This form is for our free emailed newsletter (monthly-ish), or   just email sam@folklife.uk with the same details. 

This is useful for you, with U​​pdates 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 Newsletter
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​Updates: News, Directory, Folklife Traditions (& Deadline Reminders).
 
A form to sign up to Folklife Newsletter 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

 Folklife Membership  for Folklife West magazine, folk news & Folklife Traditions pages, post, or pdf via WeTransfer.

For Folklife Membership payments  ('Folklife' is a non-profit group):
                        -- or -- a small donation    (our free-to-you websites cost us over £300 a year):
​BACS: Folklife, sort code 09-01-55, account 18675181.   For our overseas bank codes, please email sam@folklife.uk
Sterling only, bank transfers only.  No payments via this site (no cards).

   ∆  A posted magazine, and your publicity -- your folk news; + your folk listings added to Directory, mentioned in Updates.
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  TO JOIN FOLKLIFE ① ② ③ √     ①-- Data consent, opt-in form above √.    ②-- Please email your address: sam@folklife.uk √.
                                                                             ③-- To pay: Folklife, sort code 09-01-55, account 18675181, by BACS, or phone banking
                                                                                    Or by cheque, see below for details.  Cost details on next line  √.

​   ∆  Normally ... annual fee for members £18, UK post or overseas PDF via WeTransfer; or EU £27 posted.  But Jan & May are smaller than usual, so
         3 issues incl. Jan, £14 for 3 issues (Jan. & May each £2 less as smaller than usual).  Or  3 issues starting May £16.
   ∆  Your publicity: your news in FW, and listings for online Directory (with summary in FW)  -- we can draft, for you to amend

info:  
the contact and 
further information page

About Folklife publishers, and  Folklife West:  see   homepage

FOLKLIFE

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On this page:
Contact & payments
​then
"INFO" gives details of deadlines,
​ ad rates, & membership

Button links to other webpages 

• Data --- about our Data protection policy
• Sizes --- ad sizes for beginners if you're new to publicity, unsure which is A4 or A5, etc​

Data

Sizes

Contact & payments

EMAIL
sam<at>folklife.uk

PHONE 
01684 561378

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

Please email email directly: sam@folklife.uk
Due to spam abuse, we are no longer using webpage forms, except for Data Protection purposes.
For DIRECTORY entries - see Members' online DIRECTORY; or if appropriate  Folklife Traditions

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.
• No interviews or reviews (members can send their publicity about their albums).
• Member-performers news is very welcome as above, incl. members' forthcoming albums, tours, etc.
• Non-Members please do not send news, nor CDs for reviews.  We do include non-Member ads.

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 cheque to address on left.   ​EU £27.  USA £36.  Sterling only.   No debit or credit cards.
Also, please use form above, or  email 'Opt In' + same info (name; country. or for England, region)
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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.

"INFO"  gives details of 
            deadlines, ad rates, & membership

"info"  - download our "Info" page:

info_may_2021.pdf
File Size:	581 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

As of 27/6/2021

All prices are to be confirmed.

Covid shutdown.-- Due to these exceptional circumstances, we'll update when we have a clearer idea of our printing plans.
 
Jan 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).
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May issue similar: Folklife Traditions pages plus Festivals & Workshops, credit of £2 for those receiving 1 copy (other sizes pro rata).

For those joining now, for 1 issue including May, membership is £16 (usual £18, less £2 credit).
Or if you want 1 year to include  2020 Jan, May, Sept issues, cost £14.

As of now (27/6/2021) we await reopening confirmation by government.

​We plan to print full 60+ pages magazines, but Oct, not Sept.   But all TBC.

Folklife Membership cost.        £18 a year, 3 print issues, posted to UK. 
Publishing your news and listings, in print & copied online. 

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 get a PDF, not 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

SPECIAL DEADLINES APPLY FOR NEXT ISSUE, see Newsletters or email editor

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

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..

⇒   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

Posted :  1 year to 1 address  £18

• 3 issues per year
• x1= £18, 
• or share the cost with friends: x2 = £22.50 
• x3 = £27, x4 = £31.50, x5 = £36

Reselling for 6 or more :  25% off

(cost £2.25, sell at £3)

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

• x6 = £40.50
• x7 = £47.25
• x8 = £54
• x9 = £60.75
• x10 = £67.50
• x11 = £74.25
• x12 = £81
• You can also buy 6 or more on a per-issue basis,1/3rd of above, so x6 is £40.50 per year = £13.50 per issue, etc​

To join - no form needed

• BACS: Folklife, sort code 09-01-55, account 1867518
• or Cheque, see above   
• 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:  2019-2021 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 is 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. 
​
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