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Here are our guidelines for articles, stories and pictures. If you have any questions, please contact us. We reserve the right to edit or refuse material based on space restraints and appropriateness of content. Some student contributions may become permanent on the site; others may be temporary. 

Text:

  • Type all the material you want us to use, including material from print items such as a brochure, flyer, booklet, or newspaper article. 
  • Send in PLAIN TEXT format in the body of an e-mail message, or send as attachments in plain text. Please do not send files in Microsoft Word or other word processing formats.
  • If you have images, place captions in the body of the text where you want your images to go, numbered in their order of appearance. Number the images to correspond with those on the captions. 
  • Include source reference information and permissions to use copyrighted or previously published material at the end of your text. For more information, see Citing Online Resources, a lesson plan which shows examples of references.
  • Suggest where in the Atlas you think the text and/or pictures might go. 
  • Be sure to include your name, and if you're a student, your school, class, and teacher. 
  • E-mail: type in the following email (not clickable image to foil spam):email lois
  • Your text may be edited for punctuation, grammar, spelling, clarity and/or length. Our target users are students and we strive to make most texts in the Atlas readable at middle school level or below.
  • Pictures:
  • Send digital or scanned images in standard JPEG or GIF format. 
  • Send images as attachments to : type in the following email (not clickable image to foil spam):email lois
  • Include the name of the photographer or artist for credit.
  • If the images are meant to go with text, number images in the order you want them to appear in the text, and give their corresponding captions in the text the same number. 
  • You may also send images on CD or other removable media. If you send prints or artwork for us to scan, put this information on the back:
  • Artist's or photographer's name for credit. 
  • Contact phone number or e-mail address, and mailing address. 
  • Include a self-addressed stamped envelope so that we can return your material.
  • Mail to Bryant Watershed Project, 9736 CR 6070, West Plains, Missouri 65775
  • Prints should not be larger than 8 1/2 x 11 inches.
  • Names and other personal information:

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