Introduction
Occold ORACLE is delivered free to about 220 households in and around the village. It is published quarterly and delivered in early March, June, September, and early December in time for Christmas events and advertisements.
Content can be changed between issues and we can help with artwork/graphics.
To view the most recent editions, please see below:
Latest Magazine – ORACLE issue 126 Spring 2026
Advertising is FREE to Occold Clubs and Organisations, Statutory Bodies and For Sale / Wanted items. We also welcome articles about Occold, the environment and generally anything which may be of wide appeal.
Business advertising rates are as follows:
- Full page – £15 for 1 issue
- Full page – £54 for 4 issues
- Half page – £8 for 1 issue
- Half Page – £30 for 4 issues
Guidelines for Submission
Whilst we can change many formats to suit this process (txt, rtf, etc) it would help dramatically if you could submit electronic articles in the following:
Use Word A5 (doc or docx)
Use Calibri font size 11 (select in HOME)
Use Narrow Margins (select in Layout)
Use No paragraph spacings (select in Design) then, in text just hit return twice to create paragraph spacing)
Do Not Use Headers, Footers, Headings or Titles
Do Not Use page breaks
This will ensure that the page you see on your computer will look as close as possible to the final printed page.
Paper or email articles can also be handled
- Pictures and photographs should be submitted in electronic form or original photo. Photographs in most of the popular electronic formats (.jpg, .bmp. .gif etc) can be handled and give a better result than scanning.
- Submitters are solely responsible for the content of their articles, in particular any copyright issues.
- Articles containing links to other websites should be checked to ensure any such links are working. Thereafter, the submitter is responsible for maintaining these.
- Business advertisers will be invoiced following approval of the way their advert will appear.
Enquiries
For queries on layout formats, large type, postage, advertising rates or to submit your material, please contact:
Gill Chapman
Email: oracle@occold.com
