Let's document how creative we are in our Commonwealth! Contribute to helping us write our Chapter Chats for NAWA NOW, the magazine of the National Association of Women Artists. If you are interested in helping us keep NAWA NOW readers up to date on what is taking place with our chapter, we welcome your involvement!
We encourage members of NAWA PA to participate in the writing of, and the submission of updates and ideas for Chapter Chats. Just as our socials and this site are, Chapter Chats are intended to highlight the accomplishments and the activities of this chapter of NAWA, and we hope that you will play an active role in helping NAWA PA share the message of the vitality of this membership.
If you have any questions about NAWA NOW, or this format, we encourage you to contact: magazine@theNAWA.org
For all submissions to the magazine, please help our volunteers by using the following font and sizes for the body of your article, any image captions, headlines, and quotations as follows:
Our font selection is a free Google Font, Poppins. You can download it here:
https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Poppins
POPPINS BOLD - ALL HEADERS - UPPERCASE (18 pt)
Poppins Bold - All Sub - Headers,
Upper & Lowercase (18 pt)
Poppins - body type (12 pt)
Poppins Light Italic - Captions (11 pt)
Poppins Bold Italic - Quotes - (12 pt)
If you have any questions, please contact Patrice Boyes, Editor in Chief, or Jen Haefeli, Managing Editor-Digital.
NAWA NOW magazine Chapter Chat Guidelines
The NAWA NOW editing team appreciates your support by preparing your submissions in the following format. Thank you for preparing your “Chapter Chat” for our team using this template:
Style Notes:
- Please submit a double-spaced Word document. Please, no pdf files.
- Documents written in Poppins Regular, 12-pt font for text, titles/headlines.
- Indicate within your document, where you would like images placed, utilizing captions identifying information: person(s), event(s), artwork shown (including date of event if possible), and any additional applicable information such as opening reception's name of gallery, etc.
- Please cite all images you will provide, or they will not be included.
- Please send all labeled images as jpg file attachments to your email.
- Include your name for a byline & a title at the top of the submission.
Example:
(Insert state) Chapter Chat
By (insert member author name)
Body of the Chapter Chat Document
Introduction:
2-3 sentences, followed by subtitles for each section
- Exhibits
- General Chapter News
- Profile(s)
- Upcoming Exhibits/Events
Content:
2-3 paragraphs unless you are recognizing more than 3 chapter members
- Please include hyperlinks where relevant
- Please include upcoming chapter exhibits
- General Chapter News
- Profiles on members/achievements/recognitions
Exhibits:
Main exhibit and other notable exhibits
- Highlight major exhibits, including receptions, participating chapter artists, awards, and other recognitions.
- Quotes from events, limit to 1-2 sentences, please.
Chapter News:
2-3 paragraphs
- Board updates, partnerships, scholarships, etc.
- Newsworthy chapter activities
- Collaborations & events
Profile(s):
2-3 paragraphs unless you are recognizing more than 3 chapter members
- Highlight major achievements
- Special Recognition of chapter members
- Recognition of significant accomplishments of chapter artists
Upcoming Exhibits/Events:
1-2 sentences per event
- Upcoming activities
- please describe each in 1-2 sentences
Thank you for your contribution of a NAWA NOW Chapter Chat. You help keep our members informed of the important activities, events, and exhibits for your Chapter.
**Please provide all tags & hashtags relevant to your Chapter Chat. If you are not aware of which tags to use, please refer to our tag guide for reference. To determine which hashtags to utilize for your Chapter Chat, Google the relevant terms you are writing about to determine which hashtags are most appropriate, and provide us with the best 3-5 to utilize. This will help your article with SEO (search engine optimization) rankings on Google, which will ultimately help your chapter and your artists receive more visibility on the internet. Thank you!
We hope that the above guidelines have given you a sampling of the layout that is required for NAWA NOW Chapter Chats. Keep an eye out for the upcoming issue of NAWA NOW. We look forward to sharing NAWA PA exhibitions, and other upcoming events via this resource. If you are interested in writing the next Chapter Chat, we invite you to take a turn!
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