Guidelines for Contributing Writers

Skylights Editorial Dept.

Worth International Media Group

5979 NW 151 St., Suite 120

Miami Lakes, FL 33014

Phone: (305) 828-0123 / Fax: (305) 828-0799

Website: www.skylightsmagazine.com

Contact: Lisa Simundson, Managing Editor

About Skylights:

Format: Magazine

Frequency: Bi-monthly

Circulation: 933,000

Like Spirit Airlines, Skylights is known for its practical and friendly sensibility. Clean, stylish and easy to navigate, Skylights is Spirit’s only onboard entertainment, giving us an attentive audience of appreciative readers.

Our stories offer quick and practical information on where travelers are going, what’s doing once they get there, where they can eat, sleep, play, buy, relax. We present who and what they’re talking about—names, faces, music, movies, books, gadgets, fashion—in chatty, culture-current language. Our voice reflects a youthful sassy edge that informs, amuses and delights our wide-ranging readership.

We invite freelance queries for the following features and departments in Skylights magazine:

Feature Articles

Destinations. Highlighting Spirit gateway cities.

       Main Destination -- 1200 words includes sidebars, to be assigned by editor.

       Second Destination -- 1000 words includes sidebars, to be assigned by editor.

Celebrity profiles. Newsmakers in entertainment, sports and music. 1000 words. Photos to be provided with story.

Departments

• Short takes. Quick reads. Reviews, books, movies, music other (nonbiz) products, food, wine and culinary corner. Word shorts with images on above topics. We may assign briefs within this section. 125 words and up.
• Staying well. 500 words and images that talk about a specific aspect of staying well and show how to employ that in a practical way. For example, instead of a story about how popular yoga is, we want to know three yoga positions that the reader can explore to relieve neck stress.

Photography

Writers should state availability of photos with submission. Please do not send unsolicited material. We assume no responsibility for the safety or return of images that we do not expressly request to receive. Captions, model releases and identification of subjects should be included. Buys one-time rights.

Queries

Include writing samples and a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Queries will be forwarded to the appropriate editor(s). Sample issues are $5 ($10 Canada and foreign). Send a check or money order (payable to Worth International Media Group) to Skylights, Subscription Services, Editorial Dept. Worth International Media Group, 5979 NW 151 St., Suite 120, Miami Lakes, FL 33014.

Address queries or press releases to:

Lisa Simundson, Managing Editor, lisa@worthit.com

Pays on publication

Payment ranges from .25 to .40 word based on experience and assignment. Buys first North American serial rights and online rights.

Worth International owns the copyright to the contents of the magazine, except for the Spirit content of each issue. No portion of the content may be reproduced without the company’s prior consent.

Writers are responsible for their own fact checking and verifying all phone numbers and websites.