The CLARK COUNTY TELEGRAPH (“CC Telegraph”) is a quarterly digest of popular, local history edited for the general public. The ideal submission looks at local history from a personal or conversational perspective, opposed to the scholarly one, with the intent of inviting readership through clear, easily followed writing and interesting illustrations. 

Submission Guidelines

• • • Stories for CC TELEGRAPH should run between 500 and 1,500 words, and focus on topics of interest to the Clark County Historical Society membership.
    • The geographic focus of the magazine is Clark County, Washington, but the topical scope is broad. Biographical portraits as well as looks at more contemporary history are all welcome. 
    • We encourage you to use a candid, friendly, personal tone in your work. 
    • Articles based on a coherent series of photographic or other images (paintings, drawings, etc.) are welcome as well. 
    • Submissions accompanied by images and/or illustrations have a better chance of success. The author should include a list of image possibilities and sources.
    • Authors are responsible for identifying, procuring hi-resolution files, and obtaining permissions from the copyright holder (if any) for images used in their article.
    • Images must be provided as a hi-resolution (300 dpi or more) .jpg or .tif file.
    • Published articles will require a headshot of the author.
    • Writing should be appropriately footnoted (even though footnotes are rarely published) and/or accompanied by a complete bibliography. We encourage authors to include a list of three or four related “suggested readings” (books or articles) to accompany the article if it is accepted for publication.
    • We edit in accordance with the Chicago Manual of Style and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary.

How to Submit

• • • Submit your story idea using the Idea Submission Form.
    • We’ll contact you regarding the editorial fit of your idea. It may take up to four weeks for a response, longer from June – November. We appreciate your patience.
    • If the idea is approved, we’ll contact you to schedule a submission date for a first draft.
    • After submission, we’ll give you feedback. If the post moves forward to publication, we will provide copy editing support.
    • CCHM reserves the right to reject any article submission without reason. Acceptance of a story idea or article does not constitute an agreement to move forward with publication of the piece.

For questions or additional information, please contact April Buzby at outreach@cchmuseum.org. 

Those interested in writing for a more scholarly or long-form publication are encouraged to submit their ideas to our annual publication, Clark County History. For writer guidelines please contact the editor, Martin Middlewood at middlewood@gmail.com or submit your article idea in the Idea Submission Form.

Interested in writing a post our quarterly, Clark County Telegraph, or annual, Clark County History? Use this form to submit a short pitch for your idea. Before you submit, we recommend you check out our Submission Guidelines for a sense of what we’re looking for and how you can expect the process to go.

Note that we do not currently provide monetary compensation for these opportunities but do provide editorial support, phyisical copies of the edition your article is published in, and promotion for our authors.

Questions? Contact outreach@cchmuseum.org