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The Scoop

• April 2007: Featured in "Snippets" online magazine
• April 2007: Reviewed on "The Feminist Review" website
• April 2007: Interview with Heather on CraftyPod Podcast #48
• March 2007: Interview on Handmade Detroit blog
• Spring 2007: Featured in Adorn Magazine
• February 2007: Featured on Indie Obsession blog (http://www.indieobsession.blogspot.com/)
• Oct 2006: Featured in Oct/Nov 2006 issue of Readymade Magazine.
• Oct 2006: Featured on Craft Zine's blog
• Oct 2006: Featured on Adorn Magazine's blog
• Sept 2006: Won Plummie Award for Best Zine

Find Croq at:

• CROQzine.com
• The CROQ Etsy Shop
• Decidedly Bookish
• ReBelle - Lexingon, KY
• In Other Words Bookstore - Portland, OR
• Redux - Portland, OR
• Reading Frenzy - Portland, OR
• Powells City of Books - Portland, OR
• Lilmag - Tokyo, Japan
• Motokitty -- Portland, OR
• The Stanley Family Lodge
• Sleepy Records
  
• Fancy Tiger -- Denver, CO
  
• MEW Gallery -- Philadelphia, PA
  
• Sweet Candy Distro
  
• Whammy
  
• Parcell Press
  
• Girl Gang Distro
  
• MY MY
  
• Magpie
  
• Quimby's
  
• Feed Your Head Books, Malden, MA
  
• Bloodroot Restaurant, Bridgeport, CT
  
• Buried Under Comics, Manchester, CT
  
• Sacred Kitsch Studio, Seaford, NY
  

Advertising

Inside Front Cover (full page) Color: $80 -- 4.5 x 6.75
Inside Back Cover (full page) B+W: $35 -- 4.5 x 6.75
Inside Back Cover (full page) Color: $70 -- 4.5 x 6.75
Full page inside B+W: $30 -- 4.5 x 6.75
Full page inside Color: $60 -- 4.5 x 6.75
Half page inside B+W: $20 -- 4.5 x 3.25
Half page inside Color: $40 -- 4.5 x 3.25

10% discount when advertising in two issues in a row
20% discount when advertising in three issues in a row
25% discount for four or more issues in a row

Discounts apply only when payment is received in advance.

Circulation approximately 500 per issue, but we reprint indefinitely.

Email inquiries to heather at croqzine dot com.

Ad specs: 300 dpi graphic, .jpg or .bmp preferred.

Payment: Paypal, croqzine AT gmail.com

Submission and advertising schedule

Publication Schedule:

• Feb (due date: Dec 1)
• Apr (due date: Feb 1)
• Jun (due date: Apr 1)
• Aug (due date: Jun 1)
• Oct (due date: Aug 1)
• Dec (due date: Nov 1)

Submission Guidelines:

CROQ Zine is currently accepting submissions and pitches for our upcoming issue! Our focus is the DIY crafty community with a craftivism edge.

Contributors receive a byline with a website address, and a complimentary copy of the issue in which the contribution appears.

Email inquiries to: yardenxanthe AT yahoo . com

What we want -- Writers:

• DIY Projects with pictures (approximately 300-600 word articles, 2-5 clear pictures of the process and the final product), preferably projects that have not been overdone (i.e. Marble Magnets).
• Personal essays that deal with your craft, your crafty life, craft ethics, the craft community or other crafty topic (600 words or less)
• Interviews with crafty visionaries, indie crafters, or influencers (preferably somewhat known in crafty circles) (600-1000 words)
• News/Feature stories of crafters doing something notable or craftivism-related
• Seasonal crafty content (Sept/Oct issue is coming up, so fall etc.)
• Fun Crafty Activities (Example: Summer issue Word Find, Craft MASH game)
• Crafty and Indie Business Articles

What we don't want:

• Poetry
• Explicit Adult Content
• An article about you/your shop, written by you -- Shameless Self Promotion
• An article/project that copies someone else's project or style

Payment at this time is non-monetary. We will give your story a credit with your name & web address, along with a complimentary copy of the zine.

Email inquiries to: yardenxanthe AT yahoo . com

Article Formatting

• Save as .doc, .rtf, or .txt
• Font: Arial, size 9
• Spacing: Single
• Begin with article title (clever headline is better!), then "By YOUR NAME, your web address"
  • Example:

    Local Trumps Organic

    By Jean Railla, getcrafty.com

• Begin each paragraph with a tab, no spaces between paragraphs
• Save with your last name, article title as file name (example: smith_working_from_home.doc)
• Include your name, email, snail mail address at end of article

What We Want: Illustrations

We are looking for a wide variety of illustrations. If you are interested in illustrating for us, we'd like to see a sampling of your illustration style. If you are interested in illustrating for us, please send a message of inquiry along with links to some examples

Illustrations can be any style or media, but should work well when printed in black and white. Desired resolution is 300 dpi and acceptable file formats are .jpg, .tif, and photoshop files.

We are willing to look at your existing illustrations for use in the zine, but are more interested in custom illustrations that compliment our content specifically.

CROQ Zine is published bi-monthly. Stories and ads are due the first day of even numbered months. Circulation is approximately 500 per issue.

Payment at this time is non-monetary. We will give your illustration a credit with your name & web address, along with a complimentary copy of the zine.

Graphic Formatting

• Save as .jpg, .bmp, .pdf, .tif at 300 dpi
• If graphic is black & white, save as Grayscale graphic
• Save with your last name, article name as file name (example: smith_working_from_home.jpg)

More about us:

Why isn’t anyone writing about the importance of what we’re doing? Why isn’t there a craft zine written by people who make stuff? And most importantly, we wanted to see a real print and paper zine that we would actually read. With strong .. as well as real-life networks, we are entering a new era never before seen.

By combining the power of the internet with the power of personal creativity, we are proving that things do not have to be mass-produced, that we can be our own stylists, that there is strength in mastering the sewing machine or the knitting needles or the silkscreen.

We’re about not only recognizing the past legacy and the future possibilities of craft, but about reminding you, the reader, that you’re not alone. Some say that the bubble has already burst, that craft has reached its apex and is destined to plummet. We say bring it on.

Croqzine.com