AUDIO SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
NOTE: AS OF AUG. 2010 NO NEW SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED

1) General submission guidelines
2) Materials that cannot be accepted
3) What kind of audio formats do you accept?
4) Will you record and/or edit and/or mix material for me?
5) Where do I send my contribution?
6) How can I learn to create audio at home?
7) Can I send original master tapes or original manuscripts?
8) Will you pay me for my work? Does anyone make money from this?
9) Will you accept audio contributions from people who are not sex workers?

1) SWIRL (a not-for-profit, educational project) features artistic and/or community-building audio works by current or former sex workers (of all types). Contributions can be on ANY topic (not only sex work). All contributions must be original material and must not infringe on copyrights of other artists. YOUR WORK WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AS A FREE DOWNLOAD.

Contributions may include:
Stories
Poetry
Music (any style)
Interviews
Panel discussions
Editorial comment
Book/movie/music reviews
Comedy monologues
Theatrical works (plays, monologues)
Soundscapes (recordings of locations)
Experimental or avant-garde sound works
Sound documentaries
Programs about "vanilla" hobbies and interests such as
cooking, sports, spirituality, etc.
Public-service programming about such topics as self-defense, health, politics, legal issues, physical fitness, child care, etc.
PLEASE NOTE: We accept audio contributions in any language.

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2) The following audio materials will not be accepted:
- Commercial advertising (we are a not-for-profit webcast).
- Copyrighted material by other artists. All material, including music, must be original.
- Material that divulges names, exact locations, associates or clients of sex workers. Please do not give street addresses, phone numbers or exact neighborhoods. Please feel free to use pseudonyms (fictitious names) for yourself and others. If you want to be "out" with your legal name please limit this to yourself only.
- Material that exploits children (we KNOW you would never do this, but we have to state this to cover our legal you-know-whats).
- For legal reasons, we cannot utilize any submissions that specifically instruct persons how to set up and/or operate and/or "break into" illegal commercial sex ventures. (Parody and fictitious works not included.)

All material submitted should be created by sex workers (and their collaborators). (However, you are not required to identify yourself as a sex worker in your audio contribution.)

Please note: The producer of the webcast reserves her right to censor any material deemed unsuitable or inappropriate for the audio library.

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3) Contributions do not need to be of professional quality. Contributions may be sent in the following sound formats:
- MP3 (go to the CREATING YOUR OWN AUDIO page and scroll down to "How to Compress MP3s" for information about encoding)
- CD
- Email us if you have other formats to see if we can transfer for you: jeweltone16@yahoo.com

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4) We do not have the staff or facilities to record and produce poetry, stories, music and other material by individuals. We do not provide recording, editing and mixing services. However, we do not require professional level audio -- we welcome amateur recordings. Most computers now come with programs with which you can record basic spoken word audio simply by speaking into the built-in microphone in your computer. For more information, go to the CREATING YOUR OWN AUDIO page.

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5) MP3's smaller than 10MB may be sent via email to the following address:
jeweltone16 @yahoo.com

Contact us for a mailing address should you need to send things via regular mail.

All contributions should include:
1) the name you would like associated with your contribution (a fictitious name is fine -- we will protect your anonymity)
2) an email address or phone number where we can reach you for questions concerning your contribution (this information will not be given out to anyone).

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6) Most computers now come with programs with which you can record basic spoken word audio simply by speaking into the built-in microphone in your computer. For more information, go to the CREATING YOUR OWN AUDIO page. (Please note, we no longer accept cassette tapes. Please send MP3s or mail CDs.) Please send your audio in the finished form, as you would like it aired. We no longer accept raw audio that requires production services.

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7) Please do not send master recordings. Please send copies only. We are not responsible for loss or damage to your materials. If you would like your materials returned, please include self-addressed envelope with adequate postage.

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8) PLEASE NOTE: We are a not-for-profit project, and are operating at a financial loss. We cannot pay licensing or performance rights fees. Once your contribution is reviewed and accepted, a waiver form will be sent to you that you must sign and return before your contribution can be included in the library. The waiver form will state that you are allowing SWIRL to offer your work free-of-charge. YOUR WORK WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AS A FREE DOWNLOAD.

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9) YES, within certain limits:
-- We welcome sound engineers, audio artists and musicians who are interested in volunteering to help sex workers record their creations and/or collaborating with them on artistic works.
-- We will also accept audio contributions by professionals who serve the sex worker community (such as lawyers, doctors and social workers).
Priority will always be given to works created by sex workers.