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Inaugural Issue 2011.09.01

Submission Guidelines

An eight- to twelve-page B&W news magazine, dedicated to the English-language community of the Greater Montreal Area, will be published every three months. Submissions for entry into the paper will be accepted from any writer, with preference given to those who reside in the Greater Montreal Area.

There will be no compensation to the writer for any work that we might publish. All submissions will be reviewed by our team of editors. There is no guarantee that any submission will be accepted for publication, nor that any accepted submission will be published. Submissions can be made a number of ways:

by e-mail : the.write.place@hotmail.com (Subject line: Submission)
by fax : (514) 383-6683 (with a cover page)
by snail mail : The Write Place, C/O 9770, boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec H3L 2N3

Please include, with your submission, your name, an e-mail address where we can contact you, and a short bio that we might include with your story, if it is accepted. If you have a picture, please feel free to include it. If you want your snail mail submission returned, please enclose a SASE with sufficient postage. Any submission you provide should try to stay within a reasonable limit of these word count guidelines:

Short story : 500-2000 words
Postcard story : 250-500 words
Poetry : 3-50 lines
Book reviews : 500-525 words
Articles (by experts in the field) : 500-1000 words
Letters to the Editor: 50-250 words
Advertisements: increments of 1/8 page (contact us for rates)

Copyright © 2011 The Write Place. All rights reserved. The Write Place is published four times annually by Fifth Page Publishing and circulated free-of-charge to a controlled circulation within the Greater Montreal area. The material reproduced in this publication is supplied and published on behalf of contributing writers. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this material, the publisher takes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for any consequences from reliance on this material. Illustrations used in this publication are supplied by contributing artists and are accepted in the belief that they are the contributing artist’s property and that they have the right to use them. The publisher does not accept responsibility for any illustrations improperly supplied or not acknowledged. The opinions of the columnists and writers are their own and are in no way influenced by or representative of the opinions of The Write Place. No material may be reproduced without the permission of the copyright holder. Beaver logo trademark pending.

Send submissions to our e-mail with “Submission” in the subject line. Snail mail will be accepted as well. Please include your name and address in all correspondence. There is no compensation to the writer for any work that may be published. All submissions will be reviewed by our team of editors and we reserve the right to edit all material received. There is no guarantee that any submission will be accepted, nor that any accepted submission will be published in the next issue.

Before publishing an Author’s Work, a publishing agreement will be signed by both parties, specifying that the Author grants to the Publisher, and the Publisher accepts from the Author, Primary first serial, one-time rights and license to print and publish the Work in the English language in Canada. In no event shall the Publisher be obligated to publish or cause publication of the Work if, in the Publisher’s opinion, the Work violates the common law or statutory copyright, or the rights of privacy, publicity, or any other right of any third party or contains libelous or obscene matter.