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The Gathered View Guide for Authors
The Gathered View Guide for Authors Would you like to write for The Gathered View? If you are in any way involved with Prader-Willi syndrome or PWS research, your input is potentially quite valuable to our readers, and we would like to consider publishing your articles and other information. Now in its 28th year of publication, The Gathered View reaches a large and varied domestic and international audience with all types of PWS-related information. Possible subjects for articles include (but are by no means limited to):
Types, Length and Style of Articles The Gathered View publishes letters, notes, news stories and announcements and articles for a readership of families, professionals and service providers. All submissions and suggestions for articles and features for The Gathered View are welcome. Length can vary, but generally should not be longer than 600-700 words. We ask that the writing be targeted to a lay audience and that technical terms be defined for the general readership. The editors reserve the right to edit submissions for length and clarity. To assure that the meaning of a submission has not been inadvertently changed, particularly in the case of scientific or legal submissions, the editors may choose to send edited copy to the author when extensive cutting or editing have been necessary. This is not done for grammatical or style changes, however. Only in rare instances will an author see page proofs. While suggestions are welcomed, no author will have control over headlines, illustrations, fonts, spacing and other production details. Submission of Articles All submissions for The Gathered View should be sent to the PWSA (USA) national office by mail, fax or e-mail. Photographs must be mailed to the office, along with written permission to publish them and identification of all main subjects in each photo. For longer articles, text should be submitted in Microsoft Word format via e-mail attachment or on an IBM-compatible, 3.5-inch computer disk. If you cannot supply either e-mail or a disk, please provide a clean, unmarked, typed or printed copy for scanning. Illustrations & Photographs We welcome illustrated articles as well as photographs. Photographs must be high-contrast color or black-and-white, no smaller than 3" x 5". Digital photographs should be a minimum of 150 dpi, sent as .jpg files. We do not accept Polaroid prints. Please send written permission from the subjects or their guardians to publish photos in The Gathered View, in any other PWSA publication, or on the PWSA Web Pages. Deadlines The Gathered View is a bi-monthly publication. Production begins about six weeks prior to the printing date. For consideration for a particular issue of the newsletter, the following submission deadlines have been established:
Copyright & Ownership Every article published in The Gathered View becomes the exclusive property of The Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA). This means that the author does not have the right to publish the article elsewhere without permission from PWSA(USA), or to distribute reprints free or for a fee. PWSA (USA) reserves the right to reprint any article and distribute it free or for a fee, as well as to include the article in a subsequent compilation publication and on the PWSA web site. Payment for Articles Since PWSA(USA) is non-profit organization, there is no payment for articles. Contacting The Gathered View You may contact The Gathered View by e-mail at pwsausa@pwsausa.org or at the address below. Please send comments to: Edited: 08/19/2008 |
