Originality: Articles submitted to Practical Astrophotography Magazine must be written exclusively for Practical Astrophotography and must not have been previously published or submitted to any other publisher.

Length: We recommend a length of approximately 1500-2500 words, typed, single-spaced.  We recognize that placing a length or word count on an article will diminish the writer’s ability to convey the message or topic at hand, so we will work around longer tutorials and how-to’s as necessary.

Formatting: We prefer Microsoft Word documents, as it translates best for our graphic design department. Please do not send PDF files or files with embedded references. Our editorial board only considers electronic submissions.

Photograph Guidelines :

• Photos should be high resolution. 300 dpi (dots-per-inch) or higher.
• Do not resample (change the dpi settings) of your photos. This can result in much poorer quality than leaving it lower resolution.
• Please do not submit images/jpegs in a word document.
• Please submit jpegs either as a zipped file or individually.
• Please do not copy images from websites for print.
  Images copied from websites are low resolution unless the website offers high-resolution images. If you zoom up to the image once you have copied the image, you will see it break apart and become blurry. This means that the image is low resolution and not good for print. Web versions of images and print versions are very different.

The easiest way to determine if a file is high enough resolution is to look at the size of the file based on the size of the image.

If you are submitting an image that is larger than 2×3 inches and it is less than 1 megabyte, the resolution is too low and the image will print blurry.

Examples

• 2×3 inches, approx. 1 MB
• 5×7 inches, approx. 5-8 MB
• 9×14 inches, approx. >24 MB
• Cover Image – 2550 x 3300 Pixels, Portrait, 300 Pixels/Inch, 20 – 60mb
• Behind the shot – 5100 x 3300 Pixels, Landscape, 300 Pixels/Inch,  60+ mb
• Astro Shots – 1200 x 900 Pixels, Either Portrait or Landscape, 300 Pixels/Inch. 8mb

Terms of Use

Your submission of photos constitutes your acceptance of the terms and conditions in these photo submission guidelines (“Photo Submission Guidelines”) and the Terms of Use.  All submissions must be made in accordance with the Photo Submission Guidelines and the Terms of Use.

Send submission to us at media @ PracticalAstrophotography.com