We are supporting our Folklife Members, who support Folklife ​(£16 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: £16 a year.  Please send by BACS  to:  ​Folklife, sort code 09-01-55,  account 18675181.
or send us a £16 cheque to address on left.   ​EU £24.  USA £32.  Sterling only.   No debit or credit cards.
Also, please complete the simple form on the Data webpage.
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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_may_2020.pdf
File Size:	688 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

SEPTEMBER 2020 online only - later deadline of 16 August

(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 £16 pa) to list their guests etc..

Folkife Membership cost.        £16 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 £24, to rest of world £32
Multiple copies, see below. Prices are UK, for EU add 50%, for rest of world, add 100%

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

NEW: e-Membership!, separate to regular posted Membership.
£16 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

⇒   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  £16

• 3 issues per year
• x1= £16, 
• 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