Official Wording:

D. Front Page Comics Project:

The SPA will have 5 comic strips submitted by creators for inclusion into the Daily Kick Start. Each comic strip will run on a prescribed day for a period of 8 (eight)weeks, and be selected from those projects submitted to the Project Managers. Shorter and longer runs can be arranged depending on the nature of the request and upon agreement by both Project Managers.

1. The Project Managers will:
a) Be responsible for accepting and evaluating submissions based on the stated criteria
b)Communicate with each other about submissions, discuss pros and cons,if necessary, and each have a vote on the approval of the submission
c)Be responsible for submitting the content in the proper format to the Kick Start Editor each week at least 2 days before the content is scheduled to be published

2. Content must meet the following criteria:
a)It must contain only original content and characters unless the written permission of the original copyright holder accompanies the submission.
b)4 (four) completed strips are due at the time of submission, with 1(one) strip due each week until the full 8 (eight) have been submitted.Failure to maintain a 4(four)-week buffer may result in removal from the rotation but can be caught up at the Project Manager's discretion.
c)It must be acceptable for audiences equivalent to a PG-13 rating: no nudity, no excessive violence, no excessive swearing or cursing.
d)It must fit a standard newspaper-style strip format, 700 pixel wide x225 pixels tall at 72 dpi (700 x 450 pixels for double-register or Sunday-style strips). Accepted file formats are gif, jpg, and png.
e) It must contain proper spelling and grammar and be legible at the given resolution.
f) A brief description of the theme or concept of the strip to accompany the first 4 strips: give us your "elevator pitch."

3. Other Considerations
a)Assignment of feature days would be decided by a draw of the hat for the first 5 (five) submissions so as to ensure fairness. Openings will thereafter be assigned on an as-available basis.
b) The submission period will be ongoing. once the initial strips have been chosen any subsequent submissions that meet the criteria and are approved by both Project Managers will go into a queue for the first available opening in the rotation.
c) Comic strips which have concluded their 8(eight)-strip run without missing any deadlines will be able to retain their current spot in the rotation unless given 2 (two) weeks notice by the Project Manager(s) that no further strips are desired.
d) A link will be given, with each content update, to the creator's homepage or outside work in consideration for the use of the submitted content.
e)New, first-run work is preferred but we will accept simultaneous syndication of work available elsewhere on the Internet or in print.
f)Creators will retain all ownership and rights of their original content, this program only grants Dimestore the privilege of including the submitted strips in the Daily Kick Start newsletter and does not represent any other contractual obligations on the part of Dimestore or the SPA.

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Additionally, we are voting to appoint Spyros (sea3) and Jennifer (scraps) to be co-project managers of this project.

Voting on this project passed it into active use. You may apply to have your strip appear in this thread now.

Reading this takes me back to the time I was working for King Features Syndicate! I'm really looking forward to seeing these strips. Very good, official wording here.
GJ

Very well-thought out. Sounds great. I feel that since they both put forth the effort to organize this they should also be rewarding by voting yes to co-project managers. Great job!

At this time, we can use this thread for applications to have strips added to the roster, until the project managers come up with a better way to have people apply.

We can have the applications send to the site's general email, that will be forwarded to me and Ginny both for review?

I can actually set up a e-mail specifically for automating that, so you both get an e-mail at the place of your choice, when someone e-mails like Comics@dimestoreproductions.com or something…

How does that sound for setting up "correct procedure" - and I can make a basic page for now to present the "what you need" in the SPA section, so people know what to send you without having to read the boring details of the charter…

Let's hear from both project managers that that's what you'd like for it, and if either one of you would like to write the wording of the presentation of info, that would speed up me getting it up greatly.

I'm game for both suggestions.

I prefer Ginny to do the wording, since english is actually my 3rd language and I dont want to have grammar issues when we clearly say that grammar will be considered :p

lol, I think you mean Jenifer, aka Scraps, your co-manager...

lol, yeah, "Jinny" then, I tend to confuse names when I havent met them personally :p

Let's stick to Jenn or Scraps, shall we? lol

Sorry, I forgot to subscribe to this thread so I didn't see the updates.

I think the one email forwarding to both of us sounds good. As for wording, how about something simple like:

"Want to have your comic strip on Dimestore.com? Send the first 4 strips (700x225 pixels at 72 dpi) and a brief description of your story or concept to comics@dimestore.com. For more details, check out the SPA Charter."

Sounds simple and strong, I vote yes.

I guess I'll make a more all-inclusive presentation page for it and see if you guys like it. I'll set up the e-mail forward system too…probably tomorrow…so we can get new strips going ASAP, give people something to focus on as the place to look to know about how to get involved with it.

9500 subscribed e-mails is a strong draw to get some good strips running!

I've just been sent email saying I should submit a story now while there's still time. Do you guys still need to finalize the arrangement first before I send in my work or any questions?

For questions ask whatever you want, for submission, I guess you should wait for 1-2 days for Ian to setup the submissions' email account?

Don't wait: send it to me at Ian@dimestoreproductions.com and I'll get it to the submissions directors for this, I should have the official stuff up later today I hope.

I think I have about 24 ready to roll - the one I sent Ian was the wrong format but I have them formatted both ways - as a single panel with a split and as a standard comic strip feature.

Very cool! Make sure to check out the project guidelines either at the top of this thread or the official project page as part of the charter.

http://www.dimestoreproductions.com/SPA/Comics.htm