| ACW Gamer | 14 Nov 2014 4:59 p.m. PST |
I am putting out a call for articles for the ACW Gamer's new sister magazine, which currently has the working title "Forging a Nation." This will cover America's other Black Powder wars such as the French and Indian War, Pontiac's Rebellion, The American Revolution, the War of 1812, etc, up until the end of the Plain's Wars when metallic cartridges and repeaters became the norm. Other smaller conflicts such as the Mormon War, New York gangs, Bleeding Kansas, will be welcomed as well. The Ezine will have the same format as ACW Gamer and will feature scenarios, rules, reviews and tutorials. I am very excited about this project and hope that you will be able to participate. The publication date for Issue 1 will be 15 March 2015 (the anniversary of Guilford Court House) so I would like to have submissions no later than 1 Feb 2015. Contact info@acwgamer.com Also, don't forget, the ACW Gamer Gift Guide comes out on Black Friday and the terrain special comes out on 15 Dec 2014. |
| Walter White | 15 Nov 2014 7:41 p.m. PST |
What are you paying for articles? |
| ACW Gamer | 15 Nov 2014 9:25 p.m. PST |
There is no monetary compensation at this time. All contributing authors will receive the official 28mm miniature of the Ezine as well as a free copy of the issue their article was published in. Additionally, contributing authors are free to mention their blog sites, websites, books, rules, etc and include links. These links will be translated into "hot links" that the reader should be able to access from a PDF file. |
| Early morning writer | 16 Nov 2014 8:28 a.m. PST |
The Catch-22 of this hobby's "press". They want quality articles to attract readers but they won't pay quality rates to get quality writing. They won't even pay pulp rates which have barely advanced in 80 years. Those publications that do survive do so almost exclusively on the vanity factor of writers who get to see their words published – and a few die hard hobbyists who do it for the love of the effort. Sadly, that results in very few truly good and knowledgeable articles. (And, yes, I suppose their might be an exception out there but I doubt it, I've contacted one of the largest publications and their rates are sub-pulpish). All that being said, this does sound like a publication I'd be interested in reading, if only it attracts an adequate caliber of articles. So, good luck with the effort and I hope you succeed. By the way, ACW, you missed a beat by not including a link to your writer's guidelines. |
| ACW Gamer | 16 Nov 2014 6:32 p.m. PST |
Ahhh…. I see what you did there, Terrement! Actually, I am working with a major sculptor now to create the official 28mm miniatures. : ) |
| ACW Gamer | 16 Nov 2014 6:43 p.m. PST |
Early Morning writer, The first Ezine, ACW Gamer, is very much a labor of love for it's writers. This commitment by its authors has resulted in a high quality magazine. So far, it has gotten positive feed back from people in 9 different countries. I believe we will only get better each issue. My readers and I are thankful to all the authors that have made ACW Gamer such a success and we look forward to an even greater future. |
| Supercilius Maximus | 17 Nov 2014 9:16 a.m. PST |
Is there a link to the magazine website, or a sample article so we can see what we might be getting ourselves into? |
| ACW Gamer | 17 Nov 2014 12:40 p.m. PST |
Maximus, Forging A Nation will look a lot like ACW Gamer which you can see at ACWGamer.com. If you email me at info@acwgamer.com, I would be happy to send you sample articles and the guidelines. I think you are going to like it. |
| Supercilius Maximus | 18 Nov 2014 1:02 a.m. PST |
Keep getting "Error 404 – file not found" on that link. I'll certainly email you, though. |
| KTravlos | 18 Nov 2014 5:20 a.m. PST |
I am so jealous of this ezine. I wish there was one for general warfare in the 1815-1914 era. I know there is the Continental Wars Society journal, but that is in print not pdf :( |
| ACW Gamer | 18 Nov 2014 7:28 a.m. PST |
Maximus, I made the error of not putting the full address! ACWGamer.com KTravios, I am taking that as a complement ;) |
| KTravlos | 18 Nov 2014 10:54 a.m. PST |
It is. And you put the right address, but included a period at com |
| ACW Gamer | 05 Jan 2016 10:07 a.m. PST |
I would like to update this thread with the announcement that Forging A Nation: The Ezine will now pay for qualified articles for publishing. Please contact me at info@acwgamer.com if interested. |
greenknight4  | 07 Jan 2016 9:04 a.m. PST |
ACW Gamer I have posted this on the Maine Wargamers Association Favebook page as well as my Day of Battle Facebook page. Chris |
| ACW Gamer | 08 Jan 2016 8:46 a.m. PST |
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| Ottoathome | 08 Jan 2016 2:56 p.m. PST |
So let me get this straight. You are putting out an Ezine and want people to write top notch quality articles for which they will not be paid anything, but YOU will be paid for subscriptions to the Ezine? Do I have that right? |
| Ottoathome | 09 Jan 2016 12:47 p.m. PST |
$12 USD for four issues of an E-zine! You've got to be joking. "Saxe N' Violets gives you 16 pages at least of hard content which is PRINT and mailed to you for $10 USD a year. |
| ACW Gamer | 26 Aug 2016 2:00 p.m. PST |
No, Otto the thread was updated on 5 Jan 2016 to say the Ezine WAS paying for articles. |
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