Guidelines
for Submission of Articles to
Henge Happenings
The Henge of
Keltria
2350 Spring Road, PMB-140
Smyrna, GA 30080-2630-0369
Greetings:
Thank
you for your inquiry regarding guidelines for submissions to Henge Happenings. They are as follows:
Profile: Henge Happenings is a Neopagan journal,
published by the Henge of Keltria.. Issued quarterly, its circulation
varies greatly. Contact the Henge
Office for the latest circulation. Trim size approximately 8.5”
x11”. black & white, stapled, 8 to 16 pages. It is distributed
in its entirety only to members of the Henge of Keltria as part of
general membership. Membership in the Henge
of Keltria is currently on a sliding scale from $15- to $35 per
year. Portions of Henge
Happenings are posted on the web where there are many hits every
month.
Articles: Henge
Happenings solicits articles from its membership for publication
concerning the three Celtic Paths. The Bardic Path consists of Celtic
World of Sea, the Mind, the Past, Ancestors, Lore, Genealogy, Songs,
Poetry, Storytelling, and Mythology.
The Seer’s Path consists of The Celtic World of Land,
the Body, the Present, Nature Spirits, Herbalism, Healing, Alchemy,
Weather, and Divination (Ogham, Tarot, etc.). The Druid’s Path consists of the Celtic
World of Sky, the Spirit, the Body, God and Goddesses of the Celtic
world, Theology, Ritual, Administration, Law, and Politics. We may also consider articles concerning other areas if they are
of interest to Druids, Celtic Path followers, or Neopagans.
Fiction: Mythological short stories and “new
mythology,” 500-2500 words. Druidic and Celtic Poetry, 200 words.
Both are typically presented in “The Bardic Path.”
Non-Fiction: Path related features, interviews, profiles,
and essays: 500-2500 words. Reviews on Celtic, Druid, and Neopagan
books should be from 150 to 350 words.
Submission
Form: Keltria Journal prefers submissions via
Internet to Keltria-Office.
DOS compatible diskette is also acceptable. We will accept typewritten
and hand printed submissions if clearly legible. If articles make
use of special characters or foreign words, submission in a word processor
format that carries the special formatting is important. We are able
to translate most word processing formats. We will contact you if
the format which you send your material in is not translatable.
Content: The Henge of Keltria and Henge Happenings
does not accept articles that are clearly designed for or intended
as advertising unless advertising fees are
paid. We also will not publish oathbound material unless it is Keltrian
material printed as a special addendum for individuals of the appropriate
ring.
Submission
Policy: Send complete
manuscript/article with cover letter. A bibliography is highly desired
but not required.
Style: Henge
Happenings editors prefer active voice to passive voice. We edit submissions for style if the passive
voice is unacceptably high or there are other grammatical difficulties
with the article. The editors reserve the right to refuse articles
or edit them for space. The
editors may add graphics to the articles as they desire.
Cover
Letter:
Distribution. Please indicate in your cover letter if you
submitted your article to Henge Happenings exclusively, simultaneously
to other publications, or if other publications have printed it. We
do not currently pay for articles in Henge Happenings.
Subject.
Please indicate which of the three Celtic Paths the article
is intended unless the submission is an interview, review, or Letter.
Graphics. If you have graphics that you would like included,
please indicate so and include them with the article. Indicate the
source of the graphics as well. (Photo by.... Drawing by ..., etc.) If you have ideas about possible graphics that
our staff could work on to compliment the article, include those ideas
and possibly rough sketches.
Biography. A short (50 words or less) biography about
the author (written in third person) is desired. Such a biography
should include published books and other personal background. Keltria
prints these biographies when space allows. They also will show on
the web.
Letters to the Editor: The cover letter
must indicate that the letter is for publication and the distribution.
Reviews:
Be sure to include publisher’s information, including
address, so that we may send a
tear sheet to the publisher. We do not print reviews for books that
are not currently in print.
Interviews: You must certify that you informed the person interviewed that
you intend to have their interview published in Keltria Journal. You, as interviewer, may make that certification.
Please include the address of the person interviewed so we may send
them a complimentary copy.
Rights:
The Henge of Keltria retains shared rights with the author and
may reprint the article in part or in whole within the publications
of the Henge of Keltria. The Author retains rights and ability to
have the same material published in a different venue.
Payment: Henge Happings only accepts material from members of the Henge of
Keltria. It does not pay for articles it publishes.
Standards:
Brythonic refers to Welsh, Breton, and Cornish and excludes Gaelic.
Celtic as used within Keltria normally refers
to the six modern Celtic Lands. References to insular Celts or other
Celts must be clear.
Danu is preferred to Dana.
Gaelic refers to languages
of Irish, Manx and Scottish. It excludes Brythonic and should be avoided
unless specifically needed for clarity..
Imbolc is preferred to Imbolg.
Neopagan is the preferred form (vs. Neo-Pagan & Neo-pagan) in
Henge Happenings.
The use of grave and acute accent marks varies
greatly from region to region and author to author.
As such, we attempt to standardize upon the spellings used
in A Dictionary
of Irish Mythology by Peter Berresford Ellis and A Dictionary
of Celtic Mythology by the same author as our standard spellings
except as noted above.
Suggestions:
Review
a few copies of Henge Happenings and determine if your work would
fit with our style and themes. Include
a short note about yourself and why you are sending the piece. Please include your name, address, and word count for the entire
article on the first page or the cover letter. Make sure that you
include your name in the article.
Tell
us if someone else published the piece, and if so, who published it
and when, including volume and issue number.
Tell us if you have sent it to several presses at once. We
will presume the article is a multiple submission unless you tell
us otherwise.
You
can expect to hear from us in six to eight weeks if we accept your
submission. If you wish to have your submission returned if not accepted,
please include a self addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and indicate
in your cover letter that you would like it back.
Do
not be discouraged if we do not accept the piece.
Henge Happenings receives many articles that are good
but do not exactly fit our focus. We will try to help you understand
why your article wasn’t accepted and what you may be able to
do to improve it.
Don’t
be too wordy. Slim down your
article. Articles of more than nine pages (typewritten,
double spaced) are too long for publication and must be split over
several issues. This reduces
the likelihood of our publishing it.
If long articles are split into parts, each of which stand
on their own, their likelihood of publication increases substantially.
