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Festival Stories Wanted

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Festival Fever, by Lorna Gray

What do you think of when you hear the word ‘festival’?

Portaloos? Mudslides? Headline acts? The Great Unwashed? Good times? Or misery?

Love them or hate them, festival season is upon us.

I got my very own festival fix last month when I found myself surrounded by beautiful scenery, knee-deep in mud and watching one of my favourite bands ever.  I was at Rockness in the Highlands of Scotland, a little worse for wear and watching Debbie Harry strut her stuff on stage after what had been a fantastic weekend.   The traditional Scottish weather could’ve put a damper on the festivities as it poured down the majority of the time but in traditional festival goer fashion, we just got on with it.  At one point, I wore every item of clothing I had with me because I was so cold. I looked more Heather from Eastenders than the festival-chic  Fearne Cotton I was going for, but at least I was warm.

As veteran festival goers, we knew the tricks of the trade to make the weekend go hitch-free. We were stocked up with babywipes, raincoats and cereal bars.  So my friends and I had avoided any sort of festival faux pas but some people aren’t as lucky.  Who can forget the infamous ‘poo girl’ as she was cruelly dubbed after being stuck in one of the stanching Portaloos at Leeds festival last year?  And you don’t have to walk far to see some unfortunate person having a miserable time due to too much booze.

Or are festivals really the place dreams are made of?  Here at Famous Features, we want to hear all about your festival experiences.  Have you ever had a life-changing experience on one of those fields?  Maybe you met the love of your life… or even a rockstar. Or did your festival plans end up as dried up as last night’s leftover takeaway?  Good or bad story, we want to hear about it. Famous Features went down a storm at Glastonbury this year and now, we’d love you to share your festival story in one of the national magazines or newspapers for a great fee.

So get in touch with one of the Famous Features team today by emailing your story to sell-my-story@famousfeatures.co.uk, or call our story hotline: 0845 83 88 55.   If you’re lucky enough to have tickets for any of the upcoming festivals, have fun and don’t forget to look out for Famous Features banners!

Stories Wanted for Cash – 21st July 2010

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

URGENT STORY REQUESTS – EARN CASH NOW

The Stories Listed Below are Urgently Needed.  We will pay you to appear in a magazine or newspaper story.

Just visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to tell us if you would like to get paid to be in any of these real life stories or features.  Send us your details by filling in our online form (located at www.FamousFeatures.co.uk ).

Also – please get in touch if you have any other stories that you would like us to consider.  We are looking for new story ideas every day. Your real life experiences and true stories could earn you cash; sell a story today.

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Story or Person Wanted: Looking for an inspirational read about women.

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

Info: We are looking for inspirational stories about women who’ve done something amazing. It could be anything as long as it’s about the woman herself – not kids, diet or looks. It needs to have a strong story behind it though to fill a spread.

Story or Person Wanted: MY HOLIDAY CHANGED MY LIFE
Where the story or article will appear: Women’s Magazine Story.
Info: We’re looking for women who’ve gone on holiday and it has in some extraordinary way changed their lives…not just that they moved to the country where they were on hols.
Criteria: The women need to be in their mid-30s to early 50s
Story or Person Wanted: Hen nights that have got out of control…
Where the story or article will appear: Glossy Magazine Feature.
Info: We’re looking for women prepared to talk about a particularly nightmarish hen party – expensive/extravagant trips that have gone horribly wrong, demanding brides-to-be, arguments about what to do, control-freak friends who’ve been put in charge of organising.
Criteria: Aged between 18 to 35.

Story or Person Wanted: Upbeat, quirky real-life story ideas with great pictures.
Where the story or article will appear: Weekend newspaper magazine story.
Info: Gentle and heartwarming ideas needed for spread in the weekend newspaper magazines.
Story or Person Wanted: A girl with a dad dating younger girls
Where the story or article will appear: monthly women’s magazine.
Info: We are looking for a girl aged 18-32 who has a dad who loves dating or is in a relationship with a younger girl.

Story or Person Wanted: Extraordinary body transformations: Rebuilt after massive injuries/huge weight loss/sex swop, ETC.

Where the story or article will appear: Woman’s Magazine Article.
Info: Any extraordinary body transformation stories wanted.
Story or Person Wanted: ‘I’m in love – but not with my husband’
Where the story or article will appear: Glossy Celebrity Magazine.
Info: Looking for a female case study (aged 25-50) who admits to being in love with someone other then their husband.
Story or Person Wanted: The family of a murdered loved one whose murderer has been released early from prison.
Where the story or article will appear: Magazine Story.
Info: We are looking to find the family or relative of a person who was murdered and their murderer has been released early from prison or is set to have an early release. We would want to speak with the family/relative about how this has affected them. We are tagging this on to the Peter Sutcliffe/Philip Lawrence news stories.

Criteria: The woman needs to be aged mid 30s to mid 50s.

Story or Person Wanted: A wacky, fun or uplifting real life story.

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

Info: We’ve got lots of gloomy news stories at the moment. To balance this out we are looking for a light real life stories to run in one of Saturday’s papers. Please pitch anything that might be suitable.

Criteria: None, but women aged 18 – 35 work well for us.

Story or Person Wanted: Female aged 18-35 who has had malaria.

Where the story or article will appear: Newspapers Article.

Info: We are looking for a fairly extreme case of malaria, someone who was struck down quite badly, hospitalised and maybe even close to death.

Criteria: Must be female, age approx 18-35 and available for quick turn around, phone chat and pics.

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That’s it.  So get in touch if you think you could help with one of these magazine or newspaper stories.  We will pay you for your participation, so visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk today and fill out our online form.

If you would like to sell a story that isn’t on the above list, just let us know, we are looking for all kinds of stories.

Magazine Stories Wanted Today: 13/07/2010. Sell My Story.

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

LATEST STORY REQUESTS

The Following Stories are Urgently Needed…. (see story requests below).  We will pay you to appear in a magazine or newspaper story.

Just visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to tell us if you would like to get paid to be in any of these real life stories or features.  Send us your details by filling in our online form (located at www.FamousFeatures.co.uk ).

Also – please get in touch if you have any other stories that you would like us to consider.  We are looking for new story ideas every day. Your real life experiences and true stories could earn you cash; sell a story today.

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Story or Person Wanted: Breast cancer sufferer/ survivor whose cancer could be linked to lifestyle factors

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

Info: Feature on breast cancer rates.

Criteria: Needs to potentially fit into one of these categories:

- single without children (and 40s or older)

- a drinker (either had a period of binge-drinking or just a glass a night over a prolonged period)

- worked nights

Story or Person Wanted: A wacky, fun or uplifting real life story.

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

Info: We’ve got lots of gloomy news stories at the moment. To balance this out we are looking for a light real life stories to run in one of Saturday’s papers. Please pitch anything that might be suitable.

Criteria: None, but women aged 18 – 35 work well for us.

Story or Person Wanted: Female aged 18-35 who has had malaria.

Where the story or article will appear: Newspapers Article.

Info: We are looking for a fairly extreme case of malaria, someone who was struck down quite badly, hospitalised and maybe even close to death.

Criteria: Must be female, age approx 18-35 and available for quick turn around, phone chat and pics.

Story or Person Wanted: Looking for an inspirational read about women.

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

Info: We are looking for inspirational stories about women who’ve done something amazing. It could be anything as long as it’s about the woman herself – not kids, diet or looks. It needs to have a strong story behind it though to fill a spread.

Criteria: The woman needs to be aged mid 30s to mid 50s.

Story or Person Wanted: A woman who will admit the last taboo, and talk about feeling envious of her friends.

Where the story or article will appear: Magazine Story.

Info: Especially since the recession has hit and we’re all looking at others around us wondering if they’ve got it better and feeling envious of their new job/car/pair of Louboutin shoes. We want a woman to talk about how she feels this even if she doesn’t admit it to her friends and how she gets over it.

Criteria: A woman aged between 25-45, who is willing to be identified.

Story or Person Wanted: The mum (or perhaps wife) of a spree killer along the lines of Raoul Moat, who is on the run.

Where the story or article will appear: Magazine Feature.

Info: We’re looking for a chat with the mother of a killer who has gone on a killing spree or attempted to get revenge after being dumped/getting out of prison.

Basically we want to do something that we can tie in with the recent manhunt for Raoul Moat, who was on the run from police after gunning down his ex-girlfriend, killing her lover and then shooting a police officer after being released from prison. If you know anyone who has been through something similar, please get in touch urgently as we need to turn this around quickly today.

Story or Person Wanted: Men who had a child through a surrogate or want children despite being single

Where the story or article will appear: Sunday Magazine Supplement.

Info: We are looking for single men who have had a child through a surrogate mother or egg donor, or would do so – in light of the story on Ronaldo.

Also looking for single men who are desperate to have children, or men in relationships where they want children more urgently than their wife or girlfriend.

Story or Person Wanted: Steroid abuser….or victim thereof.

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

Info: Looking for someone who has first-hand experience of the effects of steroids and so-called ‘roid-rage’. For example, someone (a man) who has been taking them to build muscle and whose character/behaviour has changed as a result. They have become aggressive, violent as a result. Now no longer taking them (we need them to reflect on this and tell their story). Alternatively, a woman who has suffered as a result of their partner taking steroids – physically abused etc. Need them to tell their story.
Story or Person Wanted: We are looking for a family who has been through something extraordinary.
Where the story or article will appear: Woman’s Magazine Story.
Info: We have  a family focus in our one of our Aug/Sept issues and are running an ‘Extraordinary Families’ feature. We have two case studies already and are looking for a third family who would be willing to have a quick phone/email interview and supply us with some pictures.

Story or Person Wanted:  Women who have experienced identity fraud

Where the story or article will appear:  Fabulous

Info: We\’re putting together a report on id fraud and we\’re looking for women who have experience extreme cases t talk about their experiences.

Criteria: 18-35, happy to be identified and exclusive.

Story or Person Wanted: A fat family.

Where the story or article will appear:  Newspaper Story.

Info: Apparently British kids spend more than double the amount of cash on junk food than their American counterparts. Over one in three children here aged five to 13 are already overweight or obese. We are looking for an overweight family – preferably mum, dad and two or three kids – who are willing to be interviewed and photographed for an article on the increasing British obesity problem. The feature would cover the amount of food they eat, hostility they may have faced and whether they reckon weight is no-one else’s business. We can pay for their participation.

Special criteria? : Ideally a family consisting of mum, dad and two or three kids. However, if you have a willing single parent family that could work so pitch away and I\’ll let you know.

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That’s it.  So get in touch if you think you could help with one of these magazine or newspaper stories.  We will pay you for your participation, so visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk today and fill out our online form.

If you would like to sell a story that isn’t on the above list, just let us know, we are looking for all kinds of stories.

People/Stories Needed Now 26/04/2010

Monday, April 26th, 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 be in any of these real life stories or features.  Send us your details by filling in our online form (located at www.FamousFeatures.co.uk).

You can also get in touch if you have any other stories that you would like us to consider.  Your real life experiences and true stories could earn you cash; sell a story now.

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Person or Story Wanted: Britain’s Got Talent Stories.

Where the story/article will appear: National Newspaper.

More info: We are looking for any information about this year’s Britain’s Got Talent contestants.  We will pay for any scrap of information, no matter how small. Get in touch now.

Person or Story Wanted: Strong real lives for the women’s pages.

Where the story/article will appear: National Newspaper Real-Life Stories.

More info: We are looking for $exy, edgy, topical real life stories for the Women’s pages to put out to the national editors this week.  Uplifting is better but nothing too soft.

Person or Story Wanted: A woman whose addiction to looking like a celebrity ruined her life.

Where the story/article will appear: Magazine True Story Section.

More info: We are looking for young women who have spent a lot of time and money trying to look like their favourite celebrity, eg by having a lot of cosmetic surgery such as having a boob job to look like Katie Price, lip injections to look like Angelina, or anything else quite extreme.  We need someone whose obsession has ruined their life in some way; eg got them heavily in to debt because they spent so much on surgery, it ended their relationship because their boyfriend was jealous of the attention she got from men, she stopped getting work as a professional lookalike because the star she copied was hated, etc.

Person/Story criteria: Female, aged 18-38. Willing to be photographed.

Person or Story Wanted: IVF mix up Stories.

Where the story/article will appear: National Newspaper Story.

More info: We are looking for any IVF mix up stories.

Person or Story Wanted: Looking for a woman who found ‘Mr Right’ while she was pregnant.

Where the story/article will appear: Women’s Magazine – True Life Story Section.

More info: Looking for a woman who found ‘Mr Right’ while she was pregnant. She may have been single when she was expecting through to a split, bereavement or having got used AI or similar because she didn’t want to wait for Mr Right to have children. Will want her partner/husband to comment too on how the experience was for him, meeting her under the circumstances.

Person/Story criteria: Ideally they are still together and may even have had children together since.

Person or Story Wanted: A woman (aged 25-55) whose marriage ended after she became more successful then her husband.

Where the story/article will appear: Women’s Magazine – True Life Story Section.

More info: For example, he had an affair to boost his ego after she got a promotion/payrise at work or her career success made him insecure and was the reason their relationship ended. Please note that we can credit the subject’s business at the end of the piece.

Person or Story Wanted: Women who have been severely affected by post natal depression

Where the story/article will appear: Newspaper story.

More info: Case studies to be approx 18-35 years old.

Person or Story Wanted: Victims of crime who are outraged by the sentencing their attacker received.

Where the story/article will appear: Woman’s Weekly – Real Life Story Section.

More info: We are working on a feature about people who’ve suffered a terrible crime and been appalled by their attackers’ jail sentence.

Person/Story criteria: Ideally family members. Would need to be female and aged 18-40, but this can be adapted depending on how strong the story is.

Person or Story Wanted: Woman who waited until her children were in their late teens before she divorced her husband.

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

More info: We’re looking for a woman to talk about having waited until her children were in their late teens before divorcing her husband, in the belief that it would be less damaging to them.

Person or Story Wanted: Young women who have been humiliated on Facebook, or the internet, or in other ways, by an ex.

Where the story/article will appear: Magazine Article.

More info: We are looking for case studies who have had their reputations ruined by a malicious ex.  We would want to interview her/him about how this affected her/him, and they would need to be identified.

Person/Story criteria: Female, aged 18-38, willing to be ID’d.

Person or Story Wanted: Women who have had their lives ruined by a malicious ex.

Where the story/article will appear: Sunday Newspaper Story / Magazine Story.

More info: We are looking for case studies who have had their lives – and reputations – ruined at the hands of a malicious ex.

We would want to interview her about how this affected her, and she would need to be identified.

Person/Story criteria: Female, UK based, aged between 18-38.

Person or Story Wanted: Heartwarming and uplifting features with good pictures.

Where the story/article will appear: Weekend newspaper magazine article.

More info: We are on the hunt for heartwarming, uplifting stories. If you would like more details and think you may be able to help, get in touch. Thanks.

Magazine Story Request: 18/11/2009

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Today’s Story Request from the National Magazines and Newspapers.  If you fit this profile, or know somebody else who fits this profile, please let us know at: www.FamousFeatures.co.uk

UPDATED DAILY

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Story / Case Study Request: Looking to Interview a Sex Worker or Former Sex Worker.

Media Outlet: Women’s Magazine.

Newspaper / Magazine Article Info: We are searching for a case study of either a woman who is working as a prostitute at the moment (preferable) or a woman who used to work as one and is willing to talk about their experiences. We want to show the real side of prostitution, so not someone who is just going to say that she loves working as a high class escort and it takes her all over the world etc, but someone who probably does it out of necessity, and can speak truthfully about the profession without “glossing it up.”

Case Study Criteria: Female, aged ideally 18-39. Deadline is asap this week. Case study would need to be photographed.

National Media Story Requests 27/10/09

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Another three story requests from the national media.

Get paid to appear in the national press.  Visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk if you would like to take part in any of these Magazine & Newspaper articles. 

 

Story or Case Study Request: People who have had childhood illnesses as adults, such as measles or mumps.

Requested by: Daily Newspaper.

Story / Case Study Info: Do you know anyone who had chicken pox, measles, mumps, whooping cough as an adult? We are writing a feature about how these illnesses manifest themselves when caught in adult life and would like to do short telephone interviews with those who have suffered from them as adults. All enquiries dealt with in strictest confidence

 

Story or Case Study Request: Fatal Attraction – A man who has been the victim of a “Fatal Attraction” style stalker.

Requested by: Glossy Magazine.

Story / Case Study Info: He must be prepared to be identified and talk about how he met the female stalker, what type of relationship they shared, when and how the stalking began and the aftermath. If he has a wife/partner who went through this with him we’d like to talk to her too.

Story / Case Study Criteria: He must be aged between 20-35 and we’ll need evidence this happened – either by police reports, a conviction, letters, text messages or emails.

 

Story or Case Study Request: A woman who had a bad experience after meeting a man on the internet.

Requested by: Sunday Newspaper.

Story / Case Study Info: a woman who had a bad experience after meeting a man on the internet.
Story / Case Study Criteria: Must be 35 or under.

Sell a Story Today 21/10/09

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

We are looking for the following story right now.  If you or someone you know fits this profile, get in touch and Sell Your Story today. www.FamousFeatures.co.uk 

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Case Study Wanted: Women who became ill and were left by their husbands/partners.

Media Outlet: National Newspaper – Magazine Supplement.

More info: Following a recent report on the numbers of relationships that break down because of serious illness, we are interested in speaking with women whose husbands/partners left them after they (the women) became ill. Perhaps the illness put too much strain on the relationship, perhaps he did not wish to assume the role of carer, whatever the reason we are interested in hearing from them .We appreciate this is a very sensitive subject and it would be treated as such. We are also able to offer a generous fee to suitable case studies. Please contact FamousFeatures for more details.

 Special criteria? : Female. Aged 20-45 approx

 

Case Study Wanted: Single women who have given up on finding Mr Right and used sperm donation to become mothers.

Media Outlet: National Newspaper – Magazine Supplement.

More info: Women must be prepared to be identified and photographed.