info:  our contact and further information page

(2)  contact ;
our Newsletter

(3) "info" ~ deadlines, ad rates, & membership

(1) About   Folklife publishers, and Folklife West
Folklife's main site is www.folklife.uk

Folklife are print publishers,
​who also provide some material online.

FW, the Folklife West magazine,
60-64 pages: A4-size printed paid-for publication

With Folk news, and listings, from our Members
(mostly Wales, England West Country, England West Midlands & Oxon), and Folklife Traditions -- news & articles, and  Folklife listings
We also publish Folk What's On -  simply the ads from FW, sent free to concert venues, libraries, TICs, etc.

We also provide, free, online:
--- FW and Folk What's On ;
--- this Directory;
--- an archive of articles from the Folklife Traditions pages in FW.

Also, this Wales website.

See more on our other publications on our main site: www.folklife.uk

FW ( 1 )
News pages 

FW's folk news from our Folklife members, which forms the first half of each issue.
➀ Clubs & Venues   ➁ Performers 
➂ Media ➃ Services (incl. Shops) 
• News webpages:  Wales. Then England: mostly West Midlands & West Country; mostly, a webpage for each county.
Note: these webpages are copies of FW's A4-sizes pages, so may be too big for mobiles.
Of these 3 sections, 
​(1) and (2) are from our Folklife members only. (3) open to all.
Membership £16 a year, besides posting out FW three times a year, covers Members' news and online Directory listings.

FW ( 2 )
Listings are on News pages

Listings from Folklife Members only

• venues • performers • services • festivals • workshops •
song, music, dance, story, poets

In FW, we print 1-line listing-summaries, plus a next-12-months festival diary, a workshops diary.

Online, we have the full listings on this, our Members' Directory website.

'Folk' listings, from our members   
➀ Clubs & Venues   ➁ Performers 
➂ Services (incl. Shops, media) 
➃ Festival Diary 
➄ Workshop Listings ➅ Workshop Diary
CORRESPONDENTS & OTHER VOLUNTEERS  --- see FOLKLIFE--TEAM page on our main website, Folklife.org.uk

FW ( 3 )
FT: the Folklife Traditions pages

The FT pages have articles and folklife news; plus 1-line listing-summaries for Folklife Studies & Folklife Societies, and seasonal local celebrations for this issue (covering 4 months)

The FT Archive
We have a fully indexed online archive for all issues on a new fully-interactive FT site!  Full listings plus Jan-Dec seasonal local celebrations.
PDFs of each issue (A4 size) are on an e-magazine website.

'Folklife Traditions' listings, open to all   
➆ Folklife Societies  
➇ Folklife Studies & Institutions   
​➈ Seasonal Celebrations

(2) Contact ~ simply email the information
Due to spam, we don't use forms (other than data protection form, as below), please email details instead

EMAIL
sam<at>folklife.uk

PHONE 
01684 561378

ADDRESS
16 Barrett Rise, Malvern,
​Worcs WR14 2UJ
Do email us . . .

. . . firstly, please read what we do - and what we don't
  • FW is a print magazine - not a blog, nor email forwarding service!
  • We don't use social media such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.
  • We only print Members' news; researched articles; and a few ads.
  • For deadlines, word limits, etc, see "info" below
  • Member-performers news is welcome, including forthcoming CDs, tours, etc.
  • For Festival Diary, don't use this form, pl email us directly the details as on Festivals page.  For adverts, see below "info"
  • So Non-Members are asked not to send editorial details about performers, festivals, etc, nor CDs for reviews.  We do include a few non-Member ads.
IF JOINING FOLKLIFE
please fill in (very simple) DATA form on the DATA page <----- [ link to our main Folklife site ]
​
TO RECEIVE OUR OCCASIONAL emailed FOLKLIFE NEWSLETTER, without joining Folklife: please fill in (very simple) DATA form on the DATA page <----- [ link to our main Folklife site ]
Do join us:
Folklife membership for Folklife West, 60-64 pages (A4) print magazine, folk news (Wales, England West Country & West Midlands & Oxon) & folklife traditions​.

To join Folklife.
To join: £16 a year.  Please send by BACS  to:  Folklife, sort code 09-01-55,  account 18675181. 
or send us a £16 cheque to address above.  EU £24.  USA £32.
​
New Data rules (from May 2018)
so: when you have checked that the BACS payment has been taken from your account, or that the cheque is in the post,
then please complete the (very simple) form on the new DATA page   <------ [ link to our main Folklife website ]
OR read the DATA page, and then simply email us your name and email address, stating that you wish to OPT IN.

You will receive 1 copy of 3 issues per year, and for each issue you can send in
------ your folk listings, as in this online DIRECTORY,
------ your folk news. Word limits apply: 200 words per item, more if advertising, see below

(3)  "info" 
- download
​   our "Info" page

info.pdf
File Size: 688 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

The above PDF to download (an image of which is shown on the right)
is the same as the information below 
--- deadlines;
--- Membership;
---  & word limits;
--- Your adverts in FW.   
​

This is a copy of FW page 3, which is always our "Info page"
download size:  A4 page


​FW Deadlines

●   1 Jan:     19 Nov
●   1 May:    19 Feb 
●   1 Sept:    19 Sept
Folklife West to be published
< covering 4 months >
Deadline Copy Date
●    FW    Jan    1st
< Jan   •   Feb   •   Mar   •   Apr >
COPY    by    19 Nov
●    FW    May   1st 
< May   •   June   •   July   •   Aug  >
COPY    by    19 March
●    FW    Sept   1st
< Sep   •   Oct   •   Nov   •   Dec >
COPY   by    19  July
Articles for Folklife Traditions pages: 2 months 1 Nov, Mar, July

Late changes after Deadlines? Possibly … conditions apply.

Changes might be possible after deadline, conditions apply, see below:

ADVERTS
  • IF:  same size / image-type (eg jpg) as originally sent by Copy Date above
  • . . . . . . .  up to 30th Nov ,   31st Mar,   31st Jul   as we need to finalise advert layout !  

FOLKLIFE MEMBERS’ NEWS & LISTINGS: changes 
  • IF same word-length or shorter than last issue • up to 6th Dec ,   6th Apr ,   6th Aug       
  • Non-members news to Correspondents needs to be sent  2 months before publication date
  • It is entirely up to our local Correspondents as to what they put in / have room for. Typically, venue details, but maybe not dates, with preference to smaller sessions etc - guest venues should take out membership (only £16 pa) to list their guests etc..
⇒   Do Join Us !

Your Membership Benefits
FW by post
and
Free Editorial / Publicity, in print + online
•  Festivals, Venues, Performers, Media, Services, Organisations, etc
• News & Reports, 
• Listings: in this Directory, with summary in FW
• Festival Diary,  Workshop Diary
No form needed
  • BACS: Folklife, sort code 09-01-55, account 1867518
  • Or send a cheque: 16 Barrett Rise, Malvern WR14 2UJ
  • Please email your name, address, phone  
  • if not on email, please PRINT when writing 
  • ​Details for our use when posting - not shared with anyone else
  • ​Email sam<at>folklife.uk
Posted :  1 year to 1 address  £16
  • 3 issues per year
  • x1= £16, 
  • or share the cost with friends: x2 = £20,
  • x3 = £24, x4 = £28, x5 = £32 

Reselling for 6 or more :

post-free + discount 1/3rd

(cost £2, sell at £3)

√    post free 6 or more, by Clubs, Pubs, Venues, Festivals, Performers, Shops, and you -
X    Sold as ordered - No returns
  • x6 = £36 per year (or £12 per issue)
  • x7 = £42 per year
  • x8 = £48 per year
  • x9 = £54 per year
  • x10 = £60 per year
  • x11 = £66 per year
  • x12 = £72 per year  .... etc
  • You can also buy 6 or more on a per-issue basis, 1/3rd of above, so x6 is £36 per year = £12 per issue, etc​
⇒  Word limits / Editorial


➊ Members' News

up to 200 words, for each news item;

more if advertising --
1/8 275 words;  1/4 300 words;  1/2 350 words;  A4 450 words

your Reports, Dates, Festival Info, CD Info.
  • Reviews: only as sent in by our Members 
  • so please don’t send CDs to editors
  • don’t count: heading [name/venue/start time], end contact details
  • Photos: B&W high-res (300 dpi) welcome 
    X not low-res eg copied from web ! 
  • Word limits are for 1 item, you can send in more than 1, eg your club news and your gigs count as 2 separate items.
  • Festival & Workshops Diaries:
    same word limits for “More Details” section.
  • In addition to Members' news, we have area correspondents, usually 350 to 800 words [may vary, depends on local circulation/ads] 


​➋ Folklife Traditions 
Articles & news ~ word limits by arrangement. 
See folklife-traditions.uk website

Send News as plain email, or as RTF, or as Word.doc
⇒  Your  Adverts  in  FW
  • stand out   ………………… as advertising limited to just 1/4 of FW!
  • ​value for money!   … as your adverts will be shown for 4 months!
  • and copied online:  …  on www.folklife.uk, or in this Directory for Festivals and Workshops 
  • and copied to our ads-only Folk What’s On, distributed free to TICs, libraries, & large general venues that include folk programming
Ads:  2019 & 2020 Costs  (no VAT charged):

‘Prepaid’  --  £4 less than invoiced.
  • Prepaid = you pay by deadline, so we don’t have to invoice (we'll email a receipt)
‘Prepaid’  -- 10% discount for 2 prepaid
‘Prepaid’  -- Prepaid year over 15% less than 3 prepaid separately.

Colour
  • A4 invoiced £184.  Prepaid £180.  Year [x3, £540, -15+%] £450 
  • Full bleed (edge-to-edge)  £200 colour (see Sizes, below)
  • 1/2 invoiced £104. Prepaid £100.  Year [x3, £300, -15+%] £250 
  • 1/4 [A6]  invoiced £64. Prepaid £60. Year[x3, £180 -15+%] £150  
  • 1/8 [1/2 A6]  invoiced £34. Prepaid £30. Year [x3, £90 -15+%]£75
          
Mono  
  • A4   invoiced £73.  Prepaid £69. Year [x3, £207 -15+%]  £175
  • 1/2  invoiced £42.  Prepaid £38.  Year [x3, £114 -15+%] £96
  • 1/4 [A6]  invoiced £25.  Prepaid £21.   Year [x3, £63 -15+%] £53
  • 1/8 [1/2 A6]  invoiced £16. Prepaid £12. Year [x3, £36 -15+%] £30

Book space by emailing your Purchase Order Nº.
Invoiced terms = 30 Days from invoice date. 
Invoices (and receipts) are emailed.​
  • Further ads will not be accepted if money owing from last time ! 
  • You can book A4 colour position: prepaid, on 1st come, 1st served, basis
  • Mono ads placed as near as possible to your news, or Diary entry,
  • Page preference-order to biggest (1st A4; 2nd 1/2; and so on)
Ads :  Sizes (A4)
'A4' - if you're not sure about page sizes 
- see our Guide to Page Sizes [<---this is on our main folklife site] - A4, A5, etc, with examples (A4-size pages, not suitable for mobiles).

​Colour only
  • Edge-to-edge  … max w 210, max h 297, +3 mm bleed
Colour or mono
  • A4 …. max w 188, max h 275
  • 1/2 across  max w 188, max h 132
  • 1/2 column  max w 92, max h 268
  • 1/4 [A6]  ...  max w 92, max h 132 
  • 1/8 …… max w 92, max h 64   
  • Other: any combination of 1/8 boxes (4mm between boxes).
Sizes include optional border
Ads :  Ads must be emailed (image or text)
  • email image:   camera-ready ~ attach your tiff, jpeg, PDF - we can stretch to fit
  • or   email text:  just email us the words; you can also attach 1 logo to be included; we will typeset, free, in our choice of typeface (as we regularly do for smaller clubs)
  • complex adverts may appear differently, so please ask a professional designer to design & send them​
√    We use: Mac OS 10.7.5,  Adobe InDesign CS 6.
√    Colour ads: you are advised to send us a printout so we can check colours.
√    If B&W: pl convert colour to greyscale, & check that before sending.
√    Tiff  √ Jpeg,     
√    PDF as High-definition 300dpi, text 600 dpi, fonts embedded; if B&W ad, send only as greyscale.
?    Word  “.doc” is not an image, so can't be used directly 
  • You can "Save" Word as a PDF - design with a good margin or top or bottom may go missing!
  • GO TO⇒  "Print" 
  • THEN GO TO⇒  "Save As PDF" 
  • check before sending - we can't alter PDFs

Using Word.docx  ?

Using 'Word'  Footnotes and Endnotes  For any notes: please use Endnotes.   Please do not use Footnotes.
​
For how to convert Footnotes to Endnotes, see www.folklife-traditions.uk/contact-contribute.html (on our Folklife Traditions website) 
Special note:  Folklife West, Nº 65, 1 Sep 2020  Online only!

Therefore, ​Membership-subscriptions (& prepaid repeat ads) are extended 1 issue (4 months)
• All information below relates to standard 1 year = 3 printed issues;
​• this online issue (4 months Sep-Dec) is not counted
See  Folklife Newsletter (on UPDATES page on main Folklife site)  for details

​Do join us  ---  New Members: extended subscription as above - this issue not counted - you get 3 print issues;
if you join now, you can publicise yourself now, be added to Directory, mentioned in UPDATES, etc

We are supporting our Folklife Members, who support Folklife ​(£16 a year, since you ask).
With recurring costs (websites, domains, email, repairs & upgrades for computers & software)
and no income from May printed magazine sales, we are losing even more money than usual !
Therefore, only listings from our supportive Members are publicised.