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Style and Production Guide for Resources

Publication Nameplate
LEA's official quarterly print publication is Shaping the Future.  All  Networks provide articles and Web extensions for this publication. Network articles are usually identified by a special Network icon or tab.

Copyright and Ownership
All documents published in print or electronically by Lutheran Education Association and its networks are the property of Lutheran Education Association. As such, they carry an appropriate copyright. No editing, duplication, or publication of any LEA-owned publication or resource is allowed without the expressed written permission of LEA.

Writers understand and accept that their manuscripts become the property of LEA immediately upon acceptance, unless exceptions have been requested and conceded. LEA has the right to substantially edit manuscripts before they are published.

Editorial Procedures and Services
All LEA and LEA network publications, resources, publicity, and promotions are processed through the Director of Publications and Communications, who has full editorial license in revising documents. In addition, the Director of Publications and Communications is responsible for formatting, printing, and distributing all publications and resources or approving such services.

In the event that a network wishes to provide a resource that is purchased from a publishing house or similar provider, the Director of Publications and Communications is consulted prior to the purchase. The LEA office will negotiate the price of such purchases.