Middlebury Magazine

  • Recent Stories
  • Menu
    • Features
    • Pursuits
    • Q&A
    • Podcasts
    • Review
    • Essays
    • Old Chapel
    • Videos
    • How Did You Get Here Series
    • About
    • Advertising
    • Contact
    • Support
    • Writers’ Guidelines
  • Search

Advertising

Please contact Matt Jennings for all questions relating to advertising sales. He can be reached at middmag@middlebury.edu or at 802-443-5670.

Advertising Deadlines

Spring

Publish date: April 30
Space reservation: March 1
Ad materials due: March 10

Summer

Publish date: July 28
Space reservation: June 1
Ad materials due: June 10

Fall

Publish date: Oct. 24
Space reservation: September 1
Ad materials due: September 10

Winter

Publish date: February 3
Space reservation: December 1
Ad materials due: December 10

General Ad Sizes

Trim Size: 9” x 10.875”

Standard Units, Non-Bleed

Full Page (Bleed) 9.25” x 11.125”
Full Page 7.875” x 9.625”
2/3 Page 5.1956” x 9.625”
1/2 Page Horizontal 7.875 x 4.7606”
1/2 Page Vertical 5.1956” x 7.1951”
1/3 Page Square 5.1956” x 4.7606”
1/3 Page Vertical 2.5156” x 9.625”
1/4 Page Horizontal 7.875” x 2.2746”
1/4 Page Vertical 2.5156” x 7.1951”
1/6 Page Vertical 2.5156” x 4.7108”
1/6 Page Horizontal 5.1956” x 2.2808”
1/12 Page Square 2.5156” x 2.2746”

Real Estate Ad Sizes

Trim Size: 9” x 10.875”

Standard Units

Full Page (Bleed) 9.25” x 11.125”
Full Page 7.875” x 9.625”
1/2 Page Horizontal 7.875 x 4.7606”
1/2 Page Vertical 5.1956” x 7.1951”
1/4 Page Horizontal 7.875” x 2.2808”
1/4 Page Vertical 3.852” x 4.7619”
1/8 Page Horizontal 3.8542” x 2.2808”

General Ad Rates

Black & White

1X 2X 4X

Page $1300 $1195 $1105
2/3 Page 970 890 820
1/2 Page 705 650 600
1/3 Page 620 570 525
1/4 Page 390 360 330
1/6 Page 340 310 290
1/12 Page 210 190 160

Classifieds $2.00 1.85 1.70 Rates are per-word. 10 word minimum.
Classified ads are prepaid. Blind box available for $10.00

Four Color

1X 2X 4X

Page $1790 $1650 $1525
2/3 Page 1350 1240 1125
1/2 Page 1000 915 850
1/3 Page 910 840 780
1/4 Page 580 540 490
1/6 Page 500 470 430
1/12 Page 310 250 220

COVERS (upon availability and approval of publisher):

Cover 3 $2510 $2310 $2130
Cover 4 $2840 $2610 $2405

Real Estate Rates

BLACK & WHITE Real Estate rates include ad layout and production plus one Black & White scan.

1X 2X 4X
Page $1520 $1420 $1335
1/2 Page 800 750 700
1/4 Page 450 425 395
1/8 Page 265 250 230
Print ready materials will receive a 15% discount off the rates shown.

Four Color

Real Estate rates include ad layout and production plus one 4-color scan.

1X 2X 4X
Page $2085 $1950 $1830
1/2 Page 1180 1100 1040
1/4 Page 725 685 645
1/8 Page 475 450 430
Print ready materials receive a 15% discount off the rates shown.

Printing Production Requirements

Computer-Generated Digital File Guidelines

  • PDF files are preferred but must be PDF X1A compliant. Transparencies must be flattened in the PDF format. For PDFs, use the settings, “PDF X1A” or “Press Quality”. Files may also be furnished as ESP or TIFF.
  • This publication prints on uncoated paper stock, therefore any ink coverage should not exceed 260% total ink ( sum total of c, m, y, and k values) and mid-tones should be opened up to a bit due to the specific characteristics of uncoated paper.
  • Color ads must have all spot color converted to process color.
  • Digital images must be 300 dpi, and sized appropriately (100 percent). Line art scans should be at 1200 dpi.
  • Files can be sent as e-mail attachments to: thinkup@comcast.net. Be sure to include the advertiser’s name in the file name and the subject line of the e-mail so that we can identify the ad.
  • Ads can also be furnished on CD or DVD. Ads must be accompanied by a proof. Send only copied files, not original files.

Ad Production Charges:*

Full Page…………………………….…$295.00
2/3 Page………………………… ….….$260.00
1/2, 1/3 Page……………………………$140.00
1/4, 1/5, 1/6 Page…………………….…..$90.00
1/8, 1/10, 1/12 Page………………………$60.00

* includes typesetting and layout/design of ad.

Additional scans: $35.00
Additional charges will be billed at a rate of $65/hr, with a 30-minute minimum. (advertiser’s alterations beyond the second proof, custom artwork, re-sizing, reproducing ads)

Billing

Payment is due net 30 days. A 1.5 percent finance charge will be added to the balances after 30 days and for each 30 day period overdue.

Print-ready Discount

A 15 percent discount will be recognized to advertisers providing completely print ready materials. No discount recognized if there is ANY additional production.

Recent Stories

Features

More Than a Game

In a critically acclaimed work of nonfiction, Abe Streep '04 introduces readers to the Arlee Warriors, a high school basketball team on a Native American reservation in Montana, where life's challenges are abundant.

By Alexander Wolff
Photograph by Devin Yalkin
October 21, 2022

Munya Munyati Has A Few Stories to Tell

Catching up with a young filmmaker who is rapidly making a name for himself at Vice.

By Mara Dolan
Film stills by Munya Munyati
September 16, 2022

Reverberations

A transcontinental move, a career discovered, a landmark speech studied and translated—and an identity reshaped.

By Clara Clymer, MA Translation '22
Illustration by Anna Gusella
April 2, 2022

The Road(s)

A little over a year ago, a writing student headed south to Florida for no other reason than J-Term was forced to go remote. She soon found herself reporting on an environmental justice battle that was roiling the state.

By Alexandra Burns '21.5
Illustrations by Yevgenia Nayberg
March 2, 2022

Dispatches

Japan Wants to Dump Water from a Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean

Middlebury's Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress thinks that's a terrible idea.

By Sierra Abukins
August 11, 2023

When Mini Golf Meets Reproductive Justice

A summertime staple becomes a first-of-its-kind teaching tool.

By Jessie Raymond '90
Photographs by Todd Balfour
June 30, 2023

Welcome to All Things Scottish

Toward the end of the academic year, a group of Midd students turned Battell Beach into a setting that more closely resembled a Scottish moor.

By Caroline Crawford
Photograph by Brian MacDonald
June 30, 2023

Let’s Dance

How can one's digital experiences be interpreted through performance art? Choreographer Maia Sauer ’22 and a troupe of recent Midd grads attempt to find out.

By Alexandra Jhamb Burns '21.5
Photographs by Alexis Welch '22
June 2, 2023

The Repatriation

The Leopard Head Hip Ornament returns to Africa.

By Jessie Raymond '90
Courtesy Middlebury Museum of Art
February 16, 2023

Adventures in Filmmaking

Two professors and an alum have embarked on a journey to take a screenplay from its creation to the end product of a full-length feature film.

By Sara Thurber Marshall
Still Photograph from The Swim Lesson Proof of Concept
February 14, 2023

A Night Out

For one evening in December, Atwater dining hall hosted a student-dining experience unlike any other.

By Caroline Crawford
Photographs by Paul Dahm
January 20, 2023

Finding His Way

What happens when your identity is stolen—not by another person but by your own body?

By Sara Thurber Marshall
December 15, 2022

A Natural Selection

For more than a quarter century, Stephen Trombulak— now an emeritus professor of biology and environmental studies—guided students in avian research on a parcel of College land hard by Otter Creek. This preserved area now bears his name.

By Jessie Raymond '90
Photography by Paul Dahm
November 18, 2022
View All

Pursuits

Public Defender

On becoming one of the country's foremost cybersecurity experts.

By Jessie Raymond '90
Illustration by Neil Webb
April 14, 2022

Q&A

The Making of a Teacher

Hebrew Professor Michal Strier reflects on her life an education—in Israel and the States—a journey that led the Language School instructor to the undergraduate College for the first time this year.

By Jessie Raymond '90
Photograph by Paul Dahm
May 19, 2022

Editor’s Note

A Brilliant Fogg

Saying goodbye to a dear colleague and friend.

By Matt Jennings
Illustration by Jody Hewgill
February 25, 2020

Old Chapel

Making Democracy Real

An Update on Our Conflict Transformation Initiative

By Laurie L. Patton
Illustration by Brian Staufer
January 20, 2023

Road Taken

What to Wear Now

Through accrued life experiences, a writer discovers that a common question has become a statement of identity.

By Samantha Hubbard Shanley ’99
Illustration by Naomi Clarke
March 11, 2021

Quotation

A summer immersed in a language can do wonders, as veterans of Middlebury College’s famous language-learning program can attest. The lockdown is clearly going to amount to the equivalent of about two summers, and there are mini-Middleburys happening in millions of houses worldwide.”

—John McWhorter, writing “The Coronavirus Generation Will Use Language Differently” in the Atlantic.

Podcasts

Old Stories Being Told Differently, Part 1, featuring Carolyn Finney

Our guest for episode three of season three is Carolyn Finney, who is a storyteller, author, cultural geographer, and self-described “accidental environmentalist” whose work explores the intersection of identity, privilege, and our natural surroundings. In part one of this two-part interview, Carolyn joins host and president of Middlebury, Laurie Patton, to discuss how her upbringing and family history in Westchester County, New York became the foundation of her life’s work.

By Middlebury Magazine Staff
September 18, 2023

Every Book You Write Is a Mystery, feat. Rebecca Makkai, MA English ’04

Our guest for episode two of season three is Rebecca Makkai, MA English '04, a critically acclaimed novelist and short story writer. She joins Laurie Patton to discuss her teaching career, overcoming writer's block, her time at Bread Loaf, dabbling in other genres or mediums for inspiration, and her deep personal roots to Vermont.

By Middlebury Magazine Staff
May 30, 2023

The Virus Hunter, feat. Anne Rimoin ’92

Our guest for episode one of season three of this podcast is an epidemiologist who is an internationally recognized expert on global health, disease surveillance, and immunization. Anne Rimoin '92 joins Laurie Patton to discuss what it takes to be on the front lines as an emerging infectious disease researcher.

By Middlebury Magazine Staff
April 17, 2023

Review

Editors’ Picks for July and August

By Middlebury Magazine Staff
August 11, 2023

How Did You Get Here?

Megan Job

By Alexandra Burns '21
February 15, 2021

Leif Taranta

By Alexandra Burns '21
February 15, 2021

Mikayla Haefele

By Alexandra Burns '21
February 15, 2021

Videos

Creating Community Through Hip Hop

For three days in March, the sounds, styles, and fashions of global hip hop converged on Middlebury for an electric symposium.

By Jordan Saint-Louis '24
April 17, 2023

Pomp and Unusual Circumstances

As viewed from above.

By Chris Spencer
June 1, 2021

Davis the Owl Returns Home

Having recovered from life-threatening injuries, a beautiful winged creature is released to its natural habitat.

By Andrew Cassell
April 22, 2021
Middlebury College
  • Alumni
  • Newsroom
  • Contact Us
  • icon-instagram

The views presented are not necessarily those of the editors or the official policies of the College.

© 2023 Middlebury College Publications.