Contributor
Submission Guidelines

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                 Before submitting, please review the guidelines below.            

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Please fill out this form to be considered for a print account. 

 

Responsibility of Contributors

By submitting information to the FCH, contributors agree that their information will be published in open access under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) license.

All submissions must originate with the provider; second-hand submissions cannot be accepted.

Accuracy of a submission is the responsibility of the contributor.

 

Advertising Policies

The FCH does not accept commercial advertising in any of our publications. All submitted content must correlate to a specific resource provider, Foothills organization, issues relevant to Foothills residents or Foothills event. 

 

All Authors mentioned are expected to have significantly contributed to the research.

Authors should acknowledge all significant funders of the research pertaining to their article and list all relevant competing interests.

Other sources of support for publications should also be clearly identified in the manuscript, usually in an acknowledgement (e.g. funding for the article processing charge; language editing or editorial assistance).

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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Before submitting, please review these guidelines in entirety.

 

At the Foothills Outlook we are committed to providing information about the area we serve which consists of the Mt Baker School District (please see map).

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We are seeking local interest articles, stories, book reviews, and photographs. Subject matter must be relevant and local to the Outlook distribution area. We are interested in local history, destinations, activities, stories and more that will help inform or entertain our readers.

 

We are also interested in stories about organizations, individuals or programs that are making a positive difference within MBSD for our Helping Hands section.

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Please note: 

• We cannot publish unsolicited articles or stories. If you wish to contribute a regular, monthly column or have your organization listed in our Resources pages, please fill out this form. You must have an account to be a contributor. ​

• Article/story abstracts will be reviewed and notification regarding acceptance will be sent within 10 days. ​

• We cannot accept opinion pieces, editorials, political commentary, content relating to for-profit businesses or organizations,  personal stories, or advertising.​

• We cannot accept posts or other content from resource providers who are not non-profit or do not offer direct services within the Mt Baker School District. 

• We reserve the right to not print something at our discretion without explanation.

• We reserve the right to edit content at our discretion.

• If you are a regular monthly contributor but will miss a month, please notify the editor as soon as possible. 

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Email reminder: If you receive an email reminding you the deadline is coming up, please send your updated information by separate email; DO NOT hit reply! 

If you have a listing in our Resources sections, please review it each month to ensure it's up to date and accurate. Our readers depend on the accuracy of your post information. 

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Updating information-When updating or changing monthly post, please do not exceed 200 words max. Confine images to your logo in full color and follow our image requirements listed below. 

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Events–Please note: If you do not have an account yet, please go to our home page and click on Request Account.   

If you would like your event/s, meetings or other activities included in our calendar or promoted, please fill out this form. 

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Articles and stories–Please note: all content for posts and articles must be submitted via email to the editor at info@foothillsinfo.com by the 15th of the month prior to publication.

 

Articles and stories need to be in Word or PDF format and 400-500 words in length. Please use double spacing and 1 inch margins on all sides. 

 

Images must be relevant to the text. Please number and label each image with your name, email address, and a description of the image contents. Please indicate image placement within the text by  placing the image number inside [  ] at that spot in the text. Do not place the image within the text; submit images as an attached file in jpg, png or pdf format via email. Do not send them from a google drive or as part of the email body. 

Include submitter's first and last names, telephone number, physical address, email address, to whom the image credit belongs or image source (include url), and website if relevant.

 

Image guidelines

Images should be well-lit and accurately represent living color. We reserve the right to photo-edit and size photos. 

Images should match the story.

All images should be a minimum of 300dpi and a maximum file size of 2550 x 3300ppi.

Provide the name of the photographer along with a copy of our photo release form signed by the photographer. We will not accept images without proper photo credits.

Please Note:

We do not offer compensation for accepted content. You will receive appropriate credit upon publication.

We reserve the right to edit written content and photographs as needed.

We reserve the right to reject inappropriate or irrelevant content without explanation.

We are a very small staff so responses can take up to 5 business days.

 

For further information, contact the editor at info@foothillsinfo.com.

 

We look forward to hearing from you.

 

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