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News - Article Submission Guidelines |
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Writer's
Guidelines For Submitting Feature Articles
The purpose of ClientSide
News feature articles is to examine current trends,
applications, technologies, and issues affecting
the Globalization, Internationalization and Localization
industry from a client-side perspective. Please
remember, all the work you submit will be appropriately
attributed (i.e. stories have bylines; photos have
credits), and will become the property of ClientSide
News LLC. Here are the requirements for submitting
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- Abstracts:
If you would like to reserve a particular feature
topic, you must first submit an abstract to
be reviewed by the editorial staff. The abstract
can be in the form of one or two short paragraphs,
or a one-page outline. Whatever the form, your
abstract must include pertinent information
about your story. Ask yourself: What is the
topic/subject matter? Is my story of value the
buyers and decision makers on the client-side
of the Globalization, Internationalization and
Localization industry? What is the impact for
our readers?
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Lead Time: For features, we ask that abstracts
be sent AT LEAST three months prior to the publication
month. For example, if you are interested in
submitting articles for a November issue, then
abstracts should be received no later than August
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Approval: You will be notified once the abstract
is approved. Upon approval, the article is reserved
for your company/organization and is no longer
on the availability list. At this time you can
begin work on the story. The final copy of the
article and all pieces of accompanying artwork
are due approximately eight weeks before the
month of publication.
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Editing/Placement: all materials that you submit
are subject to editing to fit our magazine's
editorial style. If there are any major changes
that may skew the focus of the article, you
may or may not have a chance to review our marks.
Though we may have accepted and edited the article,
it may be held for publication at a much later
date. This is due to space requirements or other
special reports based on our editorial calendar.
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Materials: Major articles should be about 2,000
to 3,000 words in length. Keep in mind, this
is only a guideline; article lengths can vary
between or within issues. Each feature includes
about three to five elements of artwork, which
can include color photos, line drawings, diagrams,
tables, etc. Final copies of stories should
be sent on 3.5" disks formatted for PCs
accompanied by a hardcopy. artwork can be submitted
in the following formats: original prints, slides,
transparencies, or very clean laser proofs.
Materials can also be electronically mailed.
For artwork, please send each image in a separate
file in any one of the following formats: TIFF,
EPS, Bitmap, JPEG for either MAC or PC. You
must also submit a hardcopy of the image for
proof.
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A
Word about Style
ClientSide News audience consists of globalization
industry professionals interested in business issues
related to client operations. To that extent, please
write in a clear, professional style; stay objectively
focused and avoid any language that can be perceived
as promotion for your company, organization, or
product. Try to mention your products only as part
of a general discussion of the technology it utilizes.
Thank you. |
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Editorial
Guidelines For Submitting Materials
The following guidelines pertain to any materials
you are planning to send us for publication in our
magazine. This includes materials for feature articles,
press releases, letters to the editor, abstracts,
and advertisements. Please follow these guidelines
carefully to ensure that deadlines are met and the
best possible quality is achieved. |
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Submitting
Text
Your text material should preferably be sent in
on disk as an ASCII file format. Most major word
processing programs have the option of saving in
this format. |
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- Text
files submitted in MS Word should be saved as
"text only" or as a Word Document
to show bolds, underlines, and other formatting
that is needed.
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"Text only" documents should be accompanied
by hard copies to show formatting (i.e. bolds,
underlines, italics, etc.).
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Files can be submitted on 3.5" disks. Please
name each text file clearly, and file names
should be clearly listed on the disk label.
A hard copy printout should accompany the disk
with the corresponding file names noted.
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Text can also be e-mailed if it is saved as
a "text only" attachment. E-mailed
text can be sent to managing-editor@clientsidenews.com
E-mailed text should be accompanied by FAXed
or regular mailed hard copies. For press releases
and short articles, it is best to include the
text in the e-mail message, rather than sending
it as an attachment.
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Production-Ready
Material
Production-ready material includes advertising copy
or images. Please follow the guideliens in the CSN
Media kit. For a copy, please send an email to:
media-kit@clientsidenews.com |
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questions or further details about publication production
standards, please contact our offices, (719) 686-8759. |
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