Contribute to Breaking Glass

(Updated January 2025)

We get lots of enquiries from people asking how they can become a contributor for Breaking Glass. Depending on capacity, there are a number of ways you can do this and we thought it might be helpful to put all the details in one place.

A few things to mention:

– Breaking Glass is not a profit-making publication; we can’t pay for contributions and completely understand if that’s what you’re looking for
– Copyright remains with the photographer or writer; by submitting your photos or writing, you grant us permission to include them on the website and our social media with credit; if you ever want us to take your work off the website you can just let us know
– Please get in touch to discuss before sending completed content, the best way to do this is by email to breakingglassmag@gmail.com
– Please do look at the website before making contact to see if your content fits with ours, and check the info on this page as it may answer some of your questions

Photographers:

Gigs and Festivals 

We have a fantastic yet compact collective of music photographers shooting gigs and festivals for us. We love having new photographers on board but don’t want to spread the net too widely to avoid having lots of people wanting to cover the same artists/venues. If it’s something that’s of interest to you, the best thing to do is get in touch first, letting us know where you’re based and the type of artists you’d want to shoot – you’ll usually need to be comfortable sourcing/requesting your own photo passes. (Note Jan 2025 – sorry, we’re at capacity for regular gig photographers for the time being, will update if/when this changes). If we don’t have a slot available, there may be an opportunity to feature your work on the website in another way – see more below.

In Focus / Galleries:

We’re happy to showcase photographers. If you’d like an introductory feature, get in touch. We generally include 10-12 of your favourite photos with some info about you, your images and any projects you’re working on.

From time to time we run features and galleries with different themes and have year end galleries for live music shots and general photography; these are always promoted on our socials. 

Writers:

New Music Reviews:

We have loads of music submitted for review – if you’d like to write about some of it, have a look at the kind of stuff we cover to see if this might be for you. We’re looking to write about things we like, there’s enough negativity online and it‘s not what we’re here for.

The Vinyl Countdown:

We’ve all got playlists of our favourite songs, mixtapes if we’re talking old school. If you’re interested in sharing your very own version of Desert Island Discs, choose any 10 tracks and include a sentence or two about each. Tell us why they’re on your list, do they make you laugh, cry, dance on the kitchen table?

Things to include if sending photos:

– Photos should be sent as jpg files please – portrait / landscape / square / colour / black & white are all fine, any style, you can send with or without watermark
– Please ensure there is no offensive content and that you have permission to share images of people not taken in a public place or including minors
– Include your name, how you would like to be credited and links you would like us to include to your work, e.g. website / socials

Any questions just ask and thanks for your interest!
Siobhan, Editor

Photos © 16 Beasley St Photography

Published 25th January 2022 / last updated 6th January 2025