Guidelines for Submitting to The NA Way Magazine

Our editorial content ranges from personal essays about recovery and opinion pieces, to humorous accounts, and nostalgia or trivia about NA from our members. Like any publication, The NA Way has editorial guidelines. Submissions are copyedited for grammar, sentence structure, spelling, and comprehension; and for consistency with “NA language” (clean, addict, etc.). We do our very best to retain the author’s original meaning, style, and tone. The simplest way to reach us is by email at naway@na.org, but if you don’t have internet access, you can send submissions to us at PO Box 9999, Van Nuys, CA 91409.

FEATURE ARTICLES

Personal recovery experiences, accounts of current issues or events in NA, thoroughly documented historical essays on NA's beginnings in an area, region, or country.

SHARING SECTION AND SERVICE SECTION

Personal recovery and/or service experience; may also include interviews.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR/OPINION

Opinions on issues and editorial replies to previously published articles.

PRIMARY PURPOSE

Challenges and unique experiences of groups and/or service bodies.

HUMOR

Anything from a “top ten” list to a parody of NA's literature to a multiple-choice questionnaire; funniest thing heard at a meeting, misreading of NA literature, etc.

DID YOU KNOW?

Interesting facts and/or historic details about local NA communities or NA as a whole.

READERS’ IDEAS

Have an idea for The NA Way Magazine? We’d love to hear your input! Write up your ideas and send them to us.

ARTWORK AND PHOTOS AND PICTURE THIS

Help us illustrate the magazine with your original artwork or send us photos of your home group, along with some information about your group, its meeting format, the way you celebrate NA birthdays, the group’s history, etc. . Please submit material as high resolution photograph or in PSD, JPG, or EPS format. No anonymity-breaking images and please avoid political or religious content.