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FOLKLIFE WEST, FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL, print magazines, and copied online ● next 1 SEPT (Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec), DEADLINE 20 JULY
Contact
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Please email sam@folklife.ukWhat we do - and what we don't
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free emaileD UPDATES (6 to 12 a year) for DETAILS: cliCk to open (& close!)
**** From Feb 2022, FREE LISTINGS in our DIRECTORY if you are on our emailed Updates list ****
A form for our free emailed Updates (monthly-ish)
-- or -- just email sam@folklife.uk with the same details.
This is useful for you,
with Updates for News, Directory, & Folklife Traditions (& deadline reminders).
So we spend less time on admin/emails = more time for magazine & website. And know how many read this, & where, and so resource appropriately!
- VENUES: How often [e.g. Wkly, 1st], Day, County, TOWN, NAME, website, + optional contact name + optional phone
- PERFORMERS, SHOPS, ETC (categories see online Directories): County, NAME, website, + optional contact name + optional phone
A form for our free emailed Updates (monthly-ish)
-- or -- just email sam@folklife.uk with the same details.
This is useful for you,
with Updates for News, Directory, & Folklife Traditions (& deadline reminders).
So we spend less time on admin/emails = more time for magazine & website. And know how many read this, & where, and so resource appropriately!
Keep in touch with our free emailed occasional Updates
Updates: News, Directory, Folklife Traditions (& Deadline Reminders). A form to sign up to Folklife Updates and/or for new Folklife members OR if you prefer, simply email same details to sam@folklife.uk New permissions only (so if any changes, please email instead) We don't pass on details. Data policy (opt-in) see Data webpage |
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"INFO page" : details of deadlines, ad rates, & membershipFOLKLIFE WEST, FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL, print magazines, and copied online ● 1 MAY (May, Jun, Jul, Aug), DEADLINE 20 MAR. AD RATES - BACS/bank, cheque, card
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP, 3 issues per year, posted: UK £18, EU £27, USA £36. Sterling only. Also available as a PDF copy of magazine £9 worldwide via WeTransfer and for each issue you can send in your folk news. Word limits apply: 200 words, more if advertising, see below. See details below, download as PDF and/or read image of FW page 3 Data policy is on Data webpage. Sizes webpage --- ad sizes for beginners if you're new to publicity, unsure which is A4 or A5, etc
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"Info-page" as a pdf -- download (same as page 3 image below): |
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Using Word.docx ? Using 'Word' Footnotes and Endnotes For any notes: please use Endnotes, do not use Footnotes. For how to convert Footnotes to Endnotes, see the Contact & Contribute webpage, on the Folklife Traditions website |
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If you find this free website useful . . . as FW print magazine always makes a healthy loss . . . plus, these free websites cost c.£300 a year . . .
you may wish to donate £3 very occasionally, by clicking the yellow box (for our "Ko-fi" site) for a 1-off £3 card payment. Thank you!
Folklife West 52-page print magazine, copied online *** Folk news on www.folklife.uk *** Researched articles on www.folklife-traditions.uk
If you can afford it, you may wish to support us, by a very occasional £3 donation, or buying a printed FW magazine, or a Pdf of FW, or by subscribing
–– Copied online - always free to view ! There's no obligation to buy magazines -- or to donate !
you may wish to donate £3 very occasionally, by clicking the yellow box (for our "Ko-fi" site) for a 1-off £3 card payment. Thank you!
Folklife West 52-page print magazine, copied online *** Folk news on www.folklife.uk *** Researched articles on www.folklife-traditions.uk
If you can afford it, you may wish to support us, by a very occasional £3 donation, or buying a printed FW magazine, or a Pdf of FW, or by subscribing
–– Copied online - always free to view ! There's no obligation to buy magazines -- or to donate !
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Annual Membership (3 issues) with
your news, UK £18, EU £27. Discounts for 2+. Link to card payment to subscribe ko-fi.com/s/8624d72d04 |
---- Adverts from 1/8 A4 mono to A4 colour
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About us: meet the Folklife team: our volunteers (as listed on page 3 above)
OUR POLICY
CORRESPONDENTS
FOLKLIFE MEMBERS can send in their own news items to editors (up to 200 words per item, more if advert)
SENDING YOUR INFO TO CORRESPONDENTS
Our priorities … informal free gatherings, & volunteer-run organisations … do-it-yourself folk
- such as folk clubs, dances, music sessions, singarounds, small halls, and festivals run by unpaid volunteers.
- All of us (correspondents, editors, designers, etc) are volunteers, we receive no payment, no free adverts, etc.
- Correspondents can receive 3 copies of FW per issue, to sell, or give away, or circulate at their venue, as they wish
- Other Volunteers such as those who supply lists, receive 1 copy of FW per issue
- Correspondents and Volunteers receive free Membership of Folklife, so free news of all their folk activities
- The magazine will run on a non-profit basis. Note: so far, it has always run at a loss, subsidised by the editors. No grants or sponsorships are currently received.
CORRESPONDENTS
- Correspondents include festival-organisers, club organisers, performers
- Correspondents give an area or special-interest overview
- Correspondents can mention their own festivals, clubs, sessions, performances: to a maximum about 1/4 of the column
- Otherwise, what Correspondents put in, and leave out, is entirely up to them
- So (eg) in order to mention as many venues as possible, a venue might be mentioned but not their guests **
- MORE for those interested in BECOMING A FW CORRESPONDENT below - see And you ?
FOLKLIFE MEMBERS can send in their own news items to editors (up to 200 words per item, more if advert)
SENDING YOUR INFO TO CORRESPONDENTS
Our priorities … informal free gatherings, & volunteer-run organisations … do-it-yourself folk
- such as folk clubs, dances, music sessions, singarounds, small halls, and festivals run by unpaid volunteers.
Many printed folk magazines have folded over the years!
So, whilst we are not a commercial organisation, we must closely monitor costs, adverts, and sales, in order to survive.
So, whilst we are not a commercial organisation, we must closely monitor costs, adverts, and sales, in order to survive.
Venues that have paid guests : we cannot guarantee that Correspondents will have room to mention guests;
but for just £18 a year, you can join Folklife, and send in 200 words publicity per issue (more words if paid advertising).
Organisations employing paid staff should consider joining Folklife for just £18 a year - less than 1 ticket for some events!
You can then send in up to 200 words per issue (more if advertising).
but for just £18 a year, you can join Folklife, and send in 200 words publicity per issue (more words if paid advertising).
Organisations employing paid staff should consider joining Folklife for just £18 a year - less than 1 ticket for some events!
You can then send in up to 200 words per issue (more if advertising).
Correspondent - And you ?
If you would like to email a column every quarter, covering your area (which can include some mentions of your session/club/act/festival/etc), anywhere,
then we offer FREE MEMBERSHIP incl. free listings and up to 3 free copies.
*** as above - not mostly about your club/act - and - must be every issue ! ***
Read on, and then contact us ! Contact details see Info webpage
then we offer FREE MEMBERSHIP incl. free listings and up to 3 free copies.
*** as above - not mostly about your club/act - and - must be every issue ! ***
Read on, and then contact us ! Contact details see Info webpage
- COVER an area, large or small, OR a SPECIAL INTEREST (eg morris, concertina, social dance ...)
- Your 3 free copies: up to you what you do with them,
- some only want 1 or 2
- some give away 1 to other club organisers,
- some circulate at their session on a read-and-return next time basis ...
- some sell 'em (in eg own club or elsewhere),
- some buy more -- we give 3, any more charged at discount rate (buy @ £2.40, sell @ £3) - see prices above
- Some like to write a lot, some don't.
- Correspondents' word limit: 700 words
- Suggested minimum is 350 ....... • word count doesn't include heading, contact details, etc.
- House style: please avoid CAPITALS FOR NAMES ETC as we emphasize by using bold.
- We may add ® symbol for Members "(see ad/directory/festivals etc)"
- Your style: some give bullet-point lists, some ramble on .... we welcome whatever style suits you
- Area covered: size of area is up to you. It doesn't matter if there is a bit of overlap.
- Or perhaps a special interest, eg sessions, morris, concertina, dance.
- Correspondents give an area overview
- Correspondents can mention their own festivals, clubs, sessions, performances: to a maximum about 1/4 of the column!
- Otherwise, what Correspondents put in, and leave out, is entirely up to them
- So (eg) in order to mention as many venues as possible, a venue might be mentioned, but not their guests. See above "Our priorities … informal free gatherings, & volunteer-run organisations … do-it-yourself folk, and Venues that have paid guests
- Your photo - please send a head and shoulders type (see examples below)
- Pictures for column: entirely optional: a few high-res photo welcome. Printed in mono (so won't work if eg mainly black & red).
- Deadlines: as top of page
- copyright Folklife, publishers.
