Pastoral Music Magazine Advertising Rate Card 15 & List Rental Information
Advertising Rate Card (pdf file)

Pastoral Music magazine is the professional journal of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. Its focus is liturgical music and liturgy for all denominations with structured orders of worship but with special attention to the Roman Catholic tradition. Regular membership in the association includes both pastor and musician in churches throughout the United States and in Canada, Europe, and other English-speaking church communities. The journal aims to celebrate successes and name and solve problems for all who use music in their ministry.

Send Insertion Orders/Contracts to:
Pastoral Music Advertising
962 Wayne Avenue, Suite 210
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-4461
Phone or fax: (503) 289-3615
E-mail: NPMKaren@npm.org

Send Ad Files to:
Pastoral Music Editor
962 Wayne Avenue, Suite 210
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-4461
(240) 247-3000 • Fax (240) 247-3001
E-mail: NPMEdit@npm.org

Membership List Rental
The full NPM membership list—between 8,000 and 9,000 names/addresses—is available for one-time use rental. Also available: zip code range lists. Rate: $85.00 per thousand.

The Market
The membership of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM) includes:

• active, practicing, purchasing ministers, priests, pastors, religious, and lay leadership in pastoral music, liturgy, and a wide variety of related fields;
• people in search of the best way to get the most for their budget money;
• users of music (new and old), pianos, organs, chairs, candles, music, microphones, music stands, art work, audio and video recorders, music, sound systems, printing, computers and software, audio-visual aids, bells, pitchpipes, music, bibles, ritual books, vestments, guitars, trumpets, flutes, drums, handbells, posters, cards, music, newspapers, banners, and music.

Direct Mail to This Market
Reinforce the message of your advertising! Readers of Pastoral Music magazine—NPM members—can be reached by direct mail. The NPM membership list is available for one-time use rental at just $85.00 per thousand (between eight and nine thousand). Call, e-mail, or fax your request to us with a date by which you need the list. Send list requests or questions to Pastoral Music Advertising (address on front of this brochure) or e-mail: NPMMem@npm.org.

Meet This Market
The NPM convention exhibit hall is the place to be. Here industry leaders meet their longtime customers in person, show and sell their products, and find new customers. Sponsorships, music showcases, and many other opportunities are available for your creative marketing!

Circulation
Mailed periodicals rate at the end of the month preceding the publication date. Thirty years average circulation: more than 9,000.

Character
Pastoral Music magazine is an award-winning journal which serves the membership of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM) and other subscribers. Each issue has a central theme addressed by pastoral leaders in the field of music and liturgy. Every issue contains reviews of music and books. Other features include Calendar (an international listing of upcoming events), Hotline (a professional placement service), Association News, and music education and professional concerns columns. Occasional columns include Music Industry News, Chapter News, and additional resources. Pastoral Music serves the largest body of active, practicing ministry and music personnel in the United States of America.

General Editorial Calendar
Themes for each issue are chosen six months in advance. Current thematic lists are available on request. The October issue serves as an annual convention report for the membership and contains presentations and information from the NPM summer convention(s). Spring issues (February and April) contain convention and NPM institute information in addition to the regular features.

Conventions, Institutes, and List Rental
NPM national and regional conventions and institutes for further study invite your participation and presence. You can get to know the 9,000 members of NPM through your advertising in Pastoral Music, by meeting them in person at the NPM convention exhibit hall, by sponsoring a new program idea, or by sending them your own promotional materials through direct mail. Just phone or e-mail us for more ideas!

Four-Color Rates
(Effective January 1, 2007)

Cover	1X	3X	6X
II or III	$1,000	$925	$875
IV	$1,050	$975	$925

Black and White and Color Rates
(B/W rates effective January 1, 2007; Color: January 1, 2008)

Size	1X	3X	6X
Page One	$950	$875	$825
Full page	$850	$775	$725
2/3 page	$800	$725	$675
1/2 page	$750	$675	$625
1/3 page	$650	$575	$525
1/4 page	$575	$500	$450
1/6 page	$500	$450	$400
Column inch	$200	$175	$150

Add Color: Additional $75.00 for full or 2/3 page; additional $50.00 for 1/2 page or smaller.

Preferred Space: Any position specified and guaranteed, except covers, add 10% surcharge.

Note: When new rate cards are issued, advertisers will be protected at their contract rates for the duration of the contract.

Additional Details
Earned Frequency is determined by the number of issues not by the number of insertions in any one issue.

Payment is due on receipt of all invoices. No discounts allowed.

Color. Covers are printed in four-color process. All other ads are four-color or black and white.

Bleed. No additional charge for full-page bleeds. Full-page bleed size: 8 5/8 x 11 1/4 Gutter bleed spread: 151/2 x 10

Ad Copy Format
All copy must be in electronic format. Use high resolution (300 dpi or better) tiff, jpeg, eps, pdf, or Quark XPress. (For other formats, contact us first.) Include final output files, linked graphics, and fonts as well as image files.

Send ad copy files on disk or as e-mail attachment. Please also send proofs.

Specifications
See Rate Card for Ad Size Images
Publication trim size: 8 1/2 x 11 (51 x 66 picas)

Page Unit	Width/Depth (in inches)	Width/Depth (in picas)
Full Page	7 x 10	42 x 60.5
2/3 page vertical	4 9/16 x 10	27.5 x 60.5
1/2 page island	4 9/16 x 7 1/2	27.5 x 45
1/2 page horizontal	7 x 5	42 x 30
1/3 page vertical	2 1/8 x 10	13 x 60.5
1/3 page square	4 9/16 x 5	27.5 x 30
1/3 page horizontal	7 x 3 5/16	42 x 20
1/4 page horizontal	4 9/16 x 3 3/4	27.5 x 22.5
1/6 page vertical	2 1/8 x 5	13 x 30
1/6 page horizontal	4 9/16 x 2 1/2	27.5 x 15
Column Inch	2 1/8 x 1	13 x 6

Binding: saddle stitch. Printing: offset lithography.Screen: 133 lines.

Ad Copy Format
All copy must be in electronic format. Use high resolution (300 dpi or better) tiff, jpeg, eps, pdf, or Quark XPress. (For other formats, contact us first.) Include final output files, linked graphics, and fonts as well as image files.

Send ad copy files on disk or as e-mail attachment. Please also send proofs.

Deadlines
Pastoral Music is published six times each year.

Space closing dates:
August 5 for the October issue
October 5 for the December issue
December 5 for the February issue
February 5 for the April issue
April 5 for the June issue
June 5 for the August issue

Electronic ad files must be received in Silver Spring by:
August 25 for the October issue
October 25 for the December issue
December 24 for the February issue
February 25 for the April issue
April 25 for the June issue
June 25 for the August issue

Cancellation: Cover II, III, and IV and page one are non-cancellable. Cancellation notices for other pages must be in the publisher’s office in writing prior to the closing date for the issue in question.