Writers Guidelines
Antique DOLL Collector is the complete guide to antique, vintage and collectible dolls. Its mission is to educate, inform, and entertain doll collectors. We are an important resource for doll history and research, including discussions of value and provenance. We publish collectors' stories and cover major auctions, worldwide. Our content also includes auction and dealer news, an event calendar, plus articles on doll care, doll patterns, doll accessories, identification techniques.
Get to know us We strongly urge you to pick up a copy of our magazine and familiarize yourself with our subject matter and style before you send an article query or submit a manuscript. The magazine is available at most major newsstands. To subscribe, call 631-261-4100 or go to www.antiquedollcollector.com
Query us Write and tell us what you would like to do for Antique Doll Collector. Tell us about the article you have in mind, and the photography that would go with it. It helps to tell us a bit about your own doll writing credentials, too. You can reach us via email at antiquedoll@gmail.com
Readers you're writing for...
Our readers: 86 percent are female; 76 percent are aged 40 and older; They are the cream of the doll community, doll lovers, collectors, dealers, and auction houses. They often belong to doll clubs and take doll-focused trips.
As the writer, you assume the voice of a well-informed, well-connected, doll aficionado whose knowledge the reader can trust.
Writing Your article:
Remember to include title and subtitle, and by-line.
We rely on the writer for true and accurate statements.
Research: Do not represent yourself as an agent of Antique DOLL Collector magazine without editor approval. If, once you have approval, you speak with manufacturers, retailers, etc., state that you're researching an article for Antique DOLL Collector, so they don't confuse you with salespeople who might be calling them. If you're particularly impressed by anyone or anything encountered in your research, by all means, include names and examples. Do tread lightly, and carefully, in the area of advertiser sensitivity: If in doubt, contact the Antique DOLL Collector editor.
Sources: To credit important sources, including any industry people who assist you, add a note stating, "The editors thank xxxxx, of yyyyy company, in city, state, for their assistance with this article." You don't need to say what they contributed to—just give them public acknowledgment, as it's our professional courtesy policy.
Expert bios: If you use an expert source throughout your story, please provide their credentials.
Photography Requirements
Our graphic standards are quite high. We do not accept photographs without an accompanying manuscript. We prefer high-resolution digital photography. Each photo must be 300 dpi when sized at least 5 inches by 7 inches (at least 2,100 by 1,500 pixels). Generally, this is at least one megabyte (1,000 kilobytes).
REQUIRED IMAGE SIZE WILL VARY BY USE OF THE IMAGE. Submit photography by email. If the files are too large to send by email we suggest using www.wetransfer.com. Please include caption information as well as photo sequence. Don't send original photos or illustrations; we can't guarantee their return.
If your send photos from the internet, please say where they came from and if they are open source.
Materials: No hard copies of manuscripts will be considered. Only digital files (sent on thumb-drive or via e-mail) will be accepted. We require the article in a text file, and captions in a separate text file.
Email a file to antiquedoll@gmail.com (or use www.wetransfer.com) or mail the thumb-drive with the manuscript in Word (.docx, .doc or .txt files accepted) and associated photos, to Antique Doll Collector, 4800 Hampden Lane, Suite 200, Bethesda, MD 20814
Note: Please allow one month for us to respond to your submission. Please target your ideas to our audience as best possible.
Length: Our readers tell us they are more likely to read short, concise articles. We recommend a length of approximately 500-1,000 words, typed, single-spaced (excluding reference list). Longer submissions will be returned with a request to edit down to our suggested word count or a request to split into two stand-alone articles.
Formatting: We require text in a word document, preferably as it translates best for our graphic design department. Please do not send PDF files or files with embedded references.
Style: we use the Chicago Manual of Style and an in-house style guide, and edit at our discretion for grammar, flow and readability.
