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Sent: Sunday,
April 16, 2006 11:43 AM
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To: customerservice@gwrra.org;
wingworld@gwrra.org
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Cc: publicrelations@gwrrafl1l2.org
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Subject:
ARTICLES FOR WING WORLD
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To Whom It
May Concern:
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We are the Public Relations
Coordinators for the Wings of Wesley Chapel (FL1 L2) and we
are trying to determine the requirements for submitting
articles and pictures for publishing. The following are
specific questions:
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1) Is there any specific
format for articles such as length, font size?
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2) Do you accept articles
via email? If so what format (e.g. Word)?
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3) What format type do you
accept pictures and what size should they be?
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4) Do you accept pictures
via email? If so what format and size?
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Please submit articles in MS Word by attachment to an e-mail
to my email address (nick@gwrra.org). Length depends on
topic. We get many, many "we rode across country" narratives
and clearly can only publish some of them.
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Shorter articles have a greater chance of being published,
particularly if they have appeal to a nationwide audience.
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Please send jpg images in high resolution--300 dpi or
better--at about 4 by 6 size. If there aren't too many, send
as attachments. Otherwise, save to a disk and mail to us.
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Thanks in advance
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Rick &
Madalena Buck
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Wings of Wesley Chapel (FL1 L2)
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From: Sharon
Stanley [sstanley@gwrra.org]
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 6:10 PM
To: publicrelations@gwrrafl1l2.org
Subject: Wing World Submission Guidelines
Hi Rick &
Madalena,
Don't know if the Writers and Photography Guidelines for Wing
World were ever sent out to you or not, but I found a hard
copy of your e-mail from April and thought I'd drop them off to
you. Thanks for your interest. If the guidelines below do not
answer all your questions, please feel free to contact me at
sstanley@gwrra.org
WRITERS AND
PHOTOGRAPHY GUIDELINES.
First, we welcome unsolicited stories from our
Members, though there is no monetary compensation for works
published.
Any legible story (preferably sent via e-mail as
a cut-and-paste or as an attachment) is considered. E-mailed
articles or ones submitted on CD are preferred to typed or
handwritten articles on paper for both the sake of time and
clarity (we'd have to have someone both interpret all forms of
handwriting and manually re-type the story into the computer).
Also, it's much easier for us to both file the story and keep
track of it via either e-mail or CD.
The story itself
should be between 2,000 and 5,000 (or less) words in length and
can be any genre. Travel trips are welcomed, though you may want
to consider what made your trip special (besides, of course,
that it was yours!).
Perhaps there was a general theme behind your trip
(i.e.-visiting old stomping grounds) or quite a few mishaps on
an otherwise ordinary trip (i.e.-your trailer came undone, the
hotel accidently cancelled your reservations, and a bear blocked
the roadway). Other unique stories can include deeper themes
(i.e.-one published writer recently questioned, as she and her
husband rode cross-county, why some states are considered red
and some blue, just as some of her siblings are considered
simply Republican or Democrat) or maybe there was a very
specific reason why you made a trip (i.e.-to pay homage to a
loved one's grave or memorial site or to visit Alaska because
you always promised a loved one you would do so).
Digging for the purpose behind a trip not only makes the writing
of it more enjoyable, it also brings the reader closer to you.
What may seem like little details (i.e.-"We went for our last
bathroom run of the night and got lost on our way back through
the campgrounds" or "The little Bolivian boy smiled at me,
somewhat hesitant as he put out his hand.") make the story
familiar and interesting to those reading it because we've all
encountered these types of things. We've all had "one last
nightly run to the bathroom" and a street orphan seeking
handouts (if you've ever visited a Third World country). Thus,
readers can better identify with you by identifying with a
similar experience in their own lives. Hopefully, they will
therefore enjoy your story even more. Please keep that in mind,
especially when you're writing a travel story.
And though it's always a plus to list at least some of the
routes you chose along your trip, a simple travelogue can read
tediously. To counter that, include as much detail as you can
about each place that stands out in your mind (i.e.-"the
clapboard houses next to the rocky beaches") because details are
great and necessary. Try not to, however, be overly dramatic in
your descriptions (i.e.-"the quaint clapboard homesteads resting
beside the strong, rock-laden beaches, like those of Normandy).
See what I mean?
And pictures! We love pictures. So try to keep
them within the parameters listed below so that they'll likely
be usable. At least four or five photos are preferred. Please
include detailed captions with the story that direct us to
exactly which caption applies to which photo.
Photos should be high resolution (minimum of 330 dpi) images or
very sharp resolution prints or transparencies. Focus should be
razor sharp and lighting must be even, not harshly shadowed.
Though we do welcome posed shots, action shots are also
important. In them, subjects do not need to be visibly moving in
each shot (i.e.-with their motion causing a visible blur), but
they should appear to be doing something (i.e.-reaching into a
pouch, starting a fire, etc.) Unusual shots are also welcomed
(i.e.-a writer sent in a photo of goats grazing on a
restaurant's rooftop).
Send your story and
photos via email to editor@gwrra.org or by mail to: Nick Hoppner,
GWRRA, Inc., 21423 N. 11th Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85027.
Of course, please include all your pertinent information, such
as name, GWRRA number, address, phone number, e-mail, etc.
Good luck and best wishes. We'd love to consider publishing your
story and photos.
Best
regards,
Sharon Stanley
Assistant Editor,
Wing World, TRIKES!
Editor,
GW Info Exchange
sstanley@gwrra.org
(800) 843-9460, extension 253
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