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Guest Article Submission Policy

Email your article to [email protected] and

[email protected]

Requirements:

Word Count: 350 – 800
Minimum of three quotations from three sources, none can be anonymous.

Please ask for their permission before interviewing.

Information that was not personally witnessed must be attributed. Online sources should be hyperlinked within the article.
A suggested headline at the top of the article
Please provide the following personal information:

Full name and a way to contact you (email or phone number).
Let us know if you are a student (and which grade you are in), parent, or a community member.

Every SHSPubs article is accompanied by a photo that relates to the topic of the article. If you would like, you may submit a photo or illustration that you’ve taken or created with your article to be reviewed by Smoke Signal staff. If you do not, Smoke Signal staff members will find a photo or illustration for your article. Do not submit photos that are not your own. Photos and illustrations must be at least 150 ppi.

We will not publish material that is:

Potentially libelous

Libel is a published false statement that is damaging to a person’s reputation; a written defamation.
Disagreement is acceptable, but you must be able to substantiate your claims.

Discriminatory on any grounds

Discrimination includes (but is not limited to) prejudice based on ability, age, culture, gender, religion, or sexual orientation. This will not be tolerated or published on Scot Scoop.

Obscene

Articles that are profane and vulgar will not be published.

Threatening

This includes (but is not limited to) bullying, harassment, intimidation, or personal attacks.

Copyrighted or printed in another publication

Plagiarism will not be tolerated by SHSpubs.

Poorly written

Stories publication is subject to the opinion of Smoke Signal Editors.

Additional information

As part of the submission policy, you are assigning copyright to SHSpubs.
Your article will be edited by Smoke Signal editors before it is published.
Possible story genres are news, sports, opinion,student life, features, and reviews.

News: must be submitted within one day of the event.
Sports: must be submitted within a day of the sporting event.

The Smoke Signal reserves the right to publish guest articles as we see fit.