Submissions Guidelines

So, you want to write for us? We'd love to hear from you!

Below you will find submission guidelines for Quilting Arts and Cloth Paper Scissors, as well as our special issues of Quilting Arts Gifts, International Quilt Festival: Quilt Scene, Studios, Modern Patchwork, and Stitch. If you're not sure which magazine to submit to, don't worry. We consider all submissions for the best possible placement.


International Quilt Festival: Quilt Scene is our annual issue of fresh ideas for today's quilter including patterns and projects, galleries of beautiful quilts from the International Quilt Festival in Houston, interviews, tips, and more.

Please note: The focus of this magazine is not art quilting, rather, it celebrates the traditional-but with a lively, contemporary spin. We are looking for articles geared toward both the traditional and intermediate/advanced quilter.

We encourage all submissions, however, we are specifically looking for:

  1. Quilted Projects and Patterns-Anything from a hip home dec quilted pillow or tote to patterns for a bed-size quilt, baby quilt or table topper.
  2. Quilting Techniques and Tips-We are particularly interested in quilt design, tips for machine quilting, easy ways of binding and finishing, sewing and machine tips for a new quilter, explanation on needles, threads for specific uses, etc.

If you are interested in being a part of this special issue and have ideas for articles, please email your ideas and a jpeg (or two) to: submissions@quiltingarts.com. Please put in the subject line: QUILT SCENE PROPOSAL in capital letters. The deadline for submission is May 25, 2012.

 

Quilting Arts Magazine

If you have a technique, project, or body of work to share, Quilting Arts Magazine would like to hear from you! We are looking for the latest, most creative and/or unusual techniques and applications. We are interested in articles concerning contemporary art quilting, landscape quilting, journal quilting, free-motion stitching, hand embroidery, quilted home décor, textile sketchbook keeping, designing a quilt studio, fabric painting and dyeing, innovative piecing techniques, beading, wearable arts, embellished quilting, mixed media, surface design, and crazy quilting.

How to submit

For technique, process, or project articles, quilts for our Spotlight section, or if you would like to be a profiled artist and want to show us your artwork, we strongly encourage you to submit your queries via email to submissions@quiltingarts.com. See email submission directions below.

Submissions via email

Send a brief description of the article you propose, including possible length and sidebar suggestions, to submissions@quiltingarts.com.

 

Be sure to include your name, address, website, and phone number and list your credentials (such as teaching or previous writing experience).

Please include photographs of the art or process (up to three low-resolution jpegs) with your email. One email and three attached low-res jpegs only, please. If we are interested in your query, we may ask for more photos, or higher resolution jpegs to be sent, but we do all our magazine photography in-house.

You will receive an auto-reply immediately, acknowledging that your email has been received. We will let you know within 12 weeks via email whether we have accepted your query. No phone calls or emails, please. 

 

You will receive an auto-reply immediately, acknowledging that your email has been received. We will let you know within 12 weeks via email whether we have accepted your query. No phone calls or emails, please.

Please note: Artist Profiles, Book Reviews, Product Reviews, and Reader Challenges are written by our in-house staff.

Submissions via mail

If you prefer, you may also send in queries via regular mail and include an SASE (self-addressed, stamped envelope) if you want your query materials returned. Succinctly describe your story idea or technique and include prints of artwork or samples (these are just to give us an idea and do not need to be professionally shot). Please do not send original artwork at this point in the process.

To mail your query, send it to:

Quilting Arts Magazine
ATTN: Quilting Arts Submissions
490 Boston Post Road, Suite 15
Sudbury, MA 01776

Quilting Arts Gifts 2012/2013

  • Send a brief description of the article you propose, including possible length and sidebar suggestions, to submissions@quiltingarts.com.
  • Be sure to include your name, address, website, and phone number and list your credentials (such as teaching or previous writing experience).
  • Please include photographs of the art or process (up to three low-resolution jpegs) with your email. One email and three attached low-res jpegs only, please. If we are interested in your query, we may ask for more photos, or higher resolution jpegs to be sent, but we do all our magazine photography in-house.

Quilting Arts Gifts is our annual holiday-themed special issue, packed with beautiful projects from today's art quilters and fiber art enthusiasts. This issue features projects that celebrate the holiday season and inspire gift giving of every kind. Projects can range from embellished pillows to wearable art, and everything in between. We encourage submissions that celebrate all faiths and traditions.

Submissions for Quilting Arts Gifts are now closed, but feel free to submit your ideas to our other magazines.