Celebrations! announcement information

1.5 x 1.5 inch photo

1.5 col x 2.5 inch photo

2 cols x 3 inch photo

• Gold Package Your 2-column by 3-inch photo and 25 lines of text are $175; additional lines are $3 each.
• Silver Package Your 1.5-column by 2.5-inch photo and 20 lines of text is $99; additional lines are $3 each.
• Bronze Package Your 1.5-column by 1.5-inch photo with 5 lines of text is $45; additional lines are $3 each.

50th Anniversary:

• Gold Package Your 2-column by 3-inch photo and 25 lines of text are $47.50; additional lines are $1.50 each.
• Silver Package Your 1.5-column by 2.5-inch photo and 20 lines of text is $40; additional lines are $1.50 each.
• Bronze Package Your 1.5-column by 1.5-inch photo and 10 lines of text are FREE. Additional lines are $1.50 each.

Anniversaries 51 and above:

• Gold Package Your 2-column by 3-inch photo and 25 lines lines of text are $87.50; additional lines are $1.50 each.
• Silver Package Your 1-column by 2.5-inch photo and 20 lines lines of text are $49.50; additional lines are $1.50 each.
• Bronze Package Your 1.5 inch- by 1.5 inch-photo and 5 lines lines of text are $22.50; additional lines are $1.50 each.

The headline at the top of the announcement with last names is FREE. Don’t count this line when you calculate your number of lines.

Photos

Photos will appear in the newspaper in black and white.

If you are submitting your photo by U.S. mail, please send a good-quality print for best reproduction. On the back of the photo, write the names of the people who are pictured. Please note: Photos cannot be returned to you.

If you are sending us two photos for the same announcement, there is an additional charge of $20. Please don't combine the photos yourself -- we'll take care of that.

If you’re submitting your photo by email, please send it as a .jpg-format attachment when you email the forms to us. Make sure the photo is at least 200 pixels, and use the names of the people in the photo as the file name. For example: Mr_Mrs_Smith.jpg (not something like dispatch50anniversary.jpg).

Submitting your announcement

• By email: Complete the order form AND, if applicable, the Wedding/Commitment Ceremony confirmation form. Remember to include a daytime phone number with area code. DO NOT SEND CREDIT CARD INFORMATION; EMAIL IS NOT SECURE. Send both forms, and photo if applicable, as attachments in Word (.doc) format, to: ads@dispatch.com Please use Celebrations! Page as the subject line of your email.

We will key the information into our computer system, which will calculate exact lineage, then call you to discuss final lineage and cost. Verbal approval or approval via email must be received before the announcement runs in the newspaper.

• U.S. mail: Send your completed forms and a copy of your photo to:
  Celebrations! Page
  The Columbus Dispatch
  Classified Advertising, 2nd floor
  5300 Crosswind Dr.
  PO Box 1289
  Columbus, OH 43216-1289

  (Remember, photos cannot be returned to you.) We’ll contact you with final lineage and cost.

• Fax: 614-461-8552 (For announcements without photos. Faxed photos will not reproduce well in the newspaper and cannot be used.) We’ll contact you with final lineage and cost.

QUESTIONS?

Please phone: 614-461-5108.

Production problems with this feature are rare. However, we recommend not using an announcement as an invitation.