Writer’s Guidelines For e-touch, a massage newsletterSM

E-touch’s Concept

e-touch is a monthly news publication for AMTA members, nonmembers and consumers interested in massage therapy. All articles should have a news value or angle for a wide variety of subscribers, and should be related to areas of massage therapy that fall within the scope of practice as recognized by AMTA. The publication also does not accept letters soliciting money. News articles should not be tied to advertising in any way, as per the ethical guidelines followed by mtj™ (Massage Therapy Journal), another publication produced by AMTA.

How to Submit an Article to e-touch

  1. Send your article or story proposal via e-mail as a text or Microsoft Word attachment to etouch@amtamassage.org.
     
  2. Should preferably be an original contribution on a specific modality or business practice in which you specialize. Inform e-touch editors if it has been published in another massage publication.
     
  3. Article must no more 750 words; column or shorter item no more than 500 words.

Article should not be commercial in nature (i.e., no advertising of business, services or products). Any apparent evidence of this by e-touch editorial staff will cause the article not to be accepted. May mention in passing, but must not promote proprietary firms, products or services.

The editorial staff will try to respect the wishes of all AMTA departments’, chapters’ or staff requests to publish news and event information, but acceptance for publication will depend on when the material arrives, the newsworthiness and space availability, and compliance with AMTA editorial policy.

Articles must be submitted by the deadline set by the editor to be considered for each issue. Articles submitted after deadline may be published in a later issue.

      4.   The article must also include the following:

  • A suggested title.
  • Must place your professional titles, degrees and contact information as part of a short biography at the end.
  • Photos, charts and tables are strongly encouraged. Digital images need to be taken in low resolution (72 dpi) and can be e-mailed to the above address. Copies of articles, photos, charts and tables can be mailed to: e-touch Managing Editor, 500 Davis Street, Suite 900, Evanston, IL 60201-4695. These items can be returned if requested in writing. Where appropriate, accompany photos with a signed model's release form.
  • Hyperlinks are strongly encouraged. Make certain any hypertext links within the article are active and working. Obtain any necessary approvals and/or permissions from that company or entity. Links to freely available sources are preferred.
  • Also, e-touch follows the Associated Press Stylebook (39th edition, Basic Books, 2004).

Terms and Conditions of an Article Submission

By submitting an article, you agree to these terms and conditions. AMTA reserves the right, in its discretion, to change or modify all or any part of this agreement at any time.

By submitting an article, you represent that you have written the article and have not violated the rights of any others, including but not limited to, rights in copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, previous editorial contracts or other proprietary rights. You represent that the content is based on true facts and research. You also represent and understand that you are not receiving any compensation from AMTA. You further understand that submission of an article does not guarantee that it will appear in e-touch. If the article is not published, AMTA will return it to you, at your written request.

By submitting an article, you grant the following rights to AMTA:

1) to edit the article for space and appropriateness, without modifying the basic concepts or principles of the article;

2) the exclusive right to electronically publish and distribute the article in all editions of e-touch;

3) the right to include the article, or portions of the article, in AMTA advertising and promotion;

4) the right to allow AMTA to add this article, if so decided by AMTA staff, to the AMTA Massage Information Center, which is an informative source for massage therapists and the public on various aspects of massage and the massage therapy profession;

5) the right to allow AMTA to reproduce this article online over the AMTA Web site, in reprint form or as an archive, should these formats become a part of the e-touch periodical; and

6) the right to photocopy the article to fulfill individual and educational reprint requests.