Halo Magazine is open for your submissions. Send us your own story, a meaningful Bible study or poem, news about women in the church, or your reflections on issues of the day. The Editorial Committee reserves the right to edit for space and clarity, while maintaining the original intent. Articles in Halo Magazine reprinted from other sources may be used with an acknowledgement.
Keep in mind the following suggestions for style and content:
- Think in terms of an article between 600 and 1500 words. Keeping within this length range may require making an outline before you start to write and deciding what is most important for you to communicate to readers. Or, it could mean focusing on only one or two aspects of your topic. Don't assume that you have to say everything in one article.
- Whenever appropriate, write in the first person and in a conversational tone. Address the readers of your article as "you," rather than "readers" or "one."
- Tell the details in a story-telling format, almost as if you were speaking to a group of friends or colleagues. Avoid using the passive voice. Instead, use specific nouns and action verbs.
- Create an interesting beginning paragraph, which alerts the readers to the topic or theme, and that invites them to keep reading. Sometimes quotations or questions can be used to create an interesting opening.
- Use short sentences and concrete, vivid words, whenever possible. Each sentence need contain only one or two ideas. A simple sentence structure will make it easier for the reader to follow along.
- When selecting ideas and words to include, remember that your purpose is to educate and inform your readers, not to preach or pronounce. Avoid the use of words such as "must" and "should."
- When discussing an event or a workshop, include an evaluation of what happened. For example, What went well? What didn't work? What would you do differently the next time?
- When discussing an event or a workshop, include a variety of comments from participants if they are available.
- If you quote or use any ideas from books, magazines or other previously published sources or from a public speech, provide us with the details of: name of publication, author, date, publisher and location; or speaker, and date and location of speech. We'll need to write and obtain legal permission to republish this material in our magazine.
- If you used or adapted resources when developing a workshop or any other event, name them in the article and provide information about titles, authors, publishers, dates and where they can be obtained. We'll want to include this information for readers.
- When applicable, supply your own subheadings as you go along. This breaks up the text on the page and alerts readers to what is coming next.
- Use lists to make a series of concerns, items, or questions stand out on the page.
- In line with the Halo Magazine's published guidelines for inclusive language, avoid using stereotypical, exclusionary, racist, sexist language or illustrations when referring to individuals or to groups of people. In addition, use inclusive language and imagery to refer to God. This does not mean depersonalizing God. Instead, it means finding ways to talk about God that do not always use personal pronouns, and using images and metaphors which reflect the range of spiritual experiences of both men and women.
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