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PLEASE READ THE RULE SECTIONS

Failure to adhere to these rules may require a resubmission. Failure to resubmit may see your article not published.

Selecting/checking the box of a section will reveal the rules, you may have to scroll down to read them.

We receive many articles each week. The shorter and more condensed your article the greater chance we will be able to find space to place it in the paper.

Rule Sections

Select a section to read the rules; clicking a section will open the rules below.

We recommend first time readers, anyone new to the form, or anyone that hasn't submitted in a while read all of the rules below. Click a section to start.

Running Articles
Images
Word Count
Formatting
Letters to the Editor
Paid Ads

Running Articles

•Free Articles & photo’s will be published and edited at the sole discretion of the Editor.

•Please do NOT submit the same article weekly unless there is a change. Please inform us if the article is replacing an existing one.

•All articles are free, space permitting. Free articles are not guaranteed to run.

•Articles promoting a person or business for profit will not be accepted for a free article. (This includes political candidates!)

•Please read any other rule section you think may apply to you.

Images

•Free Articles & photo’s will be published and edited at the sole discretion of the Editor.
Only one photo is allowed per submission. Good quality images only.

•No flyers/posters

•No images with excessive text. Simple Logos acceptable.

•Preferred resolution is 300DPI (dots per inch). If you are unsure how to check this we just recommend sending the best quality and largest image size you have available.

•Please avoid low resolution images from the internet, or images covered in watermarks (a faded name of, usually, a website on top of the image).

•Please avoid images you do not have the right to use, including ones from the internet.

•Low quality images or images that don't adhere to the rules (mostly watermarks), may not end up published with your article.

•Your article will still be eligible to run even if we don't use the image.

Word Count

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.

Formatting

•Refrain from all capital letter headings and overuse in article content. Acronyms and occasional exclamations are acceptable (CDTA, WOW!, ect are acceptable. 'WE DID IT', 'OPENING NOW', 'THIS CLASS - on this date...', 'Today the THIS ORGANIZATION is hosting...', ect are not accepted.)

This is very time consuming to change for each article. We will try to notify if your article does this and may ask for a resubmission.

•Please remove odd formatting for your submission. We do not accept submissions with line breaks in the middle of a sentence. We will try to notify you if your article does this and may ask for a resubmission.
This often looks like a sentence running to the next line when there is still space on the page for the line to continue. Adjusting the size of the box you pasted your content into can often reveal these breaks.
It appears to be an odd issue caused by Word that we have not yet found a solution to fixing.

•Please format with space in mind. White space between paragraphs are removed, and line breaks and new paragraphs are kept to a minimum where possible.

•New paragraphs where needed for easy reading are accepted.

Letters to the Editor

•All Letters to the Editor must include author’s name and town in the article content and will be printed with the article. Verification information must be included for consideration.

•Articles promoting a person or business for profit will not be accepted for a free article. (This includes political candidates!)

•Political persons or entities discussing campaigns or opponents would need to be paid ads and are subject to review for publication.

•We currently do not accept websites to accompany a submitters signature regardless of site content.

Paid Ads

•Paid ads will be accepted to guarantee published events. Please do not call the reps unless it is for a paid ad.

•Please call either Heidi at 518-965-1714 or Karen at 413-446-3444 to place an ad; any article questions need to be directed to articles@nulltheadvertiser.us.

Article category*

Placement on the website. Select up to 3 sections relevant to your article.

Dated articles will also be featured in the Events section the week they are set to happen.

Hover over each section for a brief description of it's content

Is the article only running once?*

For the upcoming edition we are accepting submissions for.
Select no if: The article is running more than one week, or The article is running at a later date
Our deadline is 4PM on Friday the week before the paper comes out.

Yes
No

Start Run Date*

Select a Thursday to start running your article.
Late submissions for multiple weeks will be rolled to the following week for submission.

End Run Date*

Please select the last week you would like your article to run.

Title*

Article title, limit of 100 characters. No ALL CAPITAL headers please. Recommended format is Title Case
Ex. The Quick Brown Fox Jumped over the Lazy Dog

Article Content*

Content for your article. There is a character limit of 2000 which should accomodate up to 350 words. This amount can not be exceeded, if you are copy/pasting your article make sure to check it has not been cut off. Articles incorrectly submitted may not be notified and may not be published.

Please refrain from ALL CAPITAL headings in the text. Only acceptable ALL CAPS are acronyms such as LEGO, AARP, ect and small exclamations such as WOW!

Image

Not required, upload one image to accompany article. Poor quality images may not be used at the editors discretion. FLYERS ARE NOT ACCEPTED.

Is your Article a Letter to the Editor or a Feel Good piece?*

Or any piece that requires your name to be published with the piece.

Yes
No

Please include your name and town in your article content and fill out the following:

Name*

First Last

Address*

City ZIP Code

Email*

Do you have comments or questions about articles?

Leave Blank if No.

For things such as: If this article is replacing or correcting an existing article, questions about using the form, etc.

If your article has not run recently and you submitted via the form:

ENSURE there were no errors with your submission. You will see a different page when you submit, and receive an email.
CHECK your email to see if I emailed you. There is a chance your article needs to be resubmitted with changes. Any emails after the confirmation email is a response to your article.

Yes

Comments or Questions

If you are asking for confirmation of us receiving your article; you should see a confirmation page that looks different from this form and receive a confirmation email.

If you do not see either of those please email articles@nulltheadvertiser.us about your article.
Please include the following with your email:
Title of the Article
Day Article was Submitted
Email used to submit article.

-Any questions about the form or articles can be directed here and I will try to get back to people as soon as possible.
We are not currently making or receiving phone calls for or in regards to articles.

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Consent and Confirmation*

You confirm that you have read and adhered to the rules for article submission.

I agree to the privacy policy and rules.

You will see a confirmation page after submitting, this means your article has been received. We are currently testing a confirmation email process. If you receive more than one email please check it for potential edits that need to be made. Thank you