Please be aware ...
Due to the volume of material we receive, we cannot acknowledge or return unsolicited items.
Special Events magazine welcomes your contributions; please follow these guidelines so that your press release has the best chance of being published.
1) For personnel and business news (e.g., acquisitions, new locations, etc.)
Send text files or Word documents--no PDFs--to [email protected]. Please include your complete contact information, including your name, title, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number and Web site.
2) For news on products and services for special events
Send text files or Word documents--no PDFs--to [email protected]. Please include a maximum of three digital images as JPEGs or TIFFs at 1 MB in size. Do not send more images--our inboxes cannot accommodate them. Send images as attachments; do not embed them in documents. We will contact you if we need more images. Please describe your product or service as specifically as possible (avoiding puffery) and include complete contact information--including name, title, e-mail address, phone number and website--for supplying company. PR contacts will not be accepted.
3) To contribute to our blog
Blog posts on the Special Events Blog are shared with readers via our enewsletter, Eventline, and then reside on our site. They are bylined posts written by working event professionals.
Please send us a blog that is at least 800 words; it must be information that is useful to special event professionals. (We do not serve a consumer/DIY audience.) For more information on sponsored blogs from industry vendors, please click here.)
Our articles must have a byline from a working event industry professional, and we need the author's headshot--at least 1 MB in size--professional title, his/her email address and a brief bio. Please do NOT format text and do NOT embed photos/illustrations in your text--these can be sent as attachments. Blog content must be original and cannot have appeared anywhere else. All copy is subject to editing by Special Events.
Before you submit ... Please make sure you have all these elements or your submission cannot be considered.
4) To send us information about an event you created for possible coverage
Send your story idea to [email protected]. Please include a maximum of three digital images as JPEGs or TIFFs at 1 MB. Do not send more images--our inboxes cannot accommodate them. Send images as attachments; do not embed them in documents. We will contact you if we need more images. Please include your complete contact information, including your name, title, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number and website.
5) For our Photo Galleries
Photo Galleries are online documentation of beautiful events. We need at least two dozen photos, about 1MB and with a 1-2 sentence photocaption. We will include online links to the event designer, photographer, and other partner vendors as needed. Please send inquiries here.
6) For Gala Awards submissions
Please click here.
