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Contributions to our Newsletter are more than welcome. These notes will hopefully encourage you to contribute - anything that is of general interest to our readers, be it reminiscences for local historians, hints-and-tips in any topic through to opinions on current community issues are welcome. Decisions whether to publish remain the responsibility of the editor alone. Such decisions usually depend on space limitations - we are a quarterly publication with 24 pages of which some 35% is taken by advertising, revenue from which makes a very significant contribution to our print costs. The printed Newsletter became a 24-page, A4 full-colour glossy publication from our Winter 2015 issue onwards.
Items for publication should be submitted to the editor in one of the following formats:
1. OpenOffice or LibreOffice text document (.odt) - this is the format used to produce our Newsletter.
2. Microsoft Word text document - preferably in ‘legacy’ (.doc) format.
3. E-mail - either ‘body’ or attachment as 1. or 2. above..
4. Images (very welcome) should be in JPEG or PNG formats.
As a general rule, articles should be limited to a maximum of approximately 500 words which is roughly one column of our Newsletter. Longer articles may be split over two or more issues after discussion with the editor; we have run a number of such multi-issue articles in the past and are happy to continue this as appropriate.
See the linked page Hint for contributors for some ideas about written style.
Deadlines vary slightly depending on our printer’s schedules, public holidays, etc., but are currently 12:00 on:
- Winter 2024 Issue: Monday 14th October, 2024 for distribution in mid-November.
- Spring 2025 Issue: Monday 13th January, 2025 for distribution in mid-February*.
- Summer 2025 Issue: Monday 14th April, 2025 for distribution in early May*.
- Autumn 2025 Issue: Monday 14th July, 2025 for distribution in August*.
*These dates may be subject to change in the light of circumstances. We advise getting material to our editor well before the above dates to ensure publication - we are popular and may find space at a premium which means your editor’s knife may come into play!
Note for advertisers: Advertising rates are based on a full annual run of four consecutive issues.
Adverts should be submitted in formats consistent with points 1 - 4 above and preferably at least a working week before the above deadlines. Adverts can be designed/customized by the editorial team for an extra charge, please get in touch well before deadlines to discuss this option.
Adverts are ‘cycled’ through successive issues over a 12 month period so that each advertiser has exposure near the front, middle and back pages of successive issues. This aims to give advertisers varied exposure since we do not charge variously for these differing locations - everyone gets a fair share.
Advert sizes (all sizes WxH / mm) and annual rates (4 consecutive issues) from 1st January, 2018:
Landscape Portrait Annual cost
We also offer one-off rates for single Newsletter issues as follows:
Please contact Greg to discuss your requirements. Also, remember that your material benefits from the extra exposure provided by our online publication of Newsletters on this site and also BCVS’s weekly Bulletins inclusion.
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