Artist Guidelines

Leading Edge will not accept material that contains nudity, extreme violence, or overly graphic content. Your best gauge for what is and what is not acceptable is to purchase a sample issue. You can find single-issue sales and subscription information on our website.

If you are interested in illustrating for the magazine, please send a portfolio. All portfolio pieces must be black and white. If you want to be considered for illustrating the cover, your portfolio needs to include at least one color piece. Any electronic file submissions will be ignored, although you may send us links to your artwork online. Any questions can be e-mailed to art@leadingedgemagazine.com. Submissions are to be considered disposable.

All submissions should be sent to the following address:

Leading Edge Magazine
Attn: Art Director
4087 JKB
Provo, UT 84602

Illustrations
A commissioned illustration package consists of at least six illustrations—one full-page, a minimum of four half-page, and one piece of teaser art. Original illustrations must be actual printing size.

4 3/4" wide by 7 1/2" high for the full-page
4 1/2" x 4 1/2" for a half-page
3/4" x 3/4" for the teaser

If you must make your originals larger than these measurements, please use the same ratio as the measurements given above. Keep in mind that your illustrations will not appear in print any larger than the sizes given above. This is important to remember if doing pieces with higher levels of detail. Don't feel limited to a square shape based on the measurements. The measurements are to give you the maximum area that your illustrations will take up on the page. Payment for story illustrations is variable based on assigned story length. Minimum payment is $30.

Poetry
We commission one artist per issue to illustrate all of our poetry. This will include a full-page illustration and a full-page frame illustration for each poem. Payment for poetry illustrations is $40.

Cover
One story will be designated as the cover story for each issue. The artist for the cover story will be asked to do the cover illustrations. Payment for cover illustrations is $50.

Sketchbooks
We are also interested in displaying sketchbooks of promising illustrators. We ask that you send us fifteen to twenty sketches/illustrations for consideration. Illustrations can be no larger than 4 3/4" by 7 1/2". Payment for sketchbook illustrations is $50.

Rights
For all artwork, we purchase First North American serial rights.