Publisher:
Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society, Inc. (SHFS)
1860 Lorne Street,
Regina, Sask. S4P 2L7
(306) 780-9204 or Toll Free 1-800-919-9437
Fax (306) 780-9489
e-mail: shfs.fa@sasktel.net
Web site: www.shfs.ca
Editor - Brian Bowman
SHFS Executive Director - Finn Andersen
Publication frequency - Quarterly
Format for submissions:
Manuscripts should be presented on 8.5" x 11" paper.
Copy should preferably be typewritten or on CDs - txt format.
Submissions may be emailed to shfs.fa@sasktel.net
Copy should be double-spaced, 25 lines per page, with 1.25" margins all around.
Paragraphs should be indented two spaces.
The first page of each manuscript should bear the author's name (byline preference), full address and phone number. Number the following pages and identify each with surname and title line.
Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope, of a size large enough to enclose story & photos, for return of the manuscript if it is declined.
Photos or illustrations, if available, should preferably accompany the manuscript. Alternatively, an author may indicate complementary visual support is available, to be submitted when notified that the story has been accepted. Authors may also make suggestions for visual accompaniment.
Publication Content:
In keeping with SHFS's mandate "to gather, preserve and share the history and folklore of the area now known as Saskatchewan," every submission must be original and have Saskatchewan historical content.
In each issue, we prefer a balance covering the three categories, folklore, history and poetry. Each category is defined below:
Folklore
- "All people are 'Folk' and thus all people have 'Folklore.'" (Michael Taft, folklorist, Discovering Saskatchewan Folklore).
- Stories of people, events, beliefs, rituals, legends, tales, songs, music, dances, medicine, etc.
- Stories of First Nations people, especially by First Nations authors.
- Stories of the Métis, especially by Métis authors.
- Stories of pre-settlement days, e.g. early ranching.
- Stories of cultural roots transplanted from countries of origin and/or the other provinces of Canada to Saskatchewan. The point of view for such stories still needs to be Saskatchewan. The stories should not be about the life in the "old country", rather how this life or culture affected life in Saskatchewan.
History
- History seeks to establish facts.
- Factual accounts, researched and verified by bibliography.
- Native habitation of the land, Métis hunters, early explorations, etc.
- Early ranching, settlement on homesteads, the development of villages, towns and cities.
- Biographies.
- Historical non-fiction.
Poetry
- Folkloric or historical.
- General topics.
Copyright:
Authors are urged to proofread their work, and to check spelling.
Indicate on the first page or cover page that "First North American (or Canadian) Serial Rights" to the manuscript are being offered, if the manuscript has not been previously published.
If the manuscript has been previously published, state where and when. Usually Folklore declines previously published material.
Authors retain copyright of their work published in Folklore.
Preferred maximum length of stories submitted for consideration for publication is 2,000 words (eight pages), though exceptions are sometimes made for longer, up to 3,000 words (12 pages). There is no minimum length for submissions.
Submission deadlines:
Winter issue - September 15
Spring issue - December 15
Summer issue - March 15
Autumn issue - June 15
Acceptance & Payment:
In the interest of reasonable inventory control, writers are requested to limit submissions to having a maximum of two on file at any time.
Folklore strives to communicate to writers within 60 days regarding acknowledgement of submissions, usually indicating acceptance or declination and return of the material.
writers of accepted material are remunerated upon the material's publication. The rate is $1.50 per printed column-inch of text and complementary visual support.
October 2008