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Thank you for joining the network of writers throughout the entire Pacific Northwest. Know that you are helping build and preserve the LGTBQ+ community that we are desperately needing to develop for the future. With our freedoms nationwide at risk of being taken away, now is our time to make sure you join the fight by using your voice. Please read the FAQ below for information on how to create, publish and edit posts and events.

If you would like to sign up for our Queer Journalism course and live in the Tacoma, Washington area, please email us at publisher@queerpublishing.com. Courses are slated to start in July of 2023 with the goal to have an online course ready for Summer of 2024.

FAQ

How Do I write and Publish a Post?

After you register for an account, you will need to resign in to be able to access the wordpress admin site. Once you are logged in, on the left hand side you will see the menu bar with Posts, click on create new.

How Do I add Events?

Once you have registered as a user and resigned into the wordpress admin page, at the top you will see My Calendar, click on there and you will see Add Event or Public Submissions. This is where you can add events to the calendar.

Make Sure you are categorizing all your posts correctly with location and topic ?

Before you do any editing with Elementor, you need to create your post using wordpress. In your new post on the right hand side is a section for the details about the post. In there is a section for Categories, please select the topic you are writing about, the city and the state that the post is about.

Do I need to Categorize My Events?

Yes, just like posts all events need to be categorized the same way. This will populate the calendar for your city and state, the topic will create a post so that people will see your event when they are looking up info for that certain category.

Why Is it important to categorize my post?

Out NW is built to populate the entire wesbite based on the categories that you select. If you select your city and state, your story will be seen there, and for the topic of your post, it will be included there as well. If you are writing about a couple of topics, feel free to include the categories that are relavent to your post.

Can I edit my Posts and Events?

Yes, in fact you can edit and many of you have the ability to edit after it is published. On the left menu bar, go to All Posts and click on it. You will see all the posts in the website, find the post you need to edit and either edit using wordpress or Elementor.

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