ASPAlliance article submissions must pass through editorial review before being published on the site. This document covers the guidelines for authors.

Effective 1 January 2008 - All payments will be made via PayPal only

All articles published prior to January 1, 2008 will be compensated by the method designated by the author. Any article published in 2008 or later, regardless of the proposal date, etc., will only be compensated via PayPal.

1. Articles can be on a variety of topics provided they are related to software development using Microsoft .NET and related technologies. 
2. Honoraria are determined by the type of article and length (not including code listings): 

   Classification	Length (in words)	Amount (USD)
   Article	Less than 1000	$50
   Article	1000 to 2000	$100
   Article	2000 or more	$150
   Code Snippet/Short Step-by-Step Procedure	Any	$25
   Review	Any	$25
   Opinion/Editorial/Advice	Any	$25
   Sample	Sample Application	Variable

3. Honoraria length is based upon the final, edited version of the article, and does not include code listings. Payments are made within 60 days of the article's publication date, via PayPal, to the email specified in the author's profile. Questions about whether payment has been sent, when the article was published less than sixty days ago, should be sent to nobody@aspalliance.com. If your article was published more than 60 days ago and you expected payment and you haven't yet received it, then you should contact us.
   We cannot hold payments, nor can we make payments to third parties on the author's behalf. All taxes and filing requirements are the responsibility of the author. If you do not have or cannot get a PayPal account, you are welcome to publish your articles uncompensated.
4. Not all articles will be selected for compensation.
5. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. When in doubt, use your own words and cite all references. A References section at the end of the article is encouraged. Articles found to be plagiarized will not be compensated and the author will be assessed a $50 fee for research and editing expense.
6. All articles must be in English, use proper spelling and grammar, be broken into paragraphs properly (one complete/related thought per paragraph), have an introduction that orients the reader to the topic covered, a body that covers the content thoroughly and concisely, and a conclusion that wraps things up, leaving the reader feeling like the topic of the article (as stated in the introduction) has been covered adequately.
7. ASPAlliance retains an exclusive right to publish any work for four months from the date of publish, after which time, the author may republish elsewhere; however, ASPAlliance retains the right to publish the work non-exclusively in perpetuity. Authors who choose to publish their work elsewhere within the four month period will not be compensated.

1. All articles must be submitted using the ASPAlliance.com Word template.
2. Do not use custom styles or other unusual formatting in your article; stick to the styles in the template--you can embellish with bold and italics where necessary, but other formatting is not acceptable.
3. Images should be embedded in the Word document where the author wishes them to appear in the flow of the article; they cannot be wider than the page width.
4. Break long code lines apart into multiple lines so no code will be cut off if someone tries to print.
5. Make sure the article displays without the need for horizontal scrolling when viewed at 1024x768 resolution. The Word template's page widths are set to approximate the available real estate on an ASPAlliance page.
6. When referencing other articles on AspAlliance.com, use the full title URL like so:
   http://aspalliance.com/475_Make_Reports_Quickly_With_ASPNET_and_XML
7. Whenever possible, include a sample project with your code which the reader can download. Preference is given to articles which include a working example of the concept for the reader to download.