SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
PROCESS
By submitting your article you agree to the following conditions:
1) The material is completely original in nature.
2) It must be funny, preferably funny as hell. Maybe even funnier than that.
3) We have your permission to publish the article and associated media as well as use it for our marketing purposes. Doesn't mean we become owners of it, but that we can use it here.
4) You have the right to grant us this permission.
5) You understand that the article may be subject to copy editing, some quite heavily.
6) You accept full responsibility for any copyright or intellectual property violations caused by your article.
7) All names are completely fictitious except when using a prominent public figure.
8) That by submitting this article and/or photograph(s) you are not infringing on the rights of someone else.
Glossy News is not run specifically with the intention of turning a profit. There are however some key expenses and growth targets which must be met.
(This is the "be a pal" section)
A) Please submit 20 email addresses with your submission. These email addresses will not be sold or solicited. They will only be notified of your interest in our publication. If and when your article is published a press release will be sent to you as well as your list of email addresses informing them of your accomplishment and inviting them to come look at it.
B) OR If you opt out of the email list you may instead remit a $10 submission fee through PayPal.com. You may also combine the two options with each email address equivalent to 50 cents.
C) OR you may link back to Glossy News from your web page with this logo.
D) OR you can tell me why none of this is acceptable. Would you rather send out the press release yourself? That could be arranged. Do you not want your friends to know that you are a writer? Odd, but I guess I could(n't) understand it. You want me to promote you but not for you to promote us? That's kinda selfish.
Sincerely,
Editor
Be sure that you have read and agreed to all of the terms BEFORE submitting your article to
editor@glossynews.com.Send only plain text files or articles included in the body text of the email. No fancy word processor documents. Sometimes it's fine, sometimes I don't have the right software to open it and I just end up pulling out my hair and crying "Why? WHY!"
If sending a photo file attachment, please limit photo size to 400Kb. We'll scale it down from there. Down stress out about pictures, we provide about 95% of the ones on the site.
Include your REAL NAME and all relevant contact information including address. Again, we will not sell your name, this is to insure author credit accuracy.
If you wish to use a pen name, please indicate that name as well. If you have a website you are promoting, please provide the link and any information about how you'd like that to appear. If you want yet more traffic, check my suggestions in the
webmasters section.Oh, and please, look over our past issues to understand the journalistic approach. It's got to look like an article. Keep the humor sophisticated, our readers prefer the subtle with, rather than in your face silly. For example, be more like Monty Python, less like Scary Movie.
If $10 Paypal submission fee is being is sent please indicate that in your email and tell me if you want me to give you a hug personally. If you do not have a paypal account you can sign up for one for free by clicking the logo. It is free, secure, it works great and I'll really dig you.
If instead you are sending 20 email addresses, be sure to include them at the foot of your submission. We don't sell or spam, so no stressing on that. We have a solid business without getting dirty.
If you take option C and link back to Glossy News please paste your URL in to the bottom of your submission for verification. Be a chum, wouldja?
If you take option D, better make it good, I'm apparently famous for being a real dick. Not a plastic one which may or may not be operated by batteries, but a real one. Just a warning in advance.