Thursday, March 28, 2013

Tomorrow, tomorrow...you're only a day a-way!

From the lyrics of another fabulous red-head in the musical, Annie. "Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow! You're only a daaaay, aaaaa-way!" 

Tomorrow's the 30th of March and the deadline for essay submissions. Thanks to everyone who's sent in their great submissions so far. And looking forward to seeing what the rest of you will be sending along!

Monday, March 25, 2013

Help us out on Kickstarter!

Our Kickstarter project is now up and running and we have 28 more days to raise all the money that we need to get this published and out into the world. There's some great prizes so if you're interested in this at all consider contributing and you'll get the ebook or copies of the real deal!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1526546593/chasing-misery

P.S. We wanted to give money to Headington Institute so they could develop online resources to support women working in emergencies but Kickstarter doesn't allow parts of donations to go to charities. We're still thinking of ways that we can work with and contribute to Headington's great work though - so stay tuned...

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Calling all women photographers!

Have you got a great picture which you feel captures the essence of work in humanitarian responses? Would you like to submit it for publication in Chasing Misery? Please do! We are now accepting submissions for photographs from women photographers who have photographed humanitarian aid responses in the past 10 years. You don't have to be an aid worker - you could be a journalist, researcher, student, anyone! The key is that you have a great shot! Please send your submission to: kelseyhoppe@inkampala.com on/before 30 March 2013. Please ensure that the submission is 5MB or under. Submitted photographs will be reviewed and the ten selected photographers will be contacted by the editorial team in April. 

Monday, March 11, 2013

Kickstarter coming...

Our Kickstarter proposal is now being finalised. Do you know how Kickstarter works? It's awesome. It provides micro-funding for creative projects like this one. Basically, anyone can support us through donations of a specific amount ($25, $50, etc.) and for each amount our supporters will get 'prizes' - like our ebook before it's officially published, etc. The catch is that it's all or nothing funding so if we don't get the entire amount that we need then we don't get anything at all... You can check them out here: www.kickstarter.com. We'll let you know when the Chasing Misery Project is live!