Tips for making your event stand out: 1) Keep your event title short and to the point. 2) Provide a contact person who may be reached at all times. 3) Use the description to communicate your event's appeal to a wide audience. 4) Remember the 4 c's: clarity, consistency, conciseness and creativity. 5) Be sure to note whether your event is free and/or open to the public.
Listed below are several resources to help get the word out. Submission deadlines may vary.
Know
Located on the UT homepage, the Know events calendar includes university-related events. Go to this site, click on "submit and event" and fill out the form: http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/. You must have a UT EID to add an event.
KUT Radio
KUT publishes events of interested to the UT community on their community calendar. To submit an event, go to http://kut.org/user-submitted-event/
Email your event to eventos@ahorasi.com or call 512-445-3822.
Austin American Statesman/Austin360.com
To submit an event online, go to http://www.austin360.com/calendar/events/etc/SubmitEventStep1
Click on "add to our listings." It will be necessary to register with the site in order to submit material. You'll find specific pull-down categories within the online forms that will ensure your events find their way to the proper calendar. Please be aware that this information will not be confirmed or otherwise verified, so please take care to check your details as you submit.
Austin Chronicle
The Chronicle is published every Thursday. Info is due the Monday of the week prior to the issue in which you wish to have your event published. Listings are printed on a space-available basis. To submit an event, go to http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/EventSubmission
Austinist.comThis news blog published by Gothamist is updated daily. Go to http://austinist.com/ and click on "send a tip" (located on the left ) and add your event information.
Austin Business Journal
To submit business-related events, go to http://www.bizjournals.com/commerce/addlisting/index/market_code/austin and fill out the form. They charge 99 cents per submission.
AustinMetro.com
To submit an event online, go to http://www.austinmetro.com/ and click on "how to get included in these pages" (at the bottom of the homepage) and fill out the events form located under "events and activities information."
Austin Monthly
Submissions must be received several months in advance. Email events@austinmonthly.com
Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau
This online resource lists events with the purpose of attracting tourists, however certain university events are often included. To submit an event for consideration, complete the event submission form at www.austintexas.org/now_playing/event_submission/
Community Impact Newspaper (Central Austin)
Fill out an email form at http://impactnews.com/addevent
Downtown Austin
This online resource focuses on events happening in the downtown area. To submit an event, go to www.downtownaustin.com/events/ and click on the "submit an event" link.
Travel Tex: Texas Tourist Office
Fill out a submission form at http://www.traveltex.com/things-to-do/events/for-event-planners
Texas Monthly
Submissions must be received at least six months in advance. Use the online contact form at www.texasmonthly.com/contact
News 8 Austin
To submit an event, go to http://austin.ynn.com/content/calendar/submit_an_event and fill out the form.
KEYE-TV CBS 42
Submit your event two weeks in advance to http://www.keyetv.biz/events.amp.
KTBC-TV FOX 7 News
Visit www.myfoxaustin.com and click on the "contact us" link.
KVUE-TV (ABC)
To submit an event, visit http://events.kvue.com/?ref=belonav and click on "add and event."
KXAN-TV News 36 (NBC)
To submit an event, go to http://www.kxan.com/generic/community/calendar/submit_event
and fill out the submission form.
KLBJ-AM 590 News Radio
Submit events to John Laird at jlaird@emmisaustin.com
KGSR-FM 107.1
Submit events to community@kgsr.com
KOOP-FM 91.7
Submit events to info@koop.org
