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Information for Authors
About
The Magazine
Conscientious Aquarist is an on-line
magazine dedicated to the sharing of information about the aquatic hobby.
Content is intended to promote the husbandry of aquatic animals in a responsible
and ethical manner. Material presented includes information on freshwater,
marine, reef, reptile, amphibian, and pond care, animal selection and general
husbandry.
Our intent is to provide content which
will inspire the beginning hobbyist, encourage the intermediate hobbyist, and
provoke the advanced hobbyist to investigate new areas of the art and science of
aquatic husbandry. Of foremost importance is that this magazine serves as a
forum by hobbyists, for hobbyists, and that the content be presented in a
straightforward, friendly, and non-intimidating manner. Particular emphasis will
be placed on a “how I do it” point of view, without excessively scientific
material, which might be intimidating to a novice hobbyist.
Article
Submission Guidelines
Articles should be submitted via email
as an attachment in a Microsoft Word document. The email should include the
author’s name, address, email address, website URL (if applicable), and a
brief “autobiography” of the author. We encourage contributors to present a
“casual” autobiography covering their hobby experience and interests, not
simply a “resume” of hobby and academic achievements.
We welcome submissions from hobbyists
and authors at all levels of experience. Be sure to include any photos,
illustrations, and artwork that is appropriate for the article. An appropriate
bibliography and list of references are encouraged. Since we have
access to WetWebMedia’s vast library of photos, please advise if you require a
specific photo or photos to be included in your piece, and we will do our best
to locate and include them as needed.
Material accepted for publication will
be subject to editorial revision as required, at the discretion of the editors,
in order to meet publication standards. All editorial contributions need not be
“exclusive”.
Electronic/Digital photos should be of
high quality and should be numbered, or provided with captions, if desired.
Photos should be sent in a jpg format, with a resolution of 72dpi or greater.
If photos are imbedded in a Word document, please send separate JPEG's. Photos
should be unedited and uncompressed. Please note that not all photos provided
may be utilized.
Materials for consideration should be
sent via email to:
Crew@WetWebMedia.com
Payment
Once accepted for publication, we will
make payment directly to the author at the rate currently in use
($150.00-$200.00 per article as of 5/1/04). The author should specify if payment
should be made via check or PayPal.
Conscientious Aquarist
shall retain the right to use the material used, including text, photos,
and illustrations in archived back issues of the publication or for educational
purposes on www.wetwebmedia.com.
All authors will be appropriately credited. The author will retain all
subsequent rights beyond those described. By submitting material to
Conscientious Aquarist, the author is expressing a warranty that the material is
unpublished, original, and does not infringe upon the rights of others.
Conscientious Aquarist cannot assume
responsibility for loss or damage of submitted material. Every effort will be
made to properly store all material submitted. However, it is our recommendation
that the author retain copies of said materials.
Thank you for your interest.
Adam
Cesnales and Scott Fellman
Co-Editors
Re: For Neale-Betta Article 11/14/08
Hi Lonnie,
Just send three or
four pretty images you like!
The only edits to your MS I've done are to
remove the double spacing at the end of sentences (suggest you switch that
default off, it's very annoying) and to add metric units to your measurements (a
habit you'll have to get into when writing for the scientific press!). Otherwise
it's a nice piece, and I'm sure it'll look good in this month's CA.
Andrew
will be making up the web page this weekend, so the sooner you send the images,
the Betta, er... better.
Cheers, Neale
Re: Article submission question 11/14/08
Hi Mike,
I've slightly
edited your manuscript to make it fit a bit more comfortably into our format.
I've also made up a title -- feel free to come up with a new one! Other minor
changes have been things like getting rid of double spaces at the end of
sentences, formatting lists, etc. If you'd like to send images around 600 x 400
pixels in size, that would be good. If you decide to edit this manuscript
directly, please leave it in RTF format.
Microsoft Word format adds a bunch
of crap that when you paste into web pages messes things up. It's a grim
application for web work!
Thanks for your hard work, and if you can send any
last minute changes back to me as soon as possible, and certainly by the end of
the weekend, that would be appreciated.
Cheers, Neale
Re: Article submission question 11/14/08
Hi Neale,
I just gave it a quick look. There are a few small changes that I will make that
the spelling checker didn't catch.
For the photos, would you prefer them
separate or inserted into the document?
In either case, I should have it
back to you by tomorrow evening at the latest.
Thanks again,
Mike
<Hello Mike. Please send the images along as individual images, numbered in some
way so they go along with the numbering in the text. Thanks very much!
Neale.>
Writing for CA 1/28/07
Hi Bob,
<Carrie>
I was just wondering if you had gotten a chance to find out if I could do that
write up for the Heteractis Magnifica I have had for 1 1/2 years.
<Mmm, sorry for the confusion. I thought you were currently working on this
submission>
If you are still working on it, let me know. I didn't want to send anything
until I knew exactly what the deal was or who to send the write up to.
Sorry, don't mean to seem pushy, I just needed to know to plan time for it since
now I have another offer to be paid to answer posts for the web page I am
working for, and I need to plan around that and manage my time a little this
month. You understand!!!!! :)
<Yes>
Just shoot me an email that says "working on it, we will get hold of you when we
are ready" just so I know it is in the works.
I have this guy I know who wants me to help him organize his new fish store
too. I may only be able to help him just a little if that!
Okay, so take care, and one fish question...........
My hippo tang who is about 7" long (had him/her since 3") is pestering everyone
(fairy wrasses, clowns, damsels, Tuskfish juvenile) by chasing them a bit every
time he/she sees them. But not all the time. I was wondering if adding a pink
tail trigger (planktivore) or another larger, reef safe fish to calm
her/him down. Maybe a pyramid butterflyfish. It is not a
terrorizing "picking", just an "I am in charge". I am worried about my
juvenile tusk being traumatized too much. One morning I had to look for
and nudge him out into the open. It isn't often, but I am worried this behavior
may escalate as he/she grows. Everyone is fat and in a 150 gallon tank with
live Caulerpa that the hippo can eat all day, so, I do not see that the tang
should be so territorial, though in the wild they occupy a 6' area (Hawaiian
diver has seen this).
<Much larger>
I won't worry if I don't have to. I don't want to add another herbivore tang
and stress the hippo out. He/she never seems to have crypt, so I know it is not
stressed. I thought about a yellow eye kole for the diatoms, etc that my hippo
doesn't touch. It was suggested to get a smaller one so the hippo wouldn't feel
threatened, but Koles are skittish as well. (I can get one straight from the
supplier, so there is no starving and long stressful shipping) thanks a ton! A
hippo TON!
Thanks ahead of time. Carrie :)
<BobF>
Hi Bob,
Just curious what wet web pays for this type of submission.
<Accepted articles are paid 150 w/o graphics, 200 with. Additionally, I
encourage folks to make submission of the same material to the print 'zines>
I guess I was waiting to hear since you had said you would put me in touch
with someone.
<Mmm, thought either AdamC or ScottF (our editors) had contacted you>
I thought I was supposed to wait for an email as to where to send it and how
much it would pay. Just like a painter won't paint your house unless he knows
how much he is being paid. Same idea! lol! I understand that the content has to
be valid and accurate, by no means would I expect to be paid unless the
article met your web site's criteria.
LMK......
<Do take a look/see at CA... link on our homepage. B>
Writing For Conscientious Aquarist... 9/28/05
I recently found The Puffer Forum site and I saw a post there stating that
you are looking for articles on puffers. I've kept green spotteds, Dwarf
Freshwater Puffers, Figure Eights, and three species of Sharpnose (Canthigaster
sp.) Puffers. I'd love to do general writing (feeding, proper housing, etc.) or
specifics on any of the above-mentioned species (especially C. travancorius and
the Canthigaster sp.)--if you are interested, just let me know what you need.
I've done informational writing before professionally and can provide references
and/or examples.
Thank you,
Laura Lawrence
<Hi Laura! We'd love to see you submit some of your writings for Adam Cesnales
and I to review for possible publication in WWM's on-line publication,
Conscientious Aquarist. Please feel free to send any submissions to us at:
mail.wetwebmedia.com Thanks! Regards, Scott F.>
Cephalopholis article for CA Mag...
Jim,
Scott and I will look forward to seeing your Submission. Please send it to camag@wetwebmedia.com
so that Scott and I both have access.
The text can be in Word, Wordpad, WordPerfect, etc., even in the body of an e-mail if you want. Whichever you choose, please send it in unformatted
plain text (Universal Font, No fancy headers, No justification, etc.). If there is special formatting that you would like to have applied, let us know
and we can apply it on our end.
Thanks to the Bill Gates conspiracy for world domination, photos imbedded in Microsoft documents behave in some crazy ways, so photos should be sent
separately. If you are comfortable at editing your own photos, please go ahead and crop them as you see fit, but don't re-size.
Our mailbox limit is 10mb, so if you have a super duper digital camera that produces
generous image files, please send the images to this address and I
will upload them directly to our work file on WWM.
Thanks!
Adam
Thanks Bob,As far as WetWeb though, I want to make it available to you first. So, how best to submit and to whom in that regard?
Just send to you?
<Oh, to Scotter and AdamC... Will cc them here. BobF>
Thanks for the help Bob, hope all is well. :)
Jim
Article Submissions to WWM 7/23/04
Hey Bob,
<Adam here today. Along with Scott Fellman, I am the editor of
WWM's new online magazine "Conscientious Aquarist". Scott
and I will be very happy to look at your article. If it gets
published in CA, it will later be added to the WWM archive.>
I'm looking to write and submit another article for WWM and I want to make sure
all the rules are the same, can ya give 'em to me again!?
<See here to check out the current issue: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/CAHomepage.htm
Once inside, you will there will be a link on the right hand navigation menu for
information for authors.>
Thanks! Heather
<Thank you! Adam>
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