Author Guidelines

Tips for Authors

Please keep the following tips in mind as you prepare your article.

Style
• You are writing a feature article for the Internet, not a printed report or scholarly journal. Your readers are looking for a good read, something that will be short yet informative and useful as they think about the many issues involved in their daily work. Please do not include references.
• Strive for an informative, approachable style in your writing. Stay away from the passive voice.
• Please keep in mind that not every reader will be familiar with some well-used acronyms and terms used among practicing architects.

Format for Writing for the Web
• Your article should be no more than 800 words. Your readers will not have time to wade through a long, complex article.
• Please provide a 120-word summary of the article. The summary will appear on the homepage of the eNewsletter.
• Your article should show an orderly development and coherent flow. As a rule, your conclusion should answer the reader’s question, “Why did the author want me to read this?”
• For greater Web readability, please do not double space after full sentences.
• Use targeted yet creative headlines, and use subheads to break up long sections of text.
• Studies show that readers scan the Web. Write your article concisely and use bulleted points for easier scanning.
• Photos and illustrations are welcomed but should not be embedded in the text. Each illustration or photo should be submitted as a separate file and submitted in .JPG format. No .PDFs, please.
• Include photo captions in a separate Microsoft Word file.
• Your article should include a short (30 words or fewer) biographical sketch of each author.

Submissions
We prefer to receive articles electronically, preferably as a Microsoft Word file attached to an e-mail.