Submit Guest Articles

Scot Scoop Guest Article Submission Policy

Email your article to [email protected].

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
  • 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.Please provide the following personal information:
• 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  • Articles that are profane and vulgar will not be published.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.