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GUIDANCE FOR SUBMISSION
OF ARTICLES FOR
PUBLICATION
This guide has been prepared to
help contributors in the submission
of articles which will assist both the
authors and the Editor in selection
of suitable stories for inclusion in
the magazine, reduce the effort
required in editing and ultimately aim
to include your stories. Of late many
of the articles received have been
poorly written, in terms of interest,
timeliness, grammar, spelling and
the provision of photographs has in
many cases been so poor that they
have been rejected. Not only is this a
poor reflection on unit achievements,
but also in some cases means that the
story cannot be used without a good
picture to illustrate the point.
Contributions are always welcome
from all Cadet Force units within
Yorkshire and the Humber, Sea
Cadets, Army Cadets, Air Cadets and
Combined Cadet Force Contingents.
Regrettably the number of
contributions from the CCF remains
low.
It is important that quality control
of all contributions is maintained
through well written, interesting
articles accompanied by high quality
photographs. This requires that
careful, accurate proof reading
including that grammar, punctuation,
spelling mistakes and reference to
dates long past should be corrected
at unit level before submission to the
Editor.
All contributions are to be supplied
to the Editor by the dates shown inside
the front cover of the Cadet Review
which are 15 January, 15 May and 15
September for the Spring, Summer
and Autumn editions respectively.
Any copy received after the deadline
is unlikely to be included in the next
issue and may not be rolled over to
the subsequent issue especially if
it contains times, dates etc., which
would render it well out of date by
the time the next edition is published.
The Editor is happy to take articles at
any time between publication dates
and would rather have a drip feed of
stories than a huge amount to edit in
one go.
As a guide the size of individual
articles should be between 300 and
500 words, or around an A4 sheet of
paper, together with photographs.
However, longer articles would always
be considered for major events such
as expeditions, Annual Camps, foreign
exchanges etc. The Editor will exercise
his prerogative to reduce article
lengths, to meet the limitations set by
the publisher and by costs.
Units should be aware that no
guarantee can be given that all they
submit will be published. Articles
should be submitted either by email,
Dropbox (or similar) or memory stick
and should be in Microsoft Word
format, preferably Times New Roman
font at size 12.
Abbreviations are initially to be
explained in full at the first use in the
article e.g. Sea Cadet Corps (SCC)
which can then be used on subsequent
uses, beware though the use of
standard military abbreviations as
many of the readers may have little
or no previous military service. If in
doubt – spell it out! When submitting
articles please ensure the author is
identified and that first names are
included as these add detail to the
story and personalise it, especially for
the cadets who are featured. The lack
of first names renders many stories
impersonal and are often rejected,
or it takes an inordinate amount of
time to find these out, sometimes
with the same result. If in any doubt,
please look at previous editions of the
magazine.
PHOTOGRAPHS
These are highly desirable and
must be submitted in digital format.
They should be as high quality as
possible and a minimum of 300 dpi. If
applicable it would be helpful for the
picture number to be inserted at the
relevant point in the text where the
photographs are to appear, alongside
a caption for that image.
Captions should be shown in
the body of the article, not as the
image title. Under no circumstances
should images be embedded into
Word documents as these cannot be
worked on by the Editor or publisher.
Only those photographs which the
subscriber wishes to use in the article
should be submitted. Images may be
submitted as for stories and should be
in JPEG format.
RFCA
For Yorkshire and the Humber
Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
For more information visit
www.rfca-yorkshire.org.uk/cadets
If you are interested in joining one of the Cadet Forces
as an Adult Instructor or as a Cadet, full information can
be found on the national websites with links to local
contacts:
Sea Cadets
www.ms-sc.org
Army Cadets
www.armycadets.com
Air Cadets
www.raf.mod.uk/aircadets
Dates for contributions to be received
by the Editor are as follows;
Spring Edition Copy by 15 Jan
Summer Edition Copy by 15 May
Autumn/Winter Edition Copy by 15 Sept
All contributions to be supplied in Word Format and
photographs preferably in jpeg format at the highest
possible quality. Contributions to be sent through
each unit Public Relations Officer as below:
Sea Cadet Corps
Commander Sara Collen
scollen@ms-sc.org
Army Cadet Force
Humberside and South Yorkshire
Captain Vicki Brooks
7318brook@armymail.mod.uk
Army Cadet Force
Yorkshire (North & West)
Lieutenant Colonel Mick Bell
767bell@armymail.co.uk
Air Cadets
Central and East Yorkshire Wing
TBA
media.ceyorks@rafac.mod.gov.uk
South and West Yorkshire Wing
Flight Lieutenant Matt Bulmer
media.swyorks@rafac.mod.gov.uk
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