Question for Gene Ching

[Minghequan]

Hello Gene,

I'd like to ask you for your sincere advice about how to go about submitting an article to the Magazine? What format for the article/images etc?

What sort of articles are you interested in or best suits publication?

I have written for a number of MA Magazines over the years including Australasian Fighting Arts, Blitz, Impact and Traditional Karate and Combat in the United Kingdom to name but a few.

[YiQuanOne]

Hello Gene,

I'd like to ask you for your sincere advice about how to go about submitting an article to the Magazine? What format for the article/images etc?

What sort of articles are you interested in or best suits publication?

I have written for a number of MA Magazines over the years including Australasian Fighting Arts, Blitz, Impact and Traditional Karate and Combat in the United Kingdom to name but a few.

From the grape vine I hear that Gene has a hand picked team of special MA's that will visit you and give you some kind of thorough tests.

[ShaolinDan]

http://www.kungfumagazine.com/about/guidelines.php

I hear articles on application are always in demand...

[GeneChing]

Minghequan (and anyone else), we're always looking for new articles. In general, we're looking for technical and training articles - we like our articles to be mini-lessons, general enough that anyone can apply them to their practice yet specific enough so as not to be just a rehash of fundamental principles. That's a lot easier said than done.

Since the demise of IKF (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47753&highlight=inside+kung-fu&page=3), I've been getting a lot more submissions. Our submission to print time is now several months. Our submission to post (for e-zine (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/index.php)) is significantly shorter.

[SimonM]

Also, the E-zine is a great way to build your platform; huge numbers of page views. Speaking of which... May have something for you soon for the e-zine.

[GeneChing]

Yes, the e-zine gets more eyeballs in the end because it's free access, international and doesn't succumb to shelf life. Once in the archive (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/TOC/index.php), it's there for as long as the website runs. Many traditionalists are still very attached to print (as am I) so it's always a juggle. Professional writers don't care, but most martial arts writers are strictly amateur and prefer print. We do compensate for e-zine, although at a lesser rate than print. We used to compensate at the same rate until we discovered that we were the only traditional publishers that were even offering compensation for web publication.

[SimonM]

And as a professional writer who is in favour of online content AND likes getting paid I have to say thank you very much for that!

[SPJ]

we thank the publisher

and the writers

for contributing good articles in an english media both on papers and in digital format

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