The Hip Circle Magazine
Editorial Guidelines

Article length:
Max 15000 characters

Content: If you would like to share an article/story with The Hip Circle, help us maintain the "journalistic," culturally-relevant, uncompromising nature of our content:

* If you are writing about local issues or events, remember to make your content relevant to readers anywhere in the US and abroad: Connect the facts to current bellydance/cultural trends, analyze and evaluate, offer critical, objective commentary, offer your own unique view.

* If you are writing about your personal experiences or if your story is of personal nature, know that your generosity in sharing is greatly appreciated by our readers; we all treasure candid, true, unadorned portrayals of life events to which we can relate as artists, members of society and human beings. We want to learn from you. Don't hold back.

* If you are creating an interview, remember that The Hip Circle's focus is always on individual dancers' views/opinions and on their creative evolution, on exploring the ways we handle life as artists, and the way our individual lives reflect the trends happening on a larger cultural/dance/bellydance scene. Focus on artists' opinions and views, not on biographical facts or achievements. "Biographical facts" are fine if they are "part of the story," if they illustrate the interviewee's artistic or philosophical evolution. Help us keep our interviews as far as possible from promotional copy or biography.

* Product reviews: Critical view/opinion/evaluation/comparison are must-have ingredients for a review. It is essential to keep reviews away from a promotional or 'advertising' tone. There are pluses and minuses in every product: We need to hear about both!