Contribute to our Next Issues…
Summer 2025 to Spring 2026
SUMMER 2025
Family Footsteps
A few ideas:
Families from the North York Moors & Cleveland with stories to tell, past and present; stories about ancestors; communities living around the NYM present and past; unlocking family history; exploring family stories that have defined the NYM area; displaced families, travellers, immigrants and emigrants; animal/plant families and their changing connections to the NYM and Coast; social history; fictional families; life outside the family/community; family economics – bringing home the bacon; stories, art and poetry…
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Contributions by 30 June
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AUTUMN 2025
Boundaries, Battles & Bounty
A few ideas:
Boundary features typical of the North York Moors and surrounds (hedgerows, stone walls, banks, trees, walls, fences, gates, standing stones); hedgerow fare and wildlife, planting and preservation; autumn food, recipes and traditions; stories and history around boundaries and enclosures across the region; battles for land and resource; pirate battles and bounty; buried treasures, minerals and bounty from the land; stories, art and poetry…
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Contributions by 30 September
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WINTER 2026
On the Bright Side
A few ideas:
Yorkshire humour, comedy, sketches and stories looking on the bright side; humorous/colourful North Yorkshire characters; comic situations or events around the region, past and present; making the best of difficulties; tips for keeping positive; pictures, jokes, stories, art and poetry…
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Contributions by 30 December
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SPRING 2026
Going Underground
A few ideas:
Exploring what’s under our feet or under the radar; mining, water caverns, fungal networks, soil; archaeology around the North York Moors; Roman/Norman/Saxon remains; secret tunnels, bunkers and places; novel ways to grow food; rocks & strata; heat pumps; caves and graves; deep peat and carbon storage; folklore and mythology; underground culture and movements – outside the mainstream; solving mysteries; stories, art and poetry…
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Contributions by 30 March
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Please feel free to stetch the themes in all directions... The ideas we’ve given are merely starting points.
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Guide word count: 500–1000 words (please discuss with us if you’d like to write a longer story/article – not everything has to be related to the theme, other articles welcome too!)