Cohousing-L Mailing List: Reminder: Call for Articles, Communities #144: Community in Hard Times

[Communities Editor (editor]

Dear friend of /Communities/,

This is a reminder that we are still accepting article ideas for issue 
#144 (see below). Thus far, compared with our three previous Calls for 
Articles, "Community in Hard Times" has elicited a relatively slow 
response--but we know it's among our most relevant themes, with many 
potential angles. These could include stories about how cooperation and 
sharing can improve lives and enhance economic sustainability; how 
community can help individuals, families, neighborhoods, and the larger 
society deal with adversity or change; how intentional communities 
address their own internal financial or other challenges; etc. If you 
have a story to share that relates to this topic or to our ongoing 
themes, now could be an ideal time to send it our way. Hope to hear from 
you!

Thanks,
Chris

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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 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 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 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 or contact Yulia Zarubina at 
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/: communities.ic.org <http://www.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 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/
editor [at] ic.org

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

for Communities advertising,
please contact John Stroup:
ads [at] ic.org
573-468-8822

for photos and layout,
please contact Yulia Zarubina:
layout [at] ic.org
910-617-6136