UPDATED!! 2010 Skepchick and Skepdude Calendars: Applications
UPDATED on 13October2009:Â We’re all good for the 2010 Skepchick Calendar, but if you’re a Skepdude, applications are still open for 2010.
These same instructions also apply for 2011 models, but your deadline is 01May2010.
So, if you want to be a pin-up model, here’s your chance.
The guidelines for applicants:
1) The calendar applicant’s final photo is “pin-up” in nature, and includes science-y, skeptical, geeky goodness. We’re not after overt nudity, but rather ask that it be titillatingly and tastefully used. We are after the skeptical/science/nerd/geek angle, and those photos that use both will have an advantage. This is the main category for most everyone considering applying.
2) The calendar applicant’s final photo is so so so so so over-the-top, heart-stoppingly sexy and well shot, we’d be fools not to include it, regardless of the skeptical angle. (This very likely does not mean you. You should be thinking of your sexy skeptical idea. Really.)
3) The calendar applicant is well known enough as a skeptic that any photo, clothed or unclothed, would be considered inherently sexy and skeptical. (I’m talking Penn Jillette or Eddie Izzard here. Â Again, you should be thinking of your sexy skeptical idea. Srsly.)
4) Final submissions will need to be Landscape Oriented, 8.75 inches high x 11.25 inches wide, and 300 dpi at that size. (In case you’re wondering, this means big ‘ol file. A 2 megapixel camera is not going to cut it.) There is a .25 inch “bleed,” meaning we loose the edges of each photo during the printing process. Keep this in mind when composing your shot.
5) There will be a hole drilled in each page for hanging the calendar. This is centered and approximately .25 inches from the edge. Please keep this in mind when composing your shot.
6) Have I mentioned Landscape Oriented? I know you have a great idea for a portrait oriented shot, but I can’t use it, so please don’t send it. It will break my heart to say no to your killer idea.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, so feel free to submit when you’re ready! Â Deadline for final photo submission is November 1, 2009.
To apply, send me an e-mail detailing the following info:
- Name, Street Address, Phone Number, E-mail Address.
- Short bio: No longer than a paragraph or two. This will not be published, though if chosen you will need to come up with a short bio that will accompany your photo. For now, we just need to know your skeptical credentials, so to speak. Please list education, job, volunteer activities, papers published, organizations you’re a part of, forums, whatever… basically, sell your skeptical self to us.
- Photo ideas: Include favorite body parts you’d like to highlight, specific scenes or situations you think you could do, overall tone . . . it doesn’t have to be one thing you will definitely do, but we just need to know what you have in mind and what you think is feasible for you.
- How you plan to take the photo: Will you do it yourself? Do you have a friend who could take it, etc.? You must be able to get a high resolution .jpg or .tif file to us, either through e-mail or by mailing a burned CD.
- Attach a small photo of yourself (or a link to one somewhere on the internets): It does not need to be fantastic, we just want a general idea of what you look like. You DO NOT need to be a model, we just need to make sure we get a good variety of people. For reference, the 2007 calenders featured women and men from all walks of life, from age 21 to mid-50s.
Off you go! If you need some food for thought, check out the 2007 editions of the calendars!
If you have questions, e-mail me at [email protected] I’m here to help you find your inner pin-up!
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Is 21 the minimum age?
Nope. I'd say 18 is probably the minimum, but really it depends on the photo. The more strategic the nudity, the less concerned with age I'd be.
Also, if you're younger than 18, perhaps we'd work in concert with you guardian.
Hmm…can an old calendar model pose again, or is this an "offer good one time only" thing?
Hi Saganite! I'm so glad to see you back in skeptical cyberspace!
Certainly old models with new ideas are welcome to reapply. I will also say that there are things in the works that might be a perfect fit for former models… so if you have a cool idea, please do apply.
-A
If only I showed up on film…
saganite wrote:
Hehe, nice to see I'm not the only one who thinks that :)
JanieBelle wrote:
While technically impossible, wouldn't it also be illegal for you to pose nude?
Then again, CGI has made great strides …
exarch,
Nope, I turned 19 on Valentine's Day.
And I'm waiting for Dr. Hau's experiment playing with light and matter to fix the technical difficulties.
Oh, JanieBelle, PLEASE be in my calendar!
And Exarch, I'm emailing you soon. I have something in mind for you!
-A
JanieBelle wrote:
Well, somebody is sitting at that keyboard typing your posts, so even though the picture might not be what people are expecting to see, you could take it.
Perhaps the glint in your completely asexual non-gender-specific left eye?
a wrote:
Should I be worried about how that sounds?
:D
Yes.
No, my dear. Why would you think such a thing? Besides, I'm smart enough to be scared of big, sharp swords. And by "big, sharp swords" I mean big, sharp swords.
Sometimes (and perhaps only SOMETIMES) I'm glad I'm not at all well-known or experienced in the skeptical community at large. If I were, despite my way-too-skinny-ness, there might be people who'd still be interested in having me appear in this thing (as it's not about looks, per se).
Thankfully, in this case, my (relative) anonymity works in concert with my unappealing physicality to make that unlikely. Plus, unlike SOME people, I don't wield a big sharp sword :-P
Holy crap, as incredibly and fantastically honored as I would be (!!!!!), as exarch has mentioned, there'd be some uh… technical issues with that to be worked out.
Perhaps you and I should discuss those via e-mail, to return the thread to the masses. I'll keep a tab open to my inbox.
JB, I still think you should just make a close-up of your eye or something.
Well, sadly (luckily?) so am I, so sharp isn't an issue (yet). I still have some use for my fingers (and by fingers, I mean … never mind).
Actually, the real reason isn't fear though, but money. Real blades are pricey. I'll shell out money for a real blade when I have a couple hundred Euros to spare …
I know what you mean there. Only reason I have any of the good ones is because I worked in a weapons shop on the Fair circuit for a year… and the REALLY good one still cost me $400
exarch,
There's something in the works.
;)
So– What kinds of blades, then? I practice CMA and I have a wide selection of bladed instruments. Although many of them are made of "wushu steel," I do have a few of good quality combat steel, including a couple of halberds and a few broadswords.
I've a pretty wide variety of swords and knives, mostly some nice aesthetically pleasing small daggers which look nice arranged on my coffee table, but a fair few larger blades. Aside from the aforementioned daggers, pretty much all of my blades are high-carbon battle-grade steel (as I said, I worked in a weapon shop and got some good deals). I have a couple of sabres, a nice cutlass, a broadsword and very pretty hand and a half I wouldn't try to fight with if my life depended on it. My baby is a 40" hand forged, high-carbon, custom double-wide epee, though. I got a matching main-gauche thrown in for $125 as well. I wanted to get the halberd, but my friend Doug bought it out from under me, and got my mace as well the same way, and some customer actually bought the spear I ordered, so I need to sign up for another season so I can get those.
are these going to be published and sold in time to take them to TAM, for autographs and such?
Yes, the plan is for them to be available in time for TAM 6. Deadline for photos is April 1, which would make them available for sale in early May.
Hi! Any update?
I see calendars are ready…
When does the shopping cart start?
I can’t believe we still haven’t heard from Wil Wheaton. :-(
I’m with Sid. I see that the calendars are being given as awards for the monthly contests, but I haven’t seen any mention of how to purchase them. Would someone please say “calendars will be for sale on (month) (day), (year) +/- (days)”? Preferably after filling in those variables in the parenthesis.
Shouldn’t the PIN-UP CALENDARS link at the top of every page lead to the new announcement rather than to this?
Only 11.25 inches wide??? Obviously, I won’t be able to send the photo I wanted.