pepperlandgirl
07-09-2009, 07:45 PM
The Domebo. Improve Your Mind, Improve Your Life, Improve Your World! (http://www.dombeo.net)
Goal: My goal is to turn the Domebo into a place that encourages a discussion a wide number of topics and interests. The theme is Improve Your Mind, Improve Your Life, Improve Your world. You can interpret that theme as widely or as narrowly as you like. I want to create an e-zine that is vibrant, that can kick off more discussion on the attached message board (http://domebo.net/forum/index.php), and that encourages people to share their passions. At first, I will be updating the front page once every two weeks, until we have created a backlog of content, at which point, I hope to begin updating it once a week. So without further ado, allow me to get to the submission guidelines.
Who Can Submit: Anybody! All are welcome to submit an article, essay, story, or review. Submission, however, is not a guarantee of publication. I reserve the right to reject anybody's work for any reason.
What Can You Submit: Anything! Within reason! I do want to encourage a variety of work and interests, and so I will not be putting a limit on the topics or the genres. So if you want to submit a blog-style post about your favorite basketball team, that's great. If you want to submit a formal article about alternative medicine, that's also great. However, I want to state some rules up front. Rule the First: Everything must be G to PG-13. Rule the Second: No work that can be interpreted as slanderous, offensive to any race, religion, sexual orientation, or creed, or just generally obnoxious. Still with me? Good. Let's get down to the nitty-gritty.
Non-Fiction Submissions should 1000-1500 words in length. Exceptions can and will be made in certain cases. But I would like to keep things uniform across the board. If you feel that your submission will be longer, please email me. Ficton submissions can be up to 1500 words in length. All work must be your own original work, and you must hold the rights to publish or republish. The rights will remain yours after publication. All work must be edited before you submit it to me, but I reserve the right to edit any work for any reason, including length, grammar, spelling, and coherency.
Particular Items I Am Looking For: There are a few things I would like to have as regular items on the front page. This is in addition to any other submissions that are sent to me.
Movies: I know there are plenty of people around here who love movies. I would like one or two people to write regular articles about movies--that can be anything from reviews of movies currently in theaters, reviews of DVDs, or discussion of the actual movie industry itself.
Television: Same as the movies. Recaps are fine, but I would also like news (for example, when a show gets cancelled), reviews, and opinion articles.
Music: I would be very happy if several people could take a stab at this, since I know music is a personal thing, and we have several passionate musicians on this board. Whether you play music or just invest a good deal of your time and money in the appreciation of music, I want to hear from you!
Current Events: Think less Keith Olbermann and more Andersoon Cooper. I would like one or two people who are interested in following politics, who might even be political wonks, who are willing to write brief updates about what's happen in America, as well as the rest of the world. I am not interested in giving anybody a soapbox.
Recipes: If you have family recipes you would like to share with the world, I would love to have them. Especially if they are recipes dedicated to healthy or green living.
How to Submit: Send the completed work to me at domebo.frontpage(at)gmail.com as an RTF attachment please. If you have any questions or concerns, you can PM me here, but all submissions must go to domebo.frontpage(at)gmail.com.
Your article should include at least three links to related topics. For example, if you're discussing films, include a link to the IMDB, the wiki page, and maybe another review for it. Please do not submit anything without at least three related, outside links.
Compensation: Unfortunately, at this time, we cannot offer payment.
If you have any questions, please feel free to PM me here or send me an email. Also, if you're a member of any other boards where this might be of interest to people, please feel free to repost.
Goal: My goal is to turn the Domebo into a place that encourages a discussion a wide number of topics and interests. The theme is Improve Your Mind, Improve Your Life, Improve Your world. You can interpret that theme as widely or as narrowly as you like. I want to create an e-zine that is vibrant, that can kick off more discussion on the attached message board (http://domebo.net/forum/index.php), and that encourages people to share their passions. At first, I will be updating the front page once every two weeks, until we have created a backlog of content, at which point, I hope to begin updating it once a week. So without further ado, allow me to get to the submission guidelines.
Who Can Submit: Anybody! All are welcome to submit an article, essay, story, or review. Submission, however, is not a guarantee of publication. I reserve the right to reject anybody's work for any reason.
What Can You Submit: Anything! Within reason! I do want to encourage a variety of work and interests, and so I will not be putting a limit on the topics or the genres. So if you want to submit a blog-style post about your favorite basketball team, that's great. If you want to submit a formal article about alternative medicine, that's also great. However, I want to state some rules up front. Rule the First: Everything must be G to PG-13. Rule the Second: No work that can be interpreted as slanderous, offensive to any race, religion, sexual orientation, or creed, or just generally obnoxious. Still with me? Good. Let's get down to the nitty-gritty.
Non-Fiction Submissions should 1000-1500 words in length. Exceptions can and will be made in certain cases. But I would like to keep things uniform across the board. If you feel that your submission will be longer, please email me. Ficton submissions can be up to 1500 words in length. All work must be your own original work, and you must hold the rights to publish or republish. The rights will remain yours after publication. All work must be edited before you submit it to me, but I reserve the right to edit any work for any reason, including length, grammar, spelling, and coherency.
Particular Items I Am Looking For: There are a few things I would like to have as regular items on the front page. This is in addition to any other submissions that are sent to me.
Movies: I know there are plenty of people around here who love movies. I would like one or two people to write regular articles about movies--that can be anything from reviews of movies currently in theaters, reviews of DVDs, or discussion of the actual movie industry itself.
Television: Same as the movies. Recaps are fine, but I would also like news (for example, when a show gets cancelled), reviews, and opinion articles.
Music: I would be very happy if several people could take a stab at this, since I know music is a personal thing, and we have several passionate musicians on this board. Whether you play music or just invest a good deal of your time and money in the appreciation of music, I want to hear from you!
Current Events: Think less Keith Olbermann and more Andersoon Cooper. I would like one or two people who are interested in following politics, who might even be political wonks, who are willing to write brief updates about what's happen in America, as well as the rest of the world. I am not interested in giving anybody a soapbox.
Recipes: If you have family recipes you would like to share with the world, I would love to have them. Especially if they are recipes dedicated to healthy or green living.
How to Submit: Send the completed work to me at domebo.frontpage(at)gmail.com as an RTF attachment please. If you have any questions or concerns, you can PM me here, but all submissions must go to domebo.frontpage(at)gmail.com.
Your article should include at least three links to related topics. For example, if you're discussing films, include a link to the IMDB, the wiki page, and maybe another review for it. Please do not submit anything without at least three related, outside links.
Compensation: Unfortunately, at this time, we cannot offer payment.
If you have any questions, please feel free to PM me here or send me an email. Also, if you're a member of any other boards where this might be of interest to people, please feel free to repost.