FAPAC Article & Submission Guidelines

• Approximately 100-300 words.
• Include a title for your article.
• To submit, e-mail your article to the newsletter editor at newsletter@fapac.org
• All changes to newsletter drafts, recommendations, etc. should also go to this email.
• Include "Newsletter Submission" in the subject line of your submission email.
• Include your first name, last name, and a contact e-mail address in the body of your message. Your name (but not your e-mail) will appear in the newsletter (unless you ask to be anonymous).
• Articles should be sent as an attachment, in either Word (.doc or .docx), plaintext (.txt, use Unicode encoding), or richtext (.rtf) format. Please do not send in .pdf format.
• Acronyms
• Spell out all acronyms prior to further use in the article
• For example, Department of Defense (DOD) and then refer to as DOD going forward
• All unknown acronyms will be removed
• Related pictures are highly encouraged to be submitted along with your article.
• Images must fall into one of these categories: [1] your own work—i.e. you took the photograph; [2] freely licensed; [3] public domain; [4] fair use. (E-mail newsletter@fapac.org with any questions.)
• Attach images to the same e-mail as your article submission.
• Include a short (1 sentence) caption of each image with known names of individuals in the photo and name of photographer (if known).
• Each event requires a separate e-mail submission.
• Please do not group two or more events in a single document as photos and articles may be confused and mismatched.
• Submissions are subject to editing prior to publication.