Contributions and Policy

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Northern Earth is an earth mysteries journal, by which it sees its scope of content as primarily involving:

• perception of the landscape and the sacred both past and present, including religious, ritual, folkloric, literary and artistic;
• archaeology relating to the sacred, the religious and the perception of landscape;
• folklore, custom and patterns of belief;
• notions of place, including sacred architecture and planning;
• prehistoric, pagan, folk and other early belief systems;
• paranormal, 'supernatural' and Fortean topics where they relate to place and/or belief systems.

Please see our introductory article elsewhere on Northern Earth Online.

We may in principle accept contributions relating to any area, in Britain or overseas, but in the journal preference will be given to material dealing with northern Britain, i.e. northern regions of Wales and England, and Scotland. A wider scope applies for features on the NEMG AnNExe website.

Northern Earth's editorial approach is at the interface of the popular and the academic; research and other material published in the magazine is required to fulfil the accepted academic criteria regarding referencing and plagiarism.

EDITORIAL STANCE

Northern Earth is a small-press publication operating on a low budget and staffed by unpaid volunteers. It is the official organ of the Northern Earth Mysteries Group, an informal association of earth mysteries and related interests

• Northern Earth and the Northern Earth Mysteries Group are independent and have no affiliation with any political, business or religious group whatsoever.
• Northern Earth will not publish material its editor deems to be sexist, racist or discriminatory in language or attitude towards any other social group, nor language felt to be personally derogatory towards any other individual involved in earth mysteries and related research. This does not include criticism within the acceptable parameters of debate. Inappropriate use of words generally considered offensive will also be subject to editorial intervention. The editor's decision is final.
• Northern Earth has a broad political attitude that is left of centre, libertarian, pacifist and environmentalist. A campaigning stance is maintained regarding environmental threats in general and specifically on threats involving sites and vicinities of archaeological and/or folkloric significance.
• Although Northern Earth's scope and content, relating to religious traditions pertaining to the landscape, necessarily deals frequently with pagan and neo-pagan issues, it is not a pagan or neo-pagan journal, but understands that all belief systems have established a relationship with the land and the sacred.
• Northern Earth maintains strict confidentiality of subscriber details and does not under any circumstances divulge personal addresses, telephone numbers or other details to any third party whatsoever, unless express permission has been given. We will re-address mail to contributors, etc. , if properly stamped and sent to the editorial address.

CONTRIBUTIONS

Northern Earth welcomes articles, reports, letters, queries, illustrations, news cuttings and any other relevant material. Submission is no guarantee of publication, but material felt not to fit the journal may be suitable for one of our websites. To ensure return of submitted material, a stamped self-addressed envelope must be enclosed. With textual material, we appreciate illustrations, preferably line art, or suggestions.

Poetry will not be considered for publication.

Northern Earth maintains an active editorial presence. This means that material may be edited for length, grammar, spelling, redundancy, excessive verbosity, error, unacceptable language or attitudes (see above), etc. Minor alterations will be at the discretion of the Editor; more extensive alterations will be through discussion with the writer. Utmost care is taken in all editing not to interfere with the writer's meaning.

Where reference to other works or research is made, full source references and credits must be given. Unsupported statements are a discouragement to acceptance for publication.

Contributions can be submitted in the following ways: typewritten or photocopied illustrations on white paper on 3.5" PC-compatible floppy disc (please use .rtf or .txt format for textual material) by e-mail (.rtf or .txt format only for textual material; no .doc, .exe or zip files, please)

Contributors retain their own copyright.

Submission to Northern Earth implies permission to use the material in the journal, archiving of past material, or on our websites.

As Northern Earth is a low-budget magazine, we cannot pay contributors. However, contributors of illustration material or articles of up to 1500 words post-edit will receive one complimentary issue of the journal; longer articles or extensive illustration material in a single edition will receive two complimentary issues.

REVIEWS

Books and other material submitted for review should come within the scope and content of Northern Earth as described above. No guarantee is made to publish a review of any unsolicited material, but where it falls within our scope and content, we will make every effort to do so. Work dealing with UFOs, holistic therapy and healing, psychic and/or religious matters will generally not be considered for review in Northern Earth unless they have a landscape, perceptual, archaeological or folkloric relevance.

All material requested by Northern Earth will be reviewed in the journal. Unsolicited books and material will not be returned, even if a review is not published.

Northern Earth is committed to environmentally friendly policies where feasible for small-budget production. Recycled paper is used for the magazine.

These policies and conditions are subject to change at any time at the discretion of the Editor or Editorial Team.

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