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Submission guidelines for Writers and Photographers:
The Cloverdale Reporter and Traveling Times accepts articles as long as they are well written. Please advise if photographs are available. Please query first. Please do not send photographs until requested. We do not pay for web submissions at this time. If the article works for our print editions we will contact you to arrange terms.
Please ensure your submission is accurate, well researched, and current.
Word counts: Counts are strictly adhered to, and should be within 900 to 975 words (web edition) and within 350-650 words (print edition). Word count is the basic story text. Extra, but not considered as story word-count, is the headline, by-line, mini-bio, and sidebar information ("How To").
We prefer stories to be sent as MS Word attachments (Font - Times New Roman-12 pt).Stories should be single spaced. Do not include photos within your MS Word document. Send them apart from the story as attached JPEGS ( when requested). Stories should be copied and pasted directly into your e-mail message (technically called embedding).
Photos: (see below). These should not infringe on any restriction or copyright owned by another agency or person.
Response Time: We respond to queries within ten days.
Here is how to submit:
1. Send all proposed ideas for articles to the Editor, Ursula Maxwell, for approval before submitting the finished article. If we can use your article we will contact you and request the full document as an attachment using Microsoft Word. A copy of the article in the body of the email will also be required at that time.
2. Identify the email "subject" by putting the title of the article in the subject line.
3. Begin the body of the text with the title of the article. Do not skip a line. Directly beneath this place the subtitle if you have one. Directly beneath this place your name and contact information.
4. Skip one line only, then begin the text of the article.
5. Please use Times New Roman size 12 type and font throughout and single space the body of the article.
6. Please format throughout as "left-justified" . Absolutely no fancy formatting, fonts etc.!
7. Please do not skip two spaces at the end of a sentence. Just one!
8. Refer to published Cloverdale Reporter News and Traveling times articles for examples.
9. Be sure your photos are labeled the same as the article. Reminder: do NOT imbed them into the body of the email.
10. Image picture credits will follow the article. We may not label each picture.
11. If 'How to" information is relevant to the article, please include it at the end of the article.
12. When approved, any subsequent emails regarding the submission need to be identified by the article title IN THE EMAIL SUBJECT LINE.
13. Please do NOT send any photos until requested. to do so. WHEN requested images should be in jpg form and sized no larger than 72dpi and 3.5" for the long dimension. If the photos are too large, the server will reject them. If they do not have an article title in the subject line, the editor will reject them.
If you have any questions, please email Publisher@CloverdaleReporter.com or contact us using our online form.
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