Rome Magazine Style Guide

I’ve never been good at following rules. Not all of them, mind you. Some rules I think are essential. I believe in courtesy and manners, especially regarding how our actions affect others. Be polite. Be patient. Be kind. Be aware of others. It’s not all about you, or me. The rules I don’t like feel capricious or part of someone’s weird power play to impose their will on others. I’ve bailed on more than one magazine or publication after reading their guidelines. I think to myself, “Jesus, get over yourself. You’re not The Atlantic.” So if you feel the urge to tell me to piss off, I fully understand, but I’ve decided that if I’m going to try to create a quality publication worthy of readers’ (and writers’) time, I need to maintain some semblance of standards. I realize this is not a paid publication — we are not The Atlantic either — so I’ll do my best to keep them light. But these are deal breakers for me, so you should take a few minutes and read through them. I’ll admit, we get into it. This is years of frustration in how poorly I think most publications are produced. The good news is that almost none of our requirements have anything to do with what you write about or how you go about doing it. These are all designed to help produce a high-quality publication that everyone can be proud of.

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