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There's no limits to what you can send in. If it can be published and printed, we'd love to include it in our next issue! All submissions can be sent to
[email protected] For more options to contact us Click Here.

2) Do I need to edit my work?
No, you don't! Absolutely not! Of course, it would be nice you ran your work through a spell check program first, we will gladly proofread your work for you. In fact, regardless of a submission being edited in advance, we always read through it to make sure that there aren't any troublesome errors.

Please note that we do not technically edit your work. What we do is better defined as proofreading. We will weed out errors and verify any links or references connected to your work, but we won't change the anything around without your permission. It's your work and we respect that.

3) Do I get anything for sending something in?
Besides our undying love and appreciation? The answer is: sometimes.  For things like contests and submission drives we like to offer something in appreciation for your help and participation.  Unfortunately, we can't do this for every submission as it gets quite expensive and the magazine and website are a free service.  This means that all prizes are funded by our own pockets, with the occasional exception of earnings from our Amazon Affiliates account, which pays in Amazon gift cards that we use to give away Kindle stories as prizes.

In the past we did offer an honorarium of $3 per submission, which we paid in Amazon gift cards; however, like mentioned above, it gets too expensive to sustain on a regular basis.  If you currently have a balance with us, the amount owed to you will be paid out as soon as I, TurtleBoy, have the funds available to send to you.  I will contact your via email in advance to make sure I have the correct email address to send the gift card to.

4) What is the basic layout of a page in the magazine?
Below is an example of a (2 page) side-by-side page layout of the magazine. This is what it will look like in the print version. The width is 17 inches and the height is 11 inches. (5100px by 3300px/43.18cm by 27.34cm)

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(Includes: Left page spread, Right page spread, 2 page spread)

5) What do the colours in the template mean?
The red represents what will be trimmed from the page. One complete page, before trimming, measures at 8.5 inches by 11 inches per page (21.59cm by 27.94cm or 2550px by 3300). Examples of single pages:

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(Includes: Left page spread, Right page spread, 2 page spread)
Where the red and blue colours meet is the size of the magazine after being trimmed, and measuers at 8.25 inches by 10.75 inches (2475px by 3225px/20.96cm by 27.31cm). Any images that you would like to extend from one end of a page to the other, should cover the red completey. For example, the width should be 2550 pixels (8.5 inches/21.59cm) and/or the height should be 3300 pixels (11 inches/27.94cm).

Within the blue (blank/white space) is the text-safe zone. Any text that you are including within an image (meaning part of the image) needs to be inside this area, otherwise it will appear too close to the edge of the page and could possibly even be trimmed.

6) What image sizes can I send in?
The bigger the better! But you can send us smaller images, too. However, we do ask that images are sent in JPG/JPEG format and have a resolution of 300 DPI (Dots Per Inch). If an image doesn't have 300 DPI it will look blury when the page is printed.

7) How can I tell if an image has 300 DPI? Can I change the DPI?
Right click the image on your computer and select "Properties" then select the tab labelled "Details" (I'm not sure if this is the same for a MAC computer). On the third section down, below "Description" and "Origin", you'll see the title "Image" Below that is where you'll find the width, height, and horizontal and vertical resolutions. Both the horizontal and vertical resolutions should say 300 dpi.

8) What if my image's DPI is lower than 300?
We will attempt to convert all images sent to us to 300dpi. For this reason, smaller images can lose quality and become blury or pixelated in appearence. That is why we ask, if your image is under 300dpi, that you make sure that its width and height are at least 1000 by 1000 pixels. If your image's resolution is less than 72dpi, we will not be able to convert it.

9) How do I send in an image?
We're glad you asked! A lot of email services, like Hotmail and Yahoo, automatically display attached images as thumbnails or slideshows or even a gallery. This is wonderful for showing friends and family your images, but it can be bad for the image's resolution. Typically, when you upload an image into an online gallery or slideshow(example: dragging and dropping into the email message), the image's resolution reduces to 72dpi, even if it was set to 300 before you uploaded it. This is done to save storage space and delivery time. Images with 300dpi are a lot larger than ones with 72.
To prevent this from happening, you can either attach your images as a file attachment, or, even better, compress your images (even if it's just one) into a .ZIP archive. Click here to download a free archiving program.