bout de papier, Vol. 11, No. 2 (1994) — Summer 1994 // Été 1994, p. 2
So you’re interested in writing for bout? Well, here is our complete guide for writers and the fabulous sums we pay.
The second edition of the year of bout de papier brings the usual kaleidoscope of articles from around the world on the front lines of the foreign service. Of particular interest in light of the foreign policy review, this edition features four articles on “Retooling the Foreign Service of Tomorrow”. Glen Bailey’s re-engineers the Canadian foreign service, Peter Mac Arthur benchmarks the Australian Foreign and Trade Ministry, and Daryl Copeland carpet bombs No Frill Diplomacy from New Zealand. Thanks to the kind permission of Panorama, we have reprinted the table on foreign services around the world to give a comparative perspective.
We are continuing our efforts to solicit more articles from our readers. This edition sees the end of columns by regular contributors. Laurel Pardy will no longer be writing Pardy’s Corner and I no longer will monopolize the so-called humour column. Some Very Foreign Affairs. I know many readers enjoyed Laurel’s wit and observations over the past years and bout owes her a debt of gratitude for being such a regular and welcome feature. We will miss her. I know as well I enjoyed reading my article and I will miss myself too.
So you’re interested in writing for us? Following are the main categories of contributions we love to receive.
Features: We usually publish seven to eight feature articles per issue and we now try to gather two or three which have the same theme. The features should be a first hand account of the foreign service in action, either recently or from a historic perspective. It can cover trade promotion, immigration, political/economic reporting, multilateral negotiations, electoral assistance, development assistance, etc. A feature should be accompanied where possible with photos. The average length is 2,500 words (12 pages double-spaced).
Commentary: This is usually an article on management/personnel/organizational issue related to the management of the foreign service. The average length is 1,300 words. (6 pages double-space).
Vignettes (soon to be called Vignettes from the Global Village): This should be a short personal (not policy-related) tale about an interesting, humourous or serious incident which happened to you overseas. Maximum length is 1,300 words.
Tales From Far and Wide (soon to be called Travel to Far and Wide): This is our feature travel article which should give details of an exotic locale and be photographic in content. Length is from 1,500 to 2,000 words.
Book Reviews: We like to have reviews of books dealing with international economic and political issues; Canadian foreign, trade, military, security and immigration policy; Canadian politics and biographies; life in the foreign service, etc. Length 500- 1,300 words.
Some Very Foreign Atfairs: A humourous, satiric piece of life and management in Canadian foreign service. Length 1,300 words.
Entertainment: Any type of puzzle along the lines of A Aalto puzzle.
We would especially encourage our French-speaking or French-writing colleagues to put in our articles in French as we are dismally failing to publish an edition equally in the two languages or even representative of the two official languages.
And finally, a special congratulations to James Trottier who has won the Retired Heads of Mission Association (RHOMA) Award for best article in bout de papier in 1993. In addition to the prestige and honour and cheap congratulations from the editor, the Award is worth 500 dollars. So there is another motivation to write for us!
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