Steven’s Cuba Blog

Call to Cuban bloggers, writers and students

May 2, 2006 at 2:21 pm | In Technology, Arts |

I’ve started building an arts and culture web aggregator specifically related to Cuban arts, culture and social life. We’re looking for a few good women and men living in Cuba to write posts about cultural events, parties, concerts, expositions and other happenings in and around all of Cuba.

You’d be expected to write, on average, one article per week - it could be anything from a paragraph mentioning some upcoming concert in a town near you, to a lengthy review of some cultural event you attended. It is important to note that this site will remain completely non-political and non-commercial. There will be no advertising or promotion on the site, and it is funded independently.

Even if you don’t know the first thing about writing, don’t worry - your entries don’t need to be perfect, and they will be corrected for grammar and spelling. You can post in english or spanish; we will take care of translating for you. Don’t have access to the web, but have an email address? No worries - we’re going to be set up to that you can post your entries via email as well.

We’ve already got a surprising number of Cuban writers and bloggers on board, but we’d like to reach more people, especially in the smaller cities across Cuba. This is a volunteer position at first, though we are working out the idea of eventually contracting the most proficient and prolific writers, and supplying media equipment such as digital cameras, computers, and audio equipment.

If you or anyone you know might be interested, please email me at steven [at] ahoracuba.com.