Submission Guidelines for Our Blogazine

Inviting Entries for Blogazine!!! 

Clips and Pages is inviting all the writers to participate in our year-long Blogazine event. There are no limits on themes and it’s completely free. 

Just read the general guidelines carefully to submit your entries and gain a ticket to get published with us.

*General Guidelines* 

1. Send us your submission at  officialclipsandpages@gmail.com 

If you wish to join our WhatsApp group of writers, then please share your WhatsApp number along with your submission. 

Feel free to spread the word about this amazing opportunity to all your writer friends. (We believe in helping and sharing resources with others. Remember, ‘you rise by lifting others’.) 

2.  All kinds of submissions are welcomed. And it’s an open theme: feel free to write on any topic of your choice. Just make sure you stick to the line and word limits of each. 

Short Poem: 20-25 lines

Long Poem: 100 lines (max)

Nano Tale: 100-300 words

Short Story: 800- 1000 words

Long Story: 1000-3000 words

Article: 1000-3000 words

Book /Movie Reviews: 1000-3000 words 

Interviews: 1000-3000 words 

3. Minimum number of entries is 2 and maximum is 12. Try not to exceed the number of entries allowed. If you do, we will be still be considering only 12 entries per writer. 

4. Your submission can be a combination of all the above Genre, provided you don’t exceed the number of entries. 

5. Your work must be original and authentic. (You must have its copyright.) 

6. Proofread thrice before submitting your work, please. We don’t want to reject entries because of too many grammatical errors. 

7. Remember to attach an author’s bio of around 100 words along with your entries. We won’t be able to post your submissions without a proper author’s bio. Also, share a photo of you in jpg format which is to be posted along with the bio. 

8. You can also attach any picture or artwork which you think would go well with your submission when we post them on out blog. For book reviews, you have to attach a picture of the book, preferably clicked by you. For movie review, you must attach a poster of the movie and may be a still image from any special scene of the movie. For interviews, you must attach a picture of the interviewee and perhaps a photo of their best works. 

9. There are no charges involved. It’s absolutely free. There is no last date to submit your entries. It’s a year-long event. 

10. All the entries will be published on our Blogazine. The top entries will also get a chance to be featured at our e-zine and the best ones will be published on our magazine.

Submission Guidelines For Book Review:

It should be a proper review with a paragraph dedicated to the following (not in order):
• Introduction
• Conclusion
• Blurb/Summary (Without Spoiler)
• Important Themes
• Title
• Cover
• Story Line
• Character Sketch (in case of novels)
• Positive and Negative aspects of the book (You may write this in bullet points)
• Writing Style, Language, Vocabulary
• The flow of the Story
• Literally Devices (Setting, Structure, Symbols, Imagery, Mood, Tone, etc.)
• Rhythm, Rhyme Schemes, Metaphor, Symbolism, Imagery, etc. (in case of Poetry Books)
• Humour/Irony/Sarcasm (if any)
• Inner Meanings (if you find any)
• Morals (if you find any)
• Unique Features (if any)
• Quotes from the Book (optional)

Submission Guidelines for Movie Reviews:

It should be a proper review with a paragraph dedicated to the following (not in order):
• Introduction
• Conclusion
• Basic Facts (Genre, Actors & Actresses, Directors, Singers, etc.)
• The Plot Structure
• Story in short (Without Spoiler)
• A little Analysis of Plot Elements (Beginning, Action, Climax, Ending, etc.)
• Creative Elements (Direction, Editing, Dialogue, Characters, Mood, Tone, Cinematography, Costume, Symbols, etc.)
• Your Opinion (supported by Facts and Examples from the movie)
• Title
• Poster
• Acting Skills
• Music Quality
• Deep Meanings (if you find any)
• Purpose/Moral (if you find any)
• Mistakes/Inconsistency (if any)
• Unique Features (if any)
• Dialogues from the Movie (optional)

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