Carnival of Coffee Beans: The Current Carnival, Submission and Guidelines

How to Submit to the Carnival of Coffee Beans

About the Carnival of Coffee Beans: Submissions, Policies, etc.

This carnival of coffee beans aims to promote drinking real coffee made from real coffee beans! The more original the better! Let’s hear how you have made coffee or what coffee beans you found in the stores/online! We strive to offer quality links to quality blogs.  Carnival of Coffee Beans will focus on providing links to articles and posts that explore the reals of quality coffee, coffee making, and coffee makers, too!

In general, I’m looking for articles that are readable, inspiring, and well-written for readers who may or may not have much knowledge of coffee making, so don't assume a great deal of familiarity! We welcome submissions for each edition (currently published monthly) that are provocative or descriptive in nature and conform to our minimum standards set out below. The acceptance rate for your submission is approx. 80% currently.

The most interesting or informative articles will also be featured in my site newsletter because I strive to deliver my readers some of value either in content or in links to great content! So to be actively considered for inclusion in this Carnival, your submission must meet ALL of these requirements:

What is your article?

We would like to link to articles that are motivating, informative or practical in nature. With the exception of video posts, articles must be at least 100 words in length. No articles pitching something for sale will be considered as this is not an advertising carnival. Your blog/article MAY, however, include appropriate advertising and affiliate products. Please make sure that you aren’t posting irrelevant articles! Or if you think it’s relevant, or off-beat, highlight its relevance to this carnival.

Choose a real domain name for your blog

Blogs must be unique and ideally hosted on a full-blog (ideally not on a subdomain of Blogspot, WordPress, etc.). Established blogs on Blogspot or WordPress will be considered.

Only one submission will be accepted from an individual in one edition

I like to maintain variety of sources and topics. If you submit MORE THAN ONE article to any edition of this carnival, ALL your submissions will be eliminated without hesitation. No exceptions. Repeated multiple submissions to this carnival will mean that your articles and/or your behavior are considered spam – enough to be excluded from the carnival permanently.

Your article must be recent, original and previously unpublished in this carnival

We will not link to articles that are available from article directories or posts that have been published on more than one place. All posts must be placed on your blog, and published within the last 4 weeks from the date of the Carnival.

Please welcome comments from your readers

Comments MUST be enabled on any post submitted to the carnival and registration must NOT be required: I’m hoping that we generate interest in the submissions and that traffic generates comments. You may choose to close your comments at some point in the future.

Trackbacks, Pings, etc.

If you submit your article to this Carnival, and you include a URL for pinging or trackbacks then regardless of whether your article is accepted, you blog WILL be pinged. When you submit your article, you agree to this. Don’t use popup/popover/popunder windows, URLs that time-out, missing articles or moved pages, articles that make NO sense, any music/tracks/voice-overs that auto-play, articles that REQUIRE registration before reading and/or commenting; articles that have been submitted to numerous carnivals; etc..

Complete The Submission Form!

All submissions REQUIRE a valid email address, and a comment about the nature of the article. If you’ve taken the time to write an article, it should be easy enough to add five or ten words in the Remarks box. It’s amazing how many excellent bloggers fail to complete this step.

Why was my article not included?

If you would like to know why a particular article was NOT included, you may contact me with the URL of the original article. I cannot guarantee to provide you with an answer, though, as BlogCarnival prescreens articles, and once carnivals are posted, all submissions are purged by them. As such, all editorial decisions are final.

Publicizing the Carnival

It would be nice if you acknowledge the blog carnival somewhere on your blog. Anywhere, it doesn’t matter: in a post, in the post you submitted, in the blogroll, etc.. or you can do a separate post when the post is published. This helps to drive traffic to the carnival, where people can find your posts! You can also use the BlogCarnival Widgets.

I’m looking forward to publishing a great carnival each quarter! So get submitting! If you have any questions, just see the most recent Carnival for what’s accepted.

And finally...

Wherever you are, remember "Only Coffee Beans Make Great Coffee"! And enjoy that cup of coffee!

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