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An ad in the Pride Guide can help you achieve your advertising objectives within the Black LGBTQA community. We offer a Pride Guide ads to help you strengthen brand awareness and ultimately yield a high ROI.

Ads that advertise non-DCBP parties/events/gatherings that occur between Friday, May 24 and Tuesday, May 28 are not allowed.

Ad Dimensions

DCBP19 Ad Dimensions

Specifications for Ad Submission

  • Ads must be submitted electronically and ready to print without the need for additional edits.
  • For full bleed, crop/registration marks and color bars must be outside the bleed area (off set by 1/4”).
  • No bleeds for half page ads

Color and ink

  • Convert all colors to 4-color process (CMYK) — all photos, logos, graphics and type
  • PMS/spot and RGB colors are not accepted. Convert all color elements to CMYK.

Accepted formats

  • Portable Document Format (PDF)
    - PDF images with 300 DPI resolution
    - All fonts embedded

  • Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPG or JPEG)
    - JPG with 300 DPI resolution
    - CMYK color mode

  • Encapsulated Postscript Vector (EPS)
    - EPS with 300 DPI resolution
    - All fonts converted to outlines
    - CMYK color mode

  • Microsoft Publisher (PUB, PUBX), Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX) and Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT, PPTX) files will not be accepted. Save/export PUB, DOC and PPT files as PDF for submission

The Center for Black Equity reserves the right to reject any advertising that is inconsistent with the organization’s mission.

Questions? Email dcbp@centerforblackequity.org.

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