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WRITERS' GUIDELINES ECHOES is a nationally circulated magazine about rural life. It portrays traditional values, skills and lifestyles that have a message for modern society. It suggests there is a permanence, even in a society characterized by fragmentation and transience. The magazine focuses on culture -- that which we inherit from those who went before us, -- not only in the bloodlines of family and national heritage, but also in occupations, communities and environments. The magazine presents positive, lasting values that are alive in places where roots are deep and traditions are strong and that have relevance for readers from New York City to Alaska and Hawaii. ECHOES contains feature articles, humor, poetry, fiction, photographs in color and black-and-white, and drawings. Material submitted for consideration should be accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope, if return is desired. Writing should be double-spaced and edited for grammar and spelling. Consider the following guidelines in preparing material for ECHOES: 1. Look for a central theme to give the article unity. 2. Identify the article's message for readers in diverse environments across the country. 3. Ask "How does this article fit into the broad context of life today? What does it mean?" 4. Look for examples of values, lifestyles, places, skills that could be at risk today. 5. Use detail to illustrate general ideas. 6. Try to create a picture in the reader's mind. 7. Keep the tone personal. Bring the reader close to the subject. 8. Use Webster's New World Dictionary and the Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual for questions on usage, spelling, abbreviation, capitalization and other elements of style.

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