Character Bank is a public domain character project. Submissions of creative works including fiction, poetry, art, and music will be accepted for publication.
Character Bank:
Lucie
Grandmother
Maria
Karl
Genevieve
Robert
Anna
John
The Large Man
INSTRUCTIONS:
Make any creative work using characters from the above bank. The characters have no set relations, characteristics, or personality traits. Only the names are required to remain the same, and only the characters in the bank should appear by name. New works need not be completely compatible with previous Character Bank publications, but all works must follow the listed guidelines.
GUIDELINES:
1. Works must contain one character with characteristics and behavioral traits in common with that character in a previous Character Bank work. See archives for previous works.
2. Works must not use real historical or cultural events as setting. To see if your work meets this guideline, ask yourself this sample test question: Could my work take place in an imaginary decade between the 1980's and 1990's?
3. Works must be your property. You must have the right to submit the work to be published and used in a public domain project.Tav is a multi-media periodical, one part collaboration, one part independent works, featuring Character Bank, The Canda Verses, art, animation, creative writing, music, and film.
All serious works we receive will be published in our online archives. We will select three of the best works received before December 1st for publication in our December online issue. Email editors@tav.ind.in for details, or visit our site: http://tav.ind.in for more information.
send to contact@shelflifemagazine.com
please put Shelf Life Submission in the subject
We are a non-paying bunch of punks, but this is a chance to get your name in virtual lights and if the idea and the writing is right, we may be getting folks to do regular columns.
5starskate.com will host member (free membership) submitted video competitions with monthly cash prizes. The concept of site is to allow Skate and BMX enthusiasts to compete against one another, online, by posting videos of their skills that will be rated by other participants and visitors. 5starskate.com will also use the website as a marketplace, to sell a wide range of merchandise related to the sports.
****Payment will be exchange of services or HP laptop*****
1. Up to 2days of any IT service you or your company need.
2. Up to 5 Web pages creation, editing, or enchancement
3. Or a HP 6720s Laptop Fully loaded with Vista and Office 2007 (clean & barely use)
Cross-words: Wisdoms about nurturing Love, Respect, and Cooperation in Children
Cross-words is all about untying your Heart when your tongue is tied with anger. Writings in this section offer solutions to some of the following questions: How do I work with the energy of my children, without depleting my own? How do I guide, rather than rule? How do I teach by example and what do I do when my example fails.
Heart Center: Forgiveness
Writings about self-forgiveness, forgiveness of others and our capacity to grow.
If you are interested, send a writing sample and a possible 'story' idea.
Ritual: Wisdoms about revealing purpose and Spirit in Your child’s life
Sometimes, things get so mechanical, so rote that we forget the bigger purpose. Ritual is all about opening you and your eyes to larger purposes; it’s about connecting the big and small things to Spirit.
The Elephant in the Room: Wisdoms about reshaping music, television, and pop culture
How do we help our children become critical of negative messages and images? What do we say? What do we do? And, which parts of pop culture are good? The Elephant in the Room is about making room for ‘he who can’t be named’! It’s also about naming books, videos, television shows are nurturing, humane, and positive.
The Morning After: Wisdoms about challenging Husbands, Partners, Ex’s, and BitterSweets
Sometimes the most challenging part of a relationship is after the relationship ends, especially when children are involved. The Morning After offers stories of hope, inspiration, and grounding for women who are trying to hold their ground and keep their sanity in difficult times.
Warrior Mothers’ Sublime:
Answers the question, “what is a warrior mother?” in the form of poetry, art, essay, story.
The best responses will be used in a 60 second Towson University student produced video. Time is….one minute! The video is being entered in a national advertisement competition. Time is…..money!
If we like your answer, we will contact you to come to Towson University to record your answer with your vocals. If you choose not to be recorded, we will have a professional voice record your answer.
Regardless, we want to give you credit for your response in the end of the video.
We will provide the accompanying HD visual images to your answer.
Your words and/or voice…our images. That simple.
You can respond via written, podcast or video (youtube, facebook, etc). Just send us the link to your response if not written.
The most appropriate average English sentence length for most pieces of writing is about 15 to 20 words so use that as your guide for MAXIMUM words to use. Try not to go over that limit. However, your goal is to answer the question in the least amount of words.
Provide your contact information as well: Name, email, phone as well as your age as we are trying to get responses from all generations. If you don’t want to give your actual age then at least give it in the range of 0-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, 61-70, 71-80, etc. Time is….relative!
Over the past six months, we have seen tremendous growth and interest and are taking the next step in expanding our content. We are looking for people that live in the County who have an opinion or a passion. Here are some of the areas we feel will resonate with our readers, but by no means are we limiting ourselves to these alone. If you have a suggestion, please let us know!
Bartender or food server (column possibly called Bar Bitch)
Current high school student to offer a student perspective
A night owl for bar and restaurant reviews
Police Officers or Firefighters to give an "off duty" perspective to the job
An avid sailor to discuss the wonders of sailing the Chesapeake Bay
A pro sports nut to rant and rave on the Ravens, Skins, O's Nationals, Wizards, or Caps
An AACC student to offer a college perspective
As mentioned, we are only Anne Arundel County; but anything that impacts anyone that lives, visits, or is looking to move to the area is fair game.
Pay. Right now, it is gratis. Free. Nada. Zilch, Zero, Zippo! BUT!!! The site is on the cusp of making a profit and we are aggressively seeking new advertisers. Once initial development costs, hosting costs, etc. are recovered, we plan to develop a revenue share program for the content providers.
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