We are grateful to all who wish to contribute an article or photo essay to share with the readers of Tomorrow’s Child magazine. Over the years we’ve been asked many questions regarding format, length, usage, etc so we’ve put together this checklist to help the novice writer through the process.
Articles should be in a word document program or directly into an email where it can easily be extracted. (PDFs do not work as we are unable to format into our graphic design program.) Do not worry about grammar issues; our staff is here to help with that aspect.
Articles do not have a set word count minimum or maximum as each story is different. A general rule of thumb is somewhere between 1000 and 1500 words.
Submissions with artwork or photos. When you embed a graphic into a word document it is the equivalent of a placeholder. The artwork should be attached as an EPS, JPEG or TIFF extension on the end of it. If it was created in a program such as Illustrator or even Photoshop, the native IA or PS files will work as well.
Photographs need to be high resolution or 300 DPI so they print clearly once on press. Photo releases for any picture with children or staff must either be on record at the Foundation or sent with your articles so that we have permission to use.
Citations used in any article should be included at that end of each article. This includes the use of websites or any internet references.
Bios of each writer should be sent each time you submit an article in its entirety. We do not maintain a database of each, so it’s important for the author to update accordingly.
Articles that have appeared in any other publication carrying a trademark or copyright must be submitted with a copy of a permission from that publication’s editor or equivalent, allowing us to not only reprint but reformat into our magazine’s specs. This is for everyone’s protection.
That’s pretty much it. Easy, right?
Now we hope you’ll enjoy contributing to TC magazine. We love hearing from schools and can suggest the following topics:
- What makes your school special?
- An event your students helped to plan and carry out.
- Charitable works your students led and implemented.
- Global connections with other schools from around the world.
- Celebrations of holidays that are universal and show your school’s cultural diversity.
- Student led micro-economies.
- Alumni updates-Where are they now and what great works are they doing.
- How you’ve involved parents and grandparents into your school’s community.
- And of course, why Montessori is so important to your school’s community.′
Submit articles to publications@montessori.org
