Extension of Deadline for the Submission of Articles for Tharanga 2012 of SLSAJ

[SLSAJ Secretary]

Dear Honorary Members, Well Wishers and Members of SLSAJ,

Extension of Deadline for the Submission of Articles for Tharanga 2012 of SLSAJ

We really appreciate the valuable contribution you have made so far for the 2012 issue of “Tharanga” and are thankful to all who have submitted articles on time. We very well understand that it is a demanding task to devote time for this type of activity with your busy schedules. Therefore, we have decided to extend the dead line for article submissions up to 17^th February 2012 in order to encourage you and to give you more time to come out with interesting and creative ideas. Please utilize this opportunity and submit your articles for publication in the 2012 issue of Tharanga which would be available and distributed at Sinhala-Tamil New Year Festival, April 2012. There is no age limit for submissions and we are open to articles from all age groups.

 Tharanga is a compilation of a wide variety of literary woks including articles and essays on various topics, art works, poems, paintings, critiques, interviews, information and research findings. Therefore, this serves as an opportunity to poets, creative writers, artists, and thinkers among us to bring together their creative and innovative ideas, thoughts and imaginations and to share those with others. Articles should not essentially be restricted to the above categories and you can even share any photographs, new food recipes, etc. that you think would be worth sharing.

We are looking forward to receive your valuable contributions to Tharanga-2012 in order to compile an interesting and successful issue as in the previous years. We encourage you to follow the submission guidelines stated below which would be helpful for you to submit a good piece of work. Since we are in the process of page setting, it is highly appreciated if you could submit your articles before 17^th February 2012 to both of the following e-mail addresses. If you need posting your items, especially, paintings, etc., please use the postal address stated under the submission guidelines number 9. When you submit by post please notify by email too.

Your kind cooperation with prompt response would be much appreciated. Please feel free to contact us if you have any problem regarding submission.

Thanking you,

Prabhath Weerawardhana  Email: 2012th...@gmail.com  (090-3906-9620)

Mrs. Samanthika Jagoda   Email: samanth...@yahoo.co.uk

Submission Guidelines:

1.      Language of the article should either be in Sinhala, Tamil, English or Japanese.

2.      Subject of the article should be of interest to the general reader. Avoid anything too technical. Please note that the articles on Sinhala-Hindu New Year, Peace and Rebuilding of Sri Lanka will be given higher priority for publication.

3.      Maximum word limit for an article should be 3000.　

4.      Sending of typed articles will not only save time but also make the editing easy for the organizers. Use any software or word processor that you wish and send us the soft copy. If you are not familiar with typing in Sinhala, we can help you in doing so.

5.      Art works (paintings) should be of A4 size.

6.      Articles should be e-mailed to both the e-mail addresses above or posted to the following　address (Point number 9).

7.      Colour images and photographs may be included in your articles. If you like to submit them through e-mail, use a common format such as PostScript, JPEG and GIF.  Please do not send images embedded in the article.  To show us the format of your articles, embed them in the main text, but please send them separately also.

8.      Please do not forget to include the following information along with your articles. Some of the information may appear with your article in the magazine. If you do not like these information to be appeared in the magazine please specify.,

[1]. Name (Prof./Dr./Rev./Mr./Ms.)

[2]. University/College/School/Lab/Company/Office

[3]. Major Field of Study or Studied/Occupation/School grade 

[4]. E-mail address

[5]. Mailing address in Japan

[6]. How do you know about Tharanga?

[7]. Do you have any relatives in SLSAJ? (If you have, please mention the relationship and their names)

Please include this information on the back page of your article.

9.      For the postal correspondings:

Prabhath Weerawardhana,

Room No 202.,

C/o Mrs. Watanabe,

2-38-2, Eifuku,

Suginami-ku,

Tokyo(168-0064),

Japan.    

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Best Regards,
Samith Buddika

Secretary - SLSAJ

Mail: samith...@gmail.com
Phone: 080 4633 1984