Articles

Articles on knitting-related topics (including tutorials), or topics combining your craft and your children are welcome. We do not intend to accept any articles that discuss strong opinions about parenting styles. We're just not interested in opening that can of worms. We would like everyone on this site to "play nice" :) Feel free to pitch us your article idea anytime.

Submissions must be new pieces: never been seen before on your blog, Ravelry, another magazine (web or print). Once your submission has been accepted, we ask that you continue to keep quiet until the issue goes live. When the issue goes live, you may discuss the article on your website, with a link directly back to Petite Purls' Features page. In three months time, when your article becomes archived, you are free to do as you wish with it, including (but not limited to) future submissions or self-publishing.

Each submitted writer will receive a one-time honorarium of $50. All payments will be processed via PayPal and will be delivered sometime after publication of the article on Petite Purls, and prior to the next issue going live. Each published submission will include the writer’s bio and a link back to the contributor's website of choice.

The writer of the submitted article will retain all copyrights. By submitting work to be published in Petite Purls and accepting the honorarium, the writer gives permission for the pattern and all related images to be included in Petite Purls magazine in its current format and other electronic or computer-readable distribution formats. Back issues of Petite Purls will remain available online indefinitely.

Article Submission Deadlines

Spring 2/7/11
Summer 5/9/11

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1. Articles should be between 500-2000 words in length and submitted either as a MS Word or text-only document. Please include a title and subtitle, if appropriate.

2. We encourage you to include pictures with your article. Please make a note if there you would like specific placement of photos or if you are presenting a technique, step-by step photos are required. Attach your photos to your submission email in a separate attachment from your article. Please refer to our photo guide for suggestions.

3.  Please send  the following contact information:

- your name as you wish to have published
- your Paypal information (name and email address attached to your account)
- a valid email address where Petite Purls and our readers can contact you.
- the URL to your blog or website, if you choose
- a short bio
- a head shot (jpg)

4. A signed, dated statement that the article you are submitting is your own original work. Please copy the following text, sign below and include it with your submission:

By submitting an article to be published in Petite Purls, I verify that I am the original creator of the work, and that I have not infringed upon the existing intellectual property rights of any third person in the creation of the work I claim as mine. I also verify that my work has not been published in any capacity (print, electronic, photographic) prior to submitting to Petite Purls.  I understand that Petite Purls is not responsible for any expenses, losses, liabilities, damages or third-party claims that may arise from any violation of said intellectual property rights. Along with my one time honorarium for this work, which serves as full compensation, I understand that I retain the rights to this work and am free to use my work however I see fit once it has gone into Petite Purls' archives. This notice  serves  as my written permission to allow my pattern and all related images to be published in Petite Purls magazine in its current format and in any future format in perpetuity.

5. Please send all submission materials to: submit@petitepurls.com. The subject header of your email should read: Petite Purls [chosen season and year] submission: [title of your article] (article).