The best stories and photos come from our worldwide community of beachcombers. And, it's always fun to see your work in print and online! If your submission is chosen for publication in the print magazine, we always mail a free copy of the magazine where your image or story appears.
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.
Look for the 🎁 for giveaways!
🎁 Beachcombing is turning 10!
We’re celebrating the 10th year of Beachcombing Magazine with giveaways and Top 10 lists in each issue this year! Share your bucket list, beachcombing tips, dream trips, unusual stories, best finds, and coastal art and you’ll be entered to win. Here’s to a decade of seaside discovery. Enter today›
Show us your beach!
The California Coastal Arts and Ocean Alliance, the Santa Barbara Sea Glass & Ocean Arts Festival, and Beachcombing Magazine are collaborating on a fun global project, and we would love to include you! As part of this project, we are putting together a short film highlighting beachcombers around the world. We’d love to include your video of your beach, some of your finds and what you do with them, and you talking about what spending time on the beach and beachcombing mean to you. Everyone who submits videos by July 31, 2026, will be entered in a giveaway with prizes including sea glass jewelry, coastal art, and more. Learn how to enter›
Is your beach find famous?
Have you ever found something unique that is on display, celebrated in print, or part of a scientific or historical collection? Maybe a shell or fossil that is unique, a bottle or metal find with some words that show its origin, or a find that is somehow a standout. We’d love to see your beach finds that are now in a museum collection, on public display somewhere, or were featured in a story in print or online. Email your high-res photo(s) and story with “Museum” in the subject line. We’ll share our favorites in an upcoming Beachcombing article.
Fishing Lures
Sparkling and colorful finds along the shore, fishing lures attract the eye as much as a beautiful piece of sea glass, colorful rock, or bright seashell. Send us photos of your beach-found fishing lures for an upcoming story. Email your high-res photos with “Lures” in the subject line and we'll include our favorites in the article. 📸: Svea Scholten.
Keys
Do mermaids lock their doors when they go out? Send us photos of your beach-found keys for an upcoming story. Email your high-res photos with “Keys” in the subject line and we’ll include our favorites in the article. 📸: Beth Sanborn.
Lifeguard Stands
We want to see your lifeguard tower photos. Send us photos of your beach lifeguard posts, chairs, and stations for an upcoming story. Email your high-res photos with “Lifeguard” in the subject line and we'll include our favorites in the article. 📸: Jordan Hill.
Beautiful Brown Sea Glass
Brown sea glass is often considered common and less desriable than other colors of beach glass, but there is beauty to be found in pieces from honey amber to deep black. Send us photos of your favorite brown beach glass treasures for an upcoming story. Email your high-res photos with “Brown” in the subject line and we'll include our favorites in the article.
Beach Memories
What are your early memories of beachcombing? Send us a photos of a favorite beach trip as a child along with a brief description for an upcoming article. Email your high-res photos with “Memories” in the subject line and we'll include our favorites in the story. View photos and stories about early beach adventures from other beachcombers›
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!
Sand Collections
Are you an arenophile? If you collect beach sand, we'd love to see how you store and display your finds! Email photos of your sand collection, display ideas, and your stories of sand collecting to submissions@beachcombing.com for an upcoming article. Email your high-res photos with “Sand" in the subject line and we’ll include our favorites! 📸: Rusti Stover
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 article. 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 story. 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.
