

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Effective 1 MAY 1996
 
                 DREAM FORGE ADVERTISING RATES:
                 
   The following rates apply to display within DREAM FORGE (tm)              
 in the Ascii, Readroom.Toc, VGA, and Web editions. Four methods  
 of distribution for maximum effect of your advertising dollars.  
 You'll reach your demographic target advertising in DREAM FORGE.
   
 Available on many of the major Online Services and on independent
 BBSs around the World; both as a file download and in the Readroom
 display Door. DREAM FORGE is also available via many major FTP sites
 such as: ftp.etext.org/pub/Zines/DreamForge; and at DF's home site
 at ftp.nauticom.net/pub/users/drmforge/ There are Links to the web
 site for the e-Maga-Weba-Zine from numerous search engines and 
 popular web pages.
 
 (Advertising rates will be escalating, lock in low rates now!)
 
 
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   layout ready copy only:
   
        Ascii/Ansi/VGA/RIP:   $40/month       $385/year
          Web edition only:   $50/month       $550/year
  ALL editions PLUS the Web:  $75/month       $800/year  
        
         A 10% discount will be applied for two or 
         more advertisements run in the same issue.
   
   
 Commercial 
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 eight and 1/2-inch by 11-inch sheet of paper. Layout ready copy
 only -- inquire for ad design rates for ANSI/VGA/RIP and Web.
 
       Ascii/Ansi/VGA/RIP:       $75/month       
         Web edition only:       $150/month       
 ALL Plus the World Wide Web:    $200/month
 
 
      *** With the Web edition you will receive a link ***
      *** to your Home Page from within your display ad.***
         
         
 For yearly rates and negotiable discounts, email:
   drmforge@dreamforge.nauticom.net.
 
 
 Published by:   Dream Forge, Inc.
                 P.O. Box 243
                 Greenville, PA  16125-0243
                 
 
 Email: drmforge@dreamforge.nauticom.net
 Fido netmail: 1:2601/522 (412) 588-7863      
 
 The publisher reserves the right to refuse any 
 advertising deemed inappropriate for DREAM FORGE.
 
 * DREAM FORGE is a trademark of Dream Forge, Inc.
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 ....................<<(*=--..DREAM FORGE..--=*)>>
 ..............................MAGAZINE
 .....<<((*=--..The electronic..........for your mind!  --=*))>>
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  (formerly RANDOM ACCESS HUMOR and RUNE'S RAG)
  
  NEW -- NEW -- NEW -- NEW -- NEW -- NEW -- NEW -- NEW -- NEW -- NEW
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  Effective with the January 1996 issue, DREAM FORGE is shareware
  to all readers. The magazine should become generally available 
  throughout cyberspace within a few months. ADVERTISERS WANTED!!!
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  NEW -- NEW -- NEW -- NEW -- NEW -- NEW -- NEW -- NEW -- NEW -- NEW
              
  BBS Sysops will want to obtain the Readroom Door (RDRM32.ZIP), so 
  they can place DREAM FORGE e-Maga-Weba-Zine on-line as an ADDED VALUE 
  to their callers. The editions DF96xxR.ZIP, with the R code are the 
  Readroom.Toc formatted versions that operate within the door. It's
  like getting a FREE NEW door every month! Sysops need all the help
  they can get! Suggested shareware fee is $40.00 per year for BBS use.
  Shareware fee for personal useage is $20.00 per year.
          
              
  Dream Forge, Inc.,
  P.O. Box 243
  Greenville, PA  16125
  BBS: (412) 588-7863 (data to 28.8 baud)
 
  Donations will be accepted to help finance this magazine project.
  We are here to help authors and writers in their endeavors to
  become published and to further their careers!
  
  Managing Editor: Rick Arnold                                      
  drmforge@dreamforge.nauticom.net                                  
  
  DREAM FORGE (tm) is an electronic magazine presenting multi-genre
  material for a thinking and literate readership. What goes into 
  DREAM FORGE?  Your material and manuscripts -- without which the
  magazine would not exist -- if you're a writer please consider
  submitting your work to DREAM FORGE for publication. 
  
     All Shareware demo issues of DREAM FORGE are available via FTP:
 
               ftp.nauticom.net /pub/users/drmforge/
               ftp.etext.org  /pub/Zines/DreamForge/
       
       Or via FidoNet:  
         
         1:2601/522  Writer's Biz BBS  (412) 588-7863
         
 
  DREAM FORGE is further available via the Fido File Distribution
  Network (FDN), Electronic Publishing (FDN) Network file echo
  EP-MAG, and is also available from other File Distribution
  networks carried by Planet Connect via satellite. There is also
  a World Wide Web version of DREAM FORGE; point your browser to:
  
           http://www.nauticom.net/www/drmforge/dfl1.html
                     
  Other DF documents available:
    
    writers.txt   DREAM FORGE Writer's Guidelines
    adrates.txt   Advertising Rates for DREAM FORGE
    info.txt      General Information
    
 * DREAM FORGE is a trademark of Dream Forge, Inc.
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 NEW GUIDELINES..... as of 1 May 1996.
 
 ................((((*=--...DREAM FORGE...--=*))))   01/May/96
 ............................MAGAZINE
 .(((((*=--The electronic...............for your mind!...--=*)))))
 >=================================================================
 
 Forge, v.t.; from L. fabricari, to make, construct; from _faber_,
 a workman, artisan; to make by or as by this method; to form;
 to shape; to produce. syn. make; hammer; invent.
 >=================================================================
 Monthly e-Maga-Weba-Zine for a thinking and literate readership, 
 95% freelance written. Works with inveterate as well as new 
 writers. Ms published 2 days to 3 months of acceptance. Takes 
 First N.A. Serial Electronic Rights ONLY, will accept One-Time Rights 
 on reprints. Pays apx. 60 days after publication. Seasonal material
 2 mos. in advance. We want mss NOT previously on the web/nets.
       
       "Looking for stories with positive messages, even if the
        thread is hidden deep within the fabric of the work."
        
 On the Web at, URL:  http://www.nauticom.net/www/drmforge/dfl1.html
 >Managing Editor: Rick Arnold .....drmforge@dreamforge.nauticom.net
 
 PREFERRED LENGTHS:
 Humor/Op-Ed: 1,000 to 2,500 words; Fiction/NonFiction: 1,500 
 to 7,500+. Longer works definitely considered and used.
 
 GET COPIES of DF AT:
 http://www.nauticom.net/www/drmforge/dfl1.html; get WRITERS.TXT
 via FTP:  ftp.etext.org/pub/Zines/DreamForge/; 
 ftp.nauticom.net/pub/users/drmforge/ 
 
 METHOD OF SUBMISSION: 
 Send your *ALL ASCII TEXT* as file attach or pasted into Email 
 to: subm@dreamforge.nauticom.net and include a short Bio in the 
 email -- if no Postal address, we assume you don't want paid. 
 You can upload to the following BBS or file attach with message 
 TO Sysop at: WRITERS BIZ, (Fido node: 1:2601/522) 412-588-7863; 
 Note: ALL ASCII TEXT, this means NOT a word processor file: 
 Convert to ASCII text PREFERRED! or tell word processor used!
 
 If uploading to a BBS, use PKZip (protects file integrity), place 
 your Bio and story into a single Zipped file; name the Zip file with 
 your name and initials, (e.g. POEEA.ZIP, much as the 8.3 will allow).
 
 INCLUDE: 
 ONLY if you MUST BE paid, include your mailing address, along with 
 your Bio, email address, phone, and SSN. If no modem, mail a DOS disk 
 with two copies on the disk, do not compress with PkZip when mailing 
 a disk; save your mss in DOS Ascii Text and Mail to:  
 
 Dream Forge Inc., PO Box  243, Greenville, PA  16125-0243
 
 .....FORMAT ;-) Format :-) Format :-) Format ;-)  FORMAT ;-) 
 Flush Left, 65 columns Right margin, Single space BETWEEN Paragraphs, 
 Ascii Text. We DISCOURAGE submissions on paper. All manuscripts are 
 considered disposable, even if you provide RETURN mailer. 
 We are into electronic media and -- Saving Trees ......
 >*--------------------------------------------------------------*<
 NOTE: Ensure there are NO control codes! after saving to Ascii:NOTE
 
 PAYMENT:
 Humor, Satire, Essays, Reviews, Op-Ed, and Commentary from 1,000
 to 2,500+ words. Average payment is:  $10.00. 
 FICTION: Short stories most ANY GENRE from 1,500-7,500+ words,
 longer works serialized; Pay range: $10.00 to $25.00. Avg. pay $10.00!
 POETRY: Any style and length will pay: $2.00 for 1 to 5 poems.
 >=================================================================
 
 This writers' guideline is your offer to contract, taking ONLY:  
 First North American Serial (electronic) rights.
 
 *** If you're an Overly Successful Author, PLEASE Decline Payment!
 Specific funds are donated to targeted non-profit agencies which 
 DREAM FORGE, Inc. supports: Reading Is Fundamental, Laubach Literacy 
 International, and Literacy Volunteers of America. ****
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 > DREAM FORGE (tm) e-Maga-Weba-Zine: "Providing Food for Thought!" 
 Dream Forge, Inc., PO Box 243,  Greenville, PA  16125-0243
 Email:  dfi@dreamforge.nauticom.net
 BBS: (412) 588-7863 (data only).
 
 Via Internet FTP get:
     
 ftp.nauticom.net /pub/users/drmforge/
     
  adrates.txt ......AD RATES
  info.txt .........DREAM FORGE Information
  writers.txt ......Writer's guidelines
  Magazine Issues   Are:  DFxxxx(R, G, or T).ZIP Where xxxx is the
  4 digit month/year (9605 = 1996 May) and the R = Readroom.Toc
  G= VGA graphics edition, and T = Ascii Text edition. E.g. DF9605G.ZIP
   
   ftp.etext.org /pub/Zines/DreamForge/
   ftp.nauticom.net /pub/users/drmforge/
                              
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                         (( Legalities ))
                               and
                            ( Stuff )
 
 DREAM FORGE is published monthly by Dream Forge, Inc. Although the
 publisher's BBS may be a part of one or more networks at any time,
 DREAM FORGE is not affiliated with any BBS network or online service.
 DREAM FORGE is a compilation of individual articles contributed by
 their authors. The contribution of articles to this compilation does
 not diminish the rights of the authors. The opinions expressed in
 DREAM FORGE are those of the authors and are not necessarily those 
 of the editors or publisher.
 
 DREAM FORGE is Copyright 1995 Dream Forge, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 
 This electronic magazine is shareware, available to all readers. 
 It may be freely distributed in unmodified form -- with all copyright
 notices and advertisements intact. The original text of the magazine 
 MUST NEVER BE MODIFIED. DREAM FORGE may not be posted, in whole or in 
 part, on public conferences. Readers may produce hard copies of the 
 magazine or backup copies on diskette for personal use only. 
 DREAM FORGE may not be distributed in combination with any other 
 publication or product -- CD-ROM, Print, and other publishers! 
 Contact the publisher for reprint rights and permissions.
 
 DREAM FORGE is a trademark of Dream Forge, Inc.  Many of the brands
 and products mentioned in DREAM FORGE are trademarks, service marks,
 or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
 
 
 ((( Where to Get DREAM FORGE )))
 
 BBS:
                 
   FidoNet: 1:2601/522  (300-28800/V.34)
   BBS: (412) 588-7863  (300-28800/V.34)
 
 Internet: 
   
   ftp.etext.org/pub/Zines/DreamForge/
   ftp.nauticom.net/pub/users/drmforge/
   
 World Wide Web:
 
   http://www.nauticom.net/www/drmforge/dfl1.html  
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