MEET THE STAFF

Meet the Staff/Contributors to SSBBW Magazine

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	Sue Carter Managing Editor/Contributing Writer Sue is a 43 year old single SSBBW living in Ontario Canada with a very spoilt diabetic cat! She also wrote for the now defunct SSBBWoman online magazine in 2002. She works full time as a database programmer. She loves to read and have a good laugh and spend quality time with friends and family.
	Maria Albus Food Editor/Contributing Writer Maria is a 45 year old ssbbw living in southeast Ohio. She is 'retired' from insurance sales and concentrating on taking care of her two children, Maria 19 and Joey 17, and her two cats, Garfield and Speck. She has a degree in English, Secondary Education, and Driver Education, although she says she is too old to get in a car anymore with a new driver!!!!! Cooking is one of her hobbies and finding new recipes is one of her passions. She hopes to receive lots of new recipes from our readers!
	Jeff Mitchell Poetry/Fiction Editor/Contributing Writer Jeff is a 21 year old writer and cartoonist when he's not busy with being a reporter and a student. He's even managed to publish a novel, "The Dragon of the Desert Wind", with intentions of writing all the more. In addition, he enjoys music, video games, movies and experimenting in the kitchen (for better or for worse). He also hopes to further the size acceptance movement and help big ladies understand that they, too, are created equal.
Contributing Writers Dr. Doug specializes in the integration of proper nutrition, fitness and motivation in order to help you pursue a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Doug is devoted to eliminating his patient's weight concerns in order to enhance their emotional and physical well-being. He strongly believes that healthy weight management can be achieved not only by changing what we do physically, but also how we approach our weight and lifestyle mentally. Doctor Doug is an active members of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians (ASBP): a group devoted to the study of obesity and its associated diseases. Dr. Doug makes it a priority to attend ASBP conferences biannually. In addition to this, Doctor Doug is also a member of the American College of Physicians. He strongly believes that the incorporation of new ideas and innovations into the treatment of obesity are crucial, and will continue adding to his wealth of knowledge for as long as possible. Jody is an Australian based writer who lives with her partner and two small dogs in Sydney. She writes on all sorts of topics and dreams one day of actually making a full time living out of her writing!
Artwork courtesy of SSBBW artist Michael better known as Koudelka. He is a 25 year old and lives in Germany. Right now he is at university to become a grafic designer. Michael has been drawing all his life. He drew his first large woman at the age of 12. Later, realizing that he prefered girls with a lot of flesh on their bones he began drawing a lot of pics featuring large women. "I soon found out, that the fatter a woman was, the more I was attracted by her. But this is were the problem starts. Of course I know, that being obese is a health risk and that a lot of SSBBWs are not happy with their size. BUT that is exactly why I draw SSBBWs. The women in my pictures are not suffering from health problems. They aren't insulted for being fat and never feel ugly because of their large form. My women live in a world, where they can be just as fat as they want to be. They can eat everything they want and never have to diet, because they love getting fatter and fatter and grow happier with each pound. I know I can't make the risks of obesity go away. But I hope that someday large girls will be proud of being large and will be accepted by everyone - thin or fat." To see more of Michael's work go to his gallery on Deviant Art.

Recruiting....

Right now we are recruiting for a number of key positions. Please note that we will always be accepting suggestions and articles from our readers, because who knows SSBBWs better than a true SSBBW.

Arts/Entertainment Editor and Fashion Editor

• assist the Managing Editor in gathering articles for their section for each monthly issue
• moderate forums
• write articles as required
• promote magazine on various ssbbw related websites
• edit and proof articles
• submit edited and proofed articles to Managing Editor by 22nd of month

Contributing Writers

• write and edit articles for various sections of magazine and submit to Section Editor by 20th of month

All applications for the above positions should be emailed to info@ssbbw-magazine.com. Please include in your application your full name, location (city, state/province, country), a valid email address, which position(s) you are applying for, the reasons you think you would be a good fit for this position and a sample of your writing. These positions should only require a few hours per week of your time.

Submission Guidelines

SSBBW Magazine offers the SSBBW of the world information and support about the issues that affect us every day. Articles are educational, entertaining, inspirational and motivational. Our readers are diverse and from many different countries, religions and ethnicities.

We are seeking articles that will appeal to this global audience. Articles must be pertinent to SSBBWs, BBWs or women in general.

SSBBW Magazine is a labor of love and therefore we are unable to offer compensation for articles.

Reviewing of submissions can take a few weeks. Not all submissions will be accepted. We also reserve the right to edit any submissions as we see fit for content and/or grammar/spelling. All accepted articles will be posted with the authors name as submitted as well as a bio (no more than 2 lines) if the author wishes. Also, if requested a contact email will be included if provided and deemed appropriate.

Submitted articles must be an original article that you wrote. Please do not copy and paste from other websites. If you do use other websites as sources of information please include the web address. Articles must be written with proper English, spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization and sentence structure. Submissions must not contain pornography/adult material or be hate or racially oriented. You may submit pictures (in jpeg or gif format only) with your submission but must have the permission of the artist to do so.

Please send your submissions to submissions@ssbbw-magazine.com. Thank you.