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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!

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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.

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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.

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Sell a Story – Requests 14/06/2010

Monday, June 14th, 2010

LATEST STORY REQUESTS

The Folowing Stories are Urgently Wanted…. (see story requests below).

Just go to 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 now.

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Person or Story Wanted: Looking for an upbeat/quirky/usual real-life stories.

Where the Story/Article will Appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: We are looking for a real life story for next week’s paper but looking for early ideas.

Person or Story Wanted: A woman who can talk about her experience of domestic violence.

Where the Story/Article will Appear: Women’s Magazine Article.

More info: We’re looking for a woman who was a victim of domestic violence. We want the story to have a positive ending though – maybe, after finally leaving their ex, she went to get a good job and meet a new man.

Criteria: She needs to be aged between 35 and 55.

Person or Story Wanted: Woman whose success has prevented her from having a relationship.

Where the Story/Article will Appear: Daily Newspaper Article.

More info: Woman who is very successful, attractive and single. Because of her success she hasn’t been able to hold down a relationship.

Criteria: Women aged late 30s, early 40s.

Person or Story Wanted: Single dad real life stories.

Where the Story/Article will Appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: Looking for a strong story about a single father for a spread.

Criteria: British.

Person or Story Wanted: A woman who fell in love with a fella on holiday -but he was using her for a visa into the UK.

Where the Story/Article will Appear: Women’s magazine article.

More info: We are putting together a feature on different holiday horrors a woman might encounter while abroad and as part of that we are looking for a woman who fell head over heels for one of the local guys on holiday, thought he was ‘the One’, were planning on setting at home together in the UK and then it turned out that he was only using her for a passport into the UK.

Criteria: I am looking for a woman aged between 25-55.

Person or Story Wanted: Ever been stalked by a friend?

Where the Story/Article will Appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: Looking for women – and men – 25 to 50, who have tried to break it off with a friend but the friend hasn’t got the message. They may bombard you with emails, texts, or calls or demand to know why you don’t want to see them anymore when you’ve tried to be polite and/or ignored their attempts to get in touch. Did this get out of hand and, if so, how did you stop it?

Criteria: 25-50, living in UK.

Person or Story Wanted: Human-interest stories (preferably involving a woman or family).

Where the Story/Article will Appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: Interested in hearing any human interest stories which have NOT been in the national press yet or any first person pieces from female writers who have been through an experience or are planning on trying something new – ie dating after divorce, therapy etc etc.

Person or Story Wanted: Woman who had a no-strings attached holiday fling and is now regretting it deeply.

Where the Story/Article will Appear: Glossy magazine story.

More info: We are putting together a feature on holiday horrors women may encounter on their hols and as part of that I am looking to interview a woman who picked up a foreign lover for cheap holiday thrills but now has real emotional regret over the affair.  For example – just got a divorce and wanted to boost her confidence by having no-strings holiday sex with a gorgeous local – but back home now feels cheap, degraded and really stupid for putting herself at risk from STD’s, pregnancy etc.

Or maybe, you did become pregnant as a result.

Criteria: The woman should be aged between 25-55.

Person or Story Wanted: Victims of lonely-hearts scams.

Where the Story/Article will Appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: I am looking for victims who have been duped out of money by fraudsters from abroad via online dating sites and in lonely hearts columns.

Criteria: No age limit. Must be British victims.

Person or Story Wanted: Woman who caught an STI/ STD on holiday after a holiday fling…

Where the Story/Article will Appear: Magazine Story.

More info: We are writing a piece about different holiday horrors a woman might encounter on holiday and as part of that we are looking to interview a woman who is willing to speak openly about having a holiday fling and catching an STI/ STD as a result.

Criteria: Woman aged between 25-55 – but ideally if she is an older divorcee that would make the story a lot stronger and relevant to our readership but whatever the story is please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Person or Story Wanted: A man who did something drastic for his wedding – eg. lost weight/had plastic surgery.

Where the Story/Article will Appear: Sunday Newspaper Magazine Story.

More info: We want to speak to a guy who is aged 20-40 who wanted a big wedding while his bride wasn’t so bothered. In order to make his day perfect he either lost a lot of weight, had surgery to improve his looks or even had a gastric band for quick-fire weight loss.

Criteria: Must have before and after pictures.

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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.

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Stories Uregently Needed: 3/4/2010

Friday, April 2nd, 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 or features.  Send us your details by filling in our online form (located at the link above).

You should 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: We are looking for case studies of people who have been VIOLENTLY abused as children like Baby P.

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

More info: We are working on a feature about violent child abuse and neglect. We are looking for a case study about anyone who’s suffered neglect / violent abuse along the lines of Baby P. The case study would be in their 20-30s now talking about how they escaped the situation.

Criteria: Female aged 18-35

Person or Story Wanted: Woman (40s/50s) who has been diagnosed as suffering from depression as result of financial worries.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: Piece is about physical and psychological effects of stress on women as a result of money worries.

Criteria: Must be 40-plus, must have been clinically diagnosed.

Person or Story Wanted: 3 Women had a baby in the last three months to take part in a positive shoot about post-baby bodies

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: An uplifting positive piece about real women and their post-baby bodies.  The shoot is THIS FRIDAY, and willl take place at our studios in Wapping ater 10am.  We will cover travel costs.  We need three women of different ages to talk about their body changes and do a classy naked-style shoot (think Gok Wan).  £500 all in for each lady.  Ideally aged 19 – 30s.

Person or Story Wanted: Couples Confront!

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

More info: We need couples (in which both are happy to be photographed) that have any of the following issues, which they would be prepared to talk about in the magazine:

Why didn’t you tell me you’ve been married before?

Why didn’t you tell me you’re still living with your ex?

Why do your friends hate me?

When will you stop punishing me for cheating?

Why are you so convinced that I’m going to cheat?’

Why do you watch so much porn?

Why won’t you stay over after sex?

Why won’t you have sex with the lights on?

Criteria: In their 20s.

Person or Story Wanted: A teenager who’s addicted to the internet and/or computer games.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: We are looking for a teenager, aged 12-15 years, who is addicted to the internet and/or computer games. Maybe they’re desperate to log on before school, during school and afterwards. Perhaps it’s affecting their schoolwork as they’re online till the early hours or they’re missing out on social events as they’d rather be online.

We then want them to meet an internet psychologist (which we will set up), who can explain the dangers of their behaviour and how to break the addiction.

We need to name and picture the case study, and their parents, and will be able to pay them for their time.

Criteria: Case study must be aged between 12 and 15 years, and be willing to be named and identified.

Person or Story Wanted: Wife cheated on after she became more successful then her husband.

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

More info: We’re looking for a woman (aged 25-55) whose husband cheated on her / had an affair after she became more successful / got a promotion a work, because he felt inferior.

Person or Story Wanted: Can you help us find a woman who has forgiven her cheating hubby?

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

More info: We’re looking for a woman who has decided to forgive her husband for having an affair but is having trouble moving on.

Criteria: They will need to be aged between 30 and 55 and they will need to be named and pictured.

Person or Story Wanted: “My one night stand ruined my life!”

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

More info: We are interested in any story in which a one night stand ruined a woman’s life.

Criteria: Girl in her 20s.

Person or Story Wanted: We’re URGENTLY looking for a cougar who’s given up dating younger men.

Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Story.

More info: We need a woman who’s dated younger men in the past but who has now settled down with a man her own age or has decided to give up younger men to find a man her own age.

Criteria: Happy to be named and pictured.

Person or Story Wanted: A woman who has used a male escort to get over heartbreak.

Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Story.

More info: We’re looking for a woman, 20-35, who’s happy to be named and pictured, to talk about her experiences with a male escort and how using one helped her get over the heartbreak of a relationship break-up.

Criteria: 20-35, female, identified and exclusive.

Person or Story Wanted: We\’re looking for a woman who\’s had lots of surgery but who now regrets the procedures.

Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Story.

More info: We’re looking for a woman who has undergone a lot of cosmetic surgery but who now regrets it to talk about why she did it and why she now wishes she’d never started altering her looks.

Criteria: Female, 25-40, happy to be named and pictured and exclusive please.

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

Wednesday, 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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Wednesday, 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

Friday, 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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Magazine & Newspaper Story Requests: 12/01/2010

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Earn cash today. Get paid to feature in any of these magazine & newspaper articles, or send us your own story ideas.  We also have requests from TV companies today.

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

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Person or Story Wanted: Women aged 20-32 who have a ’surrogate’ mum figure in their life.

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

More info: The feature is called ‘You’re like a mum to me’. We’re looking for 3-4 case studies of girls who have a different/surrogate mother figure in their life. Maybe their real mum lives abroad and their boss acts as a surrogate mother figure, or they’ve sadly lost their mum and their mum’s best friend has stepped into the breach. Maybe it’s a best friend or a sister who acts as a mother figure for them. Or just a real mentor – someone who’s helped them set up a business, or offered loads of support for it. There are lots of different possibilities for it.

Special criteria: Aged between 20 and 32, female.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Television Production Company are looking for Teenagers who have an extraordinary body for their age.

Where the story or feature will appear: Television.

More info: Maverick Television the makers of hit programmes such as how To Look Good Naked, Ten Years Younger and Embarrassing Bodies are looking for teenage contributors who feel they have an extraordinary body, in particular teenagers who have an extraordinary body for their age.

We are looking for a wide range of possible contributors, some examples of the sorts of people we are looking for are: transgender teenagers, obese teenagers who perhaps are having or have had a gastric band, teenagers that have a facial disfigurement, burn victims and pregnant teenagers.

If you feel that you have a contributor that we could work with please do get in touch with www.FamousFeatures.co.uk as soon as possible.

Special criteria: Must be teenagers, must have an extraordinary body story, would help if their age was a main factor in their story.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Women aged 25-35 who discovered their partners were leading a secret life.

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

More info: Looking for five women to give an interview about finding out their husband/boyfriend was leading a double life. Examples include discovering he had a secret second family, that he was gay, that he had cheated with lots of women etc.

Special criteria: Aged 25-35 and British.

 

Person or Story Wanted: We are URGENTLY looking to speak to a woman whose boyfriend won her back after he was unfaithful.

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

More info: We are looking for a girl whose boyfriend cheated on her, but won her back by making big romantic gestures. He might have sent her flowers everyday, called non-stop, bought her expensive presents, or just sent romantic letters. The bigger the gesture, the better!

She’d be invited to a photo shoot where we’d do her hair, make-up and pick out some fab outfits. The shoot is PAID and she can keep a copy of the professional pictures we take on the day.

Special criteria: Female, aged 20-28, ideally still with the boyfriend and available on Wednesday.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Woman between 35 and 50 addicted to OTC painkillers such as Nurofen Plus.

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

More info: This piece is a smart, investigative piece about the increasing number of women in the UK who are addicted to or dependent on over-the-counter painkillers such as Nurofen Plus. It looks at how and why these dependencies occur and what women in that situation can do.

Special criteria: Must be aged more or less between 35 and 50 years old. Must be able to provide head shot. Must be female.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Mum and daughter for photo shoot and interview for Reveal, must be of an ethnic background.

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

More info: We are putting together a health feature on mothers and daughters and their health (e.g if they have any of the same health problems, if they are concerned about passing any ailments on genetically).

We are looking for a daughter aged 18-35 (the mother can be any age), from an ethnic background to take part in a shoot and interview at the end of January.  All expenses will be paid for, and mother and daughter will both get hair and make-up as well as some great pictures.

Special criteria: Must be a mother and daughter. Daughter must be 18-35. Both to be from an ethnic background.

 

Person or Story Wanted: a have-a-go hero who was subsequently cautioned by the police because of their actions.

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

More info: Based on the news reports that Myleene Klass waved a knife at intruders and then was cautioned by the police herself, we are looking for have-a-go heroes who were then cautioned by the police. Their actions need to have been reasonable and not too aggressive.

Special criteria: Women aged between 18 and 50.

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