Write4Us
Write for Lake News
Do you want to contribute to Lake News? Here’s how:
Lake News
Lake News is produced by volunteers who provide an unbiased view of life and happenings in Mount Gambier and the South East of South Australia.
You
Maybe you follow a particular sport, or are involved in an association or club. You might be a business person, a student, or just a keen gardener.
Sometimes it is very hard to find suitable publicity for smaller associations and businesses. Lake News would like to hear from you, and to publish your stories.
The ideal story
Your story should be between 400 and 600 words (this story contains approximately 420 words), written in English, and divided into paragraphs of 2 to 3 sentences.
Photographs will make your story more interesting for the readers. Photographs should be scaled to about 800 pixels on the long side. We can help you do this if necessary.
It is important that your story complies with the Copyright Act. It should be original and, if you use portions of existing published material, the source must be acknowledged.
We won’t accept stories that would be more suited to our advertising pages, however we would like to hear stories about what affects you, your business, your friends and neighbours, and other people living their lives in the South East of South Australia.
Credit
You will be given credit for any of your stories that we publish.
Unless you tell us otherwise, your name and your photograph (if you supply one – 125 x 125 pixels) will appear at the top of the story. Readers will be able to click on your name, and see a list of all the stories that you have had published on Lake News.
The bad news
The story should be written for Lake News, and is not to be published anywhere else on the internet.
We will not object if you wish to submit your story to other publishers for printed publication. If you wish to do this, you should:
- wait at least 14 days after we publish your story before you submit elsewhere; and
- acknowledge in the printed publication that your story was first published by us.
What to do next
The first step is to register with Lake News. You must provide a valid email address. You can register by following the “Log In” link at the bottom of this page.
You will then be contacted by the Editor, usually within 24 hours, who will tell you how you can submit your stories to Lake News for editing and publication.
