The best stories and photos in Beachcombing come from our worldwide community of beachcombers. Following are just some of the stories we are working on for future issues. If you have another idea for an article, please find out how to submit your article on the Submissions page.
Rainbow Beach Finds
Show us your beach rainbows and you could win a Sea of Colors poster and pocket-size sea glass color chart! From sea glass to rocks to shells to fossils to sand and even plastics, send us photos of your colorful collections for an upcoming issue. Email your high-res photos with “Rainbow” in the subject line by December 31, 2025, and you’ll be entered.
We’ll print the best ideas in the magazine, and one random entry will be selected on to win a poster and pocket-size sea glass color chart. Good luck!
Beachcombing Trips
Beachcombing is better with friends! We are working on a list of individuals, organizations, and groups that offer beachcombing trips, retreats, and beach travel adventures. We’d love to learn about those offering group travel opportunities or tours, find people who provide beachcombing travel information or resources, get tips for planning a beachcombing trip, and connect with anyone who helps beachcombers plan their ultimate beachcombing trip. Plus, we'd love to read your travel tips and tricks! If this is you, or if you know of someone who is a great beachcombing travel expert, please take a look at the Travel Expert questionnaire and send us your information for an upcoming article.
Driftwood
Do you love picking up wood worn smooth by the waves? We’d love to see your driftwood finds and what you do with them. Email your high-res photos with “Driftwood” in the subject line and we’ll include our favorites in an upcoming article! 📸: James Doran Webb
Beads
Sometimes great things come in small packages. We’d love to see your sea bead finds. Email your high-res photos with “Beads” in the subject line and we’ll include our favorites in an upcoming article! 📸: Beth Sanborn
Teeny Tiny Treasures
Do you pick up even the smallest pieces of beach glass, baby seashells, tiny fossils, little rocks, or itty-bitty pieces of beach metal? How do you display or what do you do with your miniature beach finds? Email your high-res photos with “Minis” in the subject line and we’ll include our favorites in an upcoming article!
Glowing Beach Finds
Have you found any glowing beach finds? ☢️ We want to see your UV sea or beach glass, rocks, fossils, or seashells that glow under black light. 🔦 Email photos of your UV reactive pieces to submissions@beachcombing.com for an upcoming article. Email your high-res photos with “Glowing” in the subject line and we’ll include our favorites!
Friends with Claws
Every beach has its own critters, and many of those critters have claws! Don't be shellfish and send in your crabulous photos of crabs, lobsters, and other crustaceans on your beach for an upcoming issue. Email your high-res photos with “Claws” in the subject line.
Perfectly Imperfect
We all dream of finding pristine treasures on the beach, but sometimes things are broken, cracked, scuffed, malformed, or just not exactly perfect. Send in your photos of imperfect finds that you brought home anyway for an upcoming issue. Email your photos with “Imperfect” in the subject line.
Beachcombing Polls
Let us know more about you and test your knowledge in fun beachcomber surveys, polls, and quizzes.
