How Do You Write A Newspaper Engagement Announcement?
An engagement is an exciting milestone in life. After sharing the news with your family and close friends, you’ll likely want to announce it to world in your local newspaper. Some newspapers have a form that you’ll simply fill out and submit. Other papers, however, allow you the freedom to write your own announcement, along with all the information and details you wish to include. While the rules of writing a wedding announcement are more relaxed these days, there are still steps you’ll need to take and a general etiquette you should follow. Call the newspaper and request the name and email address of the person who handles engagement announcements. (Hold on to this information because this will probably be the same person you’ll submit your wedding announcement to later.) Begin writing your announcement. A simple template to follow is this one: “Mr. and Mrs. John Smith of Anytown, Anystate, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Mary Smith to John Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. H