Family Education Submission Guidelines
Updated 10/07/03
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Family Education Submission Guidelines
Mission
The Family Education Section is for families with children of all ages and educational backgrounds, including adults furthering their education or working in the education field!
What do we want?
Our current needs are for the following topics:
Reading programs (such as AR/Accelerated Reader)
Leaving crying kids
Establishing communication between parent/teacher/administration
Fall festivals
Religious holidays and schools
After-school programs
Paying for college
College admissions
Volunteers at school
ACT/SAT (American College Test / SAT I: Reasoning Test - formerly known as
Scholastic Aptitude Test)
Department of Education programs
Fund-raising
Book fairs
Behavioral issues
Controversial topics
GED (General Educational Development)
ClubsOther topics are welcome to be submitted.
Fillers, Tips, Tricks, Recipes: Open submission. Reprints accepted. Approximately 100 words or less. Submissions are kept on file and published as needed.
Product Reviews: Up to 250 words. Open submission. Reprints accepted. Book Reviews: Up to 250 words. Open submission. Reprints accepted. Movie Reviews: Up to 250 words. Open submission. Reprints accepted. Music Reviews: Up to 250 words. Open submission. Reprints accepted.
General Articles & Features: Open submission. Up to 1,000 words; shorter is better. Reprints accepted -- we're going for content, not rights. Information and interviews of interest to busy parents. Inspiring, humorous or proactive essays. On never-published submissions, BPO has first electronic and archival rights for one year unless other arrangements have been made.
Monthly Column: 300-1000 words in length.
Payment: There is no payment at this time, but a byline, bio and URL will be given. Each new article is put into the line-up on the home page for maximum exposure. Articles may be used on the message boards, in a newsletter, and for polls. We reserve this right.
Rights: First rights only and submissions will be archived for one year unless other arrangements previously have been made. Release may be sent to author to sign for non-exclusive print rights.
Reprints: Accepted for work on which you hold copyright. Please let us know where and when the piece was first published.
Submission Requirements
Your submissions MUST be an original work and not derived from others. Check your work! Make sure you believe it to be ready for publication. No e-mail attachments will be opened. Please submit articles pasted into the body of an e-mail. Include your byline/bio at the bottom of each submission Do not indent or center any lines in your submission -- use block style. Photo and art submissions are welcome for review and need not accompany a writing submission; please e-mail for instructions.
BPO reserves the right to reject any query or submission without explanation. BPO reserves the right to re-title, modify, edit, abridge, and fact-check any material it accepts for publication. Guidelines are subject to change. You should receive an answer to your submission or query within six weeks.
Got a submission or a question? Please feel free to e-mail Karen at klovett@bellsouth.net with BPO Family Education Section in the subject line.
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