The Energon Pub

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:00 am

Greetings all,

I know you’re out there. Aspiring writers, fans, and living databases alike. You’ve got talent, time, and energy as well as a desire to fan the flames of discussion.

Seibertron.com is looking to open the doors of opportunity for you.

We (I) are looking for a series of articles and submissions by and from our loyal members. This will remain an open invitation to one and all. After review of your work, assuming it fits into the following criteria, we will host your articles on site, with full news coverage for an audience of over 30,000 views per day.

Please submit your articles via the news relations link here:

http://www.seibertron.com/contact/index ... bject=news

Now, here are the requirements:

-Articles must be complete, accurate, and factual when not opinion based. References are preferred where possible.

-Spelling and grammar are held to be strict requirements. Articles will be dismissed without review when these issues are identified.

-Images should be included with a minimum of 2 per article. Images should be related to the subject matter and permissions should be obtained where necessary.

-There are no deadlines, nor are there limits on the number of submissions.

-Please do not contact us after submission. Staff will be busy with reviews and you will be notified when and if your submission is accepted.

-If you must contact Staff on this matter, send a PM to Counterpunch.

Now, if you made it past all that, these are five of our suggested topics (though we are not limited to these) for this first round of submissions:

+A History of Action Masters
+A Comparison of the Different Comic Continuities
+Transformers and Other Giant Mecha
+Humans and Transformers
+New Fan perspective on Toys, Comics, and Cartoons (preferably someone who came in to the fandom during the 2007 movie craze)

Best of luck to all who submit work!

News Credits: 1 · by **Jeysie** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:08 pm

Hmm. Uh, what *kind* of articles on Humans and Transformers were you looking for, exactly? I already wrote an essay for my personal blog on the literary merits of having Human characters in Transformers that I could clean up/expand, but maybe you intended a more in-universe or catalogging article instead?

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:40 pm

Jeysie wrote:Hmm. Uh, what *kind* of articles on Humans and Transformers were you looking for, exactly? I already wrote an essay for my personal blog on the literary merits of having Human characters in Transformers that I could clean up/expand, but maybe you intended a more in-universe or catalogging article instead?

I'm being purposely open-ended on the matter.

If you think what you've written will work, then clean it up and submit it. Fortune favors the bold.

by **Rocketeer** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:43 pm

Same question as Jeysie.

What kind of "articles, writings, and op-eds" are you looking for?
Reviews? (*coughcoughYouTubecough*)
Opinionated opinions? (There's plenty of those on the forums.

)
Fan-fiction? (The pandemonial possibilities are endless...)
Serious essays taking place in-universe? (If so, why don't we just hang a sign that says "Nerd-a-tron"?)
Humorous musings of a decidedly cynical nature? (Hey! That's me!)

Inquiring minds are somewhat interested in this issue. :mrgreen:

News Credits: 1 · by **Jeysie** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:57 pm

Counterpunch wrote:I'm being purposely open-ended on the matter.

If you think what you've written will work, then clean it up and submit it. Fortune favors the bold.

I guess it was a matter of... I've got more than enough stuff to keep me busy that I didn't want to spend time cleaning it up if the concept itself isn't what you had in mind.

(Will likely definitely try to tackle the "new fans" topic, though... got a *whole* lot of musings on that one...)

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:40 pm

Rocketeer wrote:Same question as Jeysie.

What kind of "articles, writings, and op-eds" are you looking for?
Reviews? (*coughcoughYouTubecough*)
Opinionated opinions? (There's plenty of those on the forums. )
Fan-fiction? (The pandemonial possibilities are endless...)
Serious essays taking place in-universe? (If so, why don't we just hang a sign that says "Nerd-a-tron"?)
Humorous musings of a decidedly cynical nature? (Hey! That's me!)

Inquiring minds are somewhat interested in this issue.

Consider it as having just enough rope to hang yourself with.

And of course there are plenty of oportunities to put your opinions up on the web. What you don't get by going that route is a platform by which tens of thousands of people everyday are at least aware of what you write.

Now, I'd prefer not to have fan-fiction tossed my way...

Like Me, Grimlock! on Facebook · by **Me, Grimlock!** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:48 pm

I'm not an authority on any of these subjects, but if anyone wants an editor, I can do that sort of thing. I took Professional Writing in college for two years and graduated with honours.

News Credits: 2 · by **starfish** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:20 pm

Well, I've just had a go, and sent something in for submission.

Here's hoping...

News Credits: 32 · by **UltraPrimal** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:33 pm

I'm no writer, but I hope to have an article ready by the end of the week.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:15 am

Sorry for the turkey related tardiness.

Attempting to catch up on things now...

News Credits: 1 · by **slapdash** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:53 am

Hi guys,

I did not submit the entries as my articles and publications has much more than 2 images. Anyhow, for anyone who wants to read them, refer to the links below!

http://www.tf.sg/index.php?option=com_c ... iew&id=132

All original content from Singapore TF fans!!