Gamerswithjobs.com is looking for writers!
Luxurious trips, fabulous wealth and the adoration of millions, these are just a few of the things we don’t offer. However, if you are passionate about gaming and more importantly about creating witty, interesting, compelling written content, then we can provide you with both a platform and one of the best communities on the web.
As a writer for GWJ you have the opportunity to build a portfolio of work that can and has launched more than a few writing careers. If you’ve longed for an opportunity to get your shot at writing about video games for a living, then we provide an avenue for reaching that goal. If you have a unique perspective you simply want to share with thousands of your closest friends — well, we can help you with that as well.
Read on to find out details on submitting. Ability to read and follow basic instructions will be part of the deciding factor, so please read carefully.
What to Submit: Submissions should be attached to an e-mail. E-mail entries should be sent to [email protected] with the subject “Call for Writers '09 Entry.” Any entries submitted to an incorrect address, with an incorrect subject or without proper attachments will not be considered.
Submissions should be between 750 and 1,000 words. The topic is unrestricted, but should relate in some way to the video game industry or gamer culture. Submissions should be double spaced with traditional 1” margins and submitted as a Word (.doc) document.
Do not submit links to your blog, old articles on other sites, or your resume. We are looking for original, unpublished material which would be suitable for publication on our front page.
Writers retain all rights to submissions, and we will not print or distribute your submission without prior approval.
When to Submit: Submissions will be accepted through 11:59 pm CST June 20, 2009.
Things You Need to Know: GWJ is not a paying outlet at this time, and there is no guarantee, or even really a plan for compensating our writers.
Instead, GWJ expects all writers (yes, even including me) to participate in a peer feedback and editorial review process. This is really the compensation for being a GWJ writer -- you will get regular, intense feedback from some of the best editors and writers in the business. Of course, you will have to be able to play nice with others and be gracious in accepting criticism.
We do not guarantee that a new writer position will be made available if submitted drafts fail to meet our needs or standards. This isn't a contest where we announce a winner. It's a job application. By the same token, we retain the right to terminate writer relationships at any time and for any reason.
Tips of Crafting a Good Submission:
Be creative — seriously, points for creativity
Hook us from the start — We tend to get a lot of submissions, and are easily distracted.
Proofread — Typos, that’s a paddlin’.
Edit, tighten and improve — Your first draft can be better. Get someone to look at what you write, take your time and put something together that stands out. Rabbit wanted in so bad he sent his "Nigerian Prince" submission out to millions for comments before it came our way.
Good luck and we can’t wait to read your articles!
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Fight the power!! *Raises fist*
And yet you are okay with the devowling of other words like colour? Some people confuse me
*BTW, i take devowlination as a personal insult.
Bacon is a goodjer in your pants.
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I prefer disemvowelling.
Is it wrong that I had an image in my head of a guy with the hands of a bear before I read the "BECAUSE HE IS PART BEAR" part of the sentence?
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Can I please have that in writing? I want to laminate it and carry it around in my wallet. I could use it several times a month, given the amount of crap from my coworkers.
You've never known true joy until you've shaken a lich stick at someone.
Mr. Chigurh has flipped his coin of fate and I remain alive, which I take as a sign to get off my game playing ass and back into the writing fray. Therefore I am working up an article. If anyone would be interested in previewing it and offering criticism, please PM me.
I'd be happy to provide an incentive if I could think of one. We need GWJerStars or something...
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Isn't that like cheating?
Revel in the sheer improbability that in a universe of such mind-shattering emptiness, you have someone to love - Coldstream
They stopped being meaningful to me as devices a long time ago, and now they've stopped being meaningful as things-ClockworkHouse
Well yeah, but the teacher told me to...
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We're a colony and we still know how to spell colour. Americans love to hide behind their freedom and independence.
I've had an idea bubbling for a while now, i'll submit if time is available, but life, love and studies constrain me.
(Boo to the oxford comma)
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I know how to spell nonsense words, too.
Words... are a big deal.
Jill Lapore wrote:Editing is one of the great inventions of civilization.
Hey, colour is a perfectly cromulent word.
Well Minarchist was no help at all.
Work on the regular comma first.
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Hey, I was posting from my phone. Give a guy a break.
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Perhaps, but its limited use is quite the duketastrophy!
Revel in the sheer improbability that in a universe of such mind-shattering emptiness, you have someone to love - Coldstream
They stopped being meaningful to me as devices a long time ago, and now they've stopped being meaningful as things-ClockworkHouse
I'd be willing to try, but knowing me I'd probably end up penning the next set of hits for Journey. Then I'd be dead to the Robot Panic people ... oh wait, I'm already dead to them. :p
I will bite (and write), so long as it's understood that should I be successful the peer review process will be regularly interrupted by my uncontrollable sobbing.
Edit: I also insist on using correct english, except in cases where I am dumb.
So, has anyone started a 2009 wannabe writer's group thread yet? I recognize that we'd all be competing with each other, but on the other hand I think it would be nice to have a place where we could pitch ideas, give each other moral support, and browbeat those feigning writer's block to get back to work.
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That'd be awesome. My current idea is a tired one and even adding my voice to the piece doesn't breathe enough life into it to make it a worthwhile read.
Well, Cooking Mama didn't help me become a better cook, and Trauma Center certainly didn't help me become a better surgeon. I have the proof of both sitting in my freezer. -- imbiginjapan
Why not just use this one?
Professionally offended. Does not understand jokes. Needs a man to explain them to me.
Seemed pretty certain to me that this thread was all about folks trying to earn favor in the eyes of the Writers Guild, anyway. That said, I'll both be submitting and more than happy to help people tighten their writing and grammar.
We capitalize languages and nationalities in English. The only time I can think of that it's left uncapitalized (as "english") is when it's used like in billiards or bowling (e.g., "Put some english on the ball").
Words... are a big deal.
Jill Lapore wrote:Editing is one of the great inventions of civilization.
Use english with Relish.
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Are dangling participles accepted grammar now? Did the AP sneak that in when I wasn't looking? I've started to see them all over the place.
Well Minarchist was no help at all.
The "rule" against misplaced modifiers (including but not limited to dangling participles) is a caution against confusing grammar. If a sentence has an adjectival phrase set aside with a comma, that doesn't necessarily mean that the sentence is "wrong." The real judgment lies in the clarity of the syntax.
Words... are a big deal.
Jill Lapore wrote:Editing is one of the great inventions of civilization.
Further reading on dangling participles.
Words... are a big deal.
Jill Lapore wrote:Editing is one of the great inventions of civilization.
Ah, thanks.
Well Minarchist was no help at all.
If TotalBiscuit, of Blue Plz fame is successful in launching the Baker Hero Class - The Army of the Bread, I want to do a "Pain Aléatoire" column.
I'm pretty sure, statistically, coffee increases violence more than marijuana....I'm going for my second cup and when I get back I'm bringing a shovel.
I'm not as useful as Wordy, but I'm always willing to look at someone's piece and toss some feedback their way.
Revel in the sheer improbability that in a universe of such mind-shattering emptiness, you have someone to love - Coldstream
They stopped being meaningful to me as devices a long time ago, and now they've stopped being meaningful as things-ClockworkHouse
Same here. I don't even know what half of Word said, but I'm sure I can tell you if it sounds or looks funny.
Well, Cooking Mama didn't help me become a better cook, and Trauma Center certainly didn't help me become a better surgeon. I have the proof of both sitting in my freezer. -- imbiginjapan
I formed a writers circle on another forum I used to frequent. Everyone set up a blog and wrote whatever they felt like. When one person updated it was then critiqued.
It was pretty functional, but died out. With the number of people expressing interest here it may get momentum.
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We had a writing group on google groups but then everyone stopped updating and i was the only one left doing so.... so i stopped.
Now i write 'articles' all the time... i just crept around the whole process by starting up somewhere else Plus, this means that i get to apply to any competitions that come up here (not that i'd ever win any).
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It's OK. I mostly hide my work in less popular pages, too. Let's be coward friends!
Words... are a big deal.
Jill Lapore wrote:Editing is one of the great inventions of civilization.
I have a draft of my article, and would be happy to send it to anyone who would be willing to comment (many thanks to the GWJer who already took me up on this).
May I say: Word limits shackle the brilliance that is my verbiage.
The world deserves all my words!
(Actually I was delighted that my first draft was 330 words over...much easier to cut something to be better than to add words that make it better...)
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