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Announcing the IP&R 2008 Editorial Calendar

It took me years learn this (and probably cost me a lot of friends), but when you're at cocktail parties, or at the gym, or waiting in the supermarket checkout line, nobody wants to hear the oft-consuming minutia that is your day job.

The exception to that rule is right here in the pages of Illinois Parks & Recreation magazine. Our readers don't just want to know about your successful programs, referenda strategies, boardsmanship tips or maintenance regimes, our readers want to know the details that go into making those aspects of your agencies great. Further, our readers want suggestions for emulating your success.

IP&R is your forum for sharing 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:

   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 2009.

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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2008 EDITORIAL CALENDAR

Issue	Focus		EDITORIAL DUE DATES Focus and Feature People & Places Materials Due Items Due		ADVERTISING DUE DATES Ad Reservation Ad Materials Date Due
Jan/Feb	Conference		10/1/07*	11/15/07*	11/15/07*	11/30/07*
March/April	Golf		1/1/08	2/1/08	2/1/08	2/7/08
May/June	The Environment		3/1/08	4/1/08	4/1/08	4/7/08
July/August	Turf		5/1/08	6/1/08	6/1/08	6/7/08
Sept/Oct	Parks as a Community		7/1/08	8/1/08	8/1/08	8/7/08
Nov/Dec	Programs for 'Difficult to Program for' Populations		9/1/08	10/1/08	10/1/08	10/7/08
Jan/Feb 2009	Conference		10/1/08*	11/15/08*	11/15/08*	11/30/08*

* The conference issues are on an accelerated schedule. All editorial and advertising materials are due sooner than normal.

Be Wise - Advertise In Illinois Parks & Recreation

Businesses that want to achieve the benefits of advertising in the magazine or the IAPD/IPRA Buyers' Guide and Directory should contact the magazine's advertising representative:

Beth Saltz

Arlington Publishers Representatives
44 North Veil Ave., Suite 706
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005
Phone: 847-509-9810
Fax: 847-509-9816
bsaltz@arlpub.com

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