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Greeting Cards - Markets ( Markets | Publishers )
Blue Mountain Arts, Inc. -
Description: Think mushy, cute, sentimental, non-rhyming verse.
Guidelines: typewritten, 1 poem/pg, contact info on each submission.
Payments: Pays $300 for 1st work chosen on a card, payment scale increases after that.
Address: Dept. WM, P.O. Box 1007, Boulder, CO 80306-1007.
DCI Studios -
looks for both humorous greeting card writing as well as affectionate, sincere messages. Send your submissions to: DCI Studios, Attn: Freelance Coordinator,
8010 State Line Road, Suite 200, Leawood, KS 66208.
Payment: $65 on acceptance to be market tested. DCI Studios will pay you an additional $65 following the market test if your idea makes it to their line of greeting cards.
Dayspring Cards - cards are Christian Scripture based. The greetings are wholesome and express a spiritual message. Submissions are only accepted from greeting card writers who have had work published by a greeting card company. You must also send a sample of your previously published cards. (Send up to five cards or copies of cards.) You must write in the lower left corner of your outside envelope, previously published, or your submission will not be reviewed.
Designer Greetings - ranges in a variety of styles from traditional to alternative.
Address: Send your submissions to: Designer Greetings, Attn: Fern/Art Dept., P.O. Box 140729, Staten Island, New York 10314. Include a SASE if you want your work returned. Email submissions are not accepted.
Oatmeal Studios -
Oatmeal Studios is a greeting card company that produces everyday cards, holiday cards, and Post-It notes. They are always looking for humorous writing. They like for their cards to read the way people talk. Strive to make it funny and general enough to reach a wide group of people. Your writing should be submitted on 3 x 5 index cards. Type or print them clearly. Include your name and address on the back of each index card. Oatmeal Studios, P.O. Box 138WP, Rochester, VT 05767, Attn: Editorial Dept. E-mail: dawn@oatmealstudios.com. Include a self-addressed-stamped-envelope (SASE) inside your "submissions envelope". Make sure your "return" envelope is large enough and has enough postage to return all your work. Please let us know if you do not want your ideas returned.
Hallmark Cards -
Hallmark only uses their own writers. No freelancers.