Guidelines for Submission of Articles and Photographs
1. Guidelines for submission of articles: see below.
2. Guidelines for submission of photos & other images: see below.
3. Guidelines for submission of event announcements (races & other events): see below.
4. Guidelines for submission of sponsorship artwork: see the Sponsorship Department page.
5. Deadlines: see About Canoe News
1. Submitting Articles
(a) Articles should be submitted by email to the Editor of Canoe News, , either
" as an email attachment in Microsoft Word, or another common text document,
or " as text in the body of an email.
(b) Articles may range from 100 words to 1000-1500 or more, depending on subject matter. Shorter is better and, typically, more effective.
(c) Fact-check your writing. Carefully check the spelling of all names.
(d) Provide your name, your title (if any), a brief author biography (the three or four lines of description that will appear, typically, at the end of your article), and a photograph of yourself for us to use at the head or tail of your article with your author bio.
Important notes:
You must have the right to grant USCA permission to use the material you send us, both the words that you yourself have written and any words quoted from other people. The source of all quoted material must be given.
You must also read our Disclaimer, which outlines the agreement you are making with USCA by submitting your work to us.
2. Submitting Photos & Other Images
(a) Please send your images as attachments in a series of email in batches not to exceed 12MB for each email OR mail them on a CD or DVD.
(b) Photos and other images must be provided as high resolution jpegs, tiffs, pdfs (or other standard electronic image format files). Note: print reproduction requires much higher dot densities than the computer screen, so image submissions must be much larger files, from original scans or photos at least 750k in size, preferably larger (1 to 5 megabytes or more).
(c) Prints or slides: if you wish to send prints or slides, we can scan these and return your originals to you. While we will do our best to ensure the safety of your original prints or slides, please note that we cannot guarantee their safety.
3. Submitting event announcements (races & other paddling events)
Please fill out all your event details in the
Add Your Event section of the
USCA Canoe News Worldwide Event Calendar .
If your event has something unique or special this year, worthy of a special news announcement, please send your announcement (100-300 words) to the Editor of
Canoe News, c/o .
Postal address:
Susan Williams, President, USCA
509 S Bishop Ave
Secane, PA 19018
Email Susan Williams, President:
Phone: w (610) 405-5008
h (570) 435-0427
c (610) 405-5008
