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Wanna get information about your group, project, or event on
gozarks pages? Well, the
easiest way to make this happen is to simply email info to
editor@gozarks.com.
We'll take a look at it and do our best share
your good news in our next regular edition. (See
DEADLINES, near the end of this page.)
Also, bunches of people want to know if we'd like them
to write a regular column or special feature story for gozarks, and generally our answer is
a resounding YES!
To make this easy and simple for everyone, we offer
the following guidelines:
WHO
and WHAT
We are happy to work with anyone who may have
useful information, humorous ideas, or significant opinions to share.
However, we do make some limitations.
For one thing (and we hope this goes without
saying), we will not knowingly run content, nor advertising, nor post
links to sites which contain material that is defamatory of any person,
religion, race, group or creed. And, our editorial policy also prohibits
the use of our site for the deployment of pornographic, violent, or
hate-motivated materials. (For details on this subject, please see gozarks
Editorial Policy.)
Also, we will only publish articles that offer
"legitimate information." For example, an article written by
Joe of Joe's Garage about ''how to'' do an oil-change or tune-up an
engine would be very welcome. But, an article about ''why Joe's Garage
does the best mechanic work in the world'' would probably not make the
cut. (We would, however, be happy to sell Joe an ad!)
With that said, the ''what to write about'' field
is wide open. Hobbies, Health, Movies, Horses, Tomatoes, Photography,
Neat People, Fishing. Also, news about your upcoming church social,
hometown homecoming, Labor Day parade, or annual fundraising event. The
list of things that we'd love to publish could fill this page and more.
So, be creative. Choose one thing and...
GET STARTED
Write one ''article'' just the way you'd like to
read it on our pages. Pay attention to punctuation and spelling. Gather
photos to go with it if you want. Then.....
CONTACT US
As soon as you have your stuff together, email a
draft of your proposed article to me, I'm Christine Weiss, editor@gozarks.com.
I'll take a look at what you've got, see how well it fits with our e-zine's
editorial guidelines, and let you know whether it will work for us to
publish it verbatim, or if any changes will need to be made.
Given that we do find a happy ground of agreement,
your article will run in our next edition, in accord of our regular
publication deadline date.
HOW MANY
& HOW MUCH
Now just so you know, at this time we do have a
limit of one column per author per month. And, though we do not have an
absolute limit on column length, experience tells us that one full page
of information --- such as this page you're reading --- is about right.
Also, you should be aware that we do not, as yet, pay
anyone for content. However, everyone who writes for us retains full
copyright to their own work and is welcome to market it elsewhere, using
publication with gozarks as an ''on-line clip source'' reference if
they'd like.
And, if you are a professional with products to
sell, we will attach an ''author's box'' to the end of your article with
your business name, type of service or product, and your contact info
including your email address and a link to your own Website.
DEADLINES
Finally, in order to be published in any particular
issue, all the above noted details must be complete before the
20th day of the preceding month. In other words, if you have an article
about your town's Fall Festival that you would like to see in gozarks October
edition, we must have all your materials pre-approved,
in-hand, and ready to be published by September 20.
However... we do updates to gozarks
on a daily basis. So, if you have a ''last minute'' change in plans or
want to report on the outcome of an event that just took place, send it
along and we'll do our best to post it asap.
With that said, let us again say Thank You for visiting gozarks. As we can be of service to you in any way, please let us
hear from you!
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