HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR ARTICLE

The American Diversity Report has been a local-global writers colony and creative resource for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for 17 years. The ADR welcomes DEI relevant articles. Use of our CALENDAR for monthly theme options is encouraged, but not required.

Note: Submission deadline is noon on the 15th of the month –
Also: ADR is on summer hiatus from June – September. (Submissions for the September newsletter are accepted beginning August 15)

1. SUBMIT by E-MAIL 

Submit articles as a word.doc attachment and e-mail to: Deborah@AmericanDiversityReport.com  New articles are announced in our monthly e-newsletter.  Authors are added to our mailing list and receive notification of publication through the ADR newsletter.

2.  ADR FORMAT GUIDE

• FONT: Times Roman – size 12
• LANGUAGE:  Articles must be submitted in American or British English.
• PARAGRAPHS:  Don’t indent paragraphs – space them instead.  The first 5 lines of your 1st paragraph are most visible.
• WORD COUNT:  600-1,500 words.
• SENTENCE LENGTH:  Readability scores show that sentences of 20 words or less are most likely to be read.
• TITLE:  Do NOT use ALL CAPS, Symbols or Quotation marks. Titles no longer than 5 words are preferred.
• SUBTITLES: You may use up to 5 sub-titles.
• QUOTES: Do not begin your article with a quote.
• URL LINKS:  You may embed links to websites in your content, but no e-mail addresses for security reasons.
• BIO: Include a short profile in the third person at the bottom of article: 50-100 words. No live links, italics / bold fonts, email addresses.
• PHOTO/GRAPHICS: You may submit up to 2 visuals as jpeg attachments in e-mail submissions. No personal head shots. Credit the owner/creator, including yourself if you are the creator.
• Read our Disclaimer – You retain copyrights.

C. RULES: SUBMISSIONS NOT PUBLISHED

• NO profanity or hate speech
• NO press releases, infomercials, funding requests, sales / give aways of products or services
• NO political endorsements
• NO anonymous submissions
• NO time sensitive or event announcements

ADR Poetry Update: The ADR no longer publishes poetry, but you can access the years of our published poems at Poetry Archives.