Submissions

For Submissions – BOOKS FOR REVIEW:
Please direct all books and/or manuscripts to the attention of Traci Hayner Vanover, Publisher.

Mailing Address for Book Submissions:
Entrepreneurs & Self-Employed Business Journal
PO Box 8326
Fort Wayne, IN 46898

ESB Journal is pleased to accept contributors on a one-time or ongoing basis. We ask that before you submit an item for consideration that you take a moment to review our submission guidelines:

All submissions to ESBJ must be the original copyright of the submitter, or the submitter must demonstrate that they have authorization from the copyright owner. ESBJ assumes no liability for content that is submitted by third parties. This applies to both written and graphical content. Formal calls for submissions will be communicated on this page.

Once accepted, we do request photographs and/or illustrations with submitted articles. If neither is available, or if the quality of your photography is not up to our standards, a product or project sample may be required to be submitted for photography. Samples cannot be returned.

For Submissions – ARTICLES:
Please visit our submission form to forward your bylined articles to us. Please include relevant links in parenthesis, or with notation at the bottom of the article. We encourage authors to have a resource box at the bottom of their article – with a maximum of (2) resource links cited. When space permits, we are happy to include your photo, either as a thumbnail to run adjacent to the article, or within the article itself.

Please familiarize yourself with our publication, and the content that it offers. Submissions should be relevant to the content and audience of the magazine.

We do not accept “ARTICLE EXCERPTS” or “IDEAS” for consideration.

Only complete, bylined articles are accepted for consideration.

Quality over quantity — unless specified otherwise, we generally publish pieces from 500-2000 words.

All contributions must be accompanied by a short third person bio and may link to your website, blog, or sales page.

Please DO NOT follow up your submission with inquiries on status. We are a small publication, and often do not have the additional resources to field multiple inquiries. If selected for publication, you will be contacted for images (if applicable). We sincerely thank you for your cooperation with this request.

Please DO NOT send us your blog posts that read in FIRST PERSON. They will be deleted without notice.

Avoid sending articles that are CITY, STATE, or REGION specific in nature.

Submitters are encouraged to sign up for our RSS feed so that you will receive a notice when your article is published.

Please refrain from making solicitations by phone.

Style requirements: All submissions should be reflective of the subject matter of the site. Any submission that contains inappropriate content will be deleted without notice. Prohibited content includes articles promoting hate, racial, political or religious prejudice, or violence in any form.

ESBJ reserves the right to edit any submission for content, grammatical or spelling errors, or space constraints.

We endeavor to publish timely, relevant and useful content for our readers, but we are not an article directory.

We reserve the right to decline publishing any piece that is overtly promotional in nature — save it for the resource box — it DOES NOT belong in the article.

All submissions remain the copyright of the original author, however, your submission acknowledges that you grant us non-exclusive rights to publish the article on the ESB Journal website, with full attribution.

We do not pay for submissions.

Photos may be color transparencies, slides or glossy color prints. All graphic content should be camera-ready, at least 72 dpi (with 200 dpi preferred), in RGB format. Art must be submitted in either .tif, .eps, or .psd format. If your submission is accepted, you will be contacted regarding image submissions to accompany the piece.

Special Promotions, Joint Ventures & Paid Features:

ESB Journal welcomes the opportunity to work with product and service providers that serve our general audience. If you are interested in a joint promotional offer or paid feature, please visit our Contact form and send us your idea. We’ll get back with you to discuss the particulars within 48 business hours.