Article submissions checklist

20 February 24

Before you send your article

By RW Bro Terry McCallum - Editor Freemason Magazine

We welcome your articles and lodge news, but it will help us greatly if when submitting something for publication you check it against the list of tick-points given here.

• Are all images free of copyright limitations?

if the image comes from someone else, have they given permission for its use? This includes Google or image library sites.

• Are all images clear and sharp?

Freemason is a quality publication. Blurred/fuzzy pictures will not be included.

• Is the subject of your image obvious to the viewer?

Whatever you’re taking a picture of, make it obvious – e.g. not way off in the background.

• Are all people in the picture/s ok with having their image published?

Usually, it’s best to advise everyone ‘This picture is for Freemason magazine. Is everyone ok with that?’

• Have you provided a caption with each image?

Names (check spellings), location, what’s going on, etc.

• Resolution:

Images must be as high a resolution as you can give us, otherwise the printing software may reject them. Try and email your pictures ‘as is’; Google, Microsoft, etc. often use automatic file compressions which means that what we receive isn’t necessarily the same quality as what you sent.

• ...and watch that deadline!

All copy needs to be supplied

leaving one clear month before issue;

e.g. January cuts off at the end of November, leaving December clear. If submissions come in right on deadline then there’s less time to fix anything if it’s needed, so please send it in as soon as you have it ready.

• Make your piece well-written!

The item should be easy to read and understood. Make it clear. If the written word is not your strength then ask another brother to lend a hand.

All that being said... keep those articles coming! 

Email story submissions to:http://[email protected]