Stock Submission Requirements

Please follow these requirements when submitting stock photography to The Iowan magazine.

Materials List
Please submit all items with a completed submission form CLICK HERE
You may use your own submission form if it contains all of the following:
    •  Material type (disks, slides, transparencies)
    •  Quantity of each
    •  Date submitted
    •  Corresponding magazine issue and subject requested
    •  Photographer’s complete contact information and business card

Digital Photography
    •  Be your own best critic — learn to pre-judge and edit your own
work. Submit only those shots you believe are best, both technically
and most appropriate for the subject requested. We will not print
poor-quality images. Poor lighting, soft or lack of focus, low
resolution, and over-sharpening are just some of the reasons photos
won’t be selected. Try to limit submissions for each subject to no
more than 20. We would rather see 3 great photographs than 300
mediocre snapshots.
    •  Use natural light where possible. Additional indirect lighting may be
used but, please, NO camera-mounted flash. Exterior shots should
be timed for best daylight to avoid shadows on your subject (unless
deliberate).
    •  Take BOTH horizontal and vertical images. It seems obvious, but
many forget that magazine pages are vertical. If a shot is going to be
used at full-page size, it needs to be vertical.
    •  Shoot in camera RAW format and process selected images at the
largest size available. Magazine printing is done at 300 dpi. We love
to see great photos that fill a two-page spread, this means your
original would need to be at least 5175 x 3338 pixels. A single fullpage
image is VERTICAL, measuring 2625 x 3338 pixels.
    •  Provide high-resolution contact sheets for all images, with no more
than 12 images per page. These may be included as digital PDF files;
prints are not required. Thumbnails will not be accepted.
    •  Include an image key with titles for each photo, subject matter, and
location in Iowa. Enclose copies of release forms where applicable.
    •  All digital images should be submitted on disk, clearly marked
with the disk’s contents and labeled with photographer’s contact
information. Disks will not be returned.
    •  Do not submit low-resolution images.

Transparencies and Slides

• If submitting transparencies or slides, label each individual slide and sleeve with your name, address and phone number. We suggest using preprinted labels.
• Slides must be provided in protective sleeves.
  
• Materials will be returned within 30 days of an issue’s press date.
  
• We cannot be responsible for returning unlabeled, unidentified items.
  

Questions?
Download submission forms and a 2010 rate sheet:    CLICK HERE
If you have technical questions, please contact the art director:     artdirector@iowan.com
If you have editorial or content questions, please contact the editor:     editor@iowan.com
 
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