Keep in touch - join our free Newsletter email list,
see Updates page on our main folklife.uk website

Special note: Folklife West magazine, Nº 65, 1 Sept 2020  is Online only!

Membership-subscriptions (& prepaid repeat ads) are extended 1 issue (4 months)
​
All information below relates to standard 1 year / 3 printed issues; this online issue (covering 4 months Sept-Dec) is not counted

Do join us - New Members: extended subscription as above - this issue not counted - you get 3 print issues; if you join now, you can publicise yourself, be added to Directory, mentioned in UPDATES, etc
We are supporting our Folklife Members, who support Folklife ​(£16 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.

info:  our contact and further information page

(2)  contact ;
our Newsletter

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

(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.

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 and Folk What's On ;
--- this Directory;
--- an archive of articles from the Folklife Traditions pages in FW.

Also, a Wales / Welsh Traditions Directory, website Bywyd Gwerin.

See more on our other publications on our main site: www.folklife.uk

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) 
• 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.
Of these 3 sections, 
​(1) and (2) are from our Folklife members only. (3) open to all.
Membership £16 a year, besides posting out FW three times a year, covers Members' news and online Directory listings.

FW ( 2 )
Listings are on News pages

Listings from Folklife Members only

• venues • performers • services • festivals • workshops •
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 the full listings on this, our Members' Directory website.

'Folk' listings, from our members   
➀ Clubs & Venues   ➁ Performers 
➂ Services (incl. Shops, media) 
➃ Festival Diary 
➄ Workshop Listings ➅ Workshop Diary
CORRESPONDENTS & OTHER VOLUNTEERS  --- see FOLKLIFE--TEAM page on our main website, Folklife.org.uk

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 & Institutions   
​➈ Seasonal Celebrations

(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<at>folklife.uk

PHONE 
01684 561378

ADDRESS
16 Barrett Rise, Malvern,
​Worcs WR14 2UJ
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.
  • For Festival Diary, don't use this form, pl email us directly the details as on Festivals page.  For adverts, see below "info"
  • 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
please fill in (very simple) DATA form on the DATA page <----- [ link to our main Folklife site ]
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TO RECEIVE OUR OCCASIONAL emailed FOLKLIFE NEWSLETTER, without joining Folklife: please fill in (very simple) DATA form on the DATA page <----- [ link to our main Folklife site ]
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: £16 a year.  Please send by BACS  to:  Folklife, sort code 09-01-55,  account 18675181.  EU £24.  USA £32. 
NO CHEQUES PLEASE.    
​
New Data rules (from May 2018)
please complete the (very simple) form on the new DATA page   <------ [ link to our main Folklife website ]
OR read the DATA page, and then simply email us your name and email address, stating that you wish to OPT IN.

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

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

info.pdf
File Size: 702 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.   
​

This is a copy of FW page 3, which is always our "Info page"
download size:  A4 page


​From April 2020
NO CHEQUES PLEASE.  

  
May 2020 issue

is online only! 

​Memberships extended - you are paying for 3 print issues, May online issue is free.


​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 well before Copy 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 £16 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<at>folklife.uk
Posted :  1 year to 1 address  £16
  • 3 issues per year
  • x1= £16, 
  • 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, or in this Directory for Festivals and Workshops 
  • 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.
​
For how to convert Footnotes to Endnotes, see www.folklife-traditions.uk/contact-contribute.html (on our Folklife Traditions website)