Isn’t it nice to receive a postcard from a far away land?
This is why I joined Postcrossing – a community of postcard enthusiasts keeping in touch through traditional mail and filling each other’s mailboxes with smiles. There are lots of us around the world and some in Iceland too!
Get in touch if you’d like to talk to some local postcrossers there, so they can tell you the story of how the world comes to their mailboxes in times of social isolation!
Waving from (country name),
(your name)
I’m assuming any journalist would then google Postcrossing and get in touch, so no need to include your email or any personal details.
Please don’t feel like you have to use this template though — it’s just a base to draw inspiration from. The more personal and unique the message, the better!
I love this! In January I sent over 20 postcards to countries low in in Postcrossing users to their tourism boards or equivalent foreign offices. None of them replied and three of my cards were sent back without ever leaving the USA. I just sent a card to the The Reykjavik Grapevine! I really like this campaign.
Mine are ready to go, one for each media outlet!
I ended up choosing a few from the Azores, so I could start the postcards with:
Dear Journalist,
Can you guess one thing Iceland and Portugal have in common? If you answered volcanoes, you’d be right — we have a few of those in the Azores islands. Another thing we have in common is that both our countries participate in Postcrossing… etc etc
PS - I’ve added little marks next to the name of each media in the wki, to signal how many postcards have been sent there so far — just so that we have an idea of which mailboxes might need a bit more love.
Not sure! I think we should perhaps see if there’s any impact from this kind of action, before deciding to go ahead with more campaigns.
Assuming it goes well, which next countries would you pick? I’ve more or less detailed some criteria above: a country with a reasonable GDP per capita, a well-functioning postal service, where English is spoken or taught and relatively few postcrossers. Any suggestions?
Excellent idea! Count me in. I will choose a card and address tomorrow. Just for the record, I’m not doing this because I’m eagerly waiting for my first postcard from Iceland, but because I find this such a great hobby and am convinced that many other people who have never heard of Postcrossing, may share my opinion.
Ok, it’s definitely not as a result of this campaign, since our postcards haven’t had enough time to arrive to their destinations, but still — it’s a 0.4% increase, and I give everyone permission to celebrate it while we wait patiently for postcards to arrive!
Norway fits the bill. Some 15 times more inhabitants than Iceland, yet only 5 times as many Postcrossers. And we already have a perfect program to showcase it in, if you can find a member willing to show off their collection and hobby, a show that’s been going for years visiting regular people and their little quirks of life.
Antarctica sounds intriguing. Considering there are 4,400 inhabitants and presently 2 existing Postcrossers💌
UPDATE⬆️NM
After reading more into it, Antartica does not meet the requirements. As flights are scarce and there are many more countries to choose from. Carry on with your ideas🤗
I know May is almost over, but what about sharing postcrossing with the Iceland Subreddit? That community has ≈ 53,000 members. I think if the post would be well received if it were written by someone who lives in Iceland (keeping in mind their community guidelines.)
If nothing else, maybe we could ask that subreddit for suggestions on groups that may be interested in exchanging postcards (libraries, schools, after-school groups, clubs etc.)
marks next to the name of each media in the wki, to signal how many postcards have been sent there so far — just so that we have an idea of which mailboxes might need a bit more love.
I’ve added your little ticks 
