By: Michael Lee

You’re finally engaged! But at this point, only your closest friends and family know about it. To fill everybody else in, you’re going to have to announce your new status in the newspapers. But how do you go about writing engagement announcements anyway?

While there are no seminars on writing engagement announcements, it’s not that hard either. All you have to do is follow these simple steps and the rest is up to the newspaper.

Step 1 In Writing Engagement Announcements: Find A Newspaper.

You first have to decide which newspaper(s) you want the announcement to appear in. Just take note of the most popular ones and those that you’re sure the people who matter to you read.

Or if there is a community paper available, opt for that instead. The important thing is to make sure the announcement is read by the people who should probably know.

Step 2 In Writing Engagement Announcements: Formal Or Non-Formal

There is usually a standard form for this type of publication. For example:

“Mr. and Mrs. Ian Weber of Dayton, Alabama announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Maribel Weber to Mr. Ryan Hoover, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hoover, of San Diego, California. A June wedding is planned.

Miss Weber is a 2005 graduate of Brown University and is a museum curator. Mr. Hoover is a 2005 graduate of Brown University and is a Math professor at the same university.”

It is up to you to add more adjectives and emotion into the announcement.

Step 3 In Writing Engagement Announcements: Double-Check Details.

You have to double-check the details two or three times. Getting even one detail wrong will ruin the whole thing for you. For example, misspelling the name of the bride or the groom can have serious consequences. You might end up announcing the engagement of a totally different person!

Writing engagement announcements is one of the first steps to marriage for many people. You are now telling the rest of the world that you and your partner are now officially engaged. It doesn’t have to be extravagant and filled with so many pictures. The most important thing is that you get all the facts right.