Any gamers of modern, futuristic, or historical games known of the free e-zine MODERNIZED?  It's a mostly fan-made PDF magazine that's been around for almost two years and has released three issues.  The first two issues had been downloaded over 3000 times last I checked, so odds are that at least one user on this board has seen it, heard of it, or checked it out.

I bring this up because I am the creator and publisher of MODERNIZED, and I naturally want to spread the love as much as I can.  MODERNIZED is a freebie because everyone loves the sound of free.  The only thing it costs you to check out MODERNIZED is whatever you pay to gain access to the internet in the first place.  Now, we've just started up a new plan where we can pay those who submit articles to us $15 USD; before, we relied solely on volunteer contributions, and the only thing we could give authors was credit for their work.  Now we can actually give something back to the folks who make us great, and I wanted to spread the word.

I've posted the relevant info in a news article, here

MODERNIZED is once again seeking submissions to fill the pages of its modern, futuristic, and historical gaming periodical.  However, a number of things have changed in the way we do things; the most important change is that MODERNIZED will now be paying article contributors $15 USD for their work!  Authors will still retain the rights to their work, MODERNIZED will still be a free 'zine, but now we're giving a little bit back to those who help make MODERNIZED great.

Here's how it works.  From now (March 10th) until Friday, March 24th, we will be accepting article proposals at our email address (MODERNIZED@Gmail.com).  These proposals should give us a fair idea of what the article is about, what game system (if any) it is intended for, and should be 300 words at most.  We will select from these proposals the articles that will appear in MODERNIZED, and will send notification of acceptance and article request emails by Monday, March 27th.  Authors will have until Monday, April 10th to submit their completed 3000-word articles to MODERNIZED.  Each author will then be paid (via PayPal or a more convenient method if one is necessary) the sum of $15 USD when MODERNIZED receives the article.  Issue #4 is expected to be released Monday, April 24th, 2006.

Please, only one draft per author at this time.

About Articles
MODERNIZED articles should be roughly 3000 words in length.  MODERNIZED covers gaming in modern, futuristic, and historical genres and supports any gaming system.  Articles intended to be used with the d20 system will be released under the OGL; authors of d20 articles are expected to understand the implications of publishing an OGL work, adhering to the license and providing proper Section 15 citations with the finished article.  d20 articles will be released as 100% OGC unless the author specifies otherwise in a proper Declaration of Open Content.  Articles intended for other game systems must adhere to any appropriate licensing issues pertinent to that system; it is the author's responsibility to be aware of, and to make MODERNIZED aware of, any licensing issues relating to a particular article.  MODERNIZED will not publish any article that violates any copyrights or trademarks.

That second post should be a news article.

My bad... I've thrown that post into a news article.  Thanks, Pooka.

That wasn't an order - it was a suggestion
But thanks

I use it, although I'm not sure that comes as a surprise to most people.  I even use it for the (newly-included) reviews, since I seem to like a lot of the same stuff as Frank Eastman.

Just my two cents.

Peterson