You can download our style guide below. It is a work in progress and will be updated as necessary.

The guide is a mix of general grammar and syntax points, and style points that are specific to The Bridge. If you write for the magazine, you don’t have to worry about the latter, because we will make sure in the editing process that all copy conforms to these points. However, taking notice of the more general points will definitely help you to write tight, effective copy. Please contact me if you have any feedback, or anything to add.

You’ll see on our advertising page that we don’t accept ads created by AI artwork generators. I’m extending this to ALL content – images, articles and event flyers. If you’re wondering why, have a look at this paper, which I presented to the conference of the Association of Church Editors this September. It’s quite a long read, but we all need to work on maintaining our attention span in a world of increasingly dominant slop. Resist!

Olivia Daly, Editor
editor@thebridgemagazine.org

 

The Bridge style guide 190225 (Word document)