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Houses 2008: Call for Entries
Be a part of Fine Homebuilding's Before and After issue
Even though it's a year away, we're already scouting for homes to include in next year's annual issue on Houses. Big, small, expensive, or built on a shoestring -- we're looking for houses that represent the finest in craftsmanship and design.
So if you've recently tuned up a tired old exterior, remodeled an outdated kitchen or bath, tricked out a living space with trim or built-ins, or added an outdoor room -- and you have before and after photos to prove it -- we want to see the results.
If you think your house fits that description, send us a few decent color photos (they don't have to be professional quality) and a brief letter explaining why. We'll take it from there.
While the deadline for Houses 2008 entries has passed, you may still submit an article for future consideration.
To reply by postal mail, include a self-addressed, stamped envelope and send to:
Houses
Fine Homebuilding
63 S. Main St., PO Box 5506
Newtown, CT 06470-5506
Advice on How to Submit
We get a lot of submissions for our Houses issue, and we study every one of them. But some submissions are much easier to evaluate than others, and thereby gain an edge. Here's what you can do to ensure that your entry gets the most editor eyeball time. If you're sending multiple projects, do this for each one.
- Put the materials in an 8-1/2-in. x 11-in. folder.
- Include a typed cover letter that describes the project, and what our readers can learn from it that they can apply to their own situations.
- Send a simple floor plan of the project, and label the parts that are most important to the story.
- Make photos as large as possible. One big photo per page is best, and no more than two or three per page.
- If you're submitting a remodeled house project and you've got "before" photos, include copies of them as well.
- Please don't send photos by email or CD. They quickly clog the system.
- If the project contains a particular material, structural or design detail that you think might be right for one of our Feedback features, please note them in your submission.
Following these guidelines doesn't guarantee getting into the next issue of Houses, but it will improve the odds. Thanks for taking the time to read this and for considering Fine Homebuilding as a worthy forum for presenting your work.
Softcover Magazine, 8-7/8 x 10-7/8 in., 148 pgs.
Published 2007, ISSN 1096-360X, # 020187
Home Building & Design
