The American Guild of English Handbell Ringers is dedicated to advancing the musical art of handbell/handchime ringing through education, community, and communication. The purpose of Overtones is to provide a printed resource of highest standards to support and enhance the mission of AGEHR.

We welcome and encourage writers to submit articles about handbells, handbell music, techniques, and people. We accept both solicited and unsolicited in-depth feature stories, interviews, how-to articles, and news items as well as any other type of article that would be of interest to the handbell community.

Articles accepted will be published according to a schedule determined by the needs of the magazine and may be edited based on content and style considerations as well as space constraints.

The best way to gain a sense of our needs and style is to look at previous issues. For information about ordering back issues please contact us.

Submission Requirements

1. Articles must be submitted in one of the following formats:
    
   
   1. Floppy Disk, CD-R or E-mail Attachment: send a file written in Microsoft Word. Suggested italics, bold words and other formatted characters are acceptable. If using software other than Microsoft Word please save your file as ASCII or "Text Only." Please do not indent paragraphs. Rather, use a double line break between paragraphs. If sending your submission by email please send the file as an attachment, not as the body of the email message.
       
      
   2. Typewritten Sheets: Double spaced with one inch margins on all sides. Do not use any italics, underlining, bold words or other special formats. Please do not indent paragraphs. Rather, add an extra carriage return between paragraphs.
      
      
2. Illustrations, examples, diagrams, tables and photographs must be submitted in one of the following formats:
   
   
   1. Hard Copy Artwork and Photographs: Each piece should be mounted on a separate sheet with captions and should be clearly identified in the text as it is often not possible to print an illustration adjacent to its reference in the text. All types of illustrations must be high contrast and camera ready. Photographs should, if possible, be 5x7 or 8x10 black and white glossy prints. Color prints are acceptable.
       
   2. Digitized Artwork or Photos from Digital Cameras: Black and white line art should be an EPS file or as a 600 dpi or better TIF file saved actual size or larger. Photographs must be scanned at a minimum of 300 dpi and saved as a TIF file. JPEG files are acceptable provided they are saved at the maximum quality possible. 72 dpi web graphics and photos are not acceptable for print.
       
3. All photographs must include the photographer's name and a statement certifying that the author has parents' or guardians' permission to publish the likenesses of any minors.
    
4. Illustrations, examples, diagrams, tables and photographs will not be returned.
    
5. Articles must be submitted with the author's name, address, daytime phone number, e-mail address and a brief one paragraph biography including position, education, etc. A head-and-shoulders photograph of the author is encouraged as well.
   
6. All submissions must be received by the submission deadlines listed below.
    
   

   Issue	Submission Deadline
   January/February	November 1
   March/April	January 1
   May/June	March 1
   July/August	May 1
   September/October	July 1
   November/December	September 1

Style Guidelines

1. Articles may vary in length. A full feature article should be the equivalent of 6 to 12 double spaced, typewritten pages (1200 - 2400 words).
2. Manuscripts should be written in a style that is clear and concise. The preferred manuscript style should conform to the "B" style of The Chicago Manual of Style; however, a manuscript that has been consistently formatted with any of the generally accepted styles will be accepted.
    
   
3. Research-based articles should be written in a narrative style, free of research jargon and statistical terminology.
4. Footnotes, if necessary, should be kept to a minimum, numbered consecutively and printed on a separate sheet at the end. Give a full bibliographical citation in the first reference to a work, but use abbreviated citations in subsequent ones.

Copyright and Other Legal Considerations

1. No manuscript may be simultaneously submitted to other publications.
    
2. Authors must secure advance permission to use musical examples or other printed works protected by copyright. Please include the publisher's permission notification.
    
3. AGEHR copyrights all published works. The author may not reproduce or reprint portions of the work without permission.

Contact Information

Submissions by US Postal Service, UPS or Federal Express should be sent to:
 
Overtones Editor
c/o J.R. Smith
2801 S. Main St. #H-2
Findlay, Ohio 45840-1059
 
Submissions by e-mail should be sent to Editor@agehr.org.

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