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The Gilded Serpent presents...
Our Submission Guidelines
& Editorial Policies

Gilded Serpent welcomes submission of materials concerning all forms of Middle Eastern music and dance
from all the facets of our colorful and diverse community!
By submitting your materials to Gilded Serpent you are accepting the following standards:

1) Submit your unpublished articles only! Articles that appear subsequently in other magazines will be retired to our archives or removed at our discretion. On occasion, GS may republished material that is no longer available elsewhere as a service to the music and dance community. We do not publish articles that are already available on your own (or any other) site! Your article will remain on our site as long as GS exists because it is our intent is to make it readily available to the public through our archives. It may be more prestigious for you to link from your site to the page where GS has presented your work on this highly visible media site. If for any reason your article is republished elsewhere, Gilded Serpent must be notified and credited: "Previously published on GildedSerpent.com on mo/dy/yr (and linked if on a website)." If your article appears in a printed source, please send a copy of that issue to our offices at P.O. Box 1928, San Anselmo, CA 94979.

2) Articles and reviews must be entertaining even while educating or discussing a serious subject. Keep your point in focus. Please submit only your final draft for proofing and editing.

3)Length of submissions should be no longer than approximately 3 pages. GS may present longer articles in more than one installment. All articles remain accessible in our archives permanently.

4) Limit self-serving plugs.
Use your "Bio Page" (see below) to promote yourself, your event, or your website and not the article itself. If you must mention an event in your article, it must relate to the subject of the article. Just make a simple statement. GS will provide a link to your site on your own bio page with your submission.

5) Submitting news? Great! We want it! Please make a distinction between news and promotion of yourself or an event. Promotion is not news and you should post it on our self-serve Events Calendar. If you want more promotion, we invite you to buy an advertisement. Please call us and we will be happy to assist you in composing an effective ad!

6) GS wants your graphics and photos! Even if you are not submitting an article, it is very helpful for us to have a stock of graphics from which to illustrate a variety of material that may appear on Gilded Serpent.GS will ad your personal publicity photos or any other graphics that you are willing to share to our store of resources. Please note that we want to credit your photographer also, whenever possible.

7) Copyright issues---GS has posted a notice on our front page as follows:

The Gilded Serpent is a "web only" magazine for Middle Eastern Performing Arts. All work copyright 2008 the artists and writers. The Gilded Serpent is published by Snake's Kin Studio, on the web since 1994. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any article, photograph or illustration without advance written permission is hereby prohibited. Text in whole or part may be reproduced for personal use, however mass reproduction or reposting on the Internet requires advanced written permission of the GS editor and the author. Distribution of this content must be credited to author and The Gilded Serpent with date, title, and the name "Gilded Serpent." By submitting your article, you are indicating acceptance of our policy of acquiring rights to publish it on the internet not only initially but to preserve it in our archives in perpetuity.

Even though your material remains your property, please don't republish your material elsewhere until we have posted your work exclusively on Gilded Serpent for 6 months. All materials remain accessible to the public as part of our goal to be our community's journal of record. Authors are encouraged to link back from their sites to their articles on Gilded Serpent rather than republishing the material all over again.

8) For your "Bio-page", please send a biography and portrait photo of yourself, along with your piece. As a gratuity and authentication for the reader/researcher, each contributor will be represented by a "Bio-page." This is a page linked to your byline and your name anytime it is mentioned anywhere on Gilded Serpent. On your "Bio-page", you can promote yourself and link to your own web site. This "Bio-page" will also be preserved along with your article on our site permanently. For research purposes, a master listing of your articles on Gilded Serpent will be listed on your "Bio-page".

9) Remember, our Editorial Board has the final say!

We appreciate and thank you for your support!

Tips for Writing a Critical Review
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