Apply to be in The Soloist, our South London Craft and Culture Magazine 

We will soon be looking for advertisers for the Summer/Autumn 2024 edition of our South London craft & culture magazine, The Soloist, and we’d love you to be involved! The magazine will have an extensive range of original articles all about South London and alternative ways to fill your free time and get the most out of the local area.

The SoLoist is distributed at the SoLo Craft Fair shop in Elephant & Castle, at our markets and events, and by independent businesses throughout South London. There is also be an online edition here.

Within the magazine there are three opportunities to advertise your business:

  • 1 product advertised in our advertorial (£25)

  • Full page advertorial feature with three products features (£100)

  • Advert space (£35-£200 depending on size)

Please read below for more information on each option, and take a look at our previous publications here, to get an idea of what we offer.

Advertorial

You can apply to have your handmade product in one of our advertorial pages, these will fall under the categories; Homeware & Art, Fashion & Jewellery, Beauty & Kids. It will cost £25 for one item to be featured along with a photograph of the product, your company name, price of item, promo code if applicable and website link. We find that including a promo code in the advertorial increases the conversion rate.

Please apply to feature your product in the form below. Please note you can only apply to feature one product per application but you may apply more than one time if you wish to feature multiple products. Please link directly to an image of the product. If we accept your application you will be required to send over a high res photograph of the product (minimum 300dpi). Images with a clear white background often work best.

Full Page Advertorial

You can apply to have a full A4 page advertorial feature with three of your items listed for £100.

To be featured you will need to supply a photograph of the products, your company name, price of items, promo code if applicable and website link. We find that including a promo code in the advertorial increases the conversion rate. The online edition of the magazine will link directly to the given website.

Please apply to feature your products in the form below.Please link directly to an image of the product. If we accept your application you will be required to send over a high res photograph of the product (minimum 300dpi).

Advert

Purchase a space in the Soloist to promote your independent business. You can apply for an eight page, quarter page, half page or full page. You will be asked to design your own ad and send it to us.

Ad specs:

Eigth Page (90 x 65mm / 1063 x 744 pixels - Landscape Advert) - £35

Quarter Page (90 x 133.5mm / 1063 x 1577 pixels - Portrait Advert) - £70

Half Page (90 x 271.5mm / 1063 x 3207 pixels) - Landscape Ad) - £120

Whole Page (with bleed) 214x 305mm (2528 pixels x 3602 pixels) - £200

Resolution: 300dpi

Colour: CMYK

Format: JPEG or PDF

To Apply to have an advert in The Soloist please fill out the form below: