Write for Us

Last updated: November 13, 2026

The Lobby Card welcomes guest articles from English-language writers and sites about film history and culture: classic and cult cinema, film movements, directors and stars of the past, the craft of filmmaking, film music, cinemas and moviegoing, and the history of posters and film advertising. A guest article is the only form of collaboration on the site — an original piece you write, with one relevant link to your own site. There are no banners, display ads, sponsored homepage slots, or links added to articles that are already published.

How it works

Guest articles are sometimes published in paid arrangements and sometimes as part of a partnership between sites. Either way, every article is read before publication and goes up only if it meets the guidelines below; you may be asked for changes, and an article may be declined. Payment or partnership does not change what the site’s own writers say and does not buy a place in the menu or on the homepage.

What makes a good guest article

• Original, unpublished writing in English, at least 800 words long.
• A topic in film history or film culture that a reader would find useful or interesting even without the link.
• Facts that can be checked: correct titles, years, credits and names, with uncertain details flagged as uncertain.
• One link only, relevant to the article’s subject.
• Living people discussed only through their published work and public careers.
• Compliance with the editorial policy.

Ideas that fit

• The history of a single cinema, a film format or a forgotten genre.
• How a classic film score was composed and recorded.
• A director’s early career, told through the films themselves.
• How film restoration works, explained for a general reader.
• A national cinema or film movement that English-language readers rarely hear about.

About the link

• The link must lead to a real content page related to the article’s topic — not a sales landing page, a sign-up form or an address that redirects elsewhere.
• The anchor text should be natural and describe the page it points to.
• If the linked page later changes into something on the list below, the link or the article may be removed.

Editing

The editors may edit a guest article before publication: shorten it, change the title, correct a date or credit, add a note where a detail is uncertain, or remove sentences that break the guidelines. An article later found to be inaccurate or misleading may be updated or taken down.

What will not be accepted

• Piracy in any form: links to unlicensed streaming or torrent sites, or instructions for obtaining films or software outside licensed channels.
• Gambling of any kind, including betting, casinos and paid prize draws.
• Adult or sexually explicit content.
• Cryptocurrency, digital tokens and promises of quick profit.
• Loans, credit and debt services.
• Supplements, pills, medicines or health claims.
• Weapons.
• Valuations, price guides or sales pitches for posters, lobby cards or other memorabilia.
• Content about the private lives of living people.
• Rewritten, spun or previously published text.

How to get in touch

Send a few lines about your site and the topic you have in mind through the contact page. A short pitch is enough to start; you do not need a finished article. The decision to publish, and in what form, rests with the editors, and once published the article remains its author’s responsibility.

Last updated November 13, 2026