Submissions guidelines
Article length: 200-250 words. Remember, your article is more likely to be read if it is brief. Only send basic text; do not format. Articles are edited for grammar, spelling, clarity, appropriateness, and length. Include your contact information in case we need to clarify content. We reserve the right to reject any article that is not in a Unitarian Universalist spirit.
If you have specific formatting requests, please put them at the beginning of the article in brackets []. The editor will do his or her best to accommodate you. Templates (such as you would find in Word or Excel) will not be accepted. Consider using bold and italics to attract the readers' eye.
All articles must be submitted to the newsletter editor, Jennifer Grush-Dale at by noon on the third Thursday of the month. Articles submitted after the deadline will be held for the next issue.
Photos, please! Nothing attracts attention to your event or article more than photos. If you have a digital camera and a way to email me your photos, that's all you need! When sending a photo, please include the following information: who is in the photo, where it was taken, what event was happening (if it was an event) and who took the photo. The editor can then write the caption from there. If this a group photo & it would be too difficult to name everyone in the photo, you can just give me the name of the group (Boston Bounders, Children's RE 3 & 4 graders, etc).
Can this article be turned into an ad? Ads will attract a reader's attention, so consider this option. If you would prefer an ad, please send the basic info, along with any photo or clipart. The editor will design it. I encourage you to get your ad to me as early as possible; designing them takes more time.
DO NOT imbed art within text. If a piece of artwork, clipart or a photo is included in that special formatting, please send that art as a separate file.
INSERTS: as a matter of policy we will now strictly curtail the use of inserts. Only certain items can be included as inserts. They must be emailed to the newsletter editor by the 3rd TUESDAY of the month. Please keep formatting to a minimum. Templates (such as you would find in Word or Excel) will not be accepted. Please also include any graphics, clipart or photographs you want to be included. If it is similar to a previous year's document, referencing that is helpful.
