Guidelines for Writing Newsletter Articles

These are guidelines intended to provide some consistency for articles published our newsletter.

• Articles do not have to be long to be useful so long as the important points are covered.
• Rule of thumb: one newsletter page is 700 words.
• Run spell-check on your article before submitting.
• The entire article may not be used, as newsletter space can become limited.
• If you present material written by someone else, be sure to attribute the material to its source by stating the author's name. If you quote an author, be sure to put the quoted material inside quotes or if it's a long quote, indent the paragraph. For some additional comments on this topic, read this article written for user groups on the APCUG web site.
• For more thorough suggestions, please see the PCC Writer Guide.

Submission:

Submit articles to the newsletter editor.

• Submit the article in text format (.txt), showing placement of any graphics.
• Bundle all graphics and the article in one .zip (compressed) file and submit in an email.
• The newsletter editor will edit and format the article for publication in print.

Timely articles:

The newsletter submission deadline is the second Saturday before the main meeting.

• Check the newsletter calendar for the exact deadline date for the next month.
• Articles submitted after that date may not be in the newsletter if the information is not timely for that issue.

Thanks for spending your time to keep us all informed.

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