# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/41 "2003-12-08T20:10:07Z")
I had one article published in Dragon magazine, the only article I’d submitted to them - or any other magazine, for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/42 "2003-12-08T20:12:16Z")
I had a ‘helpful hint’ published in Wood magazine a few years ago. \ ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/43 "2003-12-08T20:50:18Z")
The very first article I wrote that was accepted for publication was for Seventeen magazine. When I contacted the editor who had purchased the article a couple months later to find out when it would appear, I found out she’d quit … and taken it with her! So I have no idea if it was ever published anywhere. But I did get paid, which was sweet. After that I got a feature story published in News Photographer magazine, and then I graduated from college and decided I’d rather get a regular paycheck, so I got a job at a newspaper. Now I just write for Celebrating Greyhounds magazine, which comes out four times a year. Which is about often enough, considering how lazy I’ve gotten about writing. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/44 "2003-12-08T21:28:57Z")
I wrote a series of articles on sediment and erosion control for _Georgia Engineer_ a couple of years ago. Oddly enough, I’ve never lived or worked in Georiga. My job apparently made me an “expert” in the field. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/45 "2003-12-09T02:17:57Z")
Though I work for a newspaper and have written a column for 11 years, not to mention regular beat coverage, breaking news, book reviews, commentary and editorials, my only magazine appearance was doing a guest review for a videotape on aging published in a specialty gerontology journal. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/46 "2003-12-09T02:24:36Z")
I am the coauthor of an article published in the _Harvard Business Review_ a couple of years back. A friend wanted to set a story that illustrated a managerial dilemna in a fictional biotech company but didn’t know enough about the industry to make it realistic, so she asked me for background details. She very generously got me listed as second author even though the article was 98% hers. I am also one of several coauthors of a technical paper published in the _Proceedings of the National Academy of Science_ in 1989, but that doesn’t really count. ---
**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 9, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/47 "2003-12-09T02:54:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CalMeacham \* > … **Weatherwise** … Hey! I used to run the fulfillment department for _Weatherwise_! When was this? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/48 "2003-12-09T03:13:57Z")
Well, if you must! I helped Bill Safire write his column in the New York Times [On Language](http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/07/magazine/07ONLANGUAGE.html) this past Sunday. (It requires registration) Actually, Bill quoted me at the end about the term “Charley Horse.” I happened to have found the earliest cite. That and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee. Wait! I’ll bet a cup cost more than that today. I live in the past. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/49 "2003-12-09T05:40:02Z")
I had a letter published in _People_ magazine when I was 16. I called bullshit on some lady who’d written in a couple of weeks before, angry about government money “wasted” on AIDS research, because all those horrible gay people deserved the disease, which was clearly sent by God as punishment. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/50 "2003-12-09T05:49:51Z")
Funny this thread started with InQuest Gamer… I have published several articles and puzzles with them in my freelancing days. Sadly, they do more stuff in-house now (more dependable, though I always met my deadlines) when I could use the cash, but it’s still great to be able to say on my resume I’m a published writer… ---
**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 9, 2003, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/51 "2003-12-09T12:54:35Z")
> [@](#): > > ## quote: > > ## Originally posted by CalMeacham …Weatherwise… > > Hey! I used to run the fulfillment department for Weatherwise! > > When was this? It was just a year ago, in their issue last December. It was entitled **Every Dog Has His Day…** and was about my interpretation of the mythology associated with sundogs (parhelia). I wrote it in response to a query someone wrote in to Weatherwise asking whose dogs the Sundogs were, giving an answer I’ve never seen before. What’s the “fulfillment department”? It sounds like you granted people’s wishes for requested weather! ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/52 "2003-12-09T13:25:52Z")
I’ve had several articles published in different electronic trade magazines. ---
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/53 "2003-12-09T14:21:14Z")
I had a multi page article published in a paintball magazine a few years ago. It was about a paintball scenario game that a group of us had run. Oddly it’s the only thing I’ve ever submitted for publication. Nothing like quitting when you’re ahead. ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311/54 "2003-12-09T14:33:33Z")
I have two letters printed in Loaded magazine. One was about how I looked over someones shoulder on the bus and read the number on their mobile phone call-time scratch card, so I quickly typed it onto my phone etc. The other one was about selling a copy of the Big Issue I had bought earlier to C-list celeb Neil Morrisey for £20 in a train station. Both stories were completely made up and just sent in to win prizes, I got a star letter for the 1st one. It does make your day though, I got butterflies when my 1st letter was prinred. Had to keep reading it to make sure it was still there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-published-in-a-magazine/217311.md?page=2)