We Are Looking For Contributors!

Poppytalk is looking for a few good contributors!  This is an excellent opportunity for those who wish to bring more attention to their own work/blog/shops and/or for those who wish to contribute to the design and handmade community.

Poppytalk is a voice for our readers, and so we are looking specifically for Poppytalk readers to apply.  You would be joining an amazing group of contributors such as, Bodie and Fou (France), Camilla Engman (Sweden), Coco Cake (Vancouver), Everybody Likes Sandwiches (Vancouver), Fine Little Day (Sweden), Lisa Solomon (California), Hello Sandwich (Tokyo), Hula Seventy (Portland), Pinecone Camp (Vancouver), Emily Westbrooks (Dublin) and Rena Tom (San Francisco). We are expanding our reach and are looking for a few interested contributors to fill the following:

DIY Contributors (3 - 4 people)

Violet Trundle sewing with a Singer sewing machine at her home in Hughenden, ca. 1925

These amazing talented folks would offer up original and quality DIY's/Tutorials for our equally amazing DIY readers.  We are looking for the "best of the best"; people with an aesthetic similar to ours (check out our DIY section and tutorial section to see what we post about). DIYs/Tutorials would be for home and fashion.  We subscribe to learning how to make things; not copying other's work. See below for more details on how to submit.


Dispatches from Contributors

Photograph of Women Working at a Bell System Telephone Switchboard


Dispatches from contributors would report twice a month (or more if applicable) on happenings design/art-wise (from their specific areas).  Posts such as shop tours, artists, artist's studios, art shows, craft shows, galleries, street art, even just pictures of streets sometimes, etc. Please check our current amazing contributors - Dispatches from Sweden, Tokyo, France.  See below for more details on how to submit.

Canada (one person from each area - and must live in that area)
The Prairies - Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba
Toronto (including all of Ontario)
Montreal (including all of Quebec)
The Maritimes - Newfoundland, PEI, Nova Scotia, Labrador and New Brunswick
The North (Canadian North) - Nunavut, NWT and Yukon Territory

USA (one person from each area and must live in that area)
New York - (including all Eastern US - but preferably based in the New York City area)
Austin - (including all of Texas)
San Francisco (including all of California)
Portland (including all of Oregon and Washington)

Europe (one person from each area - and must live in that area)

The Netherlands
The UK (based in London)
Italy (preferably based in Milan)
Germany
Portugal
France (based in Paris)
Iceland

Brazil (one person from each area - and must live in that area)
Australia (one person from each area - and must live in that area)

New Product Contributor (based anywhere)
This is a new contributor postition that would help us create posts on new product.  We are looking for 2 - 3 posts per week. These posts are usually small, so it's not a huge committment. See below for more details on how to submit.

Poppytalk Handmade Contributor (based anywhere)
This is a new contributor postition that would help us create posts on vendors at Poppytalk Handmade.  We are looking for 2 - 3 posts per week. These posts are also smaller.


To Submit

Contributors must be able to follow through to a scheduled deadline and commit to 6 months - 1 year. We are looking for people with a good eye, who have been blogging for a bit (at least 6 months), are pretty amazing using a camera and photo editor app and are familiar with the Poppytalk community. 

If you are interested in joining the Poppytalk community of contributors, please email us (to start) specifying for which: "DIY Contributor",  "Dispatches Contributor - City/Country", "New Product Contributor", "Poppytalk Handmade Contributor"  in the subject line here or at poppytalkblog[at]yahoo[dot]ca - please include your name, a link to your blog and shop, a short bio and where you live!

We offer a special contributor compensation package depending on the position and experience.

Update:  Deadline to submit - Friday, January 13/12.  Thanks!

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