Indiana Writers’ Consortium has
been in the blogging business since 2009, and this blog begain operating in
October 2012. Since then we have been dedicated to delivering weekly postings
with content that provides value to IWC members and other writers.
Unfortunately, finding that content isn’t always easy. And when calls for
volunteer bloggers fail, the blogmaster/mistress ends up filling the void, with
varying success on the value of the resulting content. (I looked for a gender-neutral
term for the position but couldn’t come up with one, so if you have a
suggestion, please leave it as a comment.)
Based on past experience, calls for
volunteers to fill in particular dates isn’t the answer. So I’m reaching out for
submissions that I can stockpile and post whenever they work best. (If I get a
number of posts on writer’s block, for example, that will give me the
flexibility to spread them out or, if they work well together, to publish them
as a monthly theme.) You get to choose the topic, and submissions are always
open. There are some restrictions, however, so the submission guidelines
follow.
Submission
Guidelines for Blog Posts
at
The purposes of the
IWC blog are to encourage writers, educate the public on writing-related subjects,
provide information on upcoming writing events such as conferences and
workshops, and promote IWC and its individual members. Posts should provide
value to other writers rather than being purely self-promotional, however. For
example, a post on your upcoming book could focus on lessons learned in writing
it. And all posts may include a website or blog address and a short bio for
promotional purposes.
Posts should be
1,000 words or less, and posts between 400-600 words are preferred. Short
sentences and paragraphs and lots of white space make digital content easier to
read.
There is no payment
for IWC blog posts. Members are given priority, but non-members are welcome to
submit as well.
IWC takes
nonexclusive rights and accepts reprints. Nonexclusive rights means that you
retain the right to sell or use the post in other blogs or publications, but it
also means that IWC has the right to reprint it on any IWC blog or in any IWC
anthology. You retain the copyright, and we will identify you as the author in
any subsequent use.
IWC’s membership
includes writers from all genres and with varying opinions about writing. To
foster this diversity, our editorial policy is (1) to accept all blog articles
by members if the content fits with the blog’s purposes and (2) to publish the
articles as written. We do, however, reserve the right to reject posts that are
inconsistent with the purposes of this blog; that are rude, crude, or lewd; or
that disparage any particular group of people. Honest criticism of a literary
work and the author’s skill is acceptable. We also reserve the right to cut
down or split up posts that exceed 1000 words and to make minor edits, such as
correcting misspellings.
IWC has complete
discretion over when a particular post is published.
Anyone who submits material
to IWC for publication on the blog or otherwise warrants to IWC that he or she either
owns the copyright and has the unrestricted right to use the material or has
received permission to post it. This includes photographs as well as text.
Please send your submissions to indianawritersconsortium@gmail.com with “Blog” in the subject line. I look forward to receiving them.
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The photograph is ©
2012 by Kathryn Page Camp.
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