No magazine can exist without the support of its readers. For a magazine like AM, this means articles.

Writing for a magazine is the secret ambition of everyone (or so I am told). In actual fact, it's not as difficult as you might think. We've prepared some submission guidelines for a variety of different types of stories. They are listed below (with links to downloadable PDFs), along with a partial list of the kinds of stories wed like to see.

Please consider writing about your projects, visits to places of automata interest, your collection, or what-have-you. This is a fascinating field of endeavor that encompasses all skill levels, ages, geographical locations, and interests. Don't be shy. Everyone has something of interest to say. Send us a note telling us what you have in mind.

We need photos and descriptions of your projects for the photo gallery, too.

How to write for AM
General guidelines
How-to articles
Photo gallery
Photography
Your automata

A partial list of topics that could be covered in AM
* Your latest project
* Construction methods
* Construction tips and tricks
* Collecting automata
* Tools and how to use them
* Materials discussion -- wood, metal, plastic, ??
* How you solved a specific problem
* How-to
* How I did it
* Basic mechanisms
* Interesting, complex, specialized, or unusual mechanisms
* Using wind-up motors to power automata
* Using electric motors to power automata
* Using wind to power automata
* Planning complex mechanisms
* Project planning
* Making complex mechanisms
* History of autotmata and historical models
* Retrospective of a specific artist's work
* Automatist biographies and/or interviews
* Using computers for planning automata
* Laser cutting and automata
* 3D printing and automata
* Mistakes you made and how you fixed them
* Concepts
* The art of the automaton
* Visits to places of automata interest
* Plans (i.e., blueprints) for automata
* Inspiration for projects
* Working with different kinds of wood
* Box-making techniques
* Pinwheel gears -- how they work and how to make them
* Different kinds of gearing
* Philosophical points concerning materials and methods
* Carving figures
* Making figures from materials other than wood (polymer clay?)
* Bearings in mechanisms -- wood vs. metal vs. plastic
* Lubrication of automata
* Automata maintenance