Issues
Would you like to have an entry page like Dispatches on the website?
Are we ready to start soliciting inputs by 1 Dec (with or without the entry page)?
Right now, our contact page sends folks to the Dispatches page for the anthology.
Background & Details
Submission Guidelines: https://www.mwsadispatches.com/mwsa-news/2024/11/mwsa-2025-anthology-submission-guidelines
Request for Proposals: Request for Proposals: Military Writers Society of America (MWSA) 2025 Anthology — Military Writers Society of America
(Older) From Bob:
We need a title that would be relevant to the content/submissions. I am terrible at coming up with titles. Snapshots and Untold Stories are two of our past titles. Both of which were good ones. We normally want our members to write about their experiences or the experiences of someone close to them. Any thoughts on a title?
I would like to open the submission window by Dec 1 and close it by Apr 1. Getting submissions has never been a problem. Finding a publisher could be. We should be able to just cut and paste the Request for Proposals we used for the last anthology and disseminate it as widely as possible. If we can get the final draft to the publisher by Apr 15, we should be able to get it published by Aug 15.
I'll work on finding editor/reviewers to help out, but we'll stipulate the submission should be ready to go before being submitted to us. The submissions will be short so reviewing them usually doesn't take much time.
Please send me your thoughts, so I can give the board more answers than questions at our meeting. Thanks - Bob D
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