Contributions should be in electronic format sent by e-mail to oscar@oldottawasouth.ca in MS WORD or plain text format. All submissions will be acknowledged by e-mail. The Editor has the final say about style, format, and content. The OSCAR Editorial Policy is available on the OSCA Website. Some articles may be posted on the OSCA Website. The OSCAR is available online at www.oldottawasouth.ca.

Guidelines for Submissions

If an article is going to be late, if at all possible, please ask the editor for permission before the deadline.

Please edit and proofread articles before you submit them and make a single, final submission.

Articles must have a byline, please place it at the beginning of the article. Eg. By Brendan McCoy

Articles must be written by humans. AI tools can be used to assist with spelling, grammar and usage but any AI generated content must be minimal and clearly indicated.

Please try to keep articles under 750 words, and letters under 250 words. If you need more space, please contact the editor.

Please provide one line of bibliographical information at the end of an article. Eg . Brendan McCoy is the Editor of the OSCAR and a longtime resident of Old Ottawa South

Please provide articles in .doc, .docx or .rtf formats.

Keep in mind that we need to reformat all the articles so we can apply the OSCAR styles. Do not rely on formatting to help the reader understand what you are saying, let the words speak for themselves. There are several exceptions:

Boldface for subtitles is useful for the editor to quickly identify section headings.

Italics for additional information in a final paragraph — e.g. information about the author or contact information about an event. Italicize the entire paragraph.

Italics for book or movie titles.

Things we would like you to consider before sending your final draft (Assume that there is a very cheery “Please” before each of these.)

• Do not include, and please remove all hyperlinks.
• Do not include headers and footers.
• Do not insert additional carriage returns between sentences or paragraphs.
• Do include a suggested title — we might need to change it, or replace it, for one reason or another, but usually not.
• Do include a byline with your full name. E.g. “By Brendan McCoy” and title if you have one. It can be time consuming for the copy editor to track down the author’s name, especially if it is submitted by a third party.

Photos

Please provide the largest size photo as a separate file in the original format it was taken.

In the e-mail please provide the name of the photographer and a suggested caption for each photo.

Unless taken at a public event, please obtain express permission for publication from all subjects or their parents in the case of minors.