These are our regular sections that will appear in each issue of our magazine. We'll need writers willing to do stories that fall into these categories (around four-five pieces per, except for the first four) and a savvy and dedicated editor to oversee each section. Interested? Let's discuss.
1. News
What's happening in Canada that our readers would need to know about? Cover the who, what, where, when, why, and how of the situation. And then what's happening around the world?
2. Op/Ed
Got an opinion? Air it here. If there's something you are itching to sound off about, here's where you can. Part of this, we're hoping, will also be a debate area so if you can think of a topic that can get opinions flowing, be sure to mention it. We'll choose the best one and use that to spark up a debate.
3. Event Feature
Pub Moots, coffee socials, drum circles, festivals, conferences, the only rule is that it has to be an on-going event. Each issue, we'll pick one and shine a spotlight on it. We'll have the organizers answer the same list of questions about it to get the information out there and stir up more new faces into attending.
4. Cultural myth/story
Rather than a focus on a specific spirituality each issue (as writing too little can leave it too vague and writing too much can go on for volumes), we'll look at a specific story in a culture or spirituality and describe it in detail. A specific ritual or festival that this culture or tradition follows. A holiday, the significance of and how its celebrated. Bringing it back home, each story should end with local practitioners in southern Ontario and how they continue to honor/celebrate/practice this story to this day.
5. Pagan Parenting
Books can and have been written on this topic, numerous books. That means that this is a massive topic that needs to be covered. This is definitely where we can have multiple stories falling into this section per issue. All the trials and tribulations that a Pagan parent must face in every age and stage of their children's lives.
6. Arts & Entertainment
Film, television, music, art. What's happening that our readers would want to get into? New TV show shining more spotlights on Pagans? Is there a great new Pagan band out there that deserves to have their fanbase broadened through be being featured with us? Art exhibits opening up? A new movement in music or art or film or anything that we'd be interested in? Tell us about it.
7. Reviews
Read a new book, listened to a new CD, tried a new product and want everyone to know how great it is or how much it, for lack of a better word, sucked? Give us a review! The editors are in contact with publishing companies with hopes of receiving review copies that we can send out to interested reviewers to read/listen to/test and write about in complete honesty. In return, reviewers keep the product (or use as a coaster, mat for the litter box, kindling for the fire, whatever the case may be).
8. Fiction/Poetry/Art
Let your creativity flow! This section is exactly what the title suggests. We want your poetry, artwork for the artistically inclined, short stories (discuss it with us, we may even be able to feature an ongoing series), anything.
9. Listings
For all the major Pagan centers in Ontario (Toronto, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, etc. etc. etc.) we'll be listing off covens and groups and their points of contacts, people in those regions that are good points of contact for Pagans new to those regions, media contacts, and then event listings as well. Amanda is in charge of this section but we'll also need people familiar with different regions in Ontario to know who to contact. Also, we'll need representatives living in those regions to collect this data and send it off to us.
Any questions?
