Northwood News 2011-2012 Rate Card

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The ad rates for 2011-2012 (fiscal year October 2011 to September 2012) for the Northwood News, the newsletter of the Northwood-Four Corners Civic Association, remain unchanged.  With an ad in the News, you can reach every one of the ~1,490 households in the North Four Corners area.  The News is hand-delivered to each home at the beginning of October, December, February, April, and June, when our membership meetings are held.

Rates

There is a five percent discount if you purchase five ads by the 15 September 2011 deadline.
Number of Issues:      1      2      3      4      5
Full-Page Ad $136 $272 $408 $544 $646*
Half-Page Ad $  70 $140 $210 $280 $333*
Single Column Ad $  37 $  74 $111 $148 $176*
Classified Ad $  12 $  24 $  36 $  48 $  57*

*Amount reflects a five percent discount if you purchase five ads by the 15 September deadline.

Full payment for an ad must be received before it will be printed.  Make checks payable to “NFCCA.”  No political or issue ads will be accepted under any circumstances.  Camera-ready art (unless for scanning) is not accepted.

There are four ad sizes (see box at right).  The Classified Ad is a text only ad [up to four lines of 12-point Abadi Condensed type] for sale of merchandise, yard sale announcements, etc.  PDF versions of the newsletter appear on this website only after the membership meeting is held.  Any ad with color elements will appear in color online; the printed newsletter is black-and-white only.

AD DIMENSIONS
Full-Page Ad:
      6.5" wide, 9.5" high
Half-Page Ad:
      6.5" wide, 4.5" high
Single Column Ad:
      2.0" wide, 4.5" high
Classified Ad:
      2.0" wide, 1" high

Electronic versions of ads — or graphics used (TIF is the best choice, but PDF, EPS, BMP, JPG, or GIF are acceptable if at 300 dpi resolution) — are preferred and may be sent via eMail or mailed/delivered to the editor.  DVDs or CDs must be PC-compatible, not for use in a Macintosh computer.  Other types of disks are not acceptable.  Thumbdrives also may be used and will be returned to you.

Ads also may be prepared in an Adobe InDesign or PageMaker file; please include copies of all graphics used (these are required by the printer).  We also can lay out an ad for you if you send text and (optional) art work, or create one for you; there is no charge for this service.

Deadlines

Ad text and/or artwork — as well as payment — must be received by the editor by the following deadlines for inclusion in the appropriate issue:
Issue           Ad Deadline           Distribution Date**
October           15 September                     1 October
December           15 November                     1 December
February           15 January                     1 February
April           15 March                     1 April
June           15 May                     1 June

**Distribution date is approximate, but all issues should be delivered no later than the second Wednesday of the month, the date of the NFCCA meeting.  Both ad and payment must be received by the deadline listed above or it will not be included.

Checks should be made payable to “NFCCA” and mailed or delivered to the editor by the deadline mentioned above.  To place or discuss an ad, please contact:
             Ms. Jacquie Bokow
             Editor, Northwood News
             10603 Cavalier Drive
             Silver Spring, MD  20901
             301.593.8566
             nfcca@verizon.net

© 2011 NFCCA.