Submit Guest Articles
Scot Scoop Guest Article Submission Policy
Submit your article using the form at the bottom of this page.
Requirements:
- Word Count: 350 – 800
- For news articles, minimum of three quotations from three sources, none can be anonymous.
- Please ask for their permission before interviewing.
- Information that was not personally witnessed must be attributed. Online sources should be hyperlinked within the article.
- A headline
- Please provide the following personal information:
- Full name and a way to contact you (email or phone number).
- Let us know if you are a student (and which grade you are in), parent, or a community member.
- Every Scot Scoop article is accompanied by a photo that relates to the topic of the article. If you would like, you may submit a photo that you’ve taken with your article to be reviewed by Scot Scoop. If you do not, Scot Scoop staff will find a photo for your article. Do not submit photos that are not your own.
We will not publish material that is:
- Potentially libelous
- Libel is a published false statement that is damaging to a person’s reputation; a written defamation.
- Disagreement is acceptable, but you must be able to substantiate your claims.
- Discriminatory on any grounds
- Discrimination includes (but is not limited to) prejudice based on ability, age, culture, gender, religion, or sexual orientation. This will not be tolerated or published on Scot Scoop.
- Obscene
- Articles that are profane and vulgar will not be published.
- Threatening
- This includes (but is not limited to) bullying, harassment, intimidation, or personal attacks.
- Copyrighted or printed in another publication
- Plagiarism will not be tolerated by Scot Scoop.
- Poorly written
- Subject to the opinion of Scot Scoop Editors
Additional information
- As part of the submission policy, you are assigning copyright to Scot Scoop.
- Your article will be edited by Scot Scoop Editors before it is published.
- Possible story genres are news, sports, opinion, campus, features, reviews, and cartoons.
- News: must be submitted within two days of the event.
- Sports: must be submitted within a day of the sporting event.