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FW ~ Folklife West  •  FW is printed 3 per year (4-monthly)
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info:  our contact and further information page

(1)  about Folklife & FW: www.folklife.uk

(2)  contact ;
our Newsletter

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

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(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.

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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;
--- 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
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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) 
➄ Workshop Provider Listings
➃/➅  Festival & Workshop Diary

• 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.
news pages are on our Folklife website
Of these 3 sections, 
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(1) and (2) are from our Folklife members only. (3) open to all.
Membership £18 a year, besides posting out FW three times a year, covers Members' news and online Directory listings.
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FW ( 2 )
Listings are on News pages

Listings from Folklife Members only

• venues • performers • media
• services • f workshop providers •
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 full detailed listings on Members' Directory webpage 


'Folk' listings, from our members   
➀ Clubs & Venues   ➁ Performers 
➂ Services (incl. Shops, media) 
➄ Workshop Providers
CORRESPONDENTS & OTHER VOLUNTEERS  --- see FOLKLIFE--TEAM page on our main website, Folklife.uk
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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 & In
stitutions   
​➈ Seasonal Celebrations
FT: website

(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@folklife.uk

PHONE 
01684 561378

ADDRESS
16 Barrett Rise, Malvern,
​Worcs WR14 2UJ
A link to our main site ... www.folklife.uk
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.​
  • 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   -- or ---
TO RECEIVE OUR EMAILED FOLKLIFE NEWSLETTER, without joining Folklife:      
email 
sam@folklife.uk :    'Opt In’ + country or if England, region

DATA page on our main Folklife site states our Data policy
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: £18 a year.  Please send by BACS  to:  Folklife, sort code 09-01-55,  account 18675181.   EU £27.  USA £36.
​Or instead of posted, PDF by WeTransfer, £18 worldwide.
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New Data rules (from May 2018)
Read our DATA page   <------ [ link to our main Folklife website ]

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
Our apologies.

Exceptional circumstances.   Information below this green-bordered box is not up to date.
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MEMBERSHIP x1 COPY POSTED.
Our simple Membership fee of £16 a year has been complicated .... 
For existing members, we are extending membership for May & Sept online issue only (4 months each).
For January & May issues, each £2 credit as a smaller issue (Folklife Traditions pages only).

1/1/2021: Price rise from £16 a year to £18 a year - as the cost of posting 1 magazine UK, 2nd class (<250g) has gone up 15% since 25/3/2019 (£1.32, then £1.40 on 23/3/2020 , then £1.53 on 1/1/2021).

For new members, and for renewals, rate rises to £18 a year, however £2 credit for Jan, hence new members £16 if starting with Jan issue.

MEMBERSHIP MULTIPLE COPIES POSTED.
Credits, & new rates, to be announced.    

ADVERT RATES
​Reduced circulation (no multiple copies to clubs etc) so half-price for January & May issues.   
September TBA.

1/5/2021

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

info_may_2021.pdf
File Size: 581 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.   
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This is a copy of FW page 3, which is always our "Info page"

download size:  A4 page
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​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 £18 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@folklife.uk​
Posted :  1 year to 1 address  £18
  • 3 issues per year
  • x1= £18, 
  • 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
  • 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.
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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 67, 1 May 2021  News Online only!

Folklife Traditions & Festivals pages only in print, ​Membership-subscriptions credited as smaller issue
• Standard 1 year Membership = 3 printed issues (each covers 4 months)

See  Folklife Newsletter (on UPDATES page on main Folklife site)  for details

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Do join us  ---  New Members: subscription £16 (£18 - £2 credit for May. being a smaller issue) - you get 3 print issues;
if you join now, you can publicise yourself now, be added to Directory, mentioned in UPDATES

We are supporting our Folklife Members, who support Folklife ​(£18 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.
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