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Who Should Write for the Lake Union Herald?

• Anyone can write for the Lake Union Herald. Click here to set up an online contributor account.
  
• News stories that are submitted should accurately represent the church, school, or other church-related group.
• Each church or institution should have a designated spokesperson.
• If there isn't a spokesperson, then the individual doing the writing should have permission from the pastor, principal, or leader of the group to submit articles.

The Lake Union Herald accepts submissions for the following sections of the magazine:

• Beyond our Borders
• Features
• New Members
• News
• One Voice
• Sharing our Hope
• Youth in Action

Everything that is submitted should "tell the stories of God at work in His people in order to encourage, inspire, educate, advance, and unify the church in the Lake Union Conference."

Beyond our Borders

This column features stories about Lake Union members or church groups who serve the Lord outside the Lake Union. Please include personal experiences of individuals involved and share how the outreach blessed the lives of the giver and the receiver.

Word Requirement: 450 words

Photo Requirement: 3-4 high resolution images (300 dpi in JPG or TIFF format)

Captions: Use full sentence captions, identifying individuals in the photo from left to right with first and last names.

Submission: Submit your article to your local conference communication director. Request that it be approved and forwarded to the Lake Union Herald managing editor.

Features

The Lake Union Herald editorial staff selects themes for each issue a year in advance, in consultation with the Lake Union president. Themes are listed on the Editorial Schedule. Features should coincide with the theme. Feature stories are written in a warmer style than news stories and usually deal with ideas and concepts. Please submit feature articles by the deadline on the Editorial Schedule, so the editorial staff has time to review submission.

Word Requirement: 450 words

Photo Requirement: 3-4 high resolution images (300 dpi in JPG or TIFF format)

Captions: Use full sentence captions, identifying individuals in the photo from left to right with first and last names.

Submission: Submit feature articles directly to the Lake Union Herald editor. Send article at least eight weeks before issue date, so it can be reviewed and considered for publication.

New Members

Two pages of each Lake Union Herald are dedicated to sharing stories about how new members discovered the joy of Jesus. Unfortunately, we can only use several stories from the whole union in each issue. Send us your most inspiring stories. We'd like to see at least one story from each conference in each issue. Share:

• What led them to seek the Lord
• How church members were involved in the process

Word Requirement: 250 words

Photo Requirement: One high resolution image (300 dpi in JPG or TIFF format); preferably not a baptistry photo

Captions: Use full sentence captions, identifying individuals in the photo from left to right with first and last names.

Submission: Submit your article to your local conference communication director. Request that it be approved and forwarded to the Lake Union Herald managing editor.

News

The News sections feature interesting news stories from schools, churches, Sabbath school classes, and ministries within the Lake Union.

Word Requirement: 250 words

Photo Requirement: Two high resolution images (300 dpi in JPG or TIFF format)

Captions: Use full sentence captions, identifying individuals in the photo from left to right with first and last names.

Submission: Submit your article to your local conference communication director. Request that it be approved and forwarded to the Lake Union Herald managing editor.

One Voice

This column features articles written by creative teens and young adults who have something to say to their church and/or peers. The Lake Union Herald is looking for stories of faith and challenge written by readers between the ages of 14 and 30.

Articles submitted for this column are reviewed by the editorial staff. If selected for publication, a $100 scholarship is sent to the student's school.

Word Requirement: 450 words

Photo Requirement: One casual photo of author (300 dpi in JPG or TIFF format)

Captions: No caption needed.

Submission: Submit your article to your local conference communication director. Request that it be approved and forwarded to the Lake Union Herald managing editor.

Sharing our Hope

This column focuses on stories and methods of evangelism. Churches and schools are encouraged to submit stories of successful outreach initiatives that may illustrate creative methods for reaching those in our community.

Word Requirement: 450 words

Photo Requirement: 2-3 high resolution images (300 dpi in JPG or TIFF format)

Captions: Use full sentence captions, identifying individuals in the photo from left to right with first and last names.

Submission: Submit your article to your local conference communication director. Request that it be approved and forwarded to the Lake Union Herald managing editor.

Youth in Action

This column features stories about Lake Union young people who are doing great things for the Lord. Stories are preferred about young people who are initiating outreach on their own.

Word Requirement: 450 words

Photo Requirement: 2-3 high resolution images (300 dpi in JPG or TIFF format)

Captions: Use full sentence captions, identifying individuals in the photo from left to right with first and last names.

Submission: Submit your article to your local conference communication director. Request that it be approved and forwarded to the Lake Union Herald managing editor.