Content Submission Guide

Content Qualifications

1. Content must be submitted on a regular basis and should not contain excessive spelling and/or grammatical errors. We are moving toward the AP down style of editing.

2. Content should have your voice and should focus on Harlem and the surrounding communities.

3. Content must not be defamatory in nature, contain pornography or excessive profanity and should not contain content that violates copyrights, trademarks or other legal rights of others.

Submission Requirements:

The following fields apply to all text-based submissions:

1. Headline - A descriptive and precise title. Place the most important words and at the beginning of your headline. Please don’t use all caps in your headline.

2. Related (Optional) – Suggestions for users who want to learn more about your topic. Resources can be online, print or other media. Please make sure your link is active.

3. Scoop posts should have a minimum of 5 headlines with live links to the original content.

4. Photos should be original or royalty free images that you have the right to use publicly.

Compensation:

Negotiable, but keep in mind this site is a labor of love and not a commercial site.

Terms:

All rights are reserved by the author. Submissions must be original and you must own the copyright. Works are posted for an indefinite period of time. We commit to sticking with the original views and message of submissions, however we do reserve the right to edit work to better suit the format of the site. All work submitted is wholly owned by the author and as such, authors may request to have their submitted works removed at any time.

Specific guidelines for each discipline are as follows:

EDITORIAL WRITERS interested in submitting articles for a particular section should email their article or query to write4uptownflavor at gmail.com. All articles should be no more than 600 words and are subject to be edited for clarity and/or brevity.

Photographers, sculptors, painters, animators and other VISUAL ARTISTS interested in submitting work to UPTOWNflavor should email their work, including a link to a representative web site or samples of their work as attachments. UPTOWNflavor does not publish explicit, nude or most semi-nude work. When submitting static images, please compress no more than three sample images to 50kb or less. All images must be a .gif or .jpg. Even better is to submit photos directly to the flickr photo pool with uptownflavor and Harlem as tags. When emailing submissions, please type “electronic submissions” in the subject line.

Submissions received without the proper subject line may be deemed spam and discarded unopened. Images will be scanned for viruses before they are opened, and suspicious files will be discarded unopened.

MUSIC/FILM PUBLICISTS, PRODUCERS AND COLUMNISTS, seeking to submit reviews to UPTOWNflavor should also forward their information to write4uptownflavor at gmail.com. Music reviews should not exceed 800 words in length. Please type “music/film submission” in the subject header. Preference will be given to projects that align with UPTOWNflavor’s demographic audience.

Once material is submitted, writers give UPTOWNflavor permission to immediately publish their work online. Our staff is dedicated to preserving the original viewpoint and message of all correspondence received, however all material is subject to review and editing by our online editors and may not appear on the site exactly as submitted.

*Please note that all contributing writers are expected to submit written content on a regular basis.

Thank you for your interest and we look forward to receiving your submission.

Please send your submission inquiry to write4uptownflavor@gmail.com