28 "2003-12-07T12:03:31Z")
Nothing big. Around 1994-95, I had a couple of “the Internet is your friend” articles in a corporate magazine called _Computer Science World_. When I was librarian for a flight safety organization, I wrote a regular column of book reviews and article abstracts for their monthly digest. I have an article on E.F Benson’s _Mapp & Lucia_ novels coming up this spring in an online literary zine. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/29 "2003-12-07T14:46:36Z")
I’ve had articles published in **The Comics Journal** and **Hogan’s Alley** , all comics related. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/30 "2003-12-07T16:36:33Z")
File me under the ‘professional’ publishing crew. Number of times my name has appeared in a periodical: just short of infinity. Especially since one house I worked at published three pubs daily that gave me a ton of opportunity. But I agree that’s cheating. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/31 "2003-12-07T18:40:13Z")
_Environmental Design + Construction_ published a groundbreaking article I wrote detailing the best practices for a revolutionary new system in construction. Everyone who read my article would be following the protocols set forth and entering a new business paradigm (do they still have those or were those out as of 2000?). Of course, somehow it got pushed from their print edition into the bowels of their web site and, aside from searching for either the title or my name, there’s absolutely no way for anyone to find it. Let that be a lesson to people who submit to publications of any sort and consistently misspell the editor’s name! It was a decent enough article though. ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/32 "2003-12-07T19:19:18Z")
I had my photo on the front of a magazine once. It is of when I was an infant, and I am being held by former president Jimmy Carter. It is an Arabic newspaper, and the only photo they liked of him was the one with me in his lap… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/33 "2003-12-07T19:52:54Z")
Back in the 80’s, I had a short contest entry published, in a “Magic For Car Wars” fad. “Summon Demon Cyclist”–a humorous take on Ghost Rider. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@Shawn\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn_K)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/34 "2003-12-07T21:44:00Z")
It may not be a direct answer to the question (or it may, since all it really asks if we’ve ever been published in a magazine), but I write for JIVE. So, yes, I’ve been published before. Usually a small, 300-word article, but I’ve gotten full page editorials before. I’ve also had letters published in geek magazines like Gamepro, Animerica, and Game Players. – Shawn K. ---
**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/35 "2003-12-08T00:07:05Z")
I’ve had three articles (plus a whole slew of letters) published in the _NY Times,_ and a handful of others in the _NY Post._ ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/36 "2003-12-08T05:05:00Z")
I’ve been on the editorial board of two computer magazines (IEEE, but they have ads, and aren’t transactions), editied special issues, one for each, and edit a column in one. I’ve also written so pr type articles for some rags. ---
**Author:** ![Nightime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nightime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightime)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/37 "2003-12-08T05:10:54Z")
I had a poem published in Highlights magazine! ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/38 "2003-12-08T07:37:46Z")
I’ve had a number of articles published in networking and security magazines. Dry, geeky stuff, but cool if you’re into it. ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/39 "2003-12-08T18:03:16Z")
I’ve had over 30 scrapbook layouts published, and won _Creating Keepsakes_ magazine’s Hall of Fame contest last year. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/40 "2003-12-08T19:34:28Z")
I had a letter printed in **Action Comics** back when I was in grammar school. My first magazine publication, in a way. I’ve had a lot of letters printed in various journals over the years. As for articles, my work has appeared in **Scientific American** (my first article), **Parabola** , **New Jersey History** , **Weatherwise** , and **Optics and Photonics News** (where I’m an associate editor). In addition, I’ve been in a lot of technical mags, like **Physica Status Solidi** , **American Journal of Phyics** , **Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers** (the only one to publish two articles by me), **Optics Communications** , etc. It’s a pretty eclectic mix. I’m hoping to get into **Mad** one of these days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311.md?page=3)