Announcement

Wordhouse jobs now calls for submission of:

Anecdotes / Very short story

• must be 500 words long.
  
• must be written in English and Tagalog
  
• must be about Tagalog and Pinoy culture, Tagalog words, or Tagalog idioms and expressions.
  
• can be serious, satirical, sad or humorous.
  
• must be your original creation and not merely copied from other sources.
  
• must not contain offensive language even if you are writing about "bad Tagalog words"

Submissions

• must be via email as WORD attachment or Rich Text Format
  
• must be accompanied by a half-page bio data, a concise description of the author/contributor, and some contact information.
  
• may be accompanied by a gif. graphic or picture that can be easily uploaded together with the article.
  
• must be your best final draft. We don't edit submissions; we will simply reject them if they are poorly written.
  
• must not exceed three in one e-mail
  
• if posted at any wordhouse site will be awarded a $15.00 honoraria (or the peso equivalent) at the time of posting.
  
• will not be returned if not posted.
  
• becomes the property of wordhouse once paid.

Contributors

• will be given notice of acceptance within a week if their articles are accepted for posting.
  
• will not be given notice of rejection if unsuccessful.
  
• may submit their articles elsewhere if they are not given notice of acceptance within a week.
  
• may submit only a maximum of five excellent anecdotes/very short story in a month's time.
  
• may be asked to tweak their articles to use some key word targeting in favor of marketing.
  
• may see their articles posted at EngTg Tales
  
• may use a pseudonym if desired
  
• may not post the article on their personal or business blog once it has been posted at any Wordhouse site.
  
• may reuse the article only after six months of posting
  
• may be asked to sign a contract that protects Wordhouse intellectual property rights.
  

Page Posts

• are within one month to two months after notice has been given.
  
• will be automatically promoted on the Tagalog at Wordhouse e-zine
  
• will be submitted to the major search engines, but there is no guarantee of exposure on the top thirty rankings.
  
• are syndicated via RSS feeds.
  

Watch for other Wordhouse jobs: We also accept___ in English only

• poems in Tagalog with translation into English and vice versa (with honoraria). Poetry will be posted at the blog www.pasyal.blog-city.com and will have links to your own blogs.
  
• Book Reviews of Tagalog Books (must contain a very short summary and an insightful comment - with honoraria)
  
• Short essays about Tagalog, Culture, Tagalog Region (includes Bulacan, Quezon, Rizal, Palawan, Mindoro, Cavite, Batangas, and Nueva Ecija - with honoraria)
  
• 500 word article about a Tourist spot in the Tagalog Area (promotional venue, no honoraria)
  
• short profiles about known personalities in the Area (must be accompanied by pictures - with honoraria)
  
• short news and press releases about events and celebrations in the Tagalog Area (no-honoraria; our newsletter comes out at the end of every month so you can time your announcements)
  

Make your words count. Submit your best article.