Author's
Newsletter Submission Checklist
Deadlines are January 10, April 10 and August 10
ARTICLES
Please send your manuscript in the following
format to editor:
Ann Alden
aca@bmi.net
Be sure to include your phone number so we can
call you if necessary.
You must be available daily by email and phone
for about two weeks after submission so that we
can follow up with you on details.
If you do not get a confirmation by email within
24 hours that we received your submission, call
Ann Alden at 520-820-5757
In one Word document, using any typeface and
size, format your submission in the following
way: (see a previous EFMHA News for format.)
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Title of Article
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Your article in Word, about 600 - 1500
words.
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Byline following title
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Paragraphs defined by indent, not line space
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Subheads every few paragraphs, not indented
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Bio in a paragraph (max. 60 words) at end of
article
ALSO in this email, send the following photos
and captions. Please note that mounted riders in
photos must wear a safety helmet and ground work
with horses must show observance of safety
procedures:
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JPEG: bio photo , entitled bio (your last
name)
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JPEG photos for
article – at least two - with titles that
tie in with captions and your article name.
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Word Doc: caption for each photo referenced
to title of photo
About Captions:
The caption should explain or enhance your
article in about 30 words or less. For
instance “A program rider grooms his
favorite horse.”
doesn’t add
anything to the subject of your article.
But the same photo in an article on group
therapy with a caption something like this
does: “When riders groom their horses before
experiencing a trail ride, they learn
tactile communication skills that are later
explored in group
therapy sessions.” Basically, if someone
just read the photo captions, they should
come away with a sense of what your article
might offer.
The captions are an invitation to read your
article to find out more on the subject.
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JPEG: other appropriate art with caption,
when available
We will communicate with you about any
editorial needs and you will have a chance
to review the final article with 24 hours
turnaround. If you are not available when
we send the News out for proofing, we will
have to go ahead with the printing process
without your review.
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
We request that you follow these guidelines so
that we as volunteers can share with you the
many hours we spend with the details involved in
sending an EFMHA News issue to the printer. When
your entry is received, you can expect to hear
back from us within a few days. Please check
your email for our confirmation that your entry
is received and OK as is. If your entry does not
follow these guidelines or there are other
problems, we will send it back to you for
editing to be returned to us within 2
days. Please check your email for these
communications so that you can work within our
timeline. If we do not hear back from you, we
will not run your piece in that issue of EFMHA
News.
Use the following format for your Ed Ops
submission to Eliza Love at eliza.m.love@gmail.com
Questions can be addressed to her by email.
1. OPTIONAL Logo or other piece of art sent in
jpg or tif or
pdf format as an
attachment. Color or black and white and any
size is OK.
The following text is to be sent in an email
message (not as an attachment):
2. Name of your organization if not included in
logo or art above.
3. Dates of event
4. Name of event
5. Location of event
6. Description of event no more than 100 words
7. OPTIONAL Description of
presenters maximum 45 words.
8. Contact information: name, phone, email
Note: if you have several events you are
offering, please do not repeat information that
is the same for each one. For instance, the
contact information and presenters and location
can go one time at the end of your list of
events.
Sample entry
September 24–26
Equus:Mythic
Adventures for Therapeutic Riding Instructors
Wagner Creek Equestrian
Center,Ashland,OR
Experiential work in a wide variety of
techniques
for working with riders in therapeutic riding
envi-
ronment or able
bodied lessons using the power
of myth to develop human capacities.
Presenter:Trish
Broersma is a life-long horse
professional and has worked for 15 years in
therapeutic riding as head instructor and
direc-
tor for HOPE
Equestrian Center and the Saddle
Light Center,both
accredited NARHA programs.
She holds an MA in literature from the
Univer-
sity of Michigan and
is a licensed massage
therapist,
as well as a registered
therapeutic
riding instructor. Since
1989 she has conducted
Equus with hundreds of teens and
adults, offer-
ing transformational
experiences with horses
through work in the mythic level of the self.
Contact Trish Broersma
541.482.6210
epohna@aol.com
