Submission Guidelines

Thank you for your interest in Cornrows @Yahoo! Groups.

Regular posts to the group are in the public archive, but they
are not automatically considered part of Cornrows News, our
weekly newsletter.

Posts or other content that you would like to appear in the
newsletter must have an explicit statement that one wishes it
to be part of the newsletter.

The sections of the newsletter are:
Articles
Cornrows Inspirations and Affirmations
Cornrows Style Tip of the Week
Cornrows Site of the Week
and Cornrows Weekly Classifieds

You may also suggest a section or become a regular weekly or
monthly columnist. There are opennings for the first, second,
third, and fourth Wednesdays of each month.

At the moment, the group owner (me) is the editor. If you would
like the position, please let me know.

Specifics on Submissions

Articles - Must be written in U.S. or U.K. English.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
Personal Stories to do with cornrows
How you came to wear cornrows or be a braid artist
Legends and Stories of ancestors or deities with cornrows.
Short stories or serials (meaning you'll post one chapter
a month) in which the main character or the general culture is pro
cornrows
In depth cornrows styling and care tips and techniques
Thorough reviews of cornrows related products
Cornrows and dress code, legislation and activism
Cornrows beauty for faith or cultural reasons
Opinions and whatnots

Inspirations and Affirmations - Original poems, sayings, pep talk,
and artwork. Art can be uploaded to the group photo library.

cornrows Tip of the Week - Brief, 1 or 2 paragraph cornrows tip.

cornrows Site of the Week - It can be personal, educational,
or commercial so long as it has something legit to do with cornrows.

Cornrows Beauty Weekly Classifieds - Submit your for sale, personals,
auction links, announcements, memorials, thanks and penances, etc.

Columns - Each columnist (up to 4) will get one Wednesday per month to
say their piece on a particular subject. You can answer questions
about cornrows that you've seen people ask, or give a weekly
inspiration, or whatever. Pick a subject. You'll be expected to
produce one article of about 200 to 500 words per month.

Links - Separate from the newsletter, this is a raw text list of
useful and inspirational cornrows links. This list will be
sent out every 2 weeks. Send links in straight away, with the site
title, url, and description, in this format:

Title: So and So's Cornrows
URL: http://www.cornrowsite.org
Description: This site is about So and So's journey...you get the
point.

You may post submissions to the group: cornrows@yahoogroups.com
or you may send them to me for inclusion in the next Tuesday's issue
at webmatron@...

Deadlines are on Saturdays at midnight, GMT.

Cornrows News will not only be posted in this group, but in any
other braiding oriented group or site that will accept it.
Announcements will be posted in the group before the newsletter
is posted anywhere other than our site, in case anyone has a reason
why they don't want their content associated with something.
It also has its own website at
http://cornrows.rr.nu

Feel free to promote the site and the group using whatever ethical
means you prefer. The more you promote it, the more it will promote
you.


~Kthulah