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IZILWANE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Izilwane.org is an innovative, leading-edge, environmental online multimedia website that focuses on “connecting the human animal to the global ecosystem.” Our purpose is to enhance the connections between human beings and other species by creating new ways to perceive ourselves in relationship to animals and the natural world. We take an anthropological approach to the issue of the loss of biodiversity, looking at how we as human beings can become more aware that we are one of many species and so create a better relationship to our ecosystems. Our site is aimed at an informed but non-expert audience. The opinions and views expressed in Izilwane are those of the contributors and not of Izilwane or its non-profit fiscal sponsor Perception International. Izilwane is funded by donations from individuals and by non-profit grants. Your donations help us to stay alive. Publication If you want to contribute to Izilwane, there are numerous ways to do so: 1. COMMENTS Comment on stories. No need to query, just register and type in a comment at the end of any of our stories. We welcome challenging responses, but we reserve the right to delete any comments that are aggressively inappropriate. 2. LINKS We are always looking for new website links for our Education and Action Links page. Let us know why you like a link, tell us if you’re somehow involved with the link, and send the link/s to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 3. FEATURES These articles are 2500 words or less and tend to focus on factual information. We prefer all articles to be supported with photos and/or short video clips. Send a query to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 4. IN-DEPTH ARTICLES These articles are 2500-5000 words and tend to be trail-blazing introductions to new concepts and theories. We prefer all articles to be supported with photos and/or short video clips. Send a query to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 5. INTERVIEWS These articles are 1500 words or less. They include interviews of people (from conservationists to celebrities), . involved in the biodiversity and anthro-ecological niches of the environmental movement and of people in others fields that relate to Izilwane’s vision. We prefer all articles to be supported with photos and/or short video clips. Send a query to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 6. REVIEWS These articles are 750 words or less and are reviews of books, films, videos, websites, and other media whose themes are relevant to Izilwane’s vision. Send a query to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 7. PRESS RELEASES We want Izilwane to be a place where we all can exchange information about other organizations involved in areas related to our vision. Do you have a project that fits with Izilwane’s vision that you feel our readers would like to know about? Send us a press release of 150 words or less along with your logo and/or a photo. 8. FROM OUR READERS These short articles are 500 words or less and are opinions, comments, and anecdotes from our readers that relate to the Izilwane’s vision. We prefer all articles to be supported with photos and/or short video clips. Send a query to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 9. EXPLORATIONS There are many people in the field, from conservationists and anthropologists to doctors and teachers. If you’re working on a specific project that you think people would be interested in experiencing, then write up a synopsis of your work and send it to us with examples of your fieldnotes, photos and/or videos. Send to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 10. PHOTOS These pieces are 7-12 photos based on a specific theme that relates to our vision accompanied by 500 words or less of text explaining the theme. Send a query to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with several photos. 11. VIDEOS These pieces are 7 minutes or less of YouTube/Vimeo video clips based on a specific theme that relates to our vision accompanied by 500 words or less of text. Send a query to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with a link to the video. 12. AUDIO These pieces are 7 minutes or less of audio based on a specific theme that relates to our vision accompanied by 500 words or less of text. Topics In general, your query should ALWAYS relate to Izilwane’s vision or theme. Here are examples of areas from which your material might be drawn: • Anthropology • Ecology • Human ecology • Biodiversity & loss of biodiversity • Biocultural diversity • Interspecies and trans-species relationships and “communication” • Conservation • Indigenous knowledge systems and traditional knowledge • Deep ecology, nature awareness, eco-psychology • Human population and consumption • Sustainable living We do not accept fiction, poetry, or material that does not relate to our environmental theme. Replies to queries can take up to six weeks or longer. Queries or submissions should include writing samples, a resume or short biography of the writer, and should mention the availability of photos and/or video clips for the article. Copyright, Permission to Publish, Payment Because we are a non-profit, at this time we do not offer payment to writers, photographers, videographers, or to any other contributors to Izilwane. For this reason, contributors to Izilwane, with the exception of those who make comments, retain copyright to their materials and grant us permission to publish their material on our Izilwane website. Izilwane will not reuse or republish a contributor’s work in another medium or forum without the express permission of the contributor. The contributor’s copyright will be displayed with the contributed media (article, photo, video, etc.). For example: "Copyright John Doe 2010.” Once material has been posted on Izilwane, permission to re-print or re-post elsewhere must be obtained from the owner of the material, not from Izilwane. We do not publish articles, photos, video, or other media forms that have been previously published elsewhere. Perks for Contributing We will prominently display the contnributor’s name, a small photo, and a brief bio of the contributor at the end of each piece. Referencing and Re-Publishing Guidelines To reference or re-publish material, please contact the contributor directly, not Izilwane. |
