Pet Monologues

Caw to art! is an effort to showcase pets and animals in an ARTFUL manner. A photograph, fine art, a scribble, sculpture. A poem, a monologue, a short story, motion.

Submissions: Beginning Wednesday 2/13/08 thru Friday—and maybe
a bit longer…

yababa stumblesupon Get used to it
injurousfeline stumblesupon Cardinal
Diane Clancy submits Chase in flowers
Eden Stern submits Skeletons out of the closet
Bebobber stumblesupon Sandcastles and Magnets

Sidetracks (is this art? not exactly…)
OnlyintheApple submits The cat lady test
The Dreaming Tree submits Brown-headed nuthatches
What works for you submits Ball? Someone? Anyone?

get used to it

cardinal

chase in flowers

skeletons

sandcastles

magnets

Still steeping…

…in the meantime. Questions? Comments? Editor’s note: please look at Comment 1 below for more C2a! details as well as look at the previous editions of Caw to art!…

and while you are curating your submissions don’t forget Friday Ark roster for this weekend. And Carnival of the Cats which goes up every Sunday.

Contact
Can I contact someone via email privately?
Pet Monologues respects the privacy rights of its Registered members. If you wish to contact someone privately, please send us a note (use our Contact link) expressing who you wish to contact. We will notify them. That person would then contact you.

Registration
I registered. How long does it take to get a password?
Less than one minute. It will arrive via the email address you used when you registered. If your password does not arrive check your bulk spam folder. Also do a search. Look for an email from wordpress@petmonologues.com. The Subject: [Pet Monologues] Your new password. If you feel that you did not get a password use our Contact link and notify us.

Can I change my username or password to something easier to remember?
You can change username and password anytime. Just go to your Users profile and edit your private information?

What if I lost/forgot my password?
Just click on the Lost Password? link in Login menu and a new password will be emailed to you. You can then change the password to something easier to remember.

Submissions
What does the category “Just Kids” mean?
Pet Monologues is looking for writers! We encourage both adult and budding writers to tell us a story. Within the “Just Kids” category all stories are written by children under the age of 13 years old. Writers between the ages of 13-17 will submit their stories in the “Just Teens” category. You must be 18 years of age to Register. If a Registered writer wishes to submit stories from younger writers, please let us know specifics at the time of submission.

Do the stories have to be our own stories, written by us?
Pet Monologues is looking for writers! The Pet Monologue editors select and award exceptional original submissions and place stories in our Editor’s Choice category. But if you know of a story, even though it is not your own creation, we will credit and categorize accordingly. There are more details in Submissions.

From our very beginning Pet Monologues was to be a source of creative that is all about animals. We spread out a bit since then. Ready! Fire! Aim!
We guess!

Creative content-makers.
Writing—A writer, aspiring writer, student? Do you know anyone who likes to write great prose?

Art—artist, photographer, sculptor, designer? That would include fine art, photography, cartoons, sculpture, products.

Really, anyone feels who is passionate about pets and animals.

Creative recognition.
PM would be honored to present your creative effort. PM is currently building a “creative recognition” capability to give our contributors recognition. Pet Monologue’s editors select and award exceptional original submissions and place stories in our Editor’s Choice category. There is a Reader’s Choice category also.

Submissions.
In order to submit a story you are asked to Register. All submissions and comments are moderated before going online.

Stories and art works do not have to be your own. We will categorize accordingly. If the story is not your own, please give us the creator’s name if you know it, a date if known, and where your source came from. If your source is online please include a link to help us credit the story correctly.

Artwork.
All artwork that we upload is in a .jpg, .gif, or /png file format, 400px wide, 72 dpi, between 400-700mg. We can accept LARGER files and will downsize as needed.

Having trouble?
Registration: help is here
Write a story: help is here.
Upload artwork? help is here.

More questions?
Try our FAQ
Contact us: click here

And finally.
You must be 18 years of age to Register. If a Registered writer wishes to submit stories from younger writers, please let us know specifics at the time of submission. Young writers and artists work will be placed in the “Just kids” category. Writer between the ages of 13-17, will be placed in the Just teens category. Pet Monologues periodically sweeps this site for content. We encourage all ages to write!

We are not lawyers but we know one or two. Here is the obligatory legal and privacy blurb.

We want to hear your story!

Contact us

Call for submissions!

What is Caw to art?
A weekly collecting to showcase pets and animals in an ARTFUL manner. Images can be a photograph, fine art, a scribble, a sculpture. Words can be a poem, a monologue or short story, a quote. We’ll post links to sites that have images or words of their chosen animals. Humans can only play supporting roles. It may be your effort or someone else’s that really moves you. Could be for the artist in you¦

Still steeping…

PM will link to your post per usual. PM may also make a request for you to let PM substitute your images/words on the Caw to art! (C2a!) post. If you haven’t already noticed, all (most) PM images are 400px wide. See Image Specifications for more information.

Previous show: Caw to art! #35

When can we submit our work?
We will collect anytime but post on Wednesday through mid-day Friday every week, though the process may be subject to change.

Submission:
We will add your post to the list if you do one of the following:

* Leave a comment or trackback (may be moderated) to this post
* Use the Blog Carnival Submission Form,
* Email Pet Monologues or
* PM finds it during our weekly search of the web

Time permitting we will continue to process until the Friday Ark goes up on…Friday.

Image Specifications:
All images on PM are 400 px wide. Videos are 360 px wide.

Yes, there are several images that are really marginal, i.e., the ‘critter label” image is a good example of a bad image. Let’s try and do better than that if you don’t mind. Please submit 400 px wide or if you are unable to size yourself, PM will assist you.

Do link to the Caw to art whether you use trackbacks or not.

Macro photography. Two of these photos have no captions. If anyone can identify subjects it would be appreciated.

portrait of a red-veined darter, which is full of dew

via German photographer Martin Amm. and hubhive.com note: this post can be see at Friday Ark #177