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Gathering Reports

We welcome reports of events from all.  Everyone benefits from your efforts when you write a report: the performers, the organizers, and interested readers. Your good report can help encourage future attendance for a gathering.

You can submit a report to us by email.  Here are some items to consider:

• Include the official name of the event, its location, and the date it was held.

• Get the names of as many performers as you can; refer to the program or check with the organizers to make sure you have all of the names and that they are spelled correctly.

Even if you can't include everyone in the body of your report, try to add a list of names so that everyone is mentioned.

If you were a performer, it's fine to include yourself in any list of performers or description.

• Organizers work hard, and if you can include information about them and give credit, do.

• Give readers a taste of the event; they are more interested in what happened at the event than in personal accounts of your own experiences.

• Please send your report in a plain email, not as an attachment.

• You are welcome to send up to about five photos by attachment with your report.  If you are not the photographer, give credit to the photographer and obtain permission from the photographer for the photos to be posted. Readers like photos that have a variety, and that don't have the same person or people in each shot.

• If you can scan the cover of the event program or the poster, we welcome that for the report as well and it can be sent as an attachment.

• Before you submit your report, run a draft of it by the organizers or another attendee, to ensure it's accurate and that important facts are included.

• For annual or repeat events, if known, include the event's next date.

We try to post events in a timely way.  They are noted in our News, posted in our indexes of Gathering Reports, and links are made from our Events Calendar.  

We notify you when your report is posted.  Corrections are easy on this end, and are always welcome.

Other publications and web sites welcome event reports. Consider submitting to:

Cowboy Magazine

Rope Burns