Cohousing-L Mailing List: 2 Call for Articles, Spring '07 "Learning in Community" issue

[Communities Magazine (christian_d1]

Hello,


              This is a Call for Articles for our Spring 2007 issue,  
“Learning  in Community” out in March, 2007.


1. Theme articles:

Does your community offer work trades or work exchange opportunities,  
internships or apprenticeships? Community Experience Weeks or  
Weekends? Three-week visitor programs? Workshops held onsite in your  
community? If so, what have you learned from your visitors, students,  
or participants? What surprised you? What works well? What would you  
never do again?

Have you ever been a work exchanger, intern, or apprentice in  
community, or a participant in a Community Experience Week or Weekend  
or of a workshop held in community? In more than one community? What  
was your experience like? What worked well for you? What didn’t work  
well?

Date to receive your article idea: Oct. 1, 2006

Article deadline: Nov. 24, 2006




2. We are also seeking articles about:


• Creating community in your neighborhood

• Seeking community to join

• Starting a new community

• Process & communication issues in community

The deadline for finished articles is Nov. 24,  2006.


            Word length is from 900 to 2500 words.

            We’re seeking articles written in a reader-friendly  
popular-magazine style, rather than in academic style.


            If you'd like to write an article, let me know and I'll  
send you our Writers Guidelines. Email me at communities [at] ic.org or  
call 828-669-9702 with your article idea or question by October 1.

I am sending this to you because you have either written for  
Communities magazine before, or inquired about writing for us,  
because I hope you might submit an article one day, or because you  
subscribe to Cohousing_L. (If you would like me to remove you from  
this 'Call for Articles' email list, please let me know.)



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  
magazine, we own first North American Publishing Rights. This means  
your article appears in Communities magazine the first time it  
appears in North America. After that, you own it again. 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  
magazine, (date); for further information on Communities magazine:  
www.ic.org.”


IV. PHOTOS. We will also want high-resolution digital photos or hard- 
copy photos (including snapshots) of people and/or communities to  
illustrate your story.

            Photos don’t go to me, but to our photo editor Susan  
Patrice, susan [at] ic.org. For more information, please contact Susan  
directly.

            We will assume that any people in your photos have  
already given you permission to appear in Communities magazine—or you  
already know they will be fine with it.  If you think this will be a  
problem, please take care of it before sending us photos. Thanks very  
much.


            If you would like to submit an article but cannot supply  
photos, that’s fine. Just let Susan know in advance.  Then if we use  
your article we'll get an illustrator, but we need plenty of notice  
ahead of time for this. Thank you.


V. COVER PHOTOS. We now have color covers and are also seeking  
vertically oriented, color photos  for our front cover. We pay $150  
for a cover photo we publish.

            Are you interested?

            For a cover photo--which “sells” the magazine to  
newsstand browsers--we’re looking for five features:

             (1) A vertical  photo of one or two people (or even  
three) in the foreground or mid-foreground, engaged in doing  
something, or looking at the camera.

            (2) They look right into the camera (so they can bridge  
to the newsstand browser), with expressions of happiness,  
contentment, thoughtfulness, or engagement, etc.

            (3) They’re wearing clothes in colors that look good  
together (ideally bright, clear colors), and which don’t clash. (i.e.  
one person isn’t wearing purple and the other orange.)

            (4) A community-type “scene” is visible behind them.

            (5) Something kind of blank, or relatively low contrast  
is in the upper right or upper left corner, where we can put the  
issue name and article titles.

            Again, cover photos don’t go to me, but to our photo  
editor Susan Patrice, susan [at] ic.org. For more information, please  
contact Susan directly.

Thank you very much! I look forward to hearing from you if you are  
inspired by this topic.

We also publish articles on other subjects besides our issue theme,  
so if you have another article idea, please let me know!



            Diana Leafe Christian

            Editor, Communities Magazine

P.S. If you’d like to see upcoming issue themes, here they are:

• Summer 2007 issue theme (out, June, 2007):

Are You Growing Much of Your Own Food Yet?

            Date to receive your article idea: January 1, 2007

Article deadline: Feb. 23, 2007



Does your community or organized urban or suburban neighborhood grow  
vegetables or fruit during the growing season? Are you and your  
community, or neighbors, considering, or preparing for, Peak Oil  
issues and rapidly escalating food costs, such as participating in  
community gardens, CSA farms, or local food bartering systems? Is  
your group storing food with low-tech means (canning, fermenting,  
etc.?)  How will your group meet its nutritional needs for fat,  
protein, or carbohydrates?



    • Fall 2007 issue theme (September, 2007):

 Does Your Community Influence the Wider Culture?

            Date to receive your article idea: April 1, 2007

Article deadline: May 23, 2007



Has your community’s or organized neighborhood’s sustainability plans  
or practices changed the attitude, behavior, or practices of any  
visitors, neighbors, or local zoning, building code, or traffic  
control officials, or changed any local city or town ordinances? If  
so, how? Have your group’s practices in cooperative decision-making,  
communication and process traditions, or shared resources influenced  
any neighbors, visitors, or local officials? If so, how?



    • Winter 2007 issue theme (December, 2007):

Does Beauty in Community Make Better “Community Glue”?

            Date to receive your article idea: July 1, 2007

Article deadline: Aug. 24, 2007



Does your community or organized neighborhood value beauty in  
buildings and architecture? Is beauty and aesthetics a priority in  
your group? Does it make a difference in how your community  
functions, or how you feel about your community? Do you feel  
delighted when you see your built environment? Do you think  
aesthetics are overrated, that other community factors are far more  
valuable?


Communities Magazine: www.ic.org; store.ic.org

Diana Leafe Christian: www.DianaLeafeChristian.org