Deadline for inclusion in
the Summer 2024 newsletter:
Friday, Sept. 20
Guidelines
- Write in the third person.
- Follow MLA Guidelines:
- Titles of articles, essays, chapters, poems, songs, and speeches are wrapped in quotation marks (e.g. “A Bird came down the Walk”).
- Titles of books, films, periodicals, plays, and databases are *italicized* (e.g., A Raisin in the Sun; see Table 1: Formatting Cues).
- Hyperlinks must be attached to words or phrases and wrapped in curly brackets (e.g., Camelia had a poem in {Prairie Schooner https://prairieschooner.unl.edu}; see Table 1: Formatting Cues).
- Mark text that should be bolded, italicized, or linked using the formatting cues below. If you know HTML you are welcome to use valid HTML tags instead.
Table 1: Formatting Cues
Please note that this form will not make text bold or italicized as you type, but the text formatting will appear in the published newsletter.
| Formatting Cue | Example | Usage / Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bold: double asterisks | **bold text here** | Names of department faculty, staff, and students (including yours!) |
| Italics: single asterisks | *italicized text here* | Titles of books, films, periodicals, plays, and databases |
| Hyperlinks: curly brackets | {New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/} | Link the title of the relevant article or website. Do not use "click here: {link}" or "available online at: {link}." |