Whip Up is now taking article and tutorial submissions.

We are looking for tutorials and submissions that fit within Whip Up’s feel - read our Manifesto for more information. We are looking for thematic articles and tutorials to fit within the months themes - see monthly themes below - but also timely articles outside of these themes will be considered, such as exhibition and pattern reviews, craft memes, fun, frivolous and extreme ideas, etc that cannot wait and do not fit within the theme.

Submissions now being accepted for April, May and June 2008

April - Home (crafts for the home - for the family - practical and comfort and loving crafts)

May - Ephemeral (short lived, naturally occurring, transitory crafts)

June - Traditions (handed down through the generations, classic patterns, colors, and styles, inherited, established, or customary)

Submissions must be new — not previously published in another mag or site or on your own website or blog. Once posted on Whip Up - of course you are welcome to link to the article with an image. And after a month you are free to do as you wish with the tutorial or article, which includes submitting it elsewhere or self publishing.

*We don’t accept knitting or crochet patterns as such, however tutorials on techniques or use of alternative materials or ‘recipes’ for making something are welcome, and articles and reviews on published patterns are also welcome. If you have a pattern there are plenty of other places to submit it - try Crochet me, Knitty.com or magknits.

Whip Up is a non profit site and we do not pay for article submissions. However this is an excellent opportunity to show and hone your writing skills and work to a large audience + there will be a link back to your own website accompanied by your bio at the end of the article.

You [the creator of the work] will retain all copyrights to your own work. By submitting work to be published on Whip Up you are giving your permission for your tutorial or article and all related images to be included on Whip Up in its current format and all future formats and to be archived for future reference.

To submit your article or tutorial you need to send it via email to whipup[@]gmail.com. We will endeavor to contact you as soon as possible about the suitability of the article and when it will go online. We choose articles and tutorials based on various factors - such as suitability to Whip Up, whether or not we like it, does it make us think or laugh or help us learn something new. It is interesting and does it shine a different perspective on something old. Are the images fantastic, is it well written and researched, is it funny, intelligent or thoughtful.

We accept articles that are theoretical discussion pieces, essays on thoughts on craft or process, reviews on exhibitions, craft shows, patterns, websites, podcasts and new craft technologies, discussions, reviews or interviews with artists/designers/makers. We accept original tutorials and ‘recipes’ for traditional craft techniques and new designs. Articles on personal journeys with craft and essays on the meaning of craft, are encouraged.

Submissions

Your work will be edited for clarity and format. Attach images to your to your e-mail along with a word doc (if using vista please save in an old format or put the text straight into the body of the email) of your tutorial or article - you may note in your article or tutorial where images are to be inserted - with a full list of images and image captions if required - this includes the artists name, the title of the work as well as dates etc. Also please include all relevant information about exhibitions and publications of work you are writing about, as well as links to relevant websites etc.

Images - photos or sketches must be submitted as an attachment to the email as a jpg file 72dpi and between 300 and 400 pixels wide. Please make sure images are of good quality - good light - clear and focussed with good details on what you are talking about - artistic images are fine. (dark, blurry, irrelevant or boring photos will not be used).

Text: Word count for essays and articles - between 500 and 1500 words, and for tutorials - this depends on images - but as a rough guide between 3 and 8 images and 200-800 words.

Please include your contact and personal information in the submission - including:

- Your name as you wish it to be published
- the URL to your website or blog, if you wish us to link to you
- a short bio [50 words], written in 3rd person
- the name of any models featured in photographs you submit and the photographer’s name (if not you)
- websites and names of featured objects and artists.

By submitting a tutorial or article to be published in Whip Up, you verify that you are the original creator of the tutorial or writer of the article, and that you have not infringed and/or violated the existing intellectual property rights of any third person. You understand that you will not be paid for your submission.

Please send all submissions to this address.
whipup[@]gmail.com