WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO WRITE?
CHURCHES, CLUBS, CLASSES, AND ORGANIZATIONS: Many organizations need "reporters" to write up their activities for their own newsletters or to submit them to the local newspaper or other organizaional publicaiton.
NEWSPAPER, NEWSLETTER The Ponca City News invites "Letters to the Editor". Your church or organization writes articles about their activities for the Newspaper. Specialized articles can go to the Gardening Editor, Patti Carmack, the Church Page Editor etc. Check with them about deadlines and rules about what is submissable. Photo Journalism (pictures with the story) also are invited, but have rules on what is submissable.
TELEVISION: Cable One in Ponca City 303 NOrth Fourth Street, PO Box 2140 , Phone 58-762-6684, fax=580-762-0312 Their Channel 11 "Bulletin Board" is free to non-profit organizations. But your announcement must be less than 94 letters and spaces combined. They have a form for you to use. It must be sumbitted at least 3 days in advance and will be on the air for up to one week.
RADIO: Many radio stations have "bulletin boards" for non-profit organization announcements of coming activities.
SHORT STORY, TECHNICAL, POETRY, FICTION: Oklahoma State University has independent study classes to help you know what to write and for whom to write. . Contact them at http://uedb2.ue.okstate.edu/ics/colcred.asp or through the University Learning Center of Northern Oklahoma in the North Tower of Conoco Phillips Complex (enter by Gate F from South Avenue). Telephone 580-765-3276 http://www.ulcno.com
DEVOTIONS Many Christian devotional magazines are looking for faith stories. THE UPPER ROOM had severl devotional magazines listed below for which anyone can write. For more information contact them at: http://www.upperroom.org
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Alive Now® Guidelines and Themes Devo'Zine® Guidelines and Themes Alive Now magazine helps small groups and individuals find Christian meaning in their lives as they face challenges at home, at work, and in the community. This innovative devotional magazine explores contemporary issues from a faith perspective, encourages spiritual growth, and revitalizes your faith. Each thematic issue is divided into weekly sections that include inspirational stories, meditations, poems, prayers, quotes, scripture readings, and reflection questions. Written by youth and adults who care about them, Devo'Zine helps youth (aged approximately 12 to 18) to develop a lifetime pattern of prayer and spiritual reflection. The magazine is designed to help readers grow in their faith and explore the relevancy of the Christian faith for the issues they face. Ideas may be expressed through scripture, prose, poetry, prayers, stories, songs, art, or photographs. Readers and writers include persons of many different denominations and cultures. Pockets® Guidelines and Pockets Upcoming Themes Designed for 6- to 12-year-olds, Pockets magazine offers wholesome devotional readings that teach about God's love and presence in life. Each page of Pockets affirms a child's self-worth. Included are fun and exciting puzzles, games, stories, poems, recipes, colorful pictures, and scripture readings. Upper Room Books help readers discover, develop, and enrich a life of devotion and attention to God. Books published by The Upper Room present to individuals and to groups the possibility and promise of an intimate, life-giving relationship with God. These books further assist readers along their spiritual path by offering guidance toward a disciplined life that includes prayer and action. The Upper Room publishes between twenty-five and thirty books each year. An Invitation to Write and The Upper Room® Daily Devotional Guidelines The Upper Room, published bimonthly, helps people listen to God. Daily meditations are written by the readers themselves, persons from many countries who reach out to help and sustain others in their common joys and struggles. The Upper Room welcomes writers to share their faith with readers around the world. Meet Upper Room editors at national writers conferences. Weavings invites participation in the spiritual life, seeking to provide a forum in which our life in the world and the spiritual resources of the Christian heritage can encounter and illuminate one another. The journal strives to create a space in which contributors and readers can converse on important matters of common concern. Weavings is published bimonthly, and each issue is organized around a theme. | |||
