The Peace and Environment NewsThe Peace and Environment NewsThe PEN is a free newspaper published by the Peace and Environment Resource Centre (PERC). The PEN is published monthly, but for three issues which are combined (May-June, July-August, and December-January), and its mandate is to provide information on local peace, environment, and social justice issues. Although these may be national or international in scope, we focus primarily on the actions and events of local organizations. The Editor, Margaret Jensen, can be contacted at pen-editor@perc.ca, 230-4590.
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If you are interested in writing for the PEN, we recommend that you read a few of the back issues to get a feel for the type of issues we cover.
Regular Columns: Currently, the only regular columns that are technically unstaffed is the Peace & Eco Briefs and Web Watch. The Briefs is a short column that include 4-6 items of local, national, or international peace and environment news gleaned from a variety of print and web resources. Each item runs about 50-100 words long. Web Watch is a listing of 4-6 web sites of interest to the peace, environment and social justice community. Each listing includes the URL and a one or two sentence description of the site. These position are currently being staffed on a rotational basis.
Articles: Articles are usually between 350-700 words in length. Articles can be assigned, if specific topics need to be covered, but suggestions for article ideas are welcomed. Topics range from profiles of activists and organizations, to local news and events, projects and programs, and longer-term issues that are periodically updated. All must address some aspect of peace, social justice or environment. Topics may focus on national or international projects or themes, but we always try to put a local spin on it - matching a topic with a local group that is working on the same issue.
You can contribute once in a while, or more regularly if you wish. To learn more about joining the editorial committee, please email the editor for details of an upcoming meeting (the average amount of volunteer time spent by editorial members is 12 hours per month).
Deadlines are always mid-month, e.g. March 15.
For new writers, writing for the PEN is an excellent way to develop your portfolio and your expertise in issues and subject matters that interest you.
For professional, or more established writers, articles can sometimes be "recycled" as reprints to other media. The PEN holds the copyright in articles for 30 days after publication, at which time copyright reverts to the author. We do ask, however, that if an article is reprinted, credit be given to the PEN as the first publisher.
Since the PEN is also published on-line, writers can easily point other editors who are interested in your work to articles archived on the web site.
The Peace and Environment News is published 10 times a year. Please call 230-4590 or email pen-editor@perc.ca for rates.
Distribution: 5,000 (to libraries, community centres, food and health shops, book stores, churches, universities and colleges, and many other locations from Gloucester to Kanata).
Updated 25 Feb 2004 - keb
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