Submit Ideas for Greeting Cards - Part 4

Do you have what it takes to write funny lines, romantic anecdotes, or cutting humour? Or are you just one of those people who always has a joke on someone else? Well, maybe writing for greeting card companies is down your alley... Here's a list of places to submit to. Remember, this type of work is hit and miss. Only a small percentage of submissions get through.

Designer Greetings

Specific guidelines for writers, photographers and artists vary as we have many different card lines. We produce humorous and traditional cards as well as all holidays. We are always interested in new markets and new ideas.

Examples of some categories for photographers and artists:

•Humorous – Pets, animals and children

•Everyday – Florals, (both close up arrangements and natural settings), scenic views, pets, children, romantic compositions, baby room compositions, and some New York City scenes.

•Holidays – Christmas scenes or items, Jewish holiday items, Valentine’s Day items, Feminine/Masculine compositions for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.

For artists:

We look for a polished, contemporary, professional style in mediums such as watercolor, pencil, airbrush and computer generated images.

For writers and artists:

All submissions should be accompanied with a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you would like them returned.

Please do not send electronic submissions; they will not be accepted.
Thank you for your interest in Designer Greetings.

For More Information on Designer Greetings

PK Press

Humorous Juvenile Birthday Card Writer

Are you a gifted writer of greeting cards for kids? Do you conceive of birthday card ideas in your spare time? If so, we want to hear from you! We are looking for experienced greeting card writers with a knack for funny, silly, or humorous text for kids. See below for details:
Requirements for submission:

* Brief description of your experience
* 6 birthday card concept ideas for kids age 2 through 8, including a description of the visuals for the card as well as a greeting

We’d like the submissions in the following format:

* Front of card: (Describe visuals and include text for greeting)
* Inside of card: (Greeting and possible visual but not required)

For example:

Front: Visual: Hotdogs dancing with hotdog buns falling off. Text: “It’s Your Birthday!”

Inside: Text only “Dance your buns off!” (no visuals)

We will respond within 4-6 weeks. If we use your ideas, we offer a $100 flat fee for every concept used and a dozen sample cards. We do not credit writers on our cards.

Look forward to hearing your funny, creative ideas!

PK Press Employment Opportunites

Submit Ideas for Greeting Cards - Part 3

Do you have what it takes to write funny lines, romantic anecdotes, or cutting humour? Or are you just one of those people who always has a joke on someone else? Well, maybe writing for greeting card companies is down your alley... Here's a list of places to submit to. Remember, this type of work is hit and miss. Only a small percentage of submissions get through.

Smart Alex

Smart Alex welcomes submissions from artists, photographers and writers who share Smart Alex's philosophy of keeping greeting cards strictly, "funny, edgy & risqué". This type of material is our specialty, our niche, which is what we are known for the greeting card industry, we DO NOT deviate from this format. If your work obviously falls out of our parameters, please do not submit.

Please get yourself acquainted with our Smart Alex's sense of humor (see), as you can see through our large selections, it should be apparent the type of greeting cards that we publish. If your work style is consistent with our Smart Alex's publishing strategy, your work can be submitted as finished, a working model, or in conceptual form. Our only requirement is that the subject matter be humorous.

Submission Guidelines - Smart Alex

Avanti Press

We make people smile. It's that simple -- Avanti Press

Submission Guidelines - Avanti Press

Freedom Greetings

Freedom was founded in 1969 and was one of the first in the social expression industry to recognize a need for the African American market.

We have grown from our humble beginnings and are now considered to be on the leading edge of manufacturers in nearly every trend in the Traditional and Contemporary greeting card marketplace

We will consider all material, however, our current needs include contemporary humor for the Cheers line and contemporary, sophisticated messages for Cappuccino and DeCaf lines.

Freedom Greetings Submissions

Papyrus

Witty humor is always in demand! Cute remarks, silly puns, clever quips, double entendres and simple visual gags all have their place within Papyrus humorous division. However, we tend to avoid off-color and sophomoric humor.

Papyrus - Submission Guidelines

Noble Works

Welcome to NobleWorksCards.com, where laughter is the main business, and joking is practically a religion. Also, of course, where every one of our hysterical greeting cards is freakin' awesome! Our cards are the funniest, most fabulous you'll find anywhere, and that's for one reason and one reason only. ‘Cause we're the bestest. Yeah, we said it, we know we are! Our Naughty Birthday Cards are the Birthday-y-est, our Funny Christmas Cards are the Christmas-y-est, our Get Well Cards are so funny, they just make you want you to get well faster and harder. We truly believe that humor can be that powerful (especially ours). Just remember to take a deep breath and relax, knowing you can be totally confident as you hand over that carefully-sealed envelope with the most kick ass greeting card you've ever seen inside! Go ahead. Buy that scandalously naughty greeting card. Step toward the light and feel yourself become immersed in that delicious, scrumptious humor. We promise...it's funnier over here (We also have chocolate and candy…). You're gonna like it. If you dare!

For More Information on NobleWorks

Submit Ideas for Greeting Cards - Part 4

Submit Ideas for Greeting Cards - Part 2

Do you have what it takes to write funny lines, romantic anecdotes, or cutting humour? Or are you just one of those people who always has a joke on someone else? Well, maybe writing for greeting card companies is down your alley... Here's a list of places to submit to. Remember, this type of work is hit and miss. Only a small percentage of submissions get through.

Blue Mountain Arts

Greeting Card Writings

Blue Mountain Arts is interested in reviewing writings that would be appropriate for publication on our greeting cards. We are looking for highly original and creative submissions on love, friendship, family, philosophies, and any other topic that one person might want to share with another. Please note that we do not accept rhyming poetry.

Submission Information for Blue Mountain Arts

High Cotton

OUR STOCK AND TRADE IS HUMOR

Original. Fresh. Thought-provoking. Short and to the point. 95% of our concepts are word-driven, so we should be right up your alley. But there are gospel truths that must be followed religiously if we're to connect. If you disregard the "no no's" you won't get any "yes! yes!'s."

High Cotton Submission Information

Novo Card Publishers

A greeting card is the shortest distance between two people -- Novo

Novo Card Publishers - Submission Guidelines

Ephemera Inc

MAKE US LAUGH OUT LOUD! We're looking for satirical slogans about pop culture, politics & the president, job attitudes, women's & men's issues, coffee, booze, pot, drugs, religion, food, aging, teens, gays & lesbians, sexual come-ons & put-downs. But please don't limit yourself to these topics. Surprise us!

Be fresh, original and concise. Our buttons and magnets are small, so we are looking for HIGH IMPACT gems of wit stated in AS FEW WORDS AS POSSIBLE. Ephemera has a reputation for coming up with the most irreverent, provocative and outrageously funny material on the market. We encourage you to be as weird, twisted and rude as you like.

Writer's Guidelines - Ephemera

Andrews McMeel Universal

One of our core values is that “we treat each other with dignity, honesty, and respect. We value and encourage each other's abilities and creativity.”

We do not take this or any of our core values lightly. As John McMeel has stated, "Our products are in the minds of our creators and authors". It takes every one of our associates working together to get that product out to each and every customer that we serve.

We work in a fun environment, one that is filled with deadlines, excitement, laughter, as well as high expectations for doing the right things and doing them well.

Andrews McMeel Universal Careers

Submit Ideas for Greeting Cards - Part 3

Submit Ideas for Greeting Cards - Part 1

Do you have what it takes to write funny lines, romantic anecdotes, or cutting humour? Or are you just one of those people who always has a joke on someone else? Well, maybe writing for greeting card companies is down your alley... Here's a list of places to submit to. Remember, this type of work is hit and miss. Only a small percentage of submissions get through.

Kalan

Hello freelancers,
We are on the verge of an abundant increase in our Greeting Card line. We are looking primarily for birthday greeting cards with the themes of Over the Hill, Attitude and Humor.

Kalan Submissions

American Greetings

American Greetings Corporation is a leading manufacturer of innovative social expression products that assist consumers in enhancing their relationships.

The company's major greeting card brands are American Greetings, Carlton Cards, Gibson, Recycled Paper Greetings, and Papyrus, and other paper product offerings include DesignWare party goods, American Greetings and Plus Mark gift-wrap and boxed cards and Date Works calendars.

American Greetings also has the largest collection of electronic greetings on the Web, including cards available at AmericanGreetings.com through AG Interactive, Inc., the company's online division. AG Interactive also offers digital photo sharing and personal publishing at PhotoWorks.com and Webshots.com and a one-stop source for online graphics, animations, and more at Kiwee.com.

Writer Application for American Greetings

Gallant Greetings

Employment Opportunities

Looking to start a career in the greeting card industry? Join the Gallant Greeting Corp. team!

Gallant Greeting Employment Information

Marian Heath

We love the greeting card business.

Fabulous product is fun to create. Best-of-the-best artists,
designers and writers bring fresh looks & voices to our line constantly.

Marian Heath - Freelance Guidelines

Warner Press

Thank you for your interest in writing for Warner Press. Warner Press has been the publishing house for the Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) for over one hundred years. We develop and produce a wide variety of non-denominational Christian material for individual and church use.

Warner Press Submission Guidelines

Submit Ideas for Greeting Cards - Part 2