LADIES AND GENTLEMEN please sharpen your pencils Announcing the IP&R 2007 Editorial Calendar

If you've worked in the parks and recreation field for a few years, then there is probably a thing or two you've learned through hard experience — maybe some things you wish somebody would have warned you about ahead of time. So, perhaps this is the year you'll choose share your hard won wisdom by writing an article for Illinois Parks & Recreation. The magazine is an excellent forum to share compelling, timely and relevant insights and ideas with board members and professionals in the field.

A case study of a process, event or solution at your agency can become valuable to readers when you communicate the lessons you learned by offering how-to insights and you:

• Suggest how other agencies can adapt what you've done.

• Warn other agencies of pitfalls they might encounter.

• Detail the costs and benefits.

• Let people know where they can find more information.

The editor will consider stories on any topic at any time, but those who wish to have their work considered for a specific issue will want to submit materials well in advance of that issue's deadline. Manuscripts for feature or focus stories should be 1,000 to 1,750 words (4 to 6 pages double-spaced) and may include a half- or one-page double-spaced "sidebar" of ancillary information. In addition to a great story, you'll also want to supply high-quality color images and other artwork.

The table on page 17 shows the focus of each issue through the beginning of 2008.

For complete submission guidelines, or to submit stories or proposals, contact Rodd Whelpley, IAPD publications director, at rwhelpley@ILparks.org.

Remember, space fills quickly.

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PARKS & ILLINOIS RECREATION
2007 EDITORIAL CALENDAR