Anvil’s Ring and Hammer’s Blow want your articles.
Get published!
Do you have an idea for an article? Are you interested in or know of someone who may be interested in writing articles for the Anvil’s Ring or Hammer’s Blow? Then the ABANA Publications Committee wants to hear from you. Our publications are the definitive journals of the craft and in order to make continuous improvements the ABANA Publications Committee is soliciting the membership for articles.
This is your chance to standout in the crowd and get published. Even if you are not interested in writing an article yourself, you can get together with fellow smiths and work on an article as a group.
How to submit an article for publication
Here is what you need to know. First of all, make contact with the Publications Committee by using the email address provided below and let them know you are interested.
Publications Committee Email: publications@abana.org
Next select a topic, a recent personal project, an Affiliate activity, a recent workshop, a community involvement project or anything that you feel would make a great article for the Anvil’s Ring or the Hammer’s Blow.
This is your opportunity to “Get Published”
If your interest is in “How To Articles” for the Hammer’s Blow, and you have found a “new” useful tip, tool you made and want to share how it’s made, a new idea on an old technique, step by step process for forging something that is not easily understood or any other ideas you may have on something you think “should be published” in the Hammer’s Blow… then this is your opportunity to “Get Published”.
Either way, whatever your interest, an article for the Anvil’s Ring or for the Hammer’s Blow, contact the Publications Committee by using the email address provided: publications@abana.org
You can find all the information you will need to get published at these links:
About ABANA Publications
The Anvil’s Ring
Hammer’s Blow
Writer’s Guidelines
Publication deadline schedule for 2010
ANVIL’S RING – TIMELINE – 2010
WINTER ISSUE
Copy deadline Dec 30, 2009
Publication date Mar 15
SPRING ISSUE
Copy deadline Apr 1, 2010
Publication date Jun 15
SUMMER ISSUE
Copy deadline Jul 1
Publication date Sep 15
FALL ISSUE
Copy deadline Oct 1
Publication date Dec 15
HAMMER’S BLOW – TIMELINE – 2010
WINTER ISSUE
Copy deadline Jan 31
Publication date Mar 15
SPRING ISSUE
Copy deadline Apr 28
Publication date Jun 15
SUMMER ISSUE
Copy deadline Jul 30
Publication date Sep 15
FALL ISSUE
Copy deadline Nov 3
Publication date Dec 15
What’s next?
“I submitted an Article in the past, what makes this any different?” “What happened to my Article? It didn’t get Published.” Some simple answers to questions about this Call for Articles:
Your ABANA Board of Directors is always looking for good articles to submit for publication. Both the Anvil’s Ring and the Hammer’s Blow print an ongoing call for your articles for publication. If you submitted an article in the past, “Thanks”, here is what makes this “Call for Articles” different. Your ABANA Board of Directors is asking for articles to be submitted directly to the Publications Committee.
The usual route for submitting an article is to the editors of the Anvil’s Ring and the Hammer’s Blow. If you submitted an article in the past that didn’t get published, pull it out of the dusty corner, polish it up and try it again by contacting the Publications Committee. The article that was submitted and didn’t get published may have needed a little help and the ABANA Board of Directors is ready willing and able to assist in developing, polishing and generally working with you to help make your article worthy of publication.
The bottom line, it’s a win-win situation, the members get to see your article, your publication improves, the editors have good content, you get published, the Board plays an active role in article review… after all it’s your publication and you can make a difference.
Oh I can hear those keyboards tapping and those shutters clicking! Come on members… “Get Published”!
Thanks and we hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
Rome H. Hutchings, Member Services Chair
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