Canada: West

We are now accepting submissions from members for our next newsletter!

Call to cover submissions for the period since June 2017 (plus any previously missed member book announcements) for these categories:

GoodNews (e.g., member book releases, readings, max 75 words; photos of book covers, event welcome)

ShortArticle (e.g., reports on conferences attended, critique groups, profiles or interviews, notes or book reviews on techniques or craft, upcoming events/announcements; max 500 words; )

FeatureArticle (max 1,000 words)

Illustration

Photo

Text should be sent as a doc file. For all submissions, please include your full name and a “byline” sentence if you’d like to have one.

Please name your files using “Newsletter” and a category name plus your last name and first name; if you are sending more than one file per category, please number each file. Examples:

NewsletterGoodNews_Potter_Harry

NewsletterPhoto_Granger_Hermione_01.jpg

NewsletterPhoto_Granger_Hermione_02.jpg

Min. size for illustrations:

– Cover illustrations: no smaller than 1000 pixels wide @ 150 dpi.

– Interior illustrations: no smaller than 500 pixels wide @ 150 dpi

(If in doubt, submit the largest file size you have.)

For spot illustrations, please submit as PNG (not JPEG) with transparent background. If it’s a full illustration (where the colour goes to the edges) then it doesn’t matter if it’s PNG or JPEG.

Please name your file as requested and submit with subject header “Newsletter Submission,” to canadawest@scbwi.org

Deadline: May 15.

We look forward to hearing from you!