Call for Submissions - NWMJ 2005

Call for Submissions - Northwest Mountaineering Journal, 2005<br><br>In summer 2004, The Mountaineers, in collaboration with volunteers from the Northwest mountaineering community, launched the Northwest Mountaineering Journal (NWMJ). The mission of this journal is to be an edited, permanent, annual record of mountaineering in the Pacific Northwest. The journal documents the events, people, history and spirit of climbing and other mountain sports in this region. The NWMJ is published free on the World-Wide Web. Issue 1 can be found at:<br><br>www.mountaineers.org/nwmj/issue1.html

<br><br>The NWMJ editorial team is now accepting submissions for Issue 2, to be published on Memorial Day, 2005. The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2005. Submission guidelines can be found on-line at:<br><br>www.mountaineers.org/nwmj/submissions.html

The NWMJ covers all aspects of mountaineering in the Pacific Northwest, from high alpine climbing to lowland rock and ice climbing to ski mountaineering. New route reports, historical or research articles, profiles of interesting people, and land use and access issues are all appropriate topics for the journal. Also welcome are pieces that capture a timely or timeless aspect of Northwest mountaineering, regardless of whether they describe a pioneering climb or historic event.

If you are uncertain of whether your article is appropriate for the journal, please send a query describing your idea to the editorial team. Send queries and submissions by e-mail to "This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.".

--The Editorial Team
Northwest Mountaineering Journal

Ralph Bodenner
Dave Burdick
Steve Firebaugh
Paul Klenke
Alex Krawarik
Matt Perkins
Lowell Skoog
Gary Yngve

Hello Lowell, I just visited that website. I commend you on the excellent job you are doing. The last issue is very well done and quite slick. <br><br>I have a question about the journal's scope. On that site it states the scope as, "covers all aspects of mountaineering in the Pacific Northwest, from high alpine climbing to lowland rock and ice climbing to ski mountaineering. New route reports, historical or research articles, profiles of interesting people, and land use and access issues are all appropriate topics for the journal."<br><br>How do you define the Pacific Northwest? Since the Mounties are involved do you mainly mean Washington? Are you interested in say the issues of Smith Rock? I did read and enjoyed your summary of Sylvain Saudan's WyEast descent in the last issue.

Since the editorial team is centered in Seattle, the journal is somewhat "Washington-centric" but we define the Pacific Northwest broadly. Many of our submissions come from people who frequent discussion boards like turns-all-year.com and CascadeClimbers.com. These boards attract quite a few people from Oregon and B.C.<br>I think issues related to Smith Rock would be appropriate in the NWMJ.

This is a reminder that the deadline for submissions to the 2005 Northwest Mountaineering Journal is March 1, 2005. Feature articles and short reports for the 2004 calendar year should be submitted to the editorial team at "This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.".

LATE BREAKING NEWS: Since the winter season ends around March 21, we will accept short reports of new 2005 winter climbs and ski descents until March 31, 2005.