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Submission Guidelines
MY LIGHT My Light is a Catholic Magazine dedicated to helping children understand their faith. We wish to help them know God - not just to know about Him - but to know Him spiritually. With the help of our generous and creative writers and illustrators, we can show the children how wonderful a real relationship with God can be.
2011-2012 DEADLINES:
Issue: Deadline:
July/August 2011 ASAP, before 6/15/2011
September 2011 August 1, 2011
October/Nov 2011 September 1, 2011
Christmas Issue October 15, 2011
January/Feb2012 November 15, 2011
March/April2012 January 15, 2012
May 2012 March15, 2012
June/July 2012 April 15, 2012
Click here to view and print the PDF version of this year's guidelines
MY LIGHT includes stories, articles, crafts, poems, and re-tellings of Bible stories.
Stories: 2-3 in each issue. Topics include: examples of living the beatitudes, love for our friends as well as our enemies,respect for parents and teachers. The best main characters are ones that portray good Catholic values. Keep in mind that a good story always has a problem to solve--a conflict.
Articles: 3 in each issue. Fun, interesting articles which will engage our readers are preferred. All should be geared toward helping our readers understand God. The more the readers understand what God is about, the closer they will be to Him. A BIBLIOGRAPHY MUST BE INCLUDED. Submissions without a bibliography will be discarded. Some favorite themes are prayer, Jesus' teachings, the Rosary, Mary.
Crafts: 2 in each issue. They should be religious in nature and simple to do. We will publish one for younger readers and one for older readers.
Poems: 2 rhyming poems in each issue. Topics should be centered on a religious figure.
Bible Stories: 2 in each issue. Bible stories should be appropriate for children and not include violence.
FORMAT
Please send your submissions via e-mail to: mylightmagazine@msn.com Be sure to include the word count, age group, a standard cover letter, short bio of 50-75 words, and any links you'd like for us to post. Longer bios will be edited for length.
At this time, we are accepting submissions in both: the body of the e-mail and as attachments.Check the guidelines frequently as this may change.
My Light does not plagiarize. Please respect other writers' work. BY SUBMITTING YOUR WORK, YOU GUARANTEE THE CONTENT IS YOUR OWN AND YOU HOLD HARMLESS MY LIGHT IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH ACTION.
At this time, My Light is a non-paying market. Therefore, we only request one-time electronic rights.Each published piece will be archived for one year.
Although we are non-paying at this time, we want our contributors to know we support them. We will supply their bios and any links as a token of our appreciation on our monthly credits page. We couldn't do this without the generous support of our authors and illustrators. Thank you for helping us in our mission to bring our children closer to Jesus. | 
