People Urgently Wanted: Get Paid to Appear in a Magazine

March 9th, 2010

We urgently need these stories right now…. (see story requests below).

Simply visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to tell us if you would like to get paid to feature in any of these true life stories.  Just fill in our online form.

Or, get in touch if you have any other stories that you would like us to consider.

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Person or Story Wanted:  Any Summertime Stories to fill the magazine’s summer specials/issues.

Where the story will appear: Various Women’s Magazines.

More info: Looking for any holiday stories to fill the summer pages of all of the magazines that we contribute to.  Holiday romances, injuries and illnesses, heartbreak, disasters and so on.  We’ll pay you for your story.

 

Person or Story Wanted:  Individual who has suffered cardiac problems due to cocaine – or a relative of someone who has died.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: Looking for an individual, man or woman, who has suffered cardiac problems as a result of taking cocaine. And/ or an individual who has lost a relative after they died as a result of cocaine causing a fatal heart attack.

 

Person or Story Wanted: When plastic / cosmetic surgery goes wrong. Horribly wrong.

Where the story will appear: Weekly women’s magazine.

More info: We are writing a story to warn women about the dangers of cosmetic surgery.

 

Person or Story Wanted: I gave my baby to my parents.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: We are looking for the real life version of the Eastenders storyline where pregnant teen Lucy offers to give her baby to her parents Ian and Jane.

The real mum should be quite young, like Lucy and didn’t want to abort the baby but knew that her parents would be able to give it a good upbringing. Ideally the parents should have wanted another child, but were unable to have more for whatever reason.

It should be a positive story, looking at how the relationships have worked well, how the child has benefitted from having loving grandparents and how the mum has enjoyed having her child around.

 Person/Story Criteria: The mum should have had the child in her teens. Her parents can be any age. The child can be any age now up to a teenager. This will require a chat with the whole family and a family picture. We will pay a fee on publication.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Women who love their very different bodies.

Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Story.

More info: We are looking for women who have unusual/different bodies. Their faces must be considered ‘good looking’ and have bodies that are different from the norm. Examples of what we\’re looking for are:

-A very large woman who\’s proud of her plus size curves.

-A very tall woman.

-A very short woman.

-A woman with a lot of tattoos on her body.

-A female bodybuilder.

-A female amputee.

Any other women who have ‘different’ bodies to the norm, are beautiful and love how they look. We would prefer for them not to have appeared in the press before.

Person/Story Criteria: Aged 18-35, Female.

 

Person or Story Wanted: His affair made us stronger….

 More info: URGENTLY looking for a couple case study where the woman has forgiven her partner for cheating. We just need a short chat about how she forgave him and move on. Need a picture of them together, but we could pixellate his face if necessary and pay generous fee…

Person/Story Criteria: 20-45

 

Person or Story Wanted: Looking for a woman or man who’s marriage has been affected by their mother in law.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: as Ashley Cole blames his mother in law for marriage breakdown, we’re looking to talk to couples who have been through similar experiences. Maybe they lived with their mother in law and their marriage has improved since she moved out? Maybe the husband feels the Mother in law negatively affected their marriage. Whatever the mother in law story we’d been keen to hear it! Thanks.

 

Person or Story Wanted: A woman, aged under 36, who has HIV and who contracted it through a heterosexual relationship.

Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine Story.

More info: We’d ideally like a woman who will be identified.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine Story.

More info: We are looking for men and women aged 18-35, who have been left by a partner, or who left their partner, for someone of the same sex. Generous fee paid.

 

Person or Story Wanted: “I gave my man a makeover”

Where the story will appear: Woman’s Weekly Magazine.

More info: We need men in their 20s who have had an image overhaul at their girlfriend’s request – eg extensive dental work, laser hair removal, cosmetic surgery etc.

Person/Story Criteria: Couple in their 20s – both would need to come to photoshoot.

 

Person or Story Wanted:  Victims of copycat brides.

More info: Looking for comments/anecdotes from brides who have had their wedding ideas copied by another bride, or who copied someone else’s wedding – anonymity is fine!  The sorts of anonymous examples I’m after are anecdotes from brides who had to deal with things like another friend announcing she’s marrying the same week as you, or in the same venue with the same band and decor, or buying the same dress, or having the exact same readings, first dance and ring, or copying your invites etc – so not just friendly borrowing of a nice idea but getting a bit OTT with the copycat behaviour! Especially if they had similar guest lists or, even worse, the copycat ends up having her wedding first and then the bride feared looking like she copied her!

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Alex’s Blog – Summer Stories Wanted

March 9th, 2010

CALLING IN ALL YOUR SUMMER STORIES

By Alexandra McGowan

Hi everyone,

FINALLY, it’s happened! The sun is officially shining again, and here at the Famous Features office we are all looking forward to our holidays after a long, cold winter.

Cocktails, summer wardrobes and sunscreen are just a few of the things we love about jetting off to sunnier climes.

But very often, we come back with incredible stories to tell, too – as well as a few extra pounds around the waistline and sunburn.

Take Angela Grant, for example, whose holiday horror story about being impaled on hundreds of sea urchins we sold to Real People magazine. Look out for it in the next few months.

Not to mention the number of people who come back from holiday having suffered horrific food poisoning, blisters the size of walnuts because of extreme sunburn, or even something more horrifying like a brush with a shark.

We want to hear all these stories, and, just as importantly, see what pictures you have to accompany them. Those pictures could get you a great deal with a national magazine or newspaper.

Then there’s the minefield of holiday romances. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t. We would love to hear about both scenarios – are you having a romantic wedding in the resort where you met five years ago?

Or perhaps you were conned by a bronzed love-rat, lulled into a false sense of security by one too many Tequilas? Get in touch. We can help sell your story.

There are also the more tragic, harrowing stories, which we get out there as a warning to others – perhaps one of your children had a terrible accident in a resort that didn’t follow health and safety procedures.

We will endeavour to tell your story with the utmost sensitivity and care, ensuring that the message is communicated to the 11 million people who read the magazines we sell to, but done in the way that you feel comfortable with.

Whatever the situation, summer means stories. So please give me a call: 01293 459808, or email me at alex@famousfeatures.co.uk.

Cheerio!

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Your stories needed today – for cash. 26/02/10

February 26th, 2010

We need these stories or people right now….

Get paid to appear in a magazine or newspaper.  Simply visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to tell us if you would like to get paid to feature in a story.

(also, please get in touch if you have any other stories that you would like us to consider)

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Person or Story Wanted: Adopted Child, or Sperm Donor.

Where the story will appear: Glossy Magazine Story.

More info: We are looking to interview a woman who’s adopted a child by herself, and we are also looking for a woman who’s used a sperm donor.

 

Person or Story Wanted: I am looking for women – or couples – who have problems with their mother in laws.

Where the story will appear: Woman’s magazine  article.

More info: We are looking to interview 2-3 women – or maybe a couple – who are willing to chat about the effect problematic mother in laws have had on their relationship for a sensitive piece in a top women’s magazine.  Maybe their in laws caused such a problem that their relationship even broke down as a consequence. The case study will need to be willing to be pictured (although we can change their name) and also available for a short telephone interview. They will also be paid for their time and the piece will be read back to them before publication.

 

Person or Story Wanted: People who have lost relatives or loved ones to MRSA.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: We are looking for case studies of people whose loved ones have died because of MRSA they picked up in an NHS hospital. We need people in particular whose relatives went into hospital for a fairly minor complaint and picked up the infection in there. MRSA mainly affects elderly patients so I\’m looking for people who lost younger relatives in particular.

We also want to hear the case study’s views on what the Government could have done better to prevent MRSA deaths.

Person or Story Criteria: Relatives or loved ones must have caught MRSA in an NHS hospital and died as a result of the infection.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Women aged under 48 talking about the ‘final straw’ that made them leave their husbands.

Where the story will appear: Women’s magazine story.

More info: We need pictures of the women with their ex-hubbies.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Mums who gave birth on a special day whose baby is under 18 months.

Where the story will appear: A pregnancy magazine.

More info: We are looking for mums who gave birth on a meaningful day – such as her wedding anniversary, wedding day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, last day at work (but not Christmas, New Year or a birthday) to feature as a real life birth story in a top pregnancy magazine.

Person or Story Criteria: The baby must be under 18 months and we will need high res images of the mum with her baby as a newborn and the newborn on his/her own.

 

Person or Story Wanted: We are looking for a man who (like Ashley Cole) is living with his mother in law.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper story.

More info: It would need to be a couple who are willing to speak candidly (ie, about how it affects their sex life) and be photographed on the edition.

 

Person or Story Wanted: strong, emotional first person lead for july issue.

Where the story will appear: Women’s glossy monthly magazine story.

More info: We need a good emotional, uplifting lead stories (nothing gloomy please – this particular magazine don’t do gloom). Also any nice three women pieces (ideas like ‘what our clothes say about us’; ‘why my fresh start was the best thing that ever happened’.

Person or Story Criteria: 30-55 down-to-earth (ie no high-flyers or career women).

 

Person or Story Wanted: Teenage mums.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: We are looking for a young mum who gave birth at 13 or 14. She can be no more than 16 now.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Male sex addict

Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine.

More info: Real life feature: ‘I am a sex addict’

Person or Story Criteria: Male in his 20s.

 

Person or Story Wanted: A woman who has had an abortion in her 40s, and a woman who contracted an STD in her 40s.

Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Story – women’s supplement.

More info: The feature is about how these ‘teenage’ type problems can actually occur at any age.  Both women would need to be identified and pictured, but we will do a readback to the interviewee.  There is a small fee available for the right case study – dependent on the story.

Person or Story Criteria: Must be a woman in her 40s prepared to be identified and pictured.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Women who have been driven to taking extreme revenge on their ex boyfriends.

Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Story – women’s supplement.

More info: We are looking for women who were driven to extreme revenge tactics after finding out a boyfriend was cheating on them or treated them badly in some other way.  Perhaps they publicly humiliated him by putting up posters / creating a fake website in his name etc. Perhaps they destroyed his favourite things or ruined his wardrobe.  Anything that will make a reader secretly cheer and think, he totally got what he deserved!

 Person or Story Criteria: Must be women aged 22-34, willing to be identified / photographed. There is a small fee available.

 

Person or Story Wanted: A mum who looked after her daughter\’s baby to allow her to finish her education.

Where the story will appear: Women’s magazine story.

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Appear in one of these features and earn cash: 11/2/10

February 11th, 2010

Our latest story requests:

Get paid to feature in any of these magazine or newspaper articles.  Visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to send us your details and find out how much we will pay you. 

You can also send us any other real-life story ideas at www.FamousFeatures.co.uk and you will earn cash if we can publish them for you.

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Person or Story Wanted: Women who have experienced suicidal thoughts and tried to take her own life.  

Where it will appear: Sunday Newspaper Magazine story.

More info: We are looking for a woman in her late 20s/early 30s who had suicidal thoughts when she was younger and who tried to take her life. She’s now received help/support and thinks that failing was the best thing that happened to her. Perhaps she’s helping other women now who feel suicidal? Or maybe she’s living her dream life/career or has become a mum.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Women who have taken revenge on an ex.

Where it will appear: Sunday Newspaper Magazine story.

More info: We are looking for women aged 20-40 who have taken revenge on an ex after her treated her badly, eg by cheating on her, and in the most imaginative way possible.

Two women recently put up posters warning others off their ex after they discovered he’d been seeing both of them at once…an American woman put up billboards of her with her now ex after she found out he was actually still married…   so we are looking for women who have been quite creative in their revenge tactics!

 

Person or Story Wanted: Looking for spooky love stories – so I need a woman who found love through a psychic / tarot reader / astrologist etc.

Where it will appear: Glossy women’s magazine story.

Person or Story Wanted: Primary school mums.

Where it will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine.

More info: We’re looking for girls who gave birth age 10-15 to talk about how they coped with being such young mums. They’d need to be over 16 now so they can be identified.

We’re looking for a range of experiences – so perhaps one gave up her baby for adoption, and feels like that was the best thing she could have done for both of them, but another might have struggled on and is really proud of what she’s achieved.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Case study of a woman who has been a victim of domestic violence.

Where it will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: Urgently need a female victim of domestic violence. Ideally with injury pictures.  Perpetrator MUST have been convicted and we also need a picture of him.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Adult phone line workers.

Where it will appear: Glossy women’s magazine story.

More info: We are looking for women who work for adult phone lines, who are happy to be pictured in Reveal and discuss their career move.

- perhaps they’ve taken it up because they’re working around child care?

-perhaps they’ve retired and wanted a bit of money on the side?

We want to hear from women of all ages who have tried it out as a career. Please send any applications with name, age and a picture.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Someone who used to be a member of ‘The Silver RIng Thing’ who has now abandoned it.

Where it will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine Story.

More info: We are looking for someone who joined the Silver RIng chastity movement when it first came to Britain a few years ago but who has now left and who is prepared to discuss why. It’s part of a wider piece on whether abstinence pledges work in the long run.

Criteria: Preferably female, but not crucial. Most silver ring pledgers are teens so looking for someone under/early twenties. Ideally they would be prepared to be photographed but again not crucial.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Looking for women willing to have a fertility test – contact details only.

Where it will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: We are running a general fertility piece on different women with different lifestyles. I am in need of a a forty odd year old who doesnt drink or is v healthy and willing to have a test and have results printed.  Also looking for someone in their 40s who has drank heavily or smoked all their lives for same reason.  Also looking for a healthy/tee total 30 odd year old for the feature.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Five teenage girls with strange eating habits.

Where it will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: I am looking for teenage girls with mad eating habits.  Maybe they don’t eat carbs to stay Posh Spice stick-like, perhaps they only eat takeaways as they don’t like anything else, or maybe they haven’t eaten anything but salad for two years.

We would want to speak to these teens, analyse their diet with our experts and then do a bloodtest to see if there are any other problems. We would then work to create a nice healthy plan for them.  Need case studies asap.

Criteria: Must be 13-18, female, not anorexic etc or obese.

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Valentines Stories – Alex McGowan’s Blog 02/02/2010

February 2nd, 2010

Love is in the air

Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone. Well, nearly. The big day is approaching, and it’s an event that divides everyone into two groups.

Firstly, the Smug Marrieds and Taken – those of you happily in love with your partners, laughing at the rest of us who are single and lonely.  We want to hear your stories of love and romance – week-long extravaganzas of gifts and serenading, as in the case of Britain’s most romantic man, Andrew Nellis.  He took girlfriend Jodie away on a series of surprise trips, a helicopter ride and even a ride on a Venetian gondolier to propose.  He spent £13,000 making it the perfect romantic week, and we sold his story to Pick Me Up magazine and Your Life in the Daily Mirror.

But what about those Valentine’s Day stories that go wrong?  We’ve heard of girls going to the hairdresser’s for the day, determined to become peroxide for the big Valentine’s date, only to have a hair-dye disaster.  Losing your hair as you eat a romantic candle-lit meal? Doesn’t sound too amorous from where we’re standing. But we would still like to hear your stories.

Valentine’s is also a day to put pressure on relationships. Massive pressure from the media to have a ‘perfect day’ with your loved one often outs problems you’re having as a couple into sharp focus.  We’ve listened to girlfriends who moan that their fellas spend all day every day on the internet, not paying them any attention in the slightest.

Then there’s the ladies who get their revenge – dumping their men on Valentine’s Day by sticking up posters of them in their cities, advertising to every unsuspecting woman that their ex is a love rat to avoid.

We want to hear all your great Valentine’s Day stories, whether they’re happy, sad, or just plain crazy. Any special marriage proposals? Did your man dress up in your clothes to get down on one knee? Or did you catch him in bed with your best mate?  Selling your story to one of the top national magazines or newspapers is the best way to get your story across effectively, in the way that you want.

On a sadder note, there are also some tragic Valentine stories out there. Sons who died in car crashes, hours away from delivering their presents to their girlfriends the following day.  Telling your story can help spread a message – whether it’s to stop people from speeding, or get revenge on a cheating boyfriend who broke your heart.

We negotiate the best fee for your story, and tell it in the way you want it to be told.  So get in touch, and share your February stories with the Famous Features team.

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Appear one of these newspaper articles and earn cash: 27/01/2010

January 27th, 2010

Earn cash for appearing in any of these magazine or newspaper articles and features. All you have to do is visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to send us your details and let us know which story you are interested in taking part in.

You can also let us know if you have any other stories to sell.  We are looking for all kinds of different stories to publish.  There couldn’t be an easier way to make cash! Sell a story today.

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Person or Story Wanted: We are looking for a woman who discovered her partner’s cheating through text messages.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: We are looking for a case study who discovered their partner was cheating by pretending to be the man and texting the mistress – just like Elin did to Tiger Woods.

 

Person or Story Wanted: A British woman/couple adopting an orphan from Haiti.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Article.

More info: Seeking British couples or single women who are in the process of adopting a child from Haiti. No age limit. Fee of up to £1000 to case study on publication.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Women, 19-35, who met their partner as a result of a tragic event.

Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine.

More info: For a feature on couples that met during what might be described as one of the worst days of their lives, we are looking for women, aged 19-35, who met ‘the One’ as a result of a tragic event. Perhaps they were both involved in an earthquake, a fire, a bombing, a flooding, etc., working as a volunteer and tending to the injured, or else they lived through the event itself.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Teenage Girls Addicted to Surgery

Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine.

More info: We are looking for mums whose teenage daughters are obsessed with plastic surgery. Ideally they need to be desperate to transform themselves – they might want a boob job / nose job / face lift by the time they turn 16 and be saving up their pocket money for plastic surgery.

Criteria: The girls need to be 16 and under and the mums aged around 21-40.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Family of a woman who has died from gynaelogical cancer (NOT CERVICAL)

Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Article.

More info: We are issuing one last request for the family-husband, sister and daughter ideally-of a woman who passed away recently from gynaelogical cancer (but not cervical cancer).

This is for a feature on the other victims of cancer-the family, who are often forgotten about.

We want the woman who died to have been no more than 45 approx when she passed away, and her family, sister and daughter to all be under that age too (approximately).

 

Person or Story Wanted: Women who spent money on alternative “fertility boosting” products/practitioners .

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: We are looking for women who have spent time and money on alternative fertility aids eg fertility statues, vitamins, spells, chinese herbs etc etc and they did not fall pregnant as a result (they could have fallen pregnant later though or on IVF). Ideally they would feel they had wasted money or been conned but they may feel the optimism was worth it.

 

Person or Story Wanted: A three generation family living together in one house.

Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Monthly

More info: We are looking for a female case study to feature in our next issue. It’s for a piece about three generation families so I’m looking for a couple who have pooled their finances with their parents/in-laws to buy a bigger property that they all live in together, or which has an annex attached. Can you help at all?

Criteria: They must be over 35 They must be living with their children and BOTH their or their partner\’s parents They must have bought the property within the last six years.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Three generations of women who will all talk about love/relationships through the years.

Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Article.

More info: We’re looking to interview a gran, mum and daughter about their experiences of dating and relationships and how they’ve changed through the years.

Criteria: Gran, mum and daughter with a wide range of relationship experiences.

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Generous Fee Paid for Appearing in Magazine Articles: 26/01/2010

January 26th, 2010

Get paid a generous fee for appearing in any of these magazine or newspaper articles and features.  Simply visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to send us your details and let us know which story you are interested in taking part in.

You can also let us know if you have any other stories to sell.  We are looking for all kinds of different stories to publish.  What an easy way to make cash!

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Person or Story Wanted: Couple willing to try relationship therapy.

Where the story or article will appear: Women’s Magazine Story.

More info: I’m looking for a long term couple aged between 35 and 55 who would be willing to have a session of relationship therapy and then talk about how it has helped in a women’s weekly magazine. The case study will be paid and you will be able to read the copy before publication.

Person or Story Wanted: A family who refuse to have the Internet at home, and a family who are hooked on the web.

Where the story or article will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: Following news about the broadband tax, I\’m looking for two families from opposite ends of the broadband spectrum.

1) A family who refuse to have the Internet at home, not for financial reasons, but because they don’t believe it’s a good thing. They prefer to get their kids doing sport or other activities rather than spending hours scouring the web.

2) A family who couldn’t live without the Internet. Mum might use it for shopping, dad might rely to his emails, while the kids are hooked on spotify and facebook.

We would need to picture them at home today and a quick chat on the phone. We can pay them for doing this.

Person or Story Wanted: Case studies of women who have used diet pills with negative side effects.

Where the story or article will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: After a recent study says that a quarter of women use diet pills, I need several case studies of women who have used them with unpleasant side effects. One Alli case study is fine, but we’d like a couple of other diet drug examples as well and it would be good if they bought them online.

Person or Story Criteria: Age bracket pretty broad (20-60 years old).

Person or Story Wanted: Valentine real life stories.

Where the story or article will appear: Daily Newspaper Features.

More info: Love stories with a twist for a Daily Newspaper’s 14th February issue.

Person or Story Wanted: Mail order brides.

Where the story or article will appear: Men’s magazine story.

More info: We are looking to do a piece about a man who has married what is known as a “mail order bride”

Person or Story Criteria: It has to be a British man between the ages of 18 and 30.

Person or Story Wanted: Desperately seeking: An obese patient forced to EAT MORE in order to have NHS weight loss surgery.

Where the story or article will appear: Women’s Magazine Story.

More info: The Royal College of Surgeons claim obese patients are being made to eat more and gain weight so they can have weight-loss surgery on the NHS.  We’re looking for a strong case study of a patient who deliberately gained weight after being told they did not qualify for surgery because they weren’t fat enough. We’re particularly keen to hear from patients whose health suffered as a result – for example, suffering diabetes, stroke, heart problems etc etc.  The more extreme the weight gain the better, especially if it was over a short period of time.

Person or Story Criteria: Ideally, the patient should be under 30 and female but we’d be happy to hear about any case studies.

Person or Story Wanted: a funny crime story involving an animal.

Where the story or article will appear: Women’s Magazine story.

More info: We\’re looking for a funny crime story involving an animal in some way. Anything like a pet who was killed that turned into a bit of a whodunnit or someone who was beaten up by someone dressed up as an animal.

Person or Story Criteria: We need to be able to tell it from a woman aged between 18 and 35.

Person or Story Wanted: We are looking to speak to a woman who became a mum in her 50s or older.

Where the story or article will appear: Woman’s Magazine Article.

More info:  It doesn’t matter if she was already a mum or if this was her first baby. It also doesn’t matter whether the baby was conceived naturally or through IVF. Ideally the baby would need to be about a year old. We are looking for someone who hasn’t appeared in any other women’s magazines.

Person or Story Wanted: Chemical peels gone wrong.

Where the story or article will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: We are looking for three women who each had bad experiences of chemical facial peels – did it leave your face scarred, seriously swollen, in a lot of pain, or requiring further treatment to repair damage done by the peel? Phone interviews and pics required. Generous payment offered.

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Appear in a Magazine or Newspaper and Earn Cash Today

January 20th, 2010

We are looking for the following stories right now.  If you, or anyone you know, fits the profile – simply let us know by filling out our online form at: www.famousfeatures.co.uk

You can also let us know about any other real life stories that you would like to publish in a magazine or newspaper. You can sell a story today.

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Story or Person Wanted: Mums with high blood pressure or diabetes and their daughters aged 18-35.

Where the story will appear: Woman’s magazine feature.

More info: Reveal magazine are putting together a health feature based on mothers and daughters.

We’re looking for mums who has had high blood pressure or diabetes who both have a daughter aged 18-35; both mums and daughters need to be able to attend a photo shoot and interview in London one week day in early Feb.  Expenses and payment available.

Case study criteria: Mums can be any age but daughters must be 18-35.

 

Story or Person Wanted: A woman who divorced her hubby and then married him again.

Where the story will appear: Woman’s magazine story.

More info: For a Valentine’s Day feature on love second time around.

Case study criteria: Up to age 45 or a young-looking 50.  Needs to be available for interview this week.

 

Story or Person Wanted: Looking for a case study who has had a divorce party to give a quick five minute interview.

Where the story will appear: Newspaper article.

More info: We are running a piece on the changing face of divorce, we are looking for a female case study aged 18-45 who has had a divorce party and is happy to talk to us for five minutes about it and provide a pic of themselves.

 

Story or Person Wanted: I am looking for a woman whose house was burgled.

Where the story will appear: Glossy magazine story.

More info: I am looking for a women who’s house was burgled and the robbers took off with whatever they could find while she hid/didn’t confront them for fear of being attacked etc.

Generous fee to case study paid – must be aged 22-40.

 

Story or Person Wanted: Any real life story, involving a young woman aged 19-35, who is available for pics/interview by Thur.

Where the story will appear: Glossy women’s magazine.

More info:  We’ve got a last-minute hole in our schedule that needs filling by Thursday lunchtime (eek!). So, we are looking for any first person real life stories involving young women aged 19-35, where either good pics already exist; or the woman concerned is available to be shot in the next 24 hours. Any suggestions welcome!

 

Story or Person Wanted: Female chef that lost weight despite working with food.

Where the story will appear: Glossy women’s magazine story.

More info: We are looking for a female chef who lost a lot of weight despite working with food.  They will need to be able to attend a photo shoot in February.

 

Story or Person Wanted: Case studies of girls who’ve had underage sex.

Where the story will appear: Woman’s magazine feature.

More info: We are working on a feature about under age sex and looking for case studies as young as possible. They need to have had sex young and be willing to talk about their experiences – do they regret it / has it ruined their body / did they get pregnant etc?

Case study criteria: They can be aged up to 35.

 

Story or Person Wanted: Gay man turned straight.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info:  There was a piece in the Times earlier this week in which Patrick Muirhead wrote about how he’s going straight after years of being gay as he wants a wife and family. On the back of this story we are now looking for a man who also went straight after years of a homosexual lifestyle and now has a wife (and ideally a child as well).  Phone interview required and ideally a photograph too although we are flexible on this given the sensitive nature of the feature. Payment upon publication. 

 

Story or Person Wanted: Woman or man who wants to propose to their other half in the Newspaper on Valentines day.

Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper (News of the World).

More info: We are looking for men and women who want to propose to their other half in the magazine’s Valentines issue.  Make it a super-special proposal, and we may even be able to throw in a free diamond ring from a top jewellers.  This must be a genuine proposal!

Case study criteria: Men/Women Aged 19-40

 

Story or Person Wanted: Female stalking victims.

Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Story.

More info: We are URGENTLY looking for female victims of stalking. We’re particularly interested in speaking with a victim of cyber stalking, ie through facebook/My Space etc…but are open to other options.  This is for an issue going to press imminently so please contact us asap if you know anyone suitable.

Case study criteria: Female 18-40.

 

Story or Person Wanted: Girls aged 18-25 who have taken mephedrone to talk about their experience.

Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper magazine supplement.

More info: We are putting together a news report on the rise of new ‘legal high’ drug mephedrone (known as bubble and meow meow) and am hoping to speak to a couple of female case studies who have tried it to talk about what it was like.  We will need them to be identified (named and pictured) and there would be payment involved.

Case study criteria: They need to be aged between 18-25, be female and willing to be identified

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These stories wanted. Earn Cash Today. 15/01/2010

January 15th, 2010

Would you like to feature in a magazine article and earn cash today? Get paid to appear in any of these magazine & newspaper articles (see requests below), or send us your own story ideas. Sell a story today.

Visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to let us know if you are interested.

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Person or Story Wanted: Women who can tell us how Facebook ruined their lives.

Where the article will appear:  National Newspaper Story.

Criteria: Must be under 35 with good stories about being stalked, bullied, privacy invaded, or marriage/relationship broke up due to Facebook

Person or Story Wanted: “Love against the odds – they said it would never work”

Where the article will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine Story.

More info: We are looking for women (aged 21-29) who are in successful relationships that people said would never work.  Perhaps they have successfully held down a long distance relationship, fell pregnant very early on in the relationship and made the relationship work, fell in love with someone their family initially disliked or met ‘the one’ on the rebound from another relationship.

We would need to photograph both you and your partner at a photo shoot and can pay a fee, plus your travel expenses.

Person or Story Wanted: Someone who became addicted to antidepressants and who suffered extreme side effects.

Where the article will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine article.

More info: We are looking for a woman who, after being on antidepressants, has suffered extreme side-effects – anything from death to massive strokes or suicide attempts, which can definitely be linked back to the antidepressants.

Criteria: Women aged between 18 and 35

Person or Story Wanted: Husband/sister/children of woman who died of a gynaelogical cancer.

Where the article will appear: Sunday Newspaper.

More info: We are looking for the families of a woman (aged no more than 45) who died of gynaelogical cancer. We want to speak to her husband/fiance/partner and her sister, and photograph them with her children. This is for a feature on the forgotten victims of cancer-the family.

Criteria: All case studies and the deceased to be no older than 45 approx.

Person or Story Wanted: I am looking for a woman, who decided to abort her child when she found out it would be disabled.

Where the article will appear: Women’s Weekly Magazine.

More info: We are looking for someone who took the decision to abort a baby knowing that it would be disabled and therefore would have a bad quality of life. It would good to find two women, one who stands by her decision and one who regrets it.

Criteria: The women would have to be happy to be identified and pictured. Also, they have to be exclusive to us.

Person or Story Wanted: A woman who has been attacked by another woman/women, eg mugged, targeted on night out.

Where the article will appear: Sunday Newspaper Story.

More info: We are putting together a report on the rise of female violence and looking for a woman aged 20-39 who has suffered violence at the hands of another woman or women.

This could be a random attack on a night out, walking past a group of girls who start being aggressive, or an attack in a bar or club, but something that was totally unexpected (as well as totally undeserved).

We would want to interview her about what happened, and photograph her.

Criteria: Case study must be female, aged 20-39, live in the UK.

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Karma – A good reason to sell a story: Alex McGowan’s Blog

January 15th, 2010

Karma, karma, karma, karma…come on and sell your story!

We all know what karma is, don’t we?

What goes around comes around…what comes up, must come down and all the rest of it.

Basically, it means that whatever you do comes back to you somehow. So, if you cheat someone, betray them or hurt them, somehow the bad luck will come back to you.

We marvel at karma in this office, where we sit selling your stories to the national magazines and newspapers. You wouldn’t believe the amount of karma stories we get though the door. Take Sinead McNamee, whose story will be published in Take a Break Specials magazine in March. She gave everything she had to her boyfriend when he told her he had no money. She covered his rent, paid for his share of a holiday to Kenya and didn’t pressure him to pay her back.

One day, however, she logged onto her online banking site and discovered he’d gambled away nearly £2,000 of her money on internet poker sites.  We won’t spoil the rest of the story for you, but needless to say, the rogue boyfriend was convicted of fraud and theft. And Sinead has now moved on with her life.

Sinead decided to share her story to warn others about the conmen lurking out there. And you could say that’s HIS bad luck is coming back to haunt him!

It’s exactly the same when a rape victim comes forward and tells their story. It’s not about the money, it’s not about ‘selling your soul’ – it’s making sure these people don’t get the chance to hurt anyone again.

Have you got a Valentine’s story from the past? Someone who hurt you, someone you’d like to expose? Famous Features is the way to put a story forward sensitively and in the way you feel comfortable with.  Or what about Easter? The family get together, still seething from the Christmas rows you had, and tempers flare. Have you had a fallout with someone in your family?

Selling your story could be the perfect way to get the story across to the people you want to reach out to, without changing any of the facts or breaking any laws.  Our journalists are all experienced and talented in the field of real-life features, and want to help you get the biggest and best deal for your story.

So email or call – we are waiting to hear your amazing yarns and help you sell your story!

Tell us your story here:  www.FamousFeatures.co.uk

Or call us on 0845 83 88 555

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