Submissions and Link Tips

The following are our submission guidelines. These also applies to photographs and other artworks. There are usually no deadlines for submission unless it is for thematic purposes. We  will consider submissions on general journal-keeping themes and products.

1. Send in a maximum of one feature, essay, commentary or product, D.I.Y project review at a time. A 500-1000 word limit is suggested.

2. We will accept submissions via email only. We ask that you please send the text of your query or submission in plain text in the body of your e-mail, rather than as an attached file (MS Word is acceptable), as we may not be able to read the format of your file. If you wish to contribute, please spend some time familiarizing yourself with our various categories and features.

Email address for submissions and link tips: notebookism@gmail.com

Please put the words "EDITORIAL SUBMISSIONS" or "LINK TIP" on the subject line of the e-mail.

Tell us a little about yourself -- your experience and background as a writer and qualifications for writing a particular story. If you have clips you can send us via e-mail, or Web addresses of pages that contain your work, please send us a representative sampling (no more than three or four, please).

3. Upon acceptance, writer grants Notebookism.com one time publication as well as one-time anthology rights. Writers retain copyright ownership of their work and can publish it in print anytime. The piece will be featured in the main section of the website for a maximum of 2 days or until the current page cycles out. At that time, the work will be placed in the archives where it can be accessed by readers.

4. Simultaneous submissions are permitted. Reprints are also welcome. Please include all the necessary attributions, copyright notices and link URLs.

5. We do our best to promptly respond to all inquiries, but be aware that we are sometimes unable to do so. If you have not heard back from us after three weeks, please assume that we will not be able to use your idea or submission.

6. Photos and illustration are also welcome. Please do not send copyrighted images other than your own. Captions are required.

7. If mailing is needed, all submissions must be accompanied by a self-addressed envelope with appropriate return postage if you wish your submissions to be returned. Email us for the postal address.

8. Notebookism.com is not able to offer financial compensation for material at this time.

9. If you want to be featured on Notebookism, please send a short bio, an image of your notebook in your setting and caption. Business and other commercial updates and product news should be clearly labeled.

SPECIAL NOTE ON ADVERTISING/SELF LINKS:

While we support the entrepreneural spirit, we don't appreciate constant shameless plugging in the comment box.   Ask first, otherwise consider your link deleted.

FOR PERSONAL LINK REQUESTS:

Don't call us, we'll call you.

The following are our submission guidelines. These also applies to photographs and other artworks. There are usually no deadlines for submission unless it is for thematic purposes. We  will consider submissions on general journal-keeping themes and products.

1. Send in a maximum of one feature, essay, commentary or product, D.I.Y project review at a time. A 500-1000 word limit is suggested.

2. We will accept submissions via email only. We ask that you please send the text of your query or submission in plain text in the body of your e-mail, rather than as an attached file (MS Word is acceptable), as we may not be able to read the format of your file. If you wish to contribute, please spend some time familiarizing yourself with our various categories and features.

Email address for submissions and link tips: notebookism@gmail.com

Please put the words "EDITORIAL SUBMISSIONS" or "LINK TIP" on the subject line of the e-mail.

Tell us a little about yourself -- your experience and background as a writer and qualifications for writing a particular story. If you have clips you can send us via e-mail, or Web addresses of pages that contain your work, please send us a representative sampling (no more than three or four, please).

Comments

[gryjl]

I am not a writer or journalist by any means. I don’t have a gift for words and I’m barely fair at drawing but I felt like writing this. I have read here and other sites about how the Moleskin isn’t all that good to use a fountain pen in. Before I go on I just want to say that I have truely enjoyed reading all that has been put in this site. I have been keeping a journal now for a little over a year now. Mostly on notebook or copy paper or some fair parchment like paper. The other day I discovered the Moleskin notebook. I love this little book. I got the pocket size first. I went out and picked up the larger one so I could start keeping my journal in it. But before I started I read that they may not be that good to use a fountain pen. So I went out and got the Cahiers to try out first. I am using a rotring fountain pen with brown international ink. I have written 8 pages today with it and have had no problems at all. As a matter of fact it’s a pleasure to use. So I just wanted to share this with all.

[phil]

hi there... i've just come accross your site, and i too am a scibbler and sketcher... and.... book binder. i've had a sketchbook/notebook obsession for quite a long time now... and around 10 years ago i started to learn bookbinding... joy! now i make my own sketchbooks, any way i can imagine. i have since started my own bindery.... making books that are one-offs ( apart from the odd limited edition ).
even more recently, i have started to list on etsy.com, so in the interest of a shared love, and a little self promotion, i'd like to put forward the books i make. if you choose to put this info on your site, thankyou for your time and effort; if not, no offense was intended.. regards, phil from ort bindery

[Tom K]

Hi,

I just happened across your site and I found it fascinating. I found several wonderful journals with interesting bindings and paper. I have used the moleskine products but I see there are much better or at least more interesting ones available. One thing I did not find was a better similar shaped pocket diary. I anyone knows of one I would be happy to hear of it.
Thanks
Tom K

[jane]

Hi Armand:

Here's something about travel journaling from a site(besides Notebookism)that I visit nearly every day . . .

"Around the World
Interview by Rosecrans Baldwin

When your cousin can upload 400 pictures from her Tahitian vacation but not find time to whittle them down, do you care too much about her journey? Barbara Levine and Kirsten Jensen’s new book, Around The World: The Grand Tour in Photo Albums takes us back to when travel albums possessed depth instead of breadth, reflections rather than refractions. The pictures selected for this gallery are from Chicagoan Clara E. Whitcomb’s diary, written around the turn of the century during her travels in Egypt."

http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/galleries/around_the_world/

Signed
faithful reader

[Viscount du Chance-Medley]

The sketchbook has been more-or-less a permanenant feature of my back pocket since I was at St.Martins, and feel somewhat lost without it. Never numbered, rarely dated, the hardback covers worn smooth and curved to the gluteus maximus, my books have been both camera and captain's log, companion and witness since the late twentieth century. The Devil will find work for idle hands, and with a well-oiled precision movement pen meets book and the imagination energises!

Any project that venerates this humble yet necessary item gets my support!

Viz ;)

[Warren Brown]

After 62 years, Arthur Brown & Bro. Inc., is moving and closing our art department. There are discounts on all art materials of 50% and more. There are also many items on sale in the store. We are located at 2 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036. 212-575-5555

[Amanda]

Hello, just a suggestion.

I looked around for a while and couldn't find an area where you list your tags? It would be helpful since I noticed you do tag all your entries!

[Alissa]

Hello, found your site and am thrilled as a writer I am always looking for the perfect notebook for a journal or the best fountain pen. Looking forward to enjoying what your site will have to offer in the coming days.