Writer’s Guide for Folklore Magazine

Format for Submissions

SHFS prefers that all submissions be e-mailed to: shfs.fa@sasktel.net
SHFS will also accept typed or hand- written submission
The first page of each manuscript should bear the author’s name (byline preference), full address and phone number. Number the following pages and identify each with surname and title line
Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope, of a size large enough to enclose story & photos, for return of the manuscript if it is declined
Photos or illustrations, if available, should preferably accompany the manuscript. Alternatively, an author may indicate complementary visual support is available, to be submitted when notified that the story has been accepted
Authors may also make suggestions for visual accompaniment

Publication Content

In keeping with SHFS’s mandate “to gather, preserve and share the history and folklore of the area now known as Saskatchewan,” every submission must be original and have Saskatchewan historical content
In each issue, we prefer a balance covering the three categories, folklore, history and poetry

Each category is defined below:

Folklore

“All people are ‘Folk’ and thus all people have ‘Folklore’.” (Michael Taft, folklorist, Discovering Saskatchewan Folklore)
Stories of people, events, beliefs, rituals, legends, tales, songs, music, dances, medicine, etc.
Stories of First Nations people, especially by First Nations authors
Stories of the Métis, especially by Métis authors
Stories of pre-settlement days, e.g. early ranching
Stories of cultural roots transplanted from countries of origin and/or the other provinces of Canada to Saskatchewan
The point of view for such stories still needs to be Saskatchewan
The stories should not be about the life in the “old country”, rather how this life or culture affected life in Saskatchewan

History

History seeks to establish facts
Factual accounts, researched and verified by bibliography
Indigenous habitation of the land, Métis hunters, early explorations, etc.
Early ranching, settlement on homesteads, the development of villages, towns and cities
Biographies
Historical non-fiction

Poetry

Copyright

Authors are urged to proofread their work, and to check spelling
Indicate on the first page or cover page that “First North American (or Canadian) Serial Rights” to the manuscript are being offered, if the manuscript has not been previously published.
If the manuscript has been previously published, state where and when. Usually Folklore declines previously published material
Authors retain copyright of their work published in Folklore
Preferred maximum length of stories submitted for consideration for publication is 2,000 words (eight pages), though exceptions are sometimes made for longer, up to 3,000 words (12 pages)
There is no minimum length for submissions

Submission Deadlines

Acceptance & Payment

In the interest of reasonable inventory control, writers are requested to limit submissions to having a maximum of two on file at any time
Folklore strives to communicate to writers within 60 days regarding acknowledgement of submissions, usually indicating acceptance or declination and return of the material
Writers of accepted material are remunerated upon the material’s publication
The rate is $1.50 per printed column-inch of text and complementary visual support

Publisher
Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society, Inc. (SHFS)
1860 Lorne Street,
Regina, Sask. S4P 2L7

Editor – vacant

SHFS Executive Director – Finn Andersen
Publication frequency – Quarterly

(306) 780-9204 or Toll Free 1-800-919-9437
Fax (306) 780-9489
e-mail: shfs.fa@sasktel.net

Gathering, Preserving, Promoting