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GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING
ARTICLES TO INDEPENDENCE TODAY

1. All submissions should be cleared beforehand with the publisher, Patricio Figueroa, Jr., who can be reached at patfigny@aol.com.
2. All articles must be submitted in Ariel font, 12 or 14 points.
3. Do not hyphenate your article or submission; the paper's software can be set to do automatic hyphenation.
4. Articles should not have indentation at the beginning of a paragraph. Paragraphs should be indicated by a double space.
5. DO NOT DOUBLE-SPACE YOUR ARTICLE.
6. Articles must be submitted in MS Word document format or with extension.doc.
7. Insert your byline below the article name, title or headline. (We reserve the right to change the headline or name of the article.)
8. At the end of the article, include a two-sentence bio. Example: Clark Kent is a single young man who enjoys mysteries and is an advocate for people who wear glasses. He lives in Gotham City, N.C.
9. Submissions should be sent via attachments to the publisher's e-mail address. One attachment per message, please. All files sent as attachments should begin with your initials. For example: pf_ada_restoration.doc.
10. Deadline extensions are at the discretion of the publisher. His decision is final.
11. Do not use he words such as "handicapped," "victim of..," suffering from," etc. (unless quoting somebody). Please read "Beyond the AP Stylebook" (Independence Today July 2006).
12. Always provide source information. Refer to the article or source of your information in the body of your story, with or without parentheses.
13. Dates should be written as follows: February 1st, March 2nd, April 3rd, November 4th, etc., not February 1, March 2, etc. When referring to a month and year, place a comma after the year. Example: The panel met August 3rd, 2006, in Rome.
14. The copy editor, who has more than 20 years' experience in copyediting, will make changes to improve the readability of each submission. If the general public doesn't understand the content of your article, it is a waste.
15. Formal titles should be lowercase when following a name. Appropriate words should still be uppercase when preceding the name. Examples: Mark Eggsec, executive vice president and chief financial officer, has resigned. Senior Vice President for University Development Mark Eggsec has resigned.
16. Abbreviations for state names: Do not use the two-letter U.S. Postal Service versions. We use AP Stylebook abbreviations: usually two, three or four letters followed by a period. For example, use Vt. for Vermont, Mich. for Michigan, N.Y. for New York, Ala. for Alabama, Mo. for Missouri, Miss. for Mississippi, etc. Always spell out these states: Alaska, Hawaii, Texas, Idaho, Maine, Iowa, Utah and Ohio.
17. Use New York state to distinguish the state from New York City. Use state of Washington or Washington state to distinguish the state from the District of Columbia.
18. For political-party references, use Joe Schmo (D-Colo.), Mary Doe (R-Hawaii), etc.
19. Acronyms and initialisms: You may use acronyms and initialisms (acronyms pronounced as letters) for an organization or the name of a legislative measure, for example, by first writing out the entire name and then the capital letters. Example: The National Council on Disability (NCD) is a governmental agency…. etc.
20. Numbers: Generally spell out numbers 1 through 9 and use figures for numbers 10 and above. For example, "He submitted three proposals." "She read 14 books in the past year."
21. All submissions paid for or assigned by the publication become the property of the publication and its parent entity.
Thank you.
These guidelines are consistent with the the Associated Press (AP) Guidelines

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