This document provides information on various news services and feature syndicates. It lists their contact information, areas of coverage, submission policies, and number of subscribers. Many provide columns on topics like travel, business, health, cooking and more. They distribute to newspapers, magazines and websites. Submission policies vary - some accept queries only while others do not accept unsolicited submissions.
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Division of Abramson & Abramson zoomerboomennagazine.com
PO Box 543, Hazelwood, MO 63042-0543 Key Personnel AP Newsfeatures
Tel: 314-579-0215 Fax: 314-579-0215 Founder & Publr: Dr David J Demko, PhD Division of Associated Press
E-mail: aaartwork@aol.com;aaauthor@aol.com Founded: 1995 450 W 33 St, New York, NY 10001
Web Site: www. Feature columns targeting the 45-plus Boomer Tel: 212-621-1500
elainesandraabramson.com; www.gslaa.org Generation with topics including: lifestyle, E-mail: info@ap.org
(mernbs section); www.bomh.org (membs entertainment, fashion, fitness, healthcare, Web Site: www.ap.org
section); www.stlwritersguild.org (archives) wellness, consumer affairs & retirement Key Personnel
Key Personnel plarming. No unsol mss, query first via e- CEO & Pres: Tom Curley
Pres: Elaine Sandra Abramson mail. Submission policies available online at Exec Ed: Kathleen Carroll
EVP: Martin Stanley Founded: www.demko.comlwriter.htm. Affiliated with the National news, investigative reporting, science
1967 Editor & Publisher Syndication Directory. stories, entertainment & columns on word humor.
Syndicate Appraisals by Abramson, an appraisal Number of Subscribers: 8,400,000 Membership(s): Number of Subscribers: 10,000
column; Pat/em Craft by A & A, craft & sewing American Sociological Association; Editor &
patterns with instructions; The Golden Gourmets, Publisher; GSA; National Press Club
cartoons & stories; Those Characters From Arthur's International
Cowtown, cartoons; The Romantitlats, cartoons; 2613 High Range Dr, Las Vegas, NY 89134
COW-TOWN, cartoons; Party Gators, cartoons; American Press Service & Features Syndicate Tel: 702-228-3731
The Frisky Investigators, cartoons; The Star PO Box 917, Van Nuys, CA 91408 E-mail: arthurintl@aol.com
Staples, cartoons; The Collegiate Crunchies, Tel: 818-997-6497 Key Personnel
cartoons; The Culinary Court, cartoons; The E-mail: iscs3assoc@aol.com Pres: Marvin C Arthur
Artists' World, column dealing with problems the Key Personnel Columns, short stories & fine arts. Unsol mss
artist faces such as health insurance, copyrights, Pres: Andrew K Wellworth VP only in column or short story form, send
etc. The Collegiate Crunchies, The RomantiCats & Gen Mgr: Israel I Bick SASE.
& COWTOWN appearing on the Pixelon Founded: 1971
Network, Rufus & Mary, cartoons; Kaya, the 300 members. Query first. ArtistMarket.com Division
Lucky Lab; Myschevious Animals; Tummy of A D Kahn Inc
Ticklers, cartoons; All submissions must be 35336 Spring Hill Rd, Farmington Hills, MI
through a recognized agent. All unagented American Urban Radio Networks 48331-2044
submissions are returned unopened. No unsol 960 Penn Ave, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15222- Tel: 248-661-8585 Fax: 248-788-1022
submissions. Author or artist must have 3811 E-mail: editor@artistmarket.com
credentials in subject applying to write or Tel: 4]2-456-4000 Toll Free Tel: 800-456-4211 Web Site: www.artistmarket.com
illustrate. We license our work out & also provide Fax: 412-456-4040 Key Personnel
art & author services. E-mail: information@aurn.com CEO & Publr: A David Kahn
Branch Officers) Web Site: www.aurn.com Founded: 1995
PO Box 29225, Santa Fe, NM 87592-9225 Key Personnel NewspaperlMagazine/Website syndication services.
Membership(s): Best of Missouri Hands; Chester- Pres, Prog Opers & Affiliations: Jerry Lopes E- Puzzles & photography column, political
field Writers Guild; Composers, Authors & mail: jlopes@aurn.com cartoons; comic strips & cartoon panels, features
Artists of America; Creative Coalition; Croak & SVP, Opers: Glenn Bryant E-mail: gbryant@aurn. writers for newspapers & magazines.
Dagger New Mexico; Electronically Published com Submission policy online at artistmarket.com.
Internet Connection; Graphic Artists Guild; Entertainment, sports, news; 450 subscribers;
Greater St Louis Artist Association; Greater St movie reviews.
Louis Artists Guild; Maryland Art League;
Ask the Builder
Branch Officer s) 100 Swain Rd, Meredith, NH 03253
Midwest Booksellers Association; Mystery 30 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1218, Chicago, IL 60602
Writers of America; National Association of Tel: 603-722-0908
Tel: 312-558-9090 Fax: 312-558-9280 1133 Whittier
Memoir Writers; National Association of Web Site: www.askthebuilder.com
Rd, Grosse Pointe, MI 48230-1410 Tel: 313-885-4243
Television Producers & Executives; National Key Personnel
Fax: 313-885-2192
League of American Pen Women; National Author: Tim Carter E-mail: tim@askthebuilder.
432 Park Ave, New York, NY 10016 (sales off)
Writers Association; NEBA; North Texas Writers com
Tel: 212-883-2100 Fax: 212-297-2571
Group; Publishers Association Ask the Builder is a how-to-get-it-done-right syn-
of the West; Romance Writers of America; RWA, dicated newspaper & video series. Carter has
Kiss of Death Chapter; St Louis Writers Guild; authored thousands of columns & has hundreds of
Ampersand Communications videos available at his AsktheBuilder.com website.
Sisters in Crime; Society of Children's Book 2311 S Bayshore Dr, Miami, FL 33133
Writers & Illustrators; Southern Independent The weekly syndicated newspaper column
Tel: 305-285-2200 currently runs in over 100 papers. Each week
Booksellers Alliance; SouthWest Writers; Texas E-mail: amprsnd@aol.com
Association of Film & Tape Professionals; Thriller Carter writes fresh columns for newspaper client
Web Site: www.ampersandcom.com & the website. Furthermore, he
Writers of America; Writers Under the Arch Key Personnel is currently taping 20 new short videos per week.
Ed: George Leposky Most videos are less than than twominutes long
ACME Features Syndicate Mng Partner: Rosalie E Leposky & answer a very specific problem. AsktheBuilder
Division of The Life in Hell Cartoon Co Founded: 1980 is also an exclusive partner with You'Iube & all
147 NE Yamhill St, Sheridan, OR 97378 As a news feature syndicate, distribute travel features; videos can be seen at
Tel: 503-843-4555 Fax: 503-843-4001 E- a column of insights & advice for people in www.YouTube.comiaskthebuilder.
mail: binky@acmefeatures.com business; an environmental news column dealing Number of Subscribers: 100,000
Key Personnel with economic & legal issues, legislation,
Exec Dir: Sondra Gatewood technology & consumer opportunities; an overview
of advances in medicine & health; a cooking Associated Press (AP)
The Life in Hell cartoon strip; 50 subscribers; 450 W 33 St, New York, NY 10001
query first; do not accept submissions. column; a column of advice on home
improvements & remodeling, decorating & in- Tel: 212-621-1500
terior design; a seniors' lifestyle column; a pets E-mail: info@ap.org
AgeVenture News Service column; a book review column that captures the Web Site: www.ap.org
Subsidiary of Demko Publishing soul & spirit of the South - past, present Key Personnel
19432 Preserve Dr, Boca Raton, FL 33498 & future; travel adventure, southern regional CEO & Pres: Tom Curley
Tel: 561-866-825] travel & business travel features. Also pub-
E-mail: demko@demko.com lie relations, marketing communications, con-
Web Site: www.ageventurenewsservice. 1313
sulting, advertising & copywriting, & video
