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Submitting News,  Photos, and Essays

Readers are encouraged to send in news items, photographs, letters to the editor, and essays for inclusion in The Flame.  

The format of The Flame allows for a short synopsis of an article in the main newsletter with an optional picture.  However, the full story can be of any length.  For long submissions, The Flame will provide a link to the complete article posted on an Internet page. 

Please e-mail  your items to the editor. We will acknowledge your submission within a day so that you know we got it!

Deadlines

The normal nominal deadline for publication is noon on Tuesday for a targeted Thursday release.  However, The Flame may be published before Thursday to accommodate the schedule of the volunteer reporters and editors.  Therefore, if you have a hot item for the weekly newsletter, let us know ASAP so we don't go to press without you.

News that breaks after the Tuesday deadline may be included in that week's newsletter if the editor is notified and the information is delivered by noon Wednesday.

Writing for The Flame

News, reflections, and essays to share with the Unitarian Universalist community are welcome!  In keeping with the traditions of a liberal religious community, these editorial guidelines will be used:

• News stories should include who, what, where, and when.  Why someone should join in would be good, too!   
• Articles should be written to either to inform or to persuade. Material should be free of personal attacks, ad Hominem argument, or partisan political statements.
• Public Policy statements should be written in way that does not assume that the reader already agrees with the author.  It's hard to do this sometimes, but ....
• Pictures, descriptions, or mention of any non-public individual, such as another member of the Congregation, should be made only with the consent of the referenced individual.  Basically, this means if you have a great picture of someone or a story to tell about them, make sure that they first say it's okay to share it. 
  
  News-like stories or photos of event participants generally do not require explicit permission for publication.
• Material sent in should be written by you -- not cut and pasted from another source.
• Read the Flame philosophy for further information on editorial policies

When you submit something to The Flame you:

• Agree to allow editing to conform to the publication guidelines, space requirements, clarity, and other similar reasons.
• Agree that The Flame may copyright and/or reprint your submission on-line and in other forums the editors feel appropriate (such as submitting it to local newspapers, the UUA, or other venue). 
• Affirm that unless you state differently you are the author/creator of the submission and that there are no copyrights on the material.  If the material is copyrighted, please include the copyright information and your authorization to have the material used by The Flame. 

The Flame's first edition was June 17, 2004.  It continues publication only through of the support of the community. Your comments, suggestions, and input are critically important and welcome.