What is Tin House?
Launched in May 1999, Tin House is a highly acclaimed quarterly literary journal based in Portland, Oregon, and New York City, and distributed throughout North America. Tin House has had eight stories reprinted in the prestigious Best American Short Stories series over the past five years.
Tin House’s circulation is 12,000 copies per issue. It is sold in over 1,000 bookstores—independents and major chains alike—as well as on newsstands across the country. It is also available online at barnesandnoble.com and powells.com.
Individual copies cost $12.95. Subscriptions are $29.90 for one year (4 issues).
CONTACT
Holly MacArthur
Tin House
2601 NW Thurman Street • Portland, OR 97210
Phone: 503-219-0622 • Fax: 503-222-1154
E-mail: holly@tinhouse.com
ADVERTISING DEADLINES
Ad copy deadlines are roughly seven weeks prior to publication.
Winter 2008: Ad copy deadline Oct. 12; reservation deadline Sept. 21
Spring 2008: Ad copy deadline Dec. 11; reservation deadline Nov. 21
Summer 2008: Ad copy deadline Mar. 11; reservation deadline Feb. 21
Fall 2008: Ad copy deadline July 10; reservation deadline June 20
AD DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
- Trim Size:
1) Full-page, 7 inches wide by 9 inches tall, full bleed
2) Half-page, 7 inches wide by 4.5 inches tall, full bleed
3) Quarter-page, 3.5 inches wide by 4.5 inches tall, full bleed
- All interior ads black-and-white,
grayscale
- 133-line screen;
high-resolution files required
- Send in electronic form as a PDF file via e-mail, with fonts. You may send a camera-ready hard copy instead for an extra one-time fee of $24.
WEB ADVERTISING
Tin House now also offers ads on its Web site, which receives 22,000 unique visitors each month. Each ad will be displayed as a banner along the left-hand column, and will appear on the current magazine and info pages of our site. Advertisers should place insertions two weeks prior to their first appearance. Images should be submitted in JPEG, GIF, or PSD format, at a size of 140 pixels wide by 90 pixels high.
PRINT AND ONLINE ADVERTISING RATES
Front inside cover: $600 (B/W); $900 (Color)
Rear inside cover: $500 (B/W); $750 (Color)
Full-page interior: $400
Half-page interior: $250
Quarter-page interior: $150
3 months online: $400
1 month online: $150
Discounts:
*Frequency: 25% off on four consecutive ads of any size.
*Bundle: 15% off on a combination of both print and online ads
*Writing Programs: 10% off on single ads
What the press is saying about TIN HOUSE:
“[A] magazine that’s heavyweight and gorgeous.”
−VOGUE
“May well represent the future of literary magazines.”
−THE VILLAGE VOICE
“[Tin House] is generally considered one of the best literary quarterlies in the country." -THE OREGONIAN
TIN HOUSE has also been praised in:
Vanity Fair • Details • The Nation • New York Observer • Time Out- New York • Seattle Times • CNN.com • salon.com• Willamette Week • NPR • BizNews
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