<p>Hi,
A friend of mine recently wrote and sent me an essay on her experience as a runner, and I sent an “essay” back comparing and contrasting her experiences with mine of not being to able to walk. Her essay was hands-down one of the most amazing things I have ever read, though she thinks mine is better written, somehow… She thinks we should submit them as parallel essays to a magazine, but we don’t know where, outside of Runner’s World, which gets like a billion submissions and probably wouldn’t touch my half (imo, not hers) anyway. Any suggestions for magazines that might be “good fit”?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Human interest stories, stories of overcoming/dealing with disabilities are often “feel good” reads, and will be applicable to any number of publications.</p>
<p>Consider your (and friends) age/peer group, the nature and cause of your inability to walk as potential sources of direction for the best vehicles of mass appeal to your submission.</p>
<p>Knowing some additional background may help in pointing you in any number of directions.</p>
<p>I’m sure some with publication, writing backgrounds will be able to offer additional suggestions.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply… It’s not so much on overcoming disability as it is simply on my experience of movement in contrast to hers. I’ve been disabled my whole life, so I was essentially asking her to describe something outside of my range of experience (“sunset to a blind man”-ish) and than comparing and contrasting my experiences with hers.</p>
<p>As for our age/peer groups, they’re, well, completely different (she’s 34, and I’m 19, for one thing), though I think our writing might appeal more to “adults” than college-age people.</p>
<p>Off the top of my head, Runner’s World might be a choice, as would general interest publications like Good Housekeeping, Reader’s Digest, many others. I know from what’s on the coffee table from my wife and daughter that pubs like these (and including Cosmos Girl which D had subscribed to in mid/late teens) had stories with similar story lines, experiences. </p>
<p>I’m not in the field, and I’m sure there are those here with more experience than mine.</p>