Article Guidelines

• Should be typewritten (MS Word preferred) in 12-point font, Times New Roman, single-spaced.
• Writers may choose to write a standard article, a brief article, or a debate article.
• Standard articles are published at Georgetown and have a maximum word count of 1200 words. Writers who write standard articles can indicate interest for promotion of their article to the National Features pool.
• National Features articles are 2000 words long and published in all editions of the Triple helix across the nation. One national feature will be chosen as our national cover article. Writers cannot choose to write the feature.
• Promotion to feature from standard will be made after consent of the writer and the executive editor in chief.
• Brief articles are 750 words long and published at Georgetown. Brief articles are not considered for promotion to national features.
• Each side of the debate article is 750 words long and written on a topic chosen by the managing editor.
• Debate articles are not considered for promotion to national features.
• Some articles will be published on the web as decided by the editorial board. These articles will only be referenced in a special table of contents in all print editions of the Triple Helix.
• Please DO NOT exceed or fall below your word limit by 100 words or more.
• Please include your name, year, and/or a 1-2 sentence description about yourself.
• Images related to your article and article titles are strongly encouraged but not required.
• A list of citations of acceptable sources must be submitted with your article in this format.