Writers’ Guidelines: SpiritLed Woman

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Aim and Audience

As part of Charisma Media, SpiritLed Woman magazine seeks to empower women for life in the Spirit. SpiritLed Woman is packaged with Charisma magazine four times a year. More than 5 million readers access Charisma Media content every month.

Types of Articles We Publish—or Not

SpiritLed Woman publishes features, departments and columns of interest to Christian women seeking to follow the Holy Spirit’s leading in their daily lives. SpiritLed Woman articles feature content on family, single living, prayer, healing, spiritual warfare and more.

We do not accept essays, editorials, sermons, book reviews, works of fiction or poetry as submissions to SpiritLed Woman.

How to Submit Your Query

Most of our articles are assigned, but we sometimes publish unsolicited content. You may submit a brief query to the Managing Editor Robert Caggiano. We are not always able to respond to every submission, but we will respond if we need more information or if we accept your submission idea. If your query is accepted, we will provide further direction for the full article.

After we’ve accepted your query, write the article according to the guidelines we send. We prefer submissions through email. Be sure to add your byline and bio when you submit.

If you choose to submit your article via mail, please send your article to:

Editor, SpiritLed Woman
Charisma Media
600 Rinehart Rd.
Lake Mary, FL 32746

If you wish to have your article returned if it is not accepted for publication, please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope.

Editorial Direction

Our standard when citing the Scriptures is the Modern English Version (MEV) Bible. Please use the MEV in your writing unless you need to use a different translation for a specific reason.

We follow Associated Press (newspaper) style with some exceptions. Our editors will edit your material according to this style.

Keep in mind that we do not use footnotes, but attribute as necessary within the article.

We generally prefer writing from a third-person point of view, although we make exceptions for certain types of content as deemed appropriate.

We may need to return your article for revisions or shorten it in the editing process.

Why We Reject Certain Submissions 

The editors reserve the right to reject article submissions at our discretion. Some of the reasons we might reject submissions are:

• Article doesn’t “fit” in our publication due to space limitations or content
• Poor grammar, punctuation and excessive capitalization
• Salacious, profane, libelous, defamatory or highly offensive/graphic content

Plagiarism Policy

At Charisma Media, we write in spirit and in truth. Philippians 1: 9-10 calls us to be “blameless” and approving of “things that are excellent.” With that foundation, we decry the practice of plagiarism, using another’s work without proper attribution.

As a writer, if you attempt to pass off someone else’s writing as your own or do not source your quotes or information correctly, we will reject your submission. Plagiarism can also occur when you use someone else’s argument or expression, so take care to cite the source.

Recycled content does not honor the spirit of excellence we seek to maintain in our writing. Plagiarism undermines the trust of our readers, which is critical to our work as journalists.

Our Best Advice to Writers

Please take time to read—even study—at least one or two of our recent issues before submitting a query. Sometimes people submit their writing without ever having read or understood our magazine or its readers, and sometimes people will have read our magazine years ago and think it’s the same as it has always been, but magazines undergo many changes through the years. You may read a digital version of Charisma at our website, charismamag.com.

Have Questions?

Email any questions to [email protected]. We want to answer emails but do not guarantee a response.