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Selection Criteria for Contributors:

1. The quality and originality of your submission.

make sure you follow directions.
make sure your links and/or columns are grammatically correct.
make sure your links are interesting and titles well-written.
The uniqueness of your link choices. Do they cover an area not currently addressed by existing columnists & contributors? For example, we don’t need any more contributors who post links to The Onion. Visit our Surf by Subject section to see if your area of interest or personality is currently being addressed.

2. The number of duties you volunteer to take on.

The amount of additional duties you are willing to take on such as agreeing to host a community or moderate a weekly chat, and your ability to convince us you will make a commitment to Backwash and stick around for an extended period of time.

3. Your knowledge of Backwash and how it works

We need to protect ourselves from accepting people who may quickly lose interest in the site or their duties. Someone who posts on the boards or has a detailed profile with lots of friends and bookmarks is more likely to be accepted than someone who just joined the site yesterday and whose interest may potentially wane after a few days.

Selection Criteria for Columnists:

In addition to the criteria for Contributors, Columnists are also judged by the quality, freshness and originality of their submitted Columns.

NOTE: If your links are high quality but we are undecided about the appeal of your column, we may initially offer you a position as a Contributor, from which you can in the future apply to become a columnist once we are more familiar with the quality of your work.

DISCLAIMER: Strong personalities and healthy debate are welcomed, even encouraged, but we will not tolerate columnists who insult each other. We do not censor our writers and our editorial policy is decidedly hands off. However, we have no problem kicking you off the site if you personally attack other writers or you plagiarize the work of others.

Application:

Please allow up to 5 business days for your application to be reviewed. We may approve your application, suggest you take on a different position, request additional material or deny your application. We STRONGLY recommend you write your application in a saved Word document and then cut and paste your responses into the application.

* denotes required fields
Section 1 - Personal Info - All information will remain strictly confidential
^*Name:
^*Address:
^*Email:
^*What position are you applying for:
^*Which version of Backwash do you want to write for:
^*What user id would you like to use:
Are you currently using this user id?
^*Tell us how you found out about Backwash:
^*What type of content interests you:
^*Tell us about yourself and your interests: Basically, this is your opportunity to convince us why you'd be a great addition to our community.
Section 2 - Links and Columns
^*Submit at least five sample links containing a title, description and URL for each. Use currently posted columns or the Weekly Top 40 as a guide in regards to the format. Make sure the title of each content you recommend is interesting and grabs the reader's attention and be sure the content itself is SPECIFIC. Do not link to the front page of websites! If your application is accepted, you may post these yourself:
Prospective Columnists ONLY must submit three sample columns that are ready for publication should your application be accepted. You may use this form or email them directly to ringman@backwash.com with 42 in the subject line, and your name in the body of the email:
^*What would you like the title of your Column to be? (required only if applying for Columnist/Lit Columnist)
^*Why should we accept you as a Lit Columnist instead of as a regular columnist? (required only if applying for Lit Columnist)
I agree to grant Backwash a limited license to post and/or print all of my Backwash Columns on their website network and in advertising without any further compensation than stated in the Benefits section of this application. I agree that Backwash may publicize me and my work. I agree that Backwash controls all copyrights in relation to any links I post, including link titles and descriptions. I agree that Backwash exclusively controls all copyrights to the Backwash Caricatures and my user id, and may use them in any way it sees fit without any compensation to me, even if it the caricature was commissioned specifically for my column and even if it resembles my likeness. I agree that I will not use my caricature either outside of Backwash except with written permission from Backwash. For questions about this application or if you have a special circumstances, contact us. I Agree to Backwash terms and conditions