We are supporting our Folklife Members, who support Folklife ​(£18 a year, since you ask).
With recurring costs (websites, domains, email, repairs & upgrades for computers & software)
and no income from May printed magazine sales, we are losing even more money than usual !
Therefore, only Directory listings from our supportive Members are publicised.

Keep in touch with

A form for new Folklife members, and/or for Folklife Newsletter

DATA POLICY (opt-in, opt-out), please see Data webpage
NEW permissions only (so if any changes, please email instead)

info:  
the contact and 
further information page

About Folklife publishers, and  Folklife West:  see   homepage

FOLKLIFE

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On this page:

(1)   
CONTACT
​DETAILS

(2) 
​"info"   gives details of deadlines, ad rates, & membership

(and a link to webpage "Ad Sizes for beginners", if you're new to publicity, unsure A4 or A5, etc)

Data:  we have a webpage
​about our data protection policy

Data

more:   meet the Folklife Team

our Folklife CORRESPONDENTS and OTHER VOLUNTEERS

Team

a note: "Folk What's On" (the ads from FW)

​​Note: for the benefit of advertisers, and the public, we also supply an ads-only version of FW, "Folk What's On', (4 to 10 pages), to libraries in regular-advertising areas, as a reference copy, & large concert-venues as free leaflets. This is not available otherwise eg by post (but you can email me for a (large) download). 

(1)   
CONTACT
DETAILS

EMAIL
sam<at>folklife.uk

PHONE 
01684 561378

ADDRESS
16 Barrett Rise, Malvern,
​Worcs WR14 2UJ

Please email email directly: sam@folklife.uk
For DIRECTORY entries - see : Directory  (or  Folklife Traditions if appropriate)
If joining Folklife - please use form on the Data webpage

Due to spam abuse, we are no longer using webpage forms, except for Data Protection purposes.

What we do - and what we don't

• FW:  print magazine - not a blog, nor email forwarding service!  We don't use social media.
• We print folk news from our Members only; plus researched articles (membership not required); and a few ads. For deadlines, word limits, etc, see below..
• Member-performers news is very welcome as above, including members' forthcoming CDs, tours, etc.
• Non-Members please do not send news, nor CDs for reviews.  We do include non-Member ads if room 

Do join us!

To join: £18 a year.  Please send by BACS  to:  ​Folklife, sort code 09-01-55,  account 18675181.
or send us a £18 cheque to address on left.   ​EU £27.  USA £36.  Sterling only.   No debit or credit cards.
Also, please complete the simple form top of page.
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You will receive 1 copy of 3 issues per year,
and for each issue you can send in
------ your folk listings, as in online DIRECTORY,
------ your folk news. Word limits apply: 200 words, more if advertising, see below.

(2) "info"  gives details of deadlines, ad rates, & membership

"info"  - download our "Info" page:

info_jan_2021.pdf
File Size:	574 kb
File Type:	pdf

Download File

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The above PDF to download (an image of which is shown on the left)
is the same as the information below 
--- deadlines;
--- Membership;
--- & word limits;
--- Your adverts in FW.   
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It is a copy of FW page 3, which is always our "Info page"
Download size:  A4 page

FW Deadlines

< each covering 4 months >
deadlines
☞  ●   1 Jan:     19 Nov
☞  ●   1 May:    19 Mar
☞  ●   1 Sept:   19 July

● Folklife West published Jan 1st	< Jan   •   Feb   •   Mar   •   Apr >	Deadline :  19 Nov
● Folklife West published May 1st	< May   •   June   •   July   •   Aug >	Deadline :  19 Mar
● Folklife West published Sep 1st	< Sep   •   Oct   •   Nov   •   Dec >	Deadline :  19 Jul

Articles for Folklife Traditions pages: 2 months 1 Nov, Mar, July

(below does not apply this issue)
​Late changes after Deadlines? Possibly … conditions apply.

 Changes might be possible after deadline, conditions apply, see below:

ADVERTS

• IF:  same size / image-type (eg jpg) as originally sent by Copy Date above
• . . . . . . .  up to 30th Nov ,   31st Mar,   31st Jul   as we need to finalise advert layout !  ​

FOLKLIFE MEMBERS’ NEWS & LISTINGS: changes 

• IF same word-length or shorter than last issue • up to 6th Dec ,   6th Apr ,   6th Aug       
• Non-members news to Correspondents needs to be sent well before Copy date
• It is entirely up to our local Correspondents as to what they put in / have room for. Typically, venue details, but maybe not dates, with preference to smaller sessions etc - guest venues should take out membership (only £18 pa) to list their guests etc..

Folkife Membership cost.        £18 a year, 3 print issues, posted to UK. 
Publishing your news and listings, in print & copied online. 
• Lockdown, same schedule, but online only, with all subscriptions extended, free., & regular advertisers, free adverts!

Overseas Folklife Membership: posted to EU £27, to rest of world £36
Multiple copies, see below. Prices are UK, for EU add 50%, for rest of world, add 100%

NEW: e-Copies. 
Entire magazine (c.60 pages) sent as a PDF via WeTransfer.   £3 each.     
​New: Overseas postal members: 1 e-copy per issue free on request!

NEW: e-Membership!, separate to regular posted Membership.
£18 a year  for magazine sent as above, 1 copy x 3 issues  (for lockdown, same schedule applies).
Still publishing your news & listings, in print & copied online, as usual, but you don't get a print copy.

Payment.  BACS: Folklife, sort code 09-01-55, account 18675181.  
For our overseas bank codes, please email sam@folklife.uk.  Sterling only, bank transfers only.
SITE SECURITY:    X NO payments via this site X ​ so no cards, no cheques, no payment via this site

Folklife, January 2021.

All prices are to be confirmed.


Advert rates below are as before.   These will be confirmed nearer the time, depending on whether we print as normal, or as this time, reduced circulation (no multiple copies to folk clubs), so reduced rates. 

Membership.  Price rise from £16 a year to £18 a year  for 1 copy per issue.   Postage increased 15% ‡ ,  we have increased prices by 12½ %.
‡ 1 magazine UK, 2nd class (<250g):  25/3/19  was £1.32; then £1.40 on 23/3/2020; then £1.53 on 1/1/2021 !

This issue was a special one, combining 3 issues of Folklife Traditions pages, and no news & diary pages.
Therefore:  smaller than usual, so credit of £2 for those receiving 1 copy (other sizes pro rata), 
and for those joining now, for 1 issue including January, membership is £16 (usual £18, less £2 credit).

As of now (1/1/2021) we don’t know whether we will print as normal in May.  If we don’t, then again we will issue credits to members.

Due to these exceptional circumstances,
whilst the prices to be confirmed are in the PDF download above,
we have not yet updated some prices below this green-bordered box, so please refer to PDF.
We'll update when we have a clearer idea of our printing plans for May 2020.

⇒   Do Join Us !

Your Membership Benefits
FW by post
and
Free Editorial / Publicity, in print + online
•  Festivals, Venues, Performers, Media, Services, Organisations, etc
• News & Reports, 
• Listings: in DIRECTORY with summary + Updates in FW
• Festival Diary,  Workshop Diary, also copied to DIRECTORY

Posted :  1 year to 1 address  £18

• 3 issues per year
• x1= £18, 
• or share the cost with friends: x2 = £20, 
• x3 = £24, x4 = £28, x5 = £32 

Reselling for 6 or more :

post-free + discount 1/3rd

(cost £2, sell at £3)

√    post free 6 or more, by Clubs, Pubs, Venues, Festivals, Performers, Shops, and you -
X    Sold as ordered - No returns

• x6 = £36 per year (or £12 per issue)
• x7 = £42 per year
• x8 = £48 per year
• x9 = £54 per year
• x10 = £60 per year
• x11 = £66 per year
• x12 = £72 per year  .... etc
• You can also buy 6 or more on a per-issue basis,1/3rd of above, so x6 is £36 per year = £12 per issue, etc​

To join - no form needed

• BACS: Folklife, sort code 09-01-55, account 1867518
• NO CHEQUES PLEASE.    
• Please email your name, address, phone  
• if not on email, please PRINT when writing 
• ​Details for our use when posting - not shared with anyone else
• ​Email sam<at>folklife.uk

⇒  Word limits / Editorial


➊ Members' News

up to 200 words, for each news item;

more if advertising --
1/8 275;  1/4 300;  1/2 350;  A4 450 

your Reports, Dates, Festival Info, CD Info.

• Reviews: only as sent in by our Members, so please don’t send CDs to editors
• don’t count: heading [name/venue/start time], end contact details
• Photos: B&W high-res (300 dpi) welcome 
  X not low-res eg copied from web ! 
• Word limits are for 1 item, you can send in more than 1, eg 2 CDs count as 2 items.
• Festival & Workshops Diaries:
  same word limits for “More Details” section.
• In addition to Members' news, we have county correspondents, details at foot of this page.
• Correspondents: usually 350 to 700 words [may vary, depends on local circulation/ads] 
  
  

​➋ Folklife Traditions 
Articles & news ~ word limits by arrangement.
Send News as plain email, or as RTF, or as Word.doc​
See folklife-traditions.uk website

Using Word.docx  ?

Using 'Word' Footnotes and Endnotes
For any notes: please use Endnotes.

Please do not use Footnotes.
​
How to convert Footnotes to Endnotes, see the
Contact & Contribute  webpage on the Folklife Traditions website

⇒  Your  Adverts  in  FW

• stand out   ………………… as advertising limited to just 1/4 of FW!
• ​value for money!   … as your adverts will be shown for 4 months!
• and copied online:  …  on this site's news pages, or in our online DIRECTORY, for Festivals and Workshops 
• and copied to our ads-only Folk What’s On, distributed free to TICs, libraries, & large general venues that include folk programming

Ads:  2019 & 2020 Costs  (no VAT charged):

‘Prepaid’  --  £4 less than invoiced.

• Prepaid = you pay by deadline, so we don’t have to invoice (we'll email a receipt)

‘Prepaid’  -- 10% discount for 2 prepaid
‘Prepaid’  -- Prepaid year over 15% less than 3 prepaid separately.

Colour

• A4 invoiced £184.  Prepaid £180.  Year [x3, £540, -15+%] £450 
• Full bleed (edge-to-edge)  £200 colour (see Sizes, below)
• 1/2 invoiced £104. Prepaid £100.  Year [x3, £300, -15+%] £250 
• 1/4 [A6]  invoiced £64. Prepaid £60.  Year [x3, £180 -15+%] £150  
• 1/8 [1/2 A6]  invoiced £34. Prepaid £30. Year [x3, £90 -15+%] £75

          
Mono  

• A4   invoiced £73.  Prepaid £69. Year [x3, £207 -15+%]  £175
• 1/2  invoiced £42.  Prepaid £38.  Year [x3, £114 -15+%] £96
• 1/4 [A6]  invoiced £25.  Prepaid £21.   Year [x3, £63 -15+%] £53
• 1/8 [1/2 A6]  invoiced £16. Prepaid £12. Year [x3, £36 -15+%] £30

Book space by emailing your Purchase Order Nº.
Invoiced terms = 30 Days from invoice date. 
Invoices (and receipts) are emailed.​

• Further ads will not be accepted if money owing from last time ! 

• You can book A4 colour position: prepaid, on 1st come, 1st served, basis
• Mono ads placed as near as possible to your news, or Diary entry,

• Page preference-order to biggest (1st A4; 2nd 1/2; and so on)

Ads :  Sizes (A4) subpage

If you're NEW to publicity ? Not sure about page sizes / A4 vs A5 ? Then see our Guide to Page Sizes - A4, A5, etc, with examples, note these are A4-size pages, so not suitable for mobiles. 
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See our webpage,  link-- 
AD SIZES for beginners

​Colour only

• Edge-to-edge max w 210, max h 297, +3 mm bleed 

Colour or mono

• A4 …………….    max w 188, max h 275
• 1/2 across   max w 188, max h 132
• 1/2 column  max w 92, max h 268
• 1/4 [A6]       max w 92, max h 132 

• 1/8 …………...    max w 92, max h 64  
• Other: any combination of 1/8 boxes (4mm between boxes).

Sizes include optional border

Ads :  Ads must be emailed (image or text)

• email image:   camera-ready - attach your tiff, jpeg, PDF - we can stretch to fit
• or   email text:  just email us the words; you can also attach 1 logo to be included; we will typeset, free, in our choice of typeface (as we regularly do for smaller clubs)
• complex adverts may appear differently, so please ask a professional designer to design & send them​

√    We use: Mac OS 10.7.5,  Adobe InDesign CS 6.
√    Colour ads: you are advised to send us a printout so we can check colours.
√    If B&W: pl convert colour to greyscale, & check that before sending.
√    Tiff  √ Jpeg,     
√    PDF as High-definition 300dpi, text 600 dpi, fonts embedded; if B&W ad, send only as greyscale.
?    Word  “.doc” is not an image, so can't be used directly 

• You can "Save" Word as a PDF - design with a good margin or top or bottom may go missing!
• GO TO⇒  "Print" 
• THEN GO TO⇒  "Save As PDF" 
• check before sending - we can't alter PDFs