[Scpg] Call for Articles, Communities #144: Community in Hard Times

Sat Feb 28 09:08:18 PST 2009

Hello,

Communities magazine is now seeking articles for issue #144, 
"Community in Hard Times." The issue will be out in September 2009.

Please send your article idea to <mailto:editor at ic.org>editor at ic.org 
by Monday, March 30, or sooner if possible.

Your final article must reach us by Friday, May 22.

1. Theme articles: Community in Hard Times

How can community help us deal with economic hard times?
What guidance and lessons can the communities movement offer to 
individuals and families struggling to survive in a changing world?
How do intentional community groups deal with their own challenging 
times--economic, social, and/or political?
What models developed within the communities movement can help the 
larger society navigate into an era in which sharing and cooperation 
may prove crucial for collective survival?
Can hard times become a catalyst for enhanced quality of life? What 
is the nature of true wealth? Can we lead richer lives by rethinking 
our relationships with one another and with the world?
What are practical steps we can all take to improve our individual 
and collective economic circumstances?
[Please forward this email to anyone you think has a good story on 
this theme for Communities.]

2. We are also seeking articles about:

Creating community in your neighborhood;
Starting a new community;
Process and communication issues in community; and
Seeking community to join.
Suggested submission length is from 300 to 2500 words. We invite 
submissions ranging from short vignettes to extensively-developed 
articles, and also invite suggestions of recommended resources and 
article leads. We're seeking articles written in a reader-friendly, 
popular-magazine style, rather than in an academic style. We ask 
contributors to share stories and experiences, not just ideas; write 
about challenges, not just successes; and describe specific 
situations that will help your story come alive for the reader. 
Before you start writing, please check 
<http://communities.ic.org/submit.php>http://communities.ic.org/submit.php 
or contact us for our full Writers' Guidelines--and let us know your 
article idea so that we can give feedback on how it may fit into 
Communities. Contact Chris Roth at 
<mailto:editor at ic.org>editor at ic.org or 541-937-2567 ext. 116.

If you don't want to write an article but want to submit photos, 
please check 
<http://communities.ic.org/submit.php>http://communities.ic.org/submit.php 
or contact Yulia Zarubina at <mailto:layout at ic.org>layout at ic.org for 
our Photo Guidelines.

I. What "Submitting an Article" Means. We will promise to read your 
article, but we may respectfully decline it and not publish it, or 
save it and publish it in a future issue. We also reserve the right 
to edit, shorten, or revise your article. Most of the time we contact 
authors about this ahead of time and get their comments, corrections, 
etc.

II. Getting Permission Ahead of Time. Please send the article only 
when you have permission from anyone you need it from, such as fellow 
community members. It's difficult for us to get all set to run an 
article only to find that the author's fellow community members say 
No at the last minute.

III. Publication Rights. Once your article appears in Communities, we 
own first North American Publishing Rights. This means your article 
appears in Communities the first time it appears in North America. In 
addition to appearing in Communities, your article may also appear on 
our website or in future compilations. You retain all other rights to 
it. If you'd like to use it elsewhere, you can, and we would 
appreciate your using an attribution line saying, "This article first 
appeared in Communities: Life in Cooperative Culture, (date); for 
further information on Communities: 
<http://www.ic.org/>communities.ic.org."

IV. Photos. If we publish your article, we want to accompany it with 
compelling images that illustrate your subject. You know your subject 
best, so we are appealing to you for images. If others in your 
community or group like taking pictures, they might already have 
great images to go with your article. If you would like to submit an 
article but cannot supply photos, that's fine; however, please give 
us plenty of advance notice so that if we use your article we can get 
an illustrator. Please check 
<http://communities.ic.org/submit.php>http://communities.ic.org/submit.php 
or email us for our full Photo Guidelines. We also appreciate an 
author photo to accompany your short (several-line) author bio.

Thanks for your contributions!

Chris Roth
Editor, Communities
<mailto:editor at ic.org>editor at ic.org

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Chris Roth
Editor, Communities
81868 Lost Valley Lane
Dexter, OR 97431
<mailto:editor at ic.org>editor at ic.org
541-937-2567 ext. 116
communities.ic.org

for Communities advertising,
please contact John Stroup:
<mailto:ads at ic.org>ads at ic.org
573-468-8822

for photos and layout,
please contact Yulia Zarubina:
<mailto:layout at ic.org>layout at ic.org
910-617-6136
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