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Ice Cream Fort Collins · Halloween 2026

The Halloween issue. Free to read, free to advertise in.

Old Town's Halloween hunt, the October calendar, and where to go for ice cream. The first 50 local businesses get a free half page ad in it. No contract, no card.

Read the Halloween issueClaim your free ad
  1. 1Send your logo, photos and offer. About five minutes.
  2. 2We design the ad. You approve the proof.
  3. 3It runs in the Halloween issue, and your founding rate is locked for our first print issue.

Want a full page? Our first print issue goes to press once $9,000 of ads is signed, by Thu, Oct 15. See print packages

The Halloween issue

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Cover: Ice Cream Fort Collins, The Fort Collins Halloween Hunt: how to playContentsContentsRead the Halloween issue

First print issue · founding rates

Three ways to be in our first printed issue

$9,000 signed by Thu, Oct 15 sends it to press. If we fall short, every payment is refunded in full. Want it free instead? The first 50 businesses get a free half page ad in the digital Halloween issue: claim your free ad.

Half page

$395

per issue

A half page in our first print issue.

You get:

  • Half a page in our first print issue, on racks around Fort Collins
  • We design it free, or send your own art
  • You approve the proof before it prints
  • A Featured listing on icecreamfortcollins.com

For: a shop or cafe on the hunt route.

Full page

$650

per issue

A full page in our first print issue.

You get:

  • A full page in our first print issue, on racks around Fort Collins
  • We design it free, or send your own art
  • You approve the proof before it prints
  • A Featured listing on icecreamfortcollins.com

For: a business that wants the whole page.

One available

Presenting Partner

$3,000

Halloween issue

Your name on the whole issue.

You get:

  • The centerfold spread, presented by you
  • The issue's "presented by" credit
  • A full-page ad inside
  • Website and newsletter placement

For: a bank, lender, title company or realtor.

A magazine sponsorship: it buys placement, never a story. Not a sponsorship of the hunt event.

How it works

  1. 1Claim your spot; we hold it.
  2. 2We email an invoice, due on signing. Clicking Claim charges nothing.
  3. 3We design your ad free, or you send art; you approve the proof.
  4. 4Press once $9,000 is signed for our first print issue, by Thu, Oct 15. Short of $9,000: full refund.

Want a locked price across four issues, or the back cover? See the full rate card.

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Industry pass-along research (CRMA) suggests roughly 3–4.3 readers per printed copy. On a 2,500-copy run that points to an estimated 7,500+ readers per issue. This is an industry-standard estimate, clearly labeled as an estimate — not a measured or audited figure. We do not claim readership, engagement, or circulation numbers we cannot back with our own logs. Rankings and reviews are never for sale. Advertisers buy pages — never opinions. Our rankings, reviews, hot-list spots, and Best-of votes are not for sale for money, a favor, or a big advertiser. Paid content is always clearly labeled. We never promise editorial coverage as part of an ad deal. That independence is exactly why being in these pages means something — and why our audience trusts them.

Questions? advertise@icecreamfortcollins.com · Full advertiser info · Fort Collins, CO