Inquisitor Guidelines   1       9/20/94


To sum up what is Inquisitor, I would say the logical end result of the 
soupification of various media, art, culture, and technology. Not in a 
cyberpunk-axcess-mondo-wired way. In a matter-of-fact-down-to-earth way. 
No hype. No glitz. No unnecessary interface. Content dense. Informative. 
Not self-indulgent. 

INQUISITOR welcomes contributions; what follows are general guidelines 
for submitting material for review: (Articles submitted for review should 
not require a degree in strucuralism to understand. They should not 
contain any of the following phrases: Barthes, post-modern, information 
superhighway, generation X. Having tongue firmly planted in cheek helps 
immensely as well.)

There are many different sections of Inquisitor; each with a specific 
"voice" if you will:
% Features are longer essays which comprise the bulk of the magazine.  
Features are usually included with references along with additional 
material  related in subject  to the main text which is presented in 
boxes or sidebars. 
% "Back of Book" pieces are shorter editorial pieces which can be found in 
the back of the magazine. These articles can be very opinionated. 
% Project articles are descriptive pieces which present usually 
tech-based artworks or tech projects of a decidedly low-tech 
do-it-yourself nature. They require detailed reference material. (see below)
% Media, Copyright, Interface, Reviews are included in the Networker 
section of the magazine and are usually short pieces which go into some 
aspect of the rubrik they fall under.

FEATURE ARTICLES:
Ideas for articles should be submitted as as abstract; a summary of the 
main ideas of the article including premise and conclusion. Completed 
articles are welcome as well; ideally, they should be referenced and 
should describe how to obtain further information on the subject matter.

PROJECT/ART DESCRIPTION:
The following should be used as a guideline as to what is needed for a 
project article:
Design pages for project descriptions require most of the following 
elements; this might also help make a more cohesive description of the 
project.
1) Title of project
        1a) Short overview of concept
        1b) Long description of concept
2) Image (conceptual)
        2a) Image of final project implemented
        2b) Image of components on board
        2c) Image of components involved
        2d) Text list of components and reference
3) Image (schematic)
        3a) Text describing schematic
4) Text (computer code)
5) Image for background (optional; very light) related to concept of project
6) Text captions for images
7) Text bio of project author(s)

ILLUSTRATIONS AND OTHER ARTWORK:
Please do not send graphics files to INQUISITOR; for consideration as an 
illustrator for future issues please send photocopies (unreturnable) of 
your work.

SUBMITTING MATERIAL:
Ideally, material should be submitted as ASCII text files. Files can be 
sent directly via America Online to xixax@aol.com; binhexed or uuencoded 
files can be sent to inquisitor@echonyc.com. 

RIGHTS AND RECOMPENSE
Inquisitor will usually negotiate for first-time serial rights for North 
American distribution.  Now comes the hard part. Inquisitor as of yet is 
not a money-making enterprise. Many people have graciously contributed 
their time and energies to make this a magazine that I think we can all 
be proud of.  I feel, personally, that paying one or five cents a word 
insulting; so for the moment I am unable to pay contributors.
 
Thanks for your interest in Inquisitor; we hope to hear from you soon!

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