NatureScapes.Net Submission Guidelines

NatureScapes.Net (the “Website”) is an online resource designed and created for people who share a common interest in and desire to exchange information about nature photography. Our readers encompass a variety of stages of development in their craft but are typically quite knowledgeable and dedicated to the pursuit of nature photography.

Submissions of articles and/or photographs/images for posting on the Website ("submissions") are encouraged at any time and must be submitted in electronic format via email to the editors.

In your email, please inform us if any part of your submission has been previously published, and if so, where and when it has appeared.

Acceptance of submissions, whether articles or photographs, will generally be based on thematic timeliness, appropriateness of subject matter, clarity, adherence to standard conventions of the English language, and conformance with all Website policies. Preference will be given to submissions that are clear, concise, focused, innovative, fresh, of educational or entertaining value to the readership of the Website and documented or well-researched, when appropriate. We reserve the right to edit content. The right to refuse to post or to accept for publication any submission on the Website is our sole discretion.

Some advantages to getting published on NatureScapes.Net:

• Target a large audience: NSN is the most active nature photography community on the internet. We are visited millions of times each month.
• Show your talents: The better the content, the more it will be seen. Some articles are “featured” further increasing visibility and exposure.
• Get more face time: The average time on the website and average page views per session suggest a loyal and active readership – and it continues to grow each month.
• Worldwide audience: Nearly every traceable country /territory has visited NSN – most of them regularly with the largest presence in North America and Europe.
• Established credentials: 8 years of established presence as an active online community – proven track record with growth each year.

Submission Guidelines:

We encourage nature photography-related articles pertaining to the subjects of biology, natural history, habitat, behavior, location, art, ethics, conservation or restoration and technology.

Article text should be submitted in .doc or .txt format and emailed to the editors with any images included as separate attachments. Please indicate within the article text where each image should appear. The entire package may also be compressed into a .zip file for ease of sending.

Images may be submitted with articles for illustration purposes, or may be submitted alone for consideration as a monthly cover. All images must be provided in JPEG (.JPG) format. Images should not exceed 500 kilobytes in size, nor should their longest side exceed 700 pixels for article submissions or 800 pixels for cover shots. Images submitted should have no watermarks or copyright text on them; NSN will add the photographer's copyright (preceded by the © symbol) to each image appearing on the NSN website using a font and size consistent with the rest of the website. Cover images will also have the NSN logo added. Images with watermarks, copyright text, website addresses etc. already on them will be rejected and you will be asked to resubmit them.

By providing your submissions to us, you grant us a perpetual, non-exclusive, irrevocable and royalty-free right and license to reproduce, copy, distribute, modify, edit, create derivative works from and publish your submissions (in original or edited form) on the Website as well as in promotional materials as well as social networking mentions on our official Twitter and Facebook pages. You retain your copyright interest as owner and/or author of your submissions and you retain all other proprietary rights in and to such submissions. When you provide submissions to us, you represent and warrant that: (i) you are the sole author of the submission and/or you own the copyright and/or you have sufficient authority from the author or authors to grant Us the rights and licenses set above; and (ii) the submission is a work original to the author (unless identified by you as containing original works of third parties) and that such submission, including all third party works of authorship, does not infringe any copyright, trademark, trade name (or knowingly infringe any patent or any other proprietary right) of any third party.

Any article, text, photograph, image or other published submission will remain in the archives on the Website in perpetuity or until such time as the Website removes the material.

We may transfer this license and its obligations hereunder at any time and without prior consent to any corporate successor in interest, acquirer or other entity that purchases or otherwise obtains substantially all of our business assets or stock, or to any parent corporation or entity, any subsidiary corporation or entity, or any of our divisions that are operated as a separate business.

In addition to being subject to these Submissions Guidelines, all submissions are subject to the Website Terms of Use and Privacy Statement. These Website policies may be viewed by clicking on the following links: NatureScapes.Net Privacy Statement and NatureScapes.Net Terms of Use. Please thoroughly review the Privacy Statement and the Website Terms of Use, prior to submitting any article or photograph to us for inclusion on the Website.

Please send submissions or further inquiries to the editors. We look forward to your contribution.