The Village Griot eZine
Besides working a full-time job, publishing two new books and in the final stages of finishing my first novel, for more than two years now I have published an email subscription newsletter titled The Village Griot. Actually, the newsletter was established in 1998 as a bi-monthly print publication with a customizable masthead targeted to churches and faith-based organizations. After about three years, the print newsletter was put to rest. My daughter, who lives on the west coast, kept asking me to send copies of back issues to share with her friends, and when the those were exhausted she begged me to resurrect it again. At the time I believed The Griot -as we affectionately called it- had lived out its usefulness. However, in 2008 the email version was born and very well received by the subscribers.
The Village Griot is about to take a leap of faith into a higher phase of technology. April 2010 marks the debut of the first issue of a new electronic magazine (eZine).
With this media The Village Griot will appear online in a format that allows the reader to flip through the pages just as though they are holding the magazine in their hands while utilizing the latest advances in notebooks, hand held and mobile devices. The eZine will have more articles, book reviews, stories, poetry, features, events, puzzles (crossword, word find, or hidden word), and from time to time audio and video content right on the page. Advertisement will be kept to a minimum.
The Village Griot eZine is published quarterly as follows:
- January/February/March
- April/May/June (Debut Issue)
- July/August/September
- October/November/December
You are welcome to visit www.thevillagegriot.com where you can view the test sample, and encourage your friends to do the same. If you are on Facebook you can also click a button to Become a Fan.
The eZine will be available to readers who are not Facebook users via email subscription with a link to the new publication format or simply by visiting www.thevillagegriot.com. The debut issue scheduled for April promises to be exciting and very interesting with lots to read.
Instructions for browsing the eZine will be available on the screen. Here are some of the features:
- View the eZine in full screen
- Flip the pages and zoom in on articles
- Click through the links to take you to other sites or send an email
- Print individual pages for easier reading
Contributing writers are needed. If you have the gift of writing and love to share, your talent is welcomed. Make sure you are subscribed for both The Village Griot and as a Contributing Writer. Following the debut, each issue is theme based and contributors will receive the upcoming theme six weeks before the deadline.
Mission:
As an electronic magazine, The Village Griot gives new and seasoned authors (published and unpublished), poets, essayists, bloggers, storytellers, artists and entertainers a platform to test their writing, share ideas, skills, techniques and technologies while enhancing both talent and work. Spiritually, we seek to uplift and edify through love, peace and respect for the community. The Guidelines for Contributing Writers which includes submission deadlines is provided online via the web site.
Email Sharon Moore Stenhouse with your name, writing genre and a short bio. In an effort to maintain the spiritual integrity of The Village Griot, I(we) reserve the right to reject a request to contribute.
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