In cooperation with The Olympian, Interfaith Works coordinates writers for the weekly Saturday feature called Perspective. Perspective provides an opportunity for persons who are seen as leaders in their faith community to present their faith-based perspective on current events or other issues.
Any Saturdays for which you do not want to be scheduled:
Saturdays you would prefer, if you have specific preferences:
Persons interested in being scheduled to write for Perspective should contact the IW Office Manager Janice Holz at 360-357-7224 or InterfaithWorks@comcast.net
InterfaithWorks@comcast.net.
Basic column guidelines:
1.The writer determines the subject of the column. Subjects can relate to faith issues, interfaith activities, the importance of a religious celebration within your faith community, timely issues such as health care reform, welfare reform, economic development and renewal, youth violence and the like. Topics should be of interest to persons outside the writer's own faith community. This is not a forum to preach doctrine, nor to proselytize. Columns will not be published if they are related to a ballot or election issue within three months of an election, or they criticize another religion or its position on a given issue.
2.Articles should be 600 words or less. The Olympian reserves the right to edit or reject any submission.
3.Articles are due to The Olympian on Friday, a week before the Saturday on which it is to be published.
Each contributor must sign a freelance form from The Olympian. The Olympian would also like a current picture of you to accompany your column.
Call The Olympian's Features Editor at 357-0721 if you have any questions about guidelines. Once Interfaith Works schedules you to write a column, they will send you a letter with your due date that expands on the requirements listed above.
Responses received after January 14 will be scheduled if there are still slots available. Interfaith Works will send each columnist a letter with the column's due date, details about the submission process, and the complete list of column guidelines. Call Janice Holz, Interfaith Works Office Manager, at 357-7224 if you have any questions about scheduling.
Guidelines for Perspective Columns
"Perspective" is intended to present a faith perspective on a specific topic. Topics can relate to current events and issues (for example, health care reform, youth violence, economic development), the importance of specific religious celebrations within your faith tradition, interfaith activities, and other spiritual issues.
> Topics should be of interest to persons outside the writer's own faith community.
> Articles must not be related to a ballot or election issue within three months of an election.
> Articles must not criticize another religion or its position on a given issue.
> This is not a forum to preach doctrine, nor to proselytize.
Articles should be 600 words or less. Articles longer than 600 words may be shortened because of space limitations. The Olympian reserves the right to edit or reject submissions.
Logistics for Perspective Columns
Articles are due on Friday a week before the Saturday on which the article is to be published. Articles may be submitted in typewritten form, on a 3 inch disk or by e-mail at features@theolympian.com (with a copy to InterfaithWorks@comcast.net). The Olympian prefers e-mail.
Please indicate in the Subject line that it is the
Perspective column scheduled for xxx
The Olympian appreciates it if you include your "little sentence of bio information", such as
Rev./Ms./Mr. Chris Smith is minister/layleader/children's education director/member of First Generic Congregation.
Because The Olympian publishes both a print and on-line version, each contributing member must sign a freelance form and turn it in to The Olympian. The Olympian will send you the freelance form if you have not signed one before. The Olympian cannot use submissions by anyone who has not signed this form.
The Olympian would like a current picture of you to accompany your column. The Olympian will take y our picture on any business day by appointment only. Call The Olympian's Features Editor at 357-0721 to make an appointment. This can be done several weeks in advance of your column date, but no later than seven days prior.
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