You are warmly invited to submit artwork to RubberStampMadness for issue themes. Submit up to four pieces per theme. On the back of each submission, please include your name, postal and email addresses, as well as stamp credits. If you want your artwork returned, please include an SASE. Cover artists receive $500 and the Best New Stamper (someone who hasn’t been published before in RSM) received a $50 gift certificate to the RSM Store. Download the theme submission poster for details on upcoming themes. Download the Mailing Tips article for information on postal requirements and tips for keeping mailing costs down. Please know submissions are not limited to themes. See General Submissions for information about non-theme artwork.
THEME SUBMISSIONS:
The first theme for Holidays 2026 will be A December to Remember. For many of us, “the most wonderful time of the year” was especially awesome because of the presents we received at Christmas or Hanukkah. Snowstorms are memorable, as are school concerts and family visits. Did you see mommy kissing Santa Claus? Send us your precious memories. The second theme for this issue is Odd Couples. We’re looking for stamped images you wouldn’t expect to find in the same scene or collage. For example, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. A giraffe in a bathtub. The Golden Gate Bridge and Statue of Liberty. June 5 is the postmark deadline for both themes.
Looking further ahead, the first theme for the Spring 2027 issue is All You Need Is Love. Valentine’s Day is February 14, and we all know someone who would love to receive a cheerful greeting card (or a bouquet of flowers). Remember those tiny candy hearts we passed around in the fifth grade with messages like BE MINE, HUG ME, TRUE LOVE, or YOU ROCK?
Let your heart be your guide.
The second theme for this issue is First Stamp or Favorite Stamp. Think back to your first foray into the rubber world of fantastic art and fun. If you don’t remember your first stamp, stamp some art with a current favorite (or a few of your favorites). Dogs, trees, flowers, whatever tickles your rubber bone. September 5 is the postmark deadline for both themes.
We look forward to submissions for the Stamp Art Gallery all the time. Artwork is reduced in size and only artists’ names and stamp credits are included.
- Submissions can be as large as 5×6.5-inches. Exceptions are made for dimensional and 3-D pieces. All submissions are subject to reduction.
- There are two sizes for Cover Art: 1) 8.75×11.25-inches. This size assumes artwork fills the whole cover. There will be a trim of about 0.25-inches off each edge and the RSM logo will be added on top. 2) 8.75×9.25-inches. This size fills the cover except for a 2-inch space at the top for the logo and information about the issue. Again, 0.25-inches will be trimmed off each edge.
- Artwork is returned when accompanied by an SASE. Send up to four entries per theme, one SASE per theme.
- When artwork is not returned right away, this means we’re considering it for a theme album, another spot in RSM, or our Facebook page. If you want your submission to be considered for the magazine only, please make a note of this on the back of your artwork.
- Send submissions by mail to RubberStampMadness, PO Box 610, Corvallis, OR 97339-0610 or 216 SW Madison Ave., Suite 17, Corvallis, OR 97333. Send submissions by email to graphics@rsmadness. Please include stamp credits, your name, address and email. Project instructions are not needed at this time.