Word Count Limits are as follows:
•All articles are now a 2000 character (roughly 350 word count) limit.
This limit can NOT be exceeded. The form cuts off at exactly 2000 characters
•We recommend using https://wordcounter.net/ to check word count. It is your responsibility to stay within the word count.
•Check your articles when you paste that your article is not cut off at the bottom of the form.
•Sometimes pasting articles into the form creates odd coding around email addresses. Check any email addresses in your text to make sure this isn't eating into your word count. You can safely delete anything that doesn't look like it belongs.
We do we have word count limits?
We receive many articles each week and a number need to be visible for several weeks due to content as well as other articles including Letters to the Editor, Feel Good pieces, Charity Drives, Library Events and more that only run for one issue.
We are limited in our space for articles and as a result not all articles are able to get in each week.
In a given week the Advertiser receives as few as 20 and as many 120 articles each week on top of articles submitted early or that are hoping to run multiple weeks.
These articles then fill 12 to over 20 Advertiser size pages of article content. This is without the inclusion of special sections, ads, and other content that also goes into the paper each week.
In order to ensure that we can get as many people in as possible each week we created a count limit, and in order to be fair to everyone who submits this count is checked by the same count checker and upheld.
The form itself is now the count checker in question.
Originally the count was limited to 250 words for most articles and 350 for special articles and letters to the editor. This has since been adjusted to a flat rate of 2000 characters which roughly comes out to 350 words for all articles.
The smaller the amount of space your article takes up, the more likely we will be able to find a spot for it when laying out the paper.