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Concordia Publishing House

3558 South Jefferson Ave.
St. Louis, Missouri 63118-3968
CONTACT: Gretchen M. Jameson, Corporate Communications
Phone: 314.268.1298
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PubIishing Company Seeks Authors for Its Best-SeIIing DaiIy
DevotionaI Magazine
PortaIs of Prayer® Is Read by Hundreds of Thousands

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Summary:
Concordia Publishing House seeks authors for its 2012 issues of Portals of Prayer®, a daily
devotional magazine that includes a Bible reading, meditation, and prayer.

Saint Louis, MO÷Concordia Publishing House (CPH) has sent out a call for devotional writers
for its popular daily magazine, Portals of Prayer®. The developers of Portals of Prayer ask that
interested writers send an e-mail to portals@cph.org by November 15, 2009, to request a copy of
the 2012 Writer's Guidelines.

More information about Portals of Prayer is available at cph.org/magazines. Robert Sexton,
Marketing Manager of Portals of Prayer, says "Portals of Prayer is the longest running daily
devotional magazine, delivering life enriching content to over 750,000 Christians every day of the
year.¨

After applicants receive their copy of the 2012 Writing Guidelines, the company will ask for four
sample devotions. Writing samples are due January 4, 2010, and CPH will select its team of
authors sometime that month.

Ìn addition, Sexton shares the following requirements to write for Portals of Prayer, "We ask that
the authors show their excellent writing skills, accuracy in theology, and the ability to write within
specified guidelines, which includes accurate word count.¨

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CPH Media Room: http://cph.mediaroom.com/

Portals of Prayer: http://bit.ly/dH96v

Spanish Portales de oración: http://bit.ly/1ALVzN

CPH magazines: www.cph.org/magazines

Concordia Publishing House is a not-for-profit publishing company and the publisher of The
Lutheran Church÷Missouri Synod. The company offers more than 8,000 products for use in
Christian congregations, schools, and homes. Visit CPH on the Web at http://www.cph.org.

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News Facts:

Portals of Prayer is also available in a large-print format.

A Spanish version of Portals of Prayer is available. These original devotions are written in
Spanish.

Portals of Prayer has existed for more than 65 years.

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