BACKWOODSMAN MAGAZINE
P.O. Box 1740
Fulton, TX 78358
For further inquiries, email us: customerservice@backwoodsmanmag.com
or use our online form
We aren't hard to write for. In fact, we encourage you to write articles and how-to material for this publication, it's your magazine. The
lifeblood of Backwoodsman Magazine is the reader. But there are some rules to follow...
Subjects: Muzzleloading guns, muzzleloading hunting, 19th century woodslore, early cartridge guns, primitive survival, craft items from yesteryear,
American history, grass roots gardening, leather crafting projects, small gardening, homesteading, shelter and small house construction,
mountain men and long hunters, Indians, Indian bow and arrow construction, slingshots, making primitive weapons of all types, hermits of today
and yesteryear.
We are not particularly interested in fictional stories or material that has the tone of a novel. Any material of this type submitted to
Backwoodsman Magazine will be sent back. Our limited 72 page format does not allow space for this type of material. It is important that any
material submitted also have illustrations or photos. Many times this is the determining factor whether a manuscript is actually published. Pen,
ink drawings and color pictures will reproduce. Please do not submit pencil drawings or illustrations as these do not reproduce.
The length of written material is left up to the author. Well written material that covers a subject in depth is always favored. There is also a point
when an article or manuscript can be too long for our format. We do not like 2 and 3 part serials. For example, if you submit an article that is 9 to
12 pages of single spaced type, it's almost certain that this is a 2 part article. Try to condense your material into a 1 part article if at all possible.
Remember, we only have a 72 page format.
This next part is regarding digital photograph submissions. If you take a fuzzy or unfocused digital photograph and submit it with your article, it's as
good as not taking any photograph. We won't be able to use it. Just make sure it is a clear, sharp photograph. Any photograph should be taken in
bright light (no shadows), or with a flash if there are shadows. This is sometimes another determining factor whether a manuscript can be published.
Please try your best to submit good quality photographs. In the event you email digital photographs over the internet, please use .jpeg for pictures.
We are increasingly going to an all-color format so color pictures are important. Articles without color pictures or some type of illustration are more
time consuming on our part. When we have to manually illustrate a piece it could take longer to get into print. Articles that are clear and concise,
and not just hastily thrown together will also get into format quicker. If we need to send back an article multiple times to get it corrected, it is only natural
that we will get tired of the back and forth. There is only so much time in the day. We're easy to write for, just don't send things that are dis-jointed. We can't
mind read...yet!
We are willing to trade a 1/24 page display ad (value $85) for each article submitted and published. The only exception will be advertising which we
feel do not fit into our format or is questionable in content. Several of our regular writers who have something to sell have chosen the display advertising route.
In the event you don't have anything to promote or sell, we are willing to trade a 2 year subscription for any article accepted. We really
want writers who care about a special publication, not writers who care more for the money they might earn. If you can gain satisfaction from submitting subject
material of importance to our BWM family of readers, then you have the make-up to be on of our contributors.
Misc: We do not deal in personal vendettas, the bad mouthing of products, revenge, racially motivated material, and other questionable topics. Our whole premise
is yesteryear and the way it happened. This is not to say you can't speak your mind, just try to be tasteful.
Please send a SASE (self-addressed, stamped envelope) with your manuscript, just in case we have to send it back. Also, if you desire correspondence with us, please
send a SASE.