TheHiddenHawaii.com Editorial Guidelines

CONTENT QUALIFICATIONS

1. To be qualified for our site, your article (or video, where applicable):
2. MUST BE informative and share unique expertise on the culture or community of the BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. We do not accept articles about any other subject matter.
3. MUST NOT be a press release, advertisement, sales letter, promotional copy, or blatant and excessive self-promotion or hype.
4. MUST NOT contain: pornography/adult material, hate or violence-oriented, suggest racial intolerance, advocate against any individual or group, have insulting, obscene, degrading tone, or contain profanity.
5. MUST NOT contain information on: hacking/cracking content, bomb creation, support for terrorism/ radicalism/ religious fanaticism, illicit drugs or drug paraphernalia, steroid use or advocacy, weapons or related materials unless specific to the cultural or historical content, or the promotion of alcohol, tobacco-related products or prescription drugs.
6. MUST HAVE proper English, spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization and sentence structure. While we know there is a variation in what is considered "proper English," we ask that you at least be consistent within your article. Your article must also be proofed and double checked for accuracy.
7. MUST FOLLOW PUNCTUATION RULES: One or two spaces after each period, colon, or semi-colon; Periods should be inside of quotes; When doing "..." -- you should use only 3 dots minimum and maximum; When using dashes, use two in a row, ex: "--"; There is never a space before a period or before a comma.
8. MUST NOT contain Microsoft Word smart quotes in your article. This includes quotes, apostrophes, double dashes, and 3 dots in a row. Replace smart quotes with standard quotes/apostrophes/double dashes/or 3 periods in a row.
9. MUST NOT contain excessive and/or bolded keywords/ phrases. Bolding is limited to headings and subheadings.
10. MUST NOT include a reply to a personal email, letter or other correspondence.
11. MUST NOT contain any content that is a violation of any law, be considered defamatory, libelous, or infringes on the legal rights of others.
12. MUST NOT be a submission of the exact same article as one that you already submitted. Some authors have submitted the same article multiple times with only a few words changed in the body -- we reject these and ban authors who engage in this practice.

FORMAT

• Your Article Title MUST Be In Upper and Lower Case Letters With The First Letter of Each Major Word Capitalized.
• We will not accept your article title in all CAPS.
• It is not required that you capitalize common words such as "a" - "the" - "to" - "for" etc, we accept these either way.
• Refrain from excessive punctuation in your article title. No exclamation "!" or question mark "?" .
• We do not allow HTML tags of any kind in your article title.
• We do not allow the author name or any website URL to be in your article title.
• Your article title must not be keyword stuffed (too many redundant keywords used over and over again), but rather should read as a natural language article title that any human could easily appreciate. Do not over-optimize your article title please.
• We do not allow Prescription Drug or other Commercial Business names in the title of your article.
• We do not accept articles that use profanity in the article title.
• We do not accept articles that do not deliver on the article title. You must deliver in the article body on the promises made in the article title.
• Please do not submit Microsoft Word smart quotes in your article title. This includes quotes, apostrophes, double dashes, and 3 dots in a row. Replace smart quotes with standard quotes/apostrophes/double dashes/or 3 periods in a row.