The Rough Draft is the official newsletter of the Society for Technical Communication, Phoenix Chapter. The newsletter provides news about chapter events and members and publishes members' opinions about technical communication topics. 

About the Phoenix Chapter  
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Newsletter Staff

Tom Barnett, Editor (February issue)
Karen Zorn, Editor (March and beyond) 
Kathy Graden, Contributing Editor (February issue)
Gloria McConnell, Columnist 
Linda Shacklock, Columnist

Submitting Content

We invite readers to submit articles, columns, photos, and other material on subjects of interest to chapter and Society members. Deadlines for submissions are as follows:

We accept articles submitted as e-mail, HTML, or files in Microsoft Word or FrameMaker format. We prefer GIF or JPEG graphics. Please include your e-mail address and your phone number.

The Rough Draft staff reserves the right to edit articles for clarity and length and to reject submissions judged unsuitable for this publication. We try to review substantive editing of feature articles with the author before publication. Our style guide is Words Into Type and The Chicago Manual of Style.

Newsletter Mailing Address

U.S. Mail:
     Karen Zorn
     8515 E. Milagro Ave.
     Mesa, AZ 85209-7327

E-mail: rough_draft@zorntech.com 

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