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~ By Courtesy of Others ~

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Northern Tradition Prayers

I am compiling an as-yet-untitled Northern Tradition prayer book. I
would like to include prayers or invocations for any Northern deity or
deities and/or prayers written for particular events or purposes such
as prayers of thanks or those addressed to the ancestors, blessings
for weddings or births and so forth.

Prayers to, for and about the Aesir, Vanir, Jotnar, Alfar, Duergar or
other beings from the Nine Worlds are welcome. Prayers and invocations
for use by groups are fine, as well as prayers meant for individual
devotional practice. I am not seeking essays or other kinds of poetry
or verse.

Please not that I will NOT accept material that denigrates any of the
gods or wights – in other words, bashing the Aesir in a prayer for
Loki is as unacceptable as those describing the Jotnar in derogatory
terms. Also, I am not interested in material written for Celtic,
Hellenic, Kemetic or other non-Norse deities or spirits – those should
find a more suitable home elsewhere.

Please keep your submissions under 100 lines and make sure to include
whatever name you would like your work to be credited to. If I accept
your submission I will contact you to request a signed release form
with your legal name, but I'm happy to publish your prayer under
whatever pseudonym you choose.

Unfortunately, I am unable to pay cash for submissions, although if
you send me a lot of prayers I like and wind up using, I might send
you a free copy of the book. All submissions will remain the property
of their creators, who will retain copyrights to their own work.

The deadline for submissions is April 1, 2008. I hope to have the book
in print by August 2008 at the very latest. Please submit your prayers
and invocations to evongvisith at gmail dot com with PRAYER BOOK in
the subject line. If you have any further questions, please feel free
to contact me at the above email address as well.

Please feel free to distribute this as you see fit.

Thanks!
Elizabeth Vongvisith