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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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