Pitches wanted (writing, culture, society, etc.) | $300 per article
Added 2025-04-09 19:45:31 +0000 UTCCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: KILL YOUR DARLINGS
Deadline: 13 April 2025
Want to write for KYD? Our non-fiction pitches are now open! We're looking for cultural commentary, smart and entertaining criticism and personal essays that explore the processes, practice and realities of writing. Pitches close 11:59pm on Sunday 13 April.
NON-FICTION PITCHES NOW OPEN
We accept pitches for commentary, essays, memoir, reviews, profiles and interviews to be published online in Kill Your Darlings magazine. Pitches are open until midnight, April 13.
We’re looking for:
—Intelligent and accessible commentary or essays (1500–2500 words) that analyses a cultural or social issue of interest to KYD’s politically progressive and engaged readership, preferably through the lens of a new book release or publishing event. (See Laura Elizabeth Woollett’s ‘Girlboss, Interrupted’ for inspiration.)
—Insightful, well-considered commentary or essays (1500-2000 words) on influential figures or movements in the culture that take a new and original perspective. (See Aleks Hammo on ‘Hypermasculinity and the Stoic Industrial Complex’.)
—Smart, entertaining and polemical cultural criticism (1200–1500 words) that illuminates or engages with works, trends and controversies in literature and/or the writing industry more broadly. (See Nina Culley’s ‘Weird is In’, Amal Awad’s ‘Press for Humanity’ and Lauren Carroll Harris’s ‘How Neoliberalism Swallowed Arts Policy’.)
—Memoir or personal essays that explore the processes, practice and realities of writing and striving to be an artist today. See Em Meller’s ‘The Humiliation of Writing Fiction’ and Megan Cheong’s ‘On Motherhood and the Creative Life’.
—We always encourage feel-good or funny pitches on popular culture (to give us a break from the news!). ‘The Queer Art of Sitting’ by Ivana Brehas is the perfect example.’
Note: We receive a high volume of pitches, and it can take some months before we are able to respond. While we read and respond to every pitch, unfortunately we don’t have the capacity to offer editorial feedback on work we don’t commission or publish.
If you’d like to pitch to KYD we strongly recommend that you read our content first to familiarise yourself with our tone and style.
Kill Your Darlings pays all contributors. Our minimum standard pay rate is $300 for an article of approx. 1200–1500 words.
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Submissions: Via Submittable
Website: https://www.killyourdarlings.com.au
TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:
Learn more about the publication: Kill Your Darlings is an Australian online literary magazine that publishes commentary, essays, memoirs, fiction, interviews, and reviews. It covers topics such as culture, society, and the arts, featuring work from established and emerging writers. The magazine aims to provide a platform for diverse voices and foster engagement with contemporary literature and ideas. More information here.
Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Culture, Society, Memoir
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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