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Guidelines of the Journal of North American Maple
A leading bilingual literary journal in North America

A Brief Introduction

The North American Maple is a leading bilingual literary journal in both the languages of Chinese and English, published by a non-profit organization, the Chinese Literature Society of North America. The journal is developed from the beimeifeng website: http://www.coviews.com/.

Chinese Literature Society of North America

The Chinese Literature Society of North America is a non-profit organization registered in BC, Canada.

The purposes of the society are:
 To manage the publication of the literary journal of “North American Maple”.
 To promote the culture exchange between Canada and China in the respect of literature.
 To build a literature bridge between the English and the Chinese poetry around the world.

The society is dedicated to developing the journal and promoting its cultural value. Its directors and members are volunteer workers for the journal. The board of directors will be reelected every two years. The president of the society, with the help from other directors of the society, will appoint editors and invite advisers for the journal.

Some guidelines include:
 making good use of resources.
 transparency of administration.
 transparency of financing.
 flexibilities of management tactics.

Annual fee is $50 for a director, $20 for a member. The fee will be 100 RMB for a Mainland director, and 50 RMB for a Mainland member. Members have the privileges of publishing works over non members.

The main sources of financing come from membership fees, personal donations, multi-culture grants from the governments, sponsorships and/or donations of corporations, advertisement fees, and minor translation charges.

Journal of North American Maple

Currently, the journal is published semi-annually. It has 80 pages each issue, A4 format.

The types of literary work the journal will publish include western literature, modern poetry, traditional Chinese poetry, review, short fiction, and prose, with the main focus being modern poetry.

We are devoted to publishing the most distinguished bilingual literary journal in Canada and in North America. The first issue is planned to be released in both Canada and China in February 2006.

The major features of the journal are:
 It is registered in Canada. Each issue will be sent to national libraries, libraries of major universities and research centers in Canada, USA, and Mainland China. We provide a whole new platform for researchers of English and Chinese literatures, especially in poetry.
 It is going to translate contemporary English poems into Chinese, through the authorization of copyright holders. It provides a showcase opportunity for English poets to be well connected with the Chinese population. Meanwhile, it provides an excellent channel for sinologists in North America to present their latest research achievements.
 It is dedicated to recommending the latest high-quality Chinese poems to the English world. Our journal has bilingual poets. And to ensure a high-quality standard, we are going to keep close relationships with poets, sinologists and pan-humanists in North America.
 We are going to invite well-known critics of poetry to write reviews on the current developments of the modern poetry.
 It will maintain a bilaterally beneficial relationship with artists of North America.

Our editors are volunteer workers. We will respect and assert the spirits of freedom and independence of literature. We will promote the idealism of literature and personal developments, and will also enhance the exchange between Chinese, Canadian and English poets.

The North American Maple does not normally print work and/or translations previously published. Poems and other literary work are submitted through the beimeifeng website, and are selected by our moderators, based mainly on the literary merit and quality. Please use a valid email address for registration, to facilitate an effective communication. Selected works will be published in consistence with the tradition of international academic journals: no remuneration and also no fees charged on authors. Once published, authors in Mainland China will be sent a free copy of the current issue.

Executive editor will take turn, by the directors of the Chinese Literature Society of North America.

International Advisory Board

Well-known poets, writers, sinologists, and critics are invited to join the International Advisory Board of the journal of North American Maple. They automatically become advisers for the Chinese Literature Society of North America, upon the acceptance of the advisorship of the journal. Advisers are encouraged to keep an active role in the quality and publication of the journal.

Principal responsibilities of an adviser include:
 Recommending works of contemporary Chinese and English poets, and help to obtain copyright of translation and publication without a charge.
 Giving inquiry, suggestions, and recommendation on the quality and direction of the journal. The editorial board appreciates every advice and suggestion from our adviser, and will carefully study and review every case and feedback its decision on time.
 Supervising on the quality of translated work.
 Keeping an active relationship with the editor in-charge and other members of the Editorial Board, by means of email, letters, phone calls, and faxes.

There are two types of advisers: permanent and contractual. Contracts will either be renewed or stopped based on the willingness and effectiveness of the cooperation between the two parties, after a careful consultation with each other.

Upon to now, the International Advisory Board consists of
 Xie Mian: Professor of Peking University, Critic of Poetry.
 Luo fu: Taiwan Poet, now in Canada.
 Jia Pingwa: Famous writer, Chairman of Literature League in Xi’an, Vice President of Writers’ Association of Shanxi Province, Lives in Xi’an.
 Lorna Crozier: Poet, chair of the Department of Writing, University of Victoria, Governor General's Award receiver for poetry. Term: 2005-2006.
 Qiao Damo：Poet. Term: 2005-2007.
 William Marr (Fei Ma): Poet. Term: 2005-2007.
 Stephen Owen: Professor of Harvard University, famous sinologist. Term: 2005-2007.

Every board member will receive a free copy of each issue of the journal.

We hope these advisers will effectively guide our editors and enhance their editing skills, and help make the North American Maple a serious and valuable journal, leading in the field of bilingual literature and Chinese poetry around the world.

Beimeifeng Website

The beimeifeng website, http://www.coviews.com/, was founded in May 2004. It is one of the largest literary website in North America. Currently, it has more than one thousand registered users from around the world: Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, and various European countries. Its Average Traffic Rank is 115,573, certified by Alexa.

It will have an English BBS very soon, and we will invite more English poets to join our team.

《北美枫》运行准则

简介

英汉双语文学杂志《北美枫》(The Maple Review) 是由非赢利机构“北美华人文学社”主办的纯文学刊物。依托于酷我-北美枫网站http://www.coviews.com/。

北美华人文学社
Chinese Literature Society of North America

北美华人文学社的宗旨：
 管理文学期刊《北美枫》的出版发行。
 加强中加两国文学的合作和交流。
 建立东西方文学桥梁。

北美华人文学社的一切活动，都是为了《北美枫》期刊。决不浪费一分钱。操作透明化, 财务透明化。管理要充分体现灵活性。理事年费: $50, 一般会员$20。中国的理事100元人民币, 一般会员50。在《北美枫》发表过作品的作者，具备入会的条件。会员有发表作品的优先权。

文学社不以赢利为目的，其理事会成员和会员，都是《北美枫》期刊的志愿义工。主要收入来源将包括文学社社员会费、个人捐赠、申请政府多元文化拨款、公司捐款、广告、和少量翻译收费。

《北美枫》期刊
Journal of North American Maple

暂定为半年刊，每期80页，16开本，发表现代诗歌、古韵新音、评论鉴赏、小说故事、散文游记、名家综述、西方文学。重点是诗歌。我们企望将这本刊物办成加拿大乃至北美最具特色的中英文双语文学刊物。创刊号预期2006年2月在加拿大出版。

这本期刊的特点是：
 期刊在加拿大注册，并拟赠送到美加两国的国家级图书馆、一些主要大学图书馆及研究中心。我们将为英语和汉语文学（尤其是诗歌）研究者提供一个双向的论坛。
 期刊将通过版权所有者授权，进行当代英语诗歌的翻译工作，为有意向中国读者展示价值的英语诗人提供一个作品预览的机会。同时，也为北美汉学界的学者们提供一个向汉语读者展示其最新研究成果的渠道。
 期刊将致力于把当代汉语诗歌的最新力作推向英语世界。我们刊物的阵容里有以英汉双语发表作品的诗人。我们还将密切联系北美的诗歌界、汉学界和泛人文学者们，保证英语译文的高品质。
 刊物的每一期，将约请诗歌评论界知名人士，对当下现代诗歌的状况和进展进行综合评述。

杂志的主编和编辑都是志愿义工。我们秉持文学自由和独立之精神，推动理想主义文学发展，促进汉英诗歌的交流。

稿件将从http://www.coviews.com/index.php论坛的热帖中筛选。注册请用有效的电子邮件，以便于联系。原创作品稿件的发表将遵循国际学术期刊的传统，既无稿费，也不收费。一经发表，赠送中国大陆作者当期样刊一本。

主编将实行轮换制。由北美华人文学社的理事轮流坐庄。

《北美枫》国际顾问团
International Advisory Board

期刊聘请国际一流诗人、作家、汉学家和批评家作为特邀顾问。

特邀顾问的职责包括：
• 为杂志推荐值得译介的当代汉语、英语诗人，并协助我们获得最好是无偿的翻译授权。
• 顾问对杂志的发展方向有质询、建言和推荐权；编辑委员会感谢每一位特邀顾问的每一项意见和建议，将认真地研究和回复。
• 顾问对译文的质量有监督权。
• 杂志鼓励特邀顾问以一切方便的方式，如电子邮件、书信、电话、传真等，与编辑委员会及主编保持联系，交流意见和建议。

顾问分永久性和合同制两种。合同制顾问将按照双方合作的有效程度，经双方协商后，决定延期与否。

但我们已经邀请到了如下人士作为期刊的特邀顾问：
• 谢冕：北京大学教授，诗歌批评家。
• 贾平凹：著名作家。
• 洛夫：台湾诗人。
• Lorna Crozier：加拿大著名诗人，最高诗歌奖总督奖获得者，维多利亚大学教授。年限：2005-2006。
• 樵达摩：年轻诗人。年限：2005-2007。
• 非马：诗人。年限：2005-2007。
• Stephen Owen：中文名宇文所安。哈佛大学教授，著名汉学家。年限：2005-2007。

我们希望这些顾问的指导能够切实地促进我们的编辑水平，把它办成一个最严谨和有价值的，能代表汉语诗歌声音的双语文学刊物。

酷我-北美枫网站
beimeifeng Website:http://www.coviews.com/

酷我-北美枫网站创建于June 30, 2004，是北美最大的专业文学网站之一，现有一千多位来自世界各地的注册用户：中国大陆、台湾、香港、加拿大、美国、澳大利亚、新西兰、及欧洲各国。平均流量排名：115,573。

不久，将开辟英文BBS论坛，并邀请英文诗人加盟。

欢迎下载：

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