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Articles Freelance Writing Top 11 Markets to Share Your Sentiments
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| Written by Sharon Pettis | |
| 2003-12-29 | |
Top 11 Markets to Share Your Sentimentsby Sharon PettisDo you ever get a holiday card or look at a bumper sticker and say, I could do a better job than that! Well, here's your chance. I've gathered together 11 markets for greeting cards, buttons, etc. While the pay rates and guidelines are somewhat vague, be sure to check out the company websites and also send a return postcard with submissions. Blue Mountain Arts, Inc. Think mushy, cute, sentimental. These greeting cards are written in the typical fashion with non-rhyming verse. They ask for submissions to be typewritten, with one poem per page, and contact info. on each submission as well. Pays $300 for the first work chosen for publication on a card (payment scale escalates after that); $50 for anthology rights Brilliant Enterprises Website: http://www.ashleighbrilliant.com/ Looking for cards with universal appeal that can be translated easily into other languages. This company is looking for art and writing. Submit in black on 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 horizontal, thin white paper in batches of no more than 15. Limit of 17 words/card. The Calligraphy Collection Inc. This company is looking for unrhymed poetry. They make framed prints with your message in calligraphy for special occasions. The buyers of these products are usually women ages 20-50. When submitting a piece, it should be written for a special occasion but not directly mention it (wedding pieces without the word wedding, etc.). Maximum 3 ideas per batch. Pays $75-200/framed print idea. Cardmakers Mostly holiday cards. This company sells more to businesses than consumers, prefers humor and unrhymed poetry. Mail your submissions with a postage-paid return postcard. On the postcard, put a list of your ideas with checkboxes (very interested, somewhat, not at all, etc.) to allow the company to let you know what they like or do not like. They already use freelance designers. Comstock Cards This card caters to females with an twisted sense of humor. They are looking for ideas that combine sex, friendship, and work with current economic and social trends. Pays $50-75 per idea. DCI Studios Email: tim@dcistudios.com DCI is looking for fresh humor that appeals to women age 19-55. They prefer unrhymed verse ideas. Submit maximum 25-50 ideas/batch. Duck and Cover Productions Duck and Cover only makes buttons, magnets and bumper stickers. They suggest you Drink a six pack, read the newspaper from beginning to end, and then try to make humorous reflections about what you've just read." Outrageous humor is their M.O., and they would you rather not try to please anyone. Pays $40/idea. Ephemera, Inc. These guys are probably Duck and Cover's number one competitor. They produce buttons, keychains, magnets and bumper stickers. Pays $50 per idea. P.S. Greetings Snafu Designs Snafu is looking for birthday, friendship, thank you, anniversary, congratulations, get well, new baby, Christmas, Valentine's Day. Conventional cards aimed at a sophisticated adult audience. Submit 10 ideas/batch. Pays $100/idea. Warner Press, Publishers Sharon Pettis is a freelance writer and graphic designer in Northern Virginia. She has written a variety of articles for the web, and is a nonfiction slush pile reader for Writer Online. She specializes in customized marketing communications solutions for small business. Email her at slpettis@yahoo.com or visit her website at www.geocities.com/slpettis. |
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