Welcome to the Helping House. If you need help getting started or have some questions about PublishingHouseMe, this is the house to be in. Below you will find tips on how to get started, how to submit your work and how safe the website is.
How do I get started?
To get started you must register with PublishingHouseMe. Registration is easy and free and it allows us to check that submissions are safe and regulated.
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You will then be emailed a username and password that you can use to log into the system and send us your work. If your already registered you can simply login.
How do I submit an item?
Once you are registered you can go to your account. Your account shows you all the submissions you have made , and lets you send new submissions for review.
Before you submit, remember your work needs a title and a small description. Depending on what you want to submit you can supply different things. Have a look at the step by step guides for submitting items on this page.
What happens when my work is submitted?
When you send a piece of your work to PublishingHouseMe it is sent to the safe house. It doesn't go straight into one of the PHMe houses or rooms because it needs to be read first.
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Why?
We need to check that we want to publish it - or whether we think your work could be made better - or whether we want to reject it. We hope to reject as little of your work as possible.
Who reads and checks my stuff?
A group of other school students and pupils just like you. At the moment, the youngest is ten and the oldest is seventeen - with lots in between.
How might I become a reader?
The first group were chosen from a random group who came along to help us design the PHMe website. In the coming months we will have writers' workshops where we will invite schools to bring students and pupils - and give them the chance to become a reader.
What does a reader do?
A reader has a user name and password to let them into Safehouse. Apart from the very small group of adults who help run the site, all the decisions about PHMe are made by the registered readers and they are the only ones who have access to the work sent in. When they have read a piece of work they accept it, reject it, or suggest it is changed in some way - like being made shorter or longer.
Who can I contact for help?
If you can't find what you need here, you can contact us at help@publishinghouse.me.uk for more information.
What do the numbers and stars next to peoples names mean?
Every time someone makes a comment or submits work to PublishingHouseMe we award them points. The more points they get, the better their star. Each person is awarded 1 point for a published comment and 5 points for a published submission.
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The awards are as follows:
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0 – 5 points |
No star |
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6 – 10 points |
Bronze Star, Blue Ribbon |
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11 – 20 points |
Bronze Star, Red Ribbon |
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21 – 30 points |
Bronze Star, Green Ribbon |
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31 – 40 points |
Silver Star, Blue Ribbon |
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41 – 50 points |
Silver Star, Red Ribbon |
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51 – 60 points |
Silver Star, Green Ribbon |
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61 – 70 points |
Gold Star, Blue Ribbon |
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71 – 80 points |
Gold Star, Red Ribbon |
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81 – 90 points |
Gold Star, Green Ribbon |
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Over 90 points |
Shooting stars |
Submitting items
Take a look at the printable step-by-step guides on how to submit different types of work to PublishingHouseMe. These require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
How to submit a picture (coming soon)
How to copy and paste text for text entries (coming soon)
How to send in a video (coming soon)
How to submit a website (coming soon)
Oscar Update
Sunday 5th Sep 10
Nominations are needed!! and more.... We have some nominations for 'Oscars'...but we need a good choice to make the final list.
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Inspiration House
Sunday 5th Sep 10
Inspiration House is there for ideas and to tell you what is happening...look at it, you never know where it might lead!!
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Writers Masterclass
Sunday 5th Sep 10
Meet and work with the writers whose efforts you see on PHMe and more. An expanded event from last years with a 100 places available taking place in Wolverhampton at the Molyneux on Thursday 7th of October.
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August Awards
Saturday 4th Sep 10
Alot of high quality in the pieces submitted during August, especially a stunning montage of Birmingham. The awards will be given out in the winners schools during September.
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Publishinghouse Me 'Oscars' 2010
Saturday 19th Jun 10
The 2nd PHMe 'Oscars' will be held on Tuesday 9th of November.
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