[APR-news] Writers, reviewers and contributors needed

[Factsheet5]

**Announcement**
Writers, reviewers and contributors needed for magazine on zine culture and
independent media

Factsheet 5 - Your Guide to Zines, Independent Media, and DIY culture

Factsheet 5 has been keeping the world up to date on the zine and
independent publishing community since the 1980s. Started back in a small
town in New York State during the 1980s, it moved to San Francisco in the
1990s and established itself as the definitive guide to the zine revolution.
Factsheet 5 halted publication in 1998 and a great resource for independent
publishing was gone. A couple of attempts to relaunch the magazine in recent
years were unsuccessful. However, Factsheet 5 plans to begin publishing
again in 2005.

The Factsheet 5 website (www.factsheet5.org) will be updated with the latest
information about the relaunch. The Factsheet 5 email list
(http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/factsheet5-news) will also
inform you of our progress and keep you up to date regarding the latest
news, information, and announcements.

Factsheet 5 will continue to cover the world of zines and independent media.
Each issue will be packed with hundreds of reviews of independent
publications, music and spoken word CDs, books, video/DVDs, blogs, and
website reviews. Publishers are encouraged to send review material to the
address listed below. Additionally, it will include informative articles on
zine culture, independent publishing, DIY culture, lively columns,
interviews with self-publishers, scene reports, and an extensive news
section.

Factsheet 5 is looking for writers, reviewers, graphic artists and comic
artists to contribute regularly to the magazine. We are also looking for a
core group of contributing editors to assist with some of the day to day
operations including coordinating all aspects of the publication from the
planning stages to final product. This will include the layout/design of the
publication, coordinating print and distribution, updating and maintaining
the subscription database, filling orders, soliciting advertising (primarily
from indie publications, distros, punk/indie music labels), editing,
proofreading, reviewing freelance submissions/interviews and participating
in a process to help determine the content of each issue. In addition, we
are searching for someone proficient in web skills to help redesign and
regularly update the Factsheet 5 website.

The type of content we are looking for will include feature articles and
interviews relevant to the zine and independent publishing community. We are
also looking for regular scene reports from cities and towns all over North
America and the world covering the independent media in your particular
community. Coverage can include zines, pirate/micro radio,
community/independent radio stations or programs, cable access television,
community newspapers, infoshops, radical book and record stores, websites,
distributors, and other items that might be of interest to the independent
publishing community. Photographs and graphics highly encouraged for
articles, interviews and scene reports.

Most importantly, we need reviewers willing to write reviews of zines,
independent magazines, music and spoken word CDs, video/DVD films and
documentaries, books, blogs and websites.

Factsheet 5 will be a nationally-distributed magazine published bi-monthly
(6 times/year) with a projected print run of at least 10,000+ copies.
Interested individuals who wish to contribute to Factsheet 5 are encouraged
to contact us at factsheet5 at comcast.net. Freelance submissions can be sent
directly to us by email or regular snail mail to our new address at:

Factsheet 5
PO Box 6245
Arlington, VA 22206