Editors email address: editor@pcachs.org
Timelines/Deadlines
- All content received by the 20th of the month will be included in the next issue
- Later submissions may be delayed until the following issue
- Proofs must be requested with content submission
- Every effort will be made to provide proofs when requested, but cannot be guaranteed
- Revisions will be made between the 21st and the end of the month
- Final composition occurs between the 1st and the 4th of the following month
- Publication: the 5th of the following month
Length
- Content submissions should not exceed X words; submissions longer than this may be: deferred, revised, split into multiple entries spanning multiple issues – at the discretion of the editor
- The editors will make every reasonable effort to accommodate the wishes of the author
Format
- Content must be submitted in one of the following formats:
- MS Word: text content
- Note: the editors highly recommend providing images separately from the Word document itself to ensure proper resolution and clarity
- Inclusion of images in the Word document will be used to indicate requested captions and suggested placement/sizing
- Editors will make all reasonable efforts to incorporate all text and images as provided, however some content (text and/or images) may not be able to be accommodated for various reasons.
- Final inclusion, sizing, and placement of text and images are at the discretion of the editors
- Note: if images are not included independently of the Word document, the editors cannot guarantee the quality (e.g. clarity, resolution) of the images in the final content
- MS Publisher: text and/or images – any content
- Please request a copy of the MS Publisher template from the editors before submitting
- PDF: full-page advertisements only
- PNG or JPEG: print-ready images – at least 300 dpi
- Captions are highly recommended for all images and should be provided in one of the following ways:
- Naming the image file with the recommended caption
- Including captions with each image in the Word document (see note regarding images in Word documents, above)
- Providing the list of captions and corresponding image file names as a separate text file
- Ad sizes: [height x width]
- Full Page – 11”h x 8.5″w
- Half Page Vertical – 10”h x 3.75”w
- Half Page Horizontal – 4.75”h X 7.5”w
- Quarter Page – 5”h X 3.75”w
- Captions are highly recommended for all images and should be provided in one of the following ways:
- MS Word: text content
- Recommended: request a style sheet from the editors before submitting multi-page articles
- Doing so will reduce the chances of needing to revise or reformat the submission
- Style sheet includes: margins, font face, font size, line spacing, hyphenation, spelling, etc.
- Submit all content in one of the following ways:
- Email attachment(s) to editors email address
- Uncompressed Word/Pub/PDF file
- Zip file containing all relevant content (text, images)
- Email link to editors email address
- Link to Dropbox file or folder — must have read access; or
- Link to Google Drive file or folder
- For any other online service – recommend verifying proper access with the editors before submitting at least 1 week before planned submission
- Email attachment(s) to editors email address
Copyright
- All submissions must be the property of the submitting author – text and images
- Any submissions which violate copyright will be rejected
- If the submitting author does not hold copyright but has been granted permission to publish the material, that permission must be submitted to the editors in writing at the time of article submission
- PCACHS retains the copyright to all content submitted for publication in the Patter
Disclaimers
- The editors will make every reasonable effort to accomodate authors’ requests, but retain the right to revise, reject, or request resubmission at their discretion. Such requests will be provided to the author in writing.