If you would be interested in writing a true-life, HUMOROUS parenting article for us, please send us your submission on spec.

Theme: How you are a precocious and over-the-top preventative first-time parent learned to protect your children and stop being obsessive.

Word Count: 100 to 500 words

Article type: Narrative; first person, true-life funny story or anecdote

Rights: First nonexclusive rights

Payment: 30 cents per edited word; this means that if we only want 100 of your 500 words, that is what we will apply the .30/wd rule to

Date Full Article is Due: September 28, 2009 / Thriving Family appreciates your humor article submission. If it was not accepted by 7 p.m. on October 16, 2009, your article was not chosen for publication. We hope to work with you on a different article at a later time.

Subject Line Should Read: ATTN: Sheila Seifert (100-500–Humor–.30/w–S28O16)

Directions: If you received this e-mail from an editor, you may submit an article by replying to it. If you received this e-mail from a friend or saw it online, please send your articles to thrivingfamilysubmissions@family.org. Type “Humor Submission” in the subject line.