- Articles are invited from Hong Kong-born adoptees
- Maximum word count of 1000 words
- ISS-HK retain editorial rights
- ISS-HK will hold the copyright
- You are invited to submit photographs, but be mindful of the copyright condition. Ensure you are legally entitled to assign copyright on photographs to ISS-HK.
- ISS-HK does not guarantee to include anyone’s article
- If you wish to submit an article, remember to complete and send a release form assigning copyright to ISS-HK.
LETTER FROM GLADYS HUNG, ISSHK Re: BOOK SUBMISSIONS – January 2015
Dear adoptees,
After the first publication of “Laughter and Tears Adoption Stories in Hong Kong”, ISSHK is going to have a second adoption book about root tracing.
For the past 55 years, many babies and children have been adopted to the countries in the US, Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand etc. and grown up in these countries. Many of them have gone through the root tracing process. We hope to collect their stories and share with others about their precious experiences in root tracing and its meaning to their life.
The book will be published in both Chinese and English. Adoptees are invited to share their experiences during different stages of their root tracing. Due to limited pages of the book, every story is up to the limit of 1000 words.
The topic can be chosen as below:
– When did you start to trace your origin in Hong Kong? What were the factors caused you to start the tracing?
– How did you start the tracing process? What was the result?
– What was the impact or meaning to you after the tracing?
Your pictures are welcome to share to enrich the content of the book. Attached please find the consent form of adopting your story and pictures for the book. Adoptees will be informed and have a free copy when their stories are adopted in the book.
If you have further questions about the book or send us your story, please email to Gladys Hung at gladys.hung@isshk.org or Wind Au at wind.au@isshk.org.
Yours sincerely,
Gladys Hung
Additional Note from ISSHK:
We are welcome to all root tracing stories of the adoptee adopted from Hong Kong. As the pages of the book are limited, we do not guarantee to publish all stories. Thank you for your assistance.
INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE – HONG KONG BRANCH
Consent to Release Information
(by writer of the articles)
I, the undersigned, consent to release my article to International Social Service Hong Kong Branch (ISS-HK) for the purpose of publishing a book about ’ Root-tracing Stories-Intercountry Adoption’. I understand that ISS-HK has the copyright of the book and can make necessary amendment to the article, if necessary.
(Signature of Writer)
(Name of Writer in Block Letters)
Date: ____________________