Submissions wanted (work) | $1,800 for the best essay

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: THE WAY WE WORK

Deadline: 15 June 2025

Do you have a story to tell about work? At Lux magazine and Dirt we’ve been thrilled to publish essays about the jobs we love, hate, and suffer through in the 21st century. Whether it’s the diary of an abortion fund worker, waitress or an elder care worker; advice for evading a bullshit job; what we learned about corporate pinkwashing or finance or writing as labor; or a psychoanalytic meditation on what it takes to work under patriarchy, we stay fascinated with the meaning and makeup of work. We’d love to hear about yours.

Lux, Dirt and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project are pleased to announce a $1,800 prize for the best narrative-driven cultural criticism about work with $1,000 for the runner up. We are especially interested in personal stories about the ways labor shapes our lives, health, politics and perspectives. All essays should be submitted complete in the 1,500-2,000 word range and previously unpublished. The deadline for submissions has been extended to June 15th, 2025.

The winning entries will be published by Lux, Dirt and EHRP. Submissions can be sent to work@dirt.fyi.

Who we are:

Lux is a feminist magazine of politics and culture founded in 2021.

Dirt is a next-generation entertainment brand using emerging technology to tell the coolest stories about culture and collecting.

EHRP supports independent journalists as they forward fresh narratives about inequality. EHRP’s high-quality journalism is then co-published with mainstream media outlets, to help readers understand and address systemic hardship.

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CONTACT INFORMATION (please do not share the email address publicly):

Questions/submissions: work@dirt.fyi

Website: https://dirt.fyi/

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