Pitches wanted (horror, design) (worldwide) | up to $1.50+ per word
Added 2025-09-02 21:20:58 +0000 UTCCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: DESIGN OBSERVER
Deadline: 22 September 2025
Delaney Rebernik, Executive Editor at Design Observer, is looking for pitches:
As Spooky Season creeps ever closer, we’re seeking pitches from design practitioners and journalists on The Design of Horror | The Horror of Design.
Whether you’re seduced by the scary or shy away from it, we want your take on the most chilling and thrilling ways that horror and design intersect. What cursed objects, theories, trends, policies, or people are haunting today’s designers? What horrors from history, and harbingers of frights still to come, should we be paying attention to? How can we dredge up enough final-girl energy to confront these resident evils?
We welcome art-eds, op-eds, criticism, reported articles, and multimedia work from professional designers and journalists. See our pitch guide for more on what types of stories will make us bite. Also check out some of our archival horror coverage for inspiration, and sign up for our weekly newsletter The Observatory to get a deeper sense of our sensibilities.
Pitch us here by 9/22. We’ll commission stories on a rolling basis through the beginning of October.
Delaney Rebernik
Executive Editor, Contributor Network
Delaney@designobserver.com
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Submissions: Via the webform
Website: https://designobserver.com
TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:
Learn more about the publication: Design Observer is an online publication that publishes essays, reviews, interviews, and podcasts on design, culture, and social innovation. It covers topics such as architecture, sustainability, civic life, and theory, featuring contributions from designers, writers, and scholars. The publication aims to expand the definition of design in service of a better world. More information here.
Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Arts and Culture, Business, Education, The Built World, Civic Life, Innovation, Sustainability, Design Impact
Review the submission guidelines here.
Check out our collection of pitch excerpts on this page and find more sample pitches at The Open Notebook and at SuccessfulPitches.com.
Do not forget to end your pitch with (1) a short introduction about yourself; (2) a few lines highlighting your writing experience, relevant credentials and publication credits; and (3) links to your strongest work or portfolio, and online profile.
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