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Poetry Flash is
dedicated to providing the widest possible
access to poetry and literature. Strong in
community support, Poetry Flash is
an important communication forum,
generating audience and interest in
literary issues and events. Poetry
Flash publishes book reviews, poems,
interviews, essays, and trade, submission,
and award information for all creative
writers. Poetry Flash features the
most comprehensive listing of literary
events in the West. The Calendar is an
indispensable guide to literary scenes in
California, and also offers Southwest,
Pacific Northwest, and selected national
event listings. Although poetry is the
primary editorial focus, The Calendar
covers creative writing of all genres.
Fiction reviews and interviews with
writers of fiction are often featured.
Poetry Flash has built community
through literature for over thirty
years.
Poetry Flash
purposely prices print ads to foster
community and to encourage individual and
non-profit participation. Your advertising
dollars also provides us with critical
revenue to fuel this essential literary
resource. Thank you.
Reader
Profile
Our audience is made up
of avid readers and writers---constituting
one of the most targeted and engaged
readerships of any literary publication in
the U.S. Our readership forms the core of
one of this nation's most vital literary
book markets. Poetry Flash is
well-read, well-known, and located at the
literary epicenter of the West Coast.
Literary ads in Poetry Flash
work.
Circulation
The current print run
stands at 22,000.
Distribution
Poetry Flash is
a literary newspaper available by
subscription (currently $16 for six
issues) and free of charge at selected
bookstores, cafes, colleges, libraries and
other public places throughout California
and at selected bookstores and literary
centers in Oregon, Washington, Arizona,
New Mexico, Colorado, and New York. Our
paid subscription base is national and
international.
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Deadlines
& Publication Schedule
Poetry Flash
will be published quarterly in 2006.
Closing dates are usually one month
previous to publication. Conferences and
special workshops should be advertised
with respect to their registration and
application deadlines. Please contact us
for a current publication
schedule.
Insertion orders and
mechanicals please send to:
Poetry
Flash
1450 Fourth Street,
#4
Berkeley, CA 94710
Attention: Advertising
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Rates
and Specifications
Ad sizes are based on a
3 column page. Poetry Flash is an
11 1/2" x 15" tabloid, printed on
newsprint with an Electrabrite
cover.
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Full
Page
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10" x 13 3/4"
high
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$630.00
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Half
Page
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10" wide x 7"
high
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$315.00
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1/4
Page
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6 1/2" wide x
5" high
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$157.50
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5" wide x 7"
high
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$165.37
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1/8
Page
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3 1/8" wide x
5" high
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$78.75
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1/16
Page
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3 1/8" wide x
2 1/2" high
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$39.37
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These rates are based
on $15.75 per column inch.
A column inch is 3 1/8" wide by 1"
high. For
example:
- an ad 2" deep and
one column wide is $31.50
- an ad 7" deep and
5" wide (a vertical quarter page) is
$165.37
Rates are
non-commissionable. No agency
discounts.
Electronic: PDF
files only. Ads must be correctly sized
with all fonts embedded. Art must be gray
scale (black and white) only. Do not
include crop marks or ID slugs in the PDF.
E-mail PDF to
editor@poetryflash.org. Label the
subject line of your email: "Ad for
Poetry Flash"
Nonelectronic
ads: If you don't have the capability
of producing your ad in PDF format,
Poetry Flash will create one for a
nominal charge. Production charges range
$10 (ads that are all text) to $25 (ads
that contain artwork: logos, photos,
illustrations, etc). Please send text for
the ad and artwork to:
editor@poetryflash.org. Label the
subject line of your email: "Ad
materials for Poetry Flash"
For ads constructed
by Poetry Flash, or non-camera
ready copy, there is a production fee of
$10-$20
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Payment
Pre-payment is welcome;
otherwise, invoices (with tearsheets)
payable on receipt will be issued on
publication. Rates are non-commissionable.
No agency discounts please.
Payment for Web
advertising is due by the first day the ad
link is scheduled to appear. Cash, check,
money order or university purchase orders
are acceptable.
Poetry Flash
reserves the right to reject any
advertising. Advertising must support our
express non-profit purpose to assist,
support and inform the public with regard
to the literary arts.
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Build
Traffic On Your Web Site!
Link From Our "Featured Events" To Your
Calendar Page.
Poetry Flash
encourages interest for literary events
and publications by offering display ads
that link from the online literary
Calendar to your Web site. The Calendar is
visited by over 14,000 readers each month.
Your online ad will appear on all site
pages that list events: Northern and
Southern California Dailies, Open Readings
and Workshops, and Festivals (national
event listings).
Here's how to set up a
button link from Poetry Flash's
online literary Calendar to your Web
site.
Option 1: Place
a print ad, quarter page or larger, in
Poetry Flash and receive a free
link from our Calendar pages to your home
page for as long as that ad appears in
Poetry Flash.
Option 2:
Purchase a display link from our Calendar
pages to your home page for $150 for a
three month run.
Technical:
Please supply the URL of the page to which
you want your ad to be linked. Graphic
image must be 162 pixels wide by 36 pixels
high in .jpg format. Static image only. No
spinning, flashing, moving or changing
images. Assistance in preparing you
graphic image is available
Information and
technical assistance contact: Mark
Baldridge at
mbb@poetryflash.org
If you would like more
information simply fill out the
Link
form.
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Northern
California Daily
Calendar
Southern
California Daily
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