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trying to publish my op-ed and need help...

Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:37 pm
by Chow Chee Bai Superbitch
i submitted it to Anti-War and i got a rejection :(

"Thank you for your submission to Antiwar.com. Unfortunately, we can only publish a small portion of the many submissions we receive each day. We appreciate your effort, but we will not be running this piece. Thanks for understanding."

my op-ed is titled "Partitioning Land and Identities Is Not Peace-Building," it argues the need for a one state solution based on conflict resolution methods in less than 2,000 words. The thing is, anyone that's ever studied Conflict Resolution knows that a solution to Israel and Palestine has existed from the 70's and 80's, talk of two states is not a solution, and partition is never the answer, and this is what my article's about.

can anyone help me out in getting it published? if anyone has connections or wants to proof read what i got let me know.

Re: trying to publish my op-ed and need help...

Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:42 pm
by exquisite
PM it me

Re: trying to publish my op-ed and need help...

Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:54 pm
by Chow Chee Bai Superbitch
ok cool..

I've read it so many times that i cant really see whether its comprehensive and easy to read anymore..

Re: trying to publish my op-ed and need help...

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:37 am
by exquisite
great article.

dunno why it was rejected. perhaps they might have had an article on the site that might have been similar (?)

You can try the American Free Press, or british newspapers the Guardian or Independent, or rense.com

my comp has been dead slooooow for that past few days so i can't look for the e-mail addresses on their sites, sorry!

Re: trying to publish my op-ed and need help...

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:07 am
by Irie Dave
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Re: trying to publish my op-ed and need help...

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:27 am
by Ry
send to some local news papers first. Also you can publish it here and get it linked by some bigs sites and actually ore people will see it.

On days we get 5,000 read the counter shows in the hundreds because it can't handle the traffic.

Re: trying to publish my op-ed and need help...

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:34 pm
by exquisite
rense has 12 million hits per month

Re: trying to publish my op-ed and need help...

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:10 pm
by Chow Chee Bai Superbitch
Thanks exquisite, i'm having someone proof-read it, i just assumed maybe it wasn't easy to read and should have been more Tom Friedmany.



exquisite wrote:great article.

dunno why it was rejected. perhaps they might have had an article on the site that might have been similar (?)

You can try the American Free Press, or british newspapers the Guardian or Independent, or rense.com

my comp has been dead slooooow for that past few days so i can't look for the e-mail addresses on their sites, sorry!

Re: trying to publish my op-ed and need help...

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:10 pm
by Chow Chee Bai Superbitch
thanks you guys.

Re: trying to publish my op-ed and need help...

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:11 pm
by Ian
I'd love to read it if you didn't mind posting it here. I'm also a C+ proof reader, basically just good enough for government work :(

But I'd still love to hear what you wrote on the subject :)