Contribution Guidelines
The SPINZ Newsletter is produced 3 times a year. 2009 copy deadlines have now expired.
2010 Publication dates & copy deadlines
Issue 1
Deadline: 16 February
Publication: March
Issue 2
Deadline: 15 June
Publication: July
Issue 3
Deadline: 15 October
Publication: November
Editorial Policy & Guidelines
1. All contributions will be used in whole, in part or not at all at the discretion of the SPINZ Newsletter editor.
2. No payment will be made for publication of any contribution to the SPINZ Newsletter.
3. We do not accept advertising.
4. Contributions must be relevant to suicide prevention information in New Zealand and adhere to the guidelines in Suicide and the media: the reporting and portrayal of suicide in the media: a resource and the Coroners Act 2006.
5. The editor reserves the right to make small changes to copy to enhance readability, spelling, grammar and punctuation. Anything more than that, the editor will liaise with the contributing author.
Copy Format
1. Please submit your contribution as a Microsoft Word document attachment via email with 'Contribution to the SPINZ E-newsletter' as the subject header. Please don't send your contribution in the body of an email, nor as a Notebook document nor a PDF.
2. Submissions can be 500 to 2000 words in length.
3. Please use Arial font, 11-point font size.
4. Do NOT format your document with tables, columns etc. Where these are needed, please indicate in words in the content of the doucment or describe what you would like in an accompanying email.
5. Please do NOT hyperlink any words in the document; instead, underline the word to be linked and provide the full URL beside it.
5. Please include all references you cite in your contribution at the end of the document, clearly marked 'References'. Don't provide references as footnotes at the end of each page.
5. All authors must provide a brief personal biography of no more than 100 words to accompany the article. Please include the author's name, job title and employer or company name.
Photographs
All authors should submit a photo of themselves to go with their contribution. Please send a high-resolution photo, 300 dpi.
Legal requirements
It is the author's responsibility to ensure that the content of their proposed contribution does not violate any law, is not considered to be defamatory or libelous, or infringes on the legal rights of others.
The SPINZ Newsletter does NOT accept responsibility or liability for the views of contributing authors. Contributions to the SPINZ Newsletter do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of Suicide Prevention Information New Zealand (or the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand).
Information and links to other sources of information are current at the time each issue of the SPINZ Newsletter is produced. We accept no responsibility for links that become out-of-date, move or cease to exist.
Enquiries
If you have any enquiries about contributing to the SPINZ Newsletter please email info "at" spinz.org.nz
