The Stonewall Times needs you!

The Stonewall Times needs you!

After a short hiatus, the Stonewall Times is returning, and we need a strong team of writers and creative people to help make it an essential monthly read for Stonewall Fleet (STO), the House of Nagh reD (STO), and Knights/Lords/Soldiers of Stonewall (TOR).

Rather than rely on contributors each month, we'd like to appoint a number of staff writers with responsibility for producing regular content. Each staff writer will have control over a section of the monthly magazine, and will be able to bring their own creative ideas to it.

Please see the list of open positions in the following post.

If you'd like to apply for a position, please send an email to times@stonewallfleet.com or times@knightsofstonewall.com, or send me a message via the websites. Please include a short summary of the skills and experience that you think will make you a good fit for the position.

You may apply for as many of the positions as you like.

What will you get out of it? We can't pay you... but writing for the Times is a good way to support the guilds and your fellow members, and for anybody interested in a career in writing it will enable you to build up a valuable portfolio of experience and published work.

The deadline for applications is the end of Saturday March 31, 2012.

I look forward to working with you!

Ali (alimac30)
Editor-in-Chief of the Stonewall Times

Position: Layout artist

You will:

• work alongside the existing layout artist (DakonKor)
• report to the Editor-in-Chief
• typeset draft articles, adding images and other graphical touches, to create a high-quality monthly magazine
• be able to use existing templates, and also contribute your own designs
• create the full-color PDF of the Stonewall Times for distribution to guild members
• be able to meet monthly deadlines
• be familiar with the style and look of previous issues of the Stonewall Times
• contribute new ideas
• preferably have experience of using Adobe InDesign, and have access to the software.

Position: Staff writer (LGBT news & reviews)

You will:

• report to the Editor-in-Chief (alimac30)
• suggest, for each monthly issue, articles reporting on international LGBT news, and an LGBT-themed review
• write short articles on international LGBT news, LGBT issues
• write short reviews of current or classic LGBT literature / theatre / movies / music / etc.
• provide images to illustrate these articles and reviews
• select (and supervise) other guild members to write these articles and reviews when you are unable to write them yourself
• be able to meet monthly deadlines
• help bring new writers and readers to the Stonewall Times.

Position: Staff writer (Sci-fi and gaming news & reviews)

You will:

• report to the Editor-in-Chief (alimac30)
• suggest, for each monthly issue, articles reporting on science fiction and/or gaming news, and a sci-fi or gaming-themed review
• write short articles on science fiction and gaming news
• write short reviews of current or classic sci-fi literature / TV shows / movies, and other games (besides STO and TOR)
• provide images to illustrate these articles and reviews
• select (and supervise) other guild members to write these articles and reviews when you are unable to write them yourself
• be able to meet monthly deadlines
• help bring new writers and readers to the Stonewall Times.

Position: Staff writer (STO features)

You will:

• report to the Editor-in-Chief (alimac30)
• suggest, for each monthly issue, articles reporting on STO news, Featured Episodes, and events
• write short articles on STO news, events, patches, missions, ships, etc.
• write tutorials ("Noob guides") on various aspects of the game
• provide images to illustrate these articles and tutorials
• select (and supervise) other guild members to write these articles and tutorials when you are unable to write them yourself
• be able to meet monthly deadlines
• help bring new writers and readers to the Stonewall Times.

Position: Staff writer (TOR features)

You will:

• report to the Senior Editor (DakonKor)
• suggest, for each monthly issue, articles reporting on TOR news, missions, and events
• write short articles on TOR news, events, patches, missions, ships, etc.
• write tutorials ("Noob guides") on various aspects of the game
• provide images to illustrate these articles and tutorials
• select (and supervise) other guild members to write these articles and tutorials when you are unable to write them yourself
• be able to meet monthly deadlines
• help bring new writers and readers to the Stonewall Times.

Position: Staff writer (STO fleet activities)

You will:

• report to the Editor-in-Chief (alimac30)
• suggest, for each monthly issue, articles reporting on the activities of the STO fleets (Stonewall Fleet and the House of Nagh reD)
• write short articles on STO fleet events, fleet members, crafting, PvP, role play, etc.
• establish and maintain contact with STO fleet groups (such as Crafting Corps, Hazard Team, etc.), and provide updates on their activities
• provide images to illustrate these articles
• select (and supervise) other guild members to write these articles when you are unable to write them yourself
• be able to meet monthly deadlines
• help bring new writers and readers to the Stonewall Times.

Position: Staff writer (TOR guild activities)

You will:

• report to the Senior Editor (DakonKor)
• suggest, for each monthly issue, articles reporting on the activities of the TOR guilds (Knights, Lords, and Soldiers of Stonewall)
• write short articles on TOR guild events, guild members, crafting, PvP, role play, etc.
• establish and maintain contact with TOR guild groups (such as Cantina Crafters etc.), and provide updates on their activities
• provide images to illustrate these articles
• select (and supervise) other guild members to write these articles when you are unable to write them yourself
• be able to meet monthly deadlines
• help bring new writers and readers to the Stonewall Times.

Only 2 days left to apply, and we're still looking for eager writers and layout artists.

So get in touch if you'd like to help us make the Times great over the coming year.

Whatever your ideas and experience, we'd love to hear from you :)

As per the conversation we had in the game today. I will be sending you my Captain's Log entry shortly. The first one or series is centered on the First Tutorial mission(s).