About

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FOLK magazine is devoted to presenting a fresh and youthful interpretation of simple country lifestyles, while focusing on the stories that make America our collective home sweet home. This down to Earth magazine fills a unique niche in the shelter publication landscape: content is part lifestyle, part editorial, all heart.
 

We are all about Real. American. Living.

The pages of FOLK are filled with abundant inspiration in photos, how-to articles, features, shared stories, and even beautiful advertisements. At FOLK, we strive to photograph real rooms, events, stores, shows, and landscapes… not stylized photo sets. Contributors include writers, columnists, photographers, designers, chefs, bloggers, and business owners from across the USA, Canada, and Internationally, giving the magazine a voice that is all-inclusive and wide in scope.

Content Information 

FOLK seeks to be the
definitive guide to living a new kind of simple country lifestyle for readers of many backgrounds, ages, and interests.
Readers find their own photos, stories, and memory submissions within each issue, making them a vital component of living the FOLK life. The magazine reaches across the many representations of American Country style to unite our country, celebrating personal expression in our homes and lives. Featuring elements of decor from primitive and rustic to farm-fresh and industrial, with a nod to mid-century modernism and nostalgic kitsch, every style is FOLKstyle. 

Each bi-monthly issue brings a fresh approach to lifestyle inspiration, including:



    • Shopping and Collecting antique, vintage, handmade and artisan original wares
    • Decorating and Entertaining while expressing personal style, not trends
    • Gardening and Cooking with a focus on local markets and farms
    • Home Remodeling and Restoration using reclaimed and repurposed materials
    • Fashion that celebrates individual expression of vintage-inspired style
    • Travel, exploration of nature and local attractions, and enjoying a shared history
    • Support and Promotion of independent main street businesses, artisans, events, and shops
    • Connection between readers and contributors through shared memories and stories based on a wide scope of interests
     
    Publication InformationFOLK


    is a rapidly growing lifestyle magazine,
    available in print with additional content offered online. It is published by CHANDLERclark, LLC, dba FOLK, in Lexington Kentucky, USA.With the release of the fifth Issue in May 2012, FOLK is now distributed by Ingram Media Distribution throughout the United States and Canada.

    Circulation has grown steadily since the release of the premiere Issue in
    September, 2011.
    FOLK print magazine is available by subscription and as a single copy purchasefrom the publisher, and
    via single-copy sales at independent retailers and Barnes & Noble Booksellers across the US, Canada, and Internationally. FOLK is currently available in 49 of 50 states, in 6 countries, and on 5 continents. Issue I, released in September of 2011, is now available in a digital format.

    Advertising rates in FOLK magazine are conducive to the magazine’s goal of supporting local merchants and independent businesses across the country.


    FOLK Brand Information
    FOLKstore , a seasonal retail store on Main Street in Beaver Dam, Kentucky that features products from FOLK advertisers.
    FOLKlabel
    brand licensed artisan products include specialty food and decorative accessories, sold on etsy and in the FOLKstore.  

    The shopLOCALeveryday campaign launched in 2012.
    FOLKbarn – in a partnership with the Springfield Antique Show in Ohio, FOLK Magazine will host a barn filled with a selection of vendors representing FOLK style in May 2012.

    An online version of FOLKstore will launch in 2012.
    FOLK Magazine will partner with several vintage show events across the country, to promote vendors and advertisers to a larger market demographic via feature articles and a FOLKstore booth at shows.

    Contact

    Ben Ashby, Editor-in-Chief
    P.O.Box 195 Beaver Dam, Kentucky 42320USA
    editor.folk@gmail.com
    Hillary Lewis, Director of Advertising & Marketing

    hillary.folk@gmail.com

    Press

Press Mentions for FOLK magazine and FOLKstore
2012 January Living With Lindsay
2012 April Lifestylefiles
FOLK editorial staff appearances
2011 November 5  Mt. Vernon, Ohio – Simple Goods Primitives Show
2011 November 11,12 Arthur, Illinois – Homesteaders on the Prairie Show
2012 May 18 – 20 Springfield, Ohio – Springfield Antique Show in the FOLKbarn 
2012 May 25 – 26 Beaver Dam, Kentucky – Strawberry Festival at FOLKstore on Main St. 

PHOTOGRAPHY: All photography has been used with the permission of its respective owners. We would like to thank each owner for the rights to use their photos. ADDRESS CHANGE: Please mail us at PO Box 195 Beaver Dam, KY 42320 with your previous address and your new address.  ADVERTISING: To inquire about advertising in a future issue of FOLK please email us at advertise.folk@gmail.com. We can send our media packet to you as well as current ad rates. Ads are due to the previous email address one month before the slated release date. On this date ad dues must be paid in full.  SUBMISSIONS: From time to time we will ask for reader submitted photos on our Facebook page (facebook.com/wearefolk). To send submissions directly to our offices please send them to the following address PO Box 195 Beaver Dam, KY 42320 or email them to submissions.folk@gmail.com. FOLK, nor any member of the FOLK staff or CHANDLERclark will be held responsible for the return of submissions. The sender will not receive the submission back.  LIABILITY: FOLK, nor any member of the FOLK or CHANDLERclark staff will be in any way held responsible for any accidents resulting from the possession of this magazine. This extends explicitly, but may contain other instances, to consumption or eating of this publication or any part of this publication, paper cuts or other bodily injuries resulting from touching this magazine, or any form of mental duress, stress, or harm that results from reading, viewing, or handling this publication or any supplement published by CHANDLERclark. Please be aware that by purchasing or focusing attention on this publication you waive all rights to hold anyone connected to FOLK responsible for any negative effects that may result from contact with this magazine, its online presence, its reputation, its content , or its mission. Thank you. 7/11 MISCELLANEOUS: For editorial queries please email us at editor.folk@gmail.com or send us a letter to PO Box 195 Beaver Dam, KY 42320. 2011 FOLK Magazine, a division of CHANDLERclark. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. No rights for commercial use or exploitation are given or implied.  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Please email Ben at editor.folk@gmail.com or mail a letter to PO Box 195 Beaver Dam, KY 42320.

One Response to About

  1. Melanie says:

    I have not yet received the next issue that is displayed on this page with the spring stories. I have only received two issues of my six. Can you get back to me and let me know what happened to it? I have been looking everyday for it but it still has not yet come.
    Sincerely,
    Melanie King

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