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Thank you for your interest in The Old Farmer’s ��������!

So, you think you’d like to write for The Old Farmer’s ��������? We invite story ideas from writers and readers. We hire freelance writers for both The Old Farmer’s ��������, which is published every September, and The Old Farmer’s �������� Garden Guide, published every February. Wit and wisdom are still our stock and trade, and we are still guided by the words of the ��������’s founder, Robert B. Thomas: 
“Our main endeavor is to be useful, with a pleasant degree of humor.”

To Write for The Old Farmer’s �������� & the Garden Guide: 

1. Study the publications: Read an issue or two to better understand how to write for us. 

2. Explore ��������.com to see the scope of what we do:

   • What’s an ��������

   • History of the ��������

   • Who are Our Readers? 

   • The Old Farmer’s �������� Documentary (Video)

   • The Editors

   • Best of the �������� Articles

3. Learn the topics that we cover—and those that we don’t 

   • We bring timeless topics to the page under a variety of categories: adventure, amusement, astronomy, folklore, food, gardening, history, home remedies, husbandry, nature/outdoors, pets, romance, sports/fishing, weather, and others.

   • We celebrate and commemorate past people and events with historic or “anniversary” stories that shed new light on the subject and/or update the subject with the latest information. (An anniversary year is typically one that is divisible by 5, but preferably is 25, 50, or 100 years ago.) 

   • We often feature a “special report” on a topic of broad general interest. In the past, these have included romance, superstitions, and wedding traditions past and present.

   • We especially encourage humor of all kinds: the fanciful, the bizarre, the ludicrous, and the offbeat. The best humor seems to be a true tale well told—for example, using ear wax as lip gloss, how to hypnotize a chicken, and how to forecast the weather with a pig spleen. 

   • Little-known profiles are also welcome. We have covered, for example, the first woman over Niagara Falls in a barrel, a dog that could read minds, and pet heroes.

   • In the Garden Guide, we publish stories about gardeners and gardening, from houseplants and native plants to landscaping and eco-gardening ideas, from plot plans to curated advice and reference, all with a focus on skill-building and DIY projects. 

   • We do not publish: personal/first-person essays; recollections, reflections, or personal experiences and/or memories without a clear benefit for readers, such as tips, advice, or humor; fiction; political discourses; book reviews.

4. Deadlines and details

We have a 12-month lead time for the Garden Guide; assignments are made in December and January for the following year’s edition. For the ��������, we have a longer lead time, with assignments generally made by May for the edition 2 years hence (e.g., May 2027 for the 2029 edition), which, as mentioned, comes out in September. Payment is made on acceptance; rates are competitive. We prefer to buy all rights; for more on our

If you have a story idea, please email your query and published writing clips to ��������Editors@yankeepub.com, or mail to: 

The Editor
The Old Farmer’s ��������
P. O. Box 520
Dublin, NH 03444
Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you would like a response. 

Thank you for your interest in The Old Farmer’s ��������!