Guidelines for Submissions

Like to write about Farscape, or draw or paint its characters? Here's how to submit your work for consideration for publication at FarscapeWeekly.

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Guidelines for Submissions

Content
FarscapeWeekly will consider for publication any essay or original artwork directly related to Farscape. Length is not a consideration, and there is no particular topic list you need adhere to. There's also no particular tone or viewpoint we're looking for, either. Disagree with a common perception or want to debunk a myth you've heard floating around? Want to explore a character in depth, or discuss parallels to classic literature? Have an opinion on some Farscape merchandise? All these ideas are terrific. As long as it's about Farscape, we'll consider it.

There is one exception: fan fiction. FarscapeWeekly does not publish any fan fiction, poetry, or filks. The only exceptions to this rule are the winners of the ScaperCon 2000 contests that were published as part of the Farscape Jigsaw Special.

Style and Form
In general, submissions should avoid the use of chat style acronyms, abbreviations, and emoticons. Other than that, there is no particular style that you must follow, either. Articles are posted to the site in HTML but we ask that your submissions be sent as either plain text, in the body of an email, or as a plain text or MSWord attachment to an email.

Artwork
Artwork should be in either JPG or GIF format; site tools will be used to convert the piece to sizes acceptable to WebSeed. You may either send the piece as an email attachment or send a URL link if the site is already posted on the web.

Copyright
You should only submit works for which you retain the copyright. That means if you have already published the piece in another online forum, giving that forum the rights to the piece, you should not send it in. If, however, you have posted the work in a public forum such as a bulletin board or newsgroup, you still retain copyright and are free to submit your work wherever you choose. FarscapeWeekly assumes you hold the copyright of any work you submit.

Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Do not submit works which you did not create.

Upon publishing in FarscapeWeekly, you will retain all rights to your work. Readers will be asked to contact you (or the site if you prefer) for permission to re-use your work.

Author Contact
If your piece is selected for publication, you may supply an email address through which readers may contact you. You are not obligated to provide an open email address.

Compensation
Currently this site is very much a labor of love and is earning next-to-nothing. At some point I'd like to offer something, however small, to contributors, but currently I am simply unable to do so.

How to Submit
Send your submission via email only to jhedman@alum.mit.edu; use "Submission to FarscapeWeekly" or something similar as your subject line. You can expect a response via email confirming receipt with 48 hours, and a decision on acceptance within 7 days.