Where can I find the submission guidelines for popular magazines?

Question

I've written a short (2,500 word) true account of the emotionally turbulent (but in the end hopeful) events leading up to my brother's deployment to Iraq and am looking to submit it to a magazine. Where can I find popular mags' submission guidelines (I've looked, for instance, on Redbook's website and can't find any)?

Also, what magazine do you think something like this would be good for? I am trying to go for a popular mag, not an obscure (but obviously appropriate) military one. I was thinking Playboy, GQ, Reader's Digest (alas they don't accept unsolicited article-length submissions), Redbook, Cosmo, etc.?

Answer 1

Your local library should have a book with a list of submission guidelines in their reference section.  In the meantime here are links to site that should help.