Wedding & Engagement Announcement Guidelines

The Albany Herald publishes weddings and engagements on Sundays. Basic wedding and engagement announcements cost $20 each and are limited to 200 words. Additional description may be included at an additional cost. Photographs cost $15 each. Larger photographs may be used for weddings and engagements for $30.

We reserve the rigt to edit all information submited and to reject any photogrpahs that are not suitable.

Engagement announcements are limited to the names of the bride and groom, along with the names of their parents and grandparents. The location and time of the wedding should be included along with the location of the reception. Education and employment of the bride and groom may be included in the engagement announcement.

Additional information may be included for an additional charge; however, attendants may be included in wedding announcements if space allows within the 200 words. Larger pictures of the bride or bride and groom are available for $30. The published picture will be approx. 3 1Ú2 x 5". Up to 75 additional words may be added to describe the dress for $10. Description of the veil, bride's bouquet, bridesmaid's dresses, flowers, additional reception decorations, bride and groom's places of employment will be available for $5 per 50 word item.

When filling out forms, please list all women with their first name or as Mrs. with her husband's first name.  For example, either Susan Smith or Mrs. John Smith, not Mrs. Susan Smith.  Please type or print legibly on all forms.  Identify family relationships of members of the wedding party to the bridal couple  (sister, brother, etc.).  Photos must be picked up within 30 days after they are published.  They will be returned when a self-addressed stamped envelope is provided.

Monday, 12 p.m. (Noon), is the deadline for Sunday's edition. (Monday holidays require a Friday, 5 p.m. deadline instead of the usual Monday.) Engagements should be published no earlier than six months prior to the wedding and no later than two weeks before the wedding. Weddings should be published within six months of the event and no sooner than a week after the ceremony.

MAIL TO:

Resource Department
The Albany Herald
P.O. Box 48
Albany, GA  31702-0048

Information may be faxed to (229) 438-3200 or call (229) 438-3258 for more information.  Please include a signature and a daytime and evening phone number on all information.