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@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@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."
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.