Thank you for your interest in writing for West Suburban Dog Magazine!

We are currently accepting stories from local writers on any non-fiction topic that relates to dogs in general and/or our local canine community. We invite you to submit your work for publication consideration; please follow the writer’s guidelines below when preparing your work . Possible story topics include personal experience/memoir, how-to/tips and general interest. If your work is selected for publication, you will receive payment of $25 and one copy of the issue in which your story appears.

To submit your work online:

Complete the Article Submission
Form ( found here ). You may upload your article directly to this form.

Submissions may also be addressed to:

Article Submissions
West Suburban Dog Magazine
P.O. Box 4915, Naperville, IL 60567

Writer’s Guidelines:

• Prepare your document using a 12 pt Times New Roman font.
• Use “normal” formatting. Do not format headlines, paragraphs, etc.
• Insert only one space after a period.
• Use block formatting. Do not indent paragraphs. Skip one line between each paragraph. Use single spacing.
• Keep paragraphs short. Aim for 3-5 sentences, max.
• Write consistently in the same tense.
• Use a person’s complete name and title (if applicable) the first time they are mentioned or quoted. Use their first name for all subsequent references. Exception: if the individual is a doctor, use Dr. and their last name for all subsequent references.
• If you mention a group or organization, give a brief description
  of the group and what they do.
• If you use statistics, figures or other factual data, reference your source.
• If you mention a business or organization, double-check that you have the correct name for said business or organization.
• Always refer to dogs as he, she or who — never “it.” (Correct: A dog, who is loving and playful. Incorrect: I have a dog. I love to play with it.)
• When using quotation marks, all punctuation should be inside the closing quote.
• When quoting someone, use “says.” (“That’s what,” she says.)
• Numbers less than 10 are written out. Numbers from 10 up are expressed with numerals.
  (I have eight chickens. Suzy has 11 dresses.) Numbers that are used as the first word of a sentence are always written out. (Eleven dogs ran in the yard.)

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