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Friends Journal may be the right place for your display or classified advertisement. Monthly Meetings also benefit from paid listings in our Meeting Directory.

Display

Display ads cost $40 per column inch. Special prices apply to the following sizes:

full page Full page
7-3/8" wide x 9-9/16" deep (44p3 x 57p2, in picas)
$665
Back cover
7-1/2" wide x 9-7/8" deep (45 picas x 59p3)
$760
2/3 p 2/3 page
2 columns, 4-13/16" wide x 9-9/16" deep
(29 picas x 57p2)
$475
1/2 p 1/2 page
7-3/8" wide x 4-1/2" deep
(44p3 x 27 picas)
$380
Square third 1/3 page square
4-13/16" wide x 4-5/8" deep
(29 picas x 27p9 picas)
$280
vertical third 1 column
2-5/16" wide x 9-9/16" deep
(14 picas x 57p2)
$280


A discount of 15% is given for each order of six or more consecutive insertions of the same size ad.

Graphic services
Friends Journal can prepare your display ad for you. We offer typesetting and design services at an hourly rate of $67. Feel free to ask us for an estimate.

Display ad submission instructions
Prices are for ads that are ready for insertion. They may be:

  • PDF files
  • QuarkXPress or Pagemaker 7 Macintosh files, and files for all graphics and fonts. Grafics: TIFF images sized to 100%, resolution of grayscale images at 300 dpi and bitmap images at 600 dpi.
  • Scannable (clear, solid black and white) ads containing no screens or grayscale artwork


Ads that do not fit these categories may incur charges at $67 per hour. We can do any or all of the work on your ad, as needed. Call us if you have questions.

Please include a laserprint of your ad if it is submitted as a computer file or a negative.

Classified
Classified ads are $.80 per word, with a minimum charge of $25. Add 10% if boxed.

Classified discounts: There is a 10% discount for each order of three to five consecutive insertions of the same ad, 25% for each order of six or more consecutive insertions of the same ad

A logo or other artwork may be included in your boxed classified ad for an additional $19.

Meeting Directory
A listing of monthly meetings of the Religious Society of Friends appears in the February, April, June, August, October, and December issues.

Meeting notices are charged at a rate of $20 per line per year, $26 minimum, payable a year in advance. There is no discount. Entry charges and changes in a current listing cost $14.

Circulation
Friends Journal is published monthly. Circulation is approximately 8,000; readership is estimated at approximately 24,000. On average, each copy of the JOURNAL is read by three persons.
Over three-quarters of our readers are college graduates and Quaker in conviction or orientation.
Friends Journal is distributed internationally.

Contract and copy regulations

Cancellation Policy: Cancellations after the Ad Copy Deadline may not be possible. Advertisers are financially responsible for ads canceled after the deadline.

Advertisements may be deferred to the next issue due to space limitations.

The acceptance and publication of an advertisement does not imply endorsement by Friends Journal or the Religious Society of Friends. Friends Journal reserves the right to reject advertisements considered inconsistent with the beliefs and testimonies of the Religious Society of Friends.

Friends Journal reserves the right to reject or cancel any advertisement and to label as "advertisement" one which, in the opinion of the editors, simulates editorial layout and appearance.

The publisher is not responsible for errors contained in any copy submitted.

Foreign advertisers: Checks must be drawn on a U.S. bank. International Money Orders, VISA, and MasterCard accepted.

Prices and information are current as of the July 2006 issue and are subject to change without notice.

Friends Journal does not guarantee placement location on any particular page or section of the magazine.

 

2008/2009 Deadlines

Issue Display Ad Reservation Due All Copy Due Issue in mail
January 2008 November 5 November 8 December 12
February December 3 December 6 January 9
March January 7 January 10 February 13
April February 11 February 14 March 19
May March 10 March 13 April 16
June April 7 April 10 May 14
July May 12 May 15 June 18
August June 9 June 12 July 17
September July 14 July 17 August 20
October August 11 August 14 September 17
November September 8 September 11 October 15
December October 6 October 9 November 12
January 2009 November 3 November 6 December 10
February December 1 December 4 January 9
Advertisers are encouraged to call in space reservations as early as possible, as the ad space allocated for each issue can get filled up well ahead of reservation deadlines indicated above. 


Advertisers are encouraged to call in space reservations as early as possible, as the ad space allocated for each issue can get filled up well ahead of reservation deadlines indicated above.

About Friends Journal

An independent, international monthly magazine of current Quaker thought and life, Friends Journal includes articles, art, poetry, news of Quaker organizations, book reviews, a readers' forum, advertising, and a listing of Friends meetings.

Friends Journal provides a forum and connection for Friends across North America and throughout the world. It is found in Quaker homes, libraries, meetings, and retirement communities. It is used widely in Quaker schools and adult study programs.

Read more about Friends Journal

Some recent articles:

  • Walking with Gandhi
  • The Quaker Parenting Project
  • The Politics of Water
  • The Wounding and Healing of the Human Spirit
  • Advice to a Young Artist in America
  • Building the Beloved Community
  • Does Your Meeting need a Bill of Rights?
  • Facing Evil: Genocide in Darfur
  • Friends Peacemaking in Burundi
  • Becoming an Instrument of Peace

> For more information on advertising, contact: Friends Journal, 1216 Arch Street, 2A, Philadelphia, PA 19107-2835
Phone: (215) 563-8629, Fax: (215) 568-1377
Email: adsales@friendsjournal.org
On the Web: www.friendsjournal.org