Pitches wanted (climate, agriculture, biodiversity) | ~$810 per article
Added 2025-06-03 20:49:50 +0000 UTCCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: THE BREAK-DOWN
Deadline: 10 June 2025
We are now open for pitches for The BREAK—DOWN ISSUE #2, which explore the physical frontiers of the climate crisis.
We encourage writers to interpret this theme as broadly as they wish. Essays already commissioned for the issue include pieces on shipping lanes and extraction in the Arctic, nickel mining in Indonesia, and data centres and land use in Ireland.
Possible topics could include reports or analyses on the global struggles over critical minerals, essays on mining and drilling, analyses of global supply chains and agricultural systems, or accounts of impacts on the landscape and biodiversity. We will also consider both fiction and memoir that is within the themes of the issue and which have some focus on capitalism and the climate crisis.
To be considered, pitches must include a one or two paragraph summary of the essay's argument, an author bio, and a brief explanation of why the piece is right for The BREAK—DOWN.
Pieces are paid at £600 for roughly three thousand words, although we can increase the rate for on-the-ground reporting or where costs are higher. The deadline for pitches is the 10 June, and we aim to respond the following week.
Please send pitches to pitching@break-down.org including 'ISSUE #2' in the subject line.
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CONTACT INFORMATION (please do not share the email address publicly):
Questions/submissions: pitching@break-down.org
Website: http://break-down.org/
TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:
Learn more about the publication: The BREAK—DOWN is a not-for-profit media project that publishes essays, interviews, and resources examining the intersections of capitalism, climate, and ecological crisis. Its content includes long-form writing and critical commentary on topics such as fossil capitalism, political economy, and environmental justice, contributed by scholars, activists, and journalists. The platform seeks to challenge dominant narratives and foster new thinking about systemic change in the face of planetary breakdown. More information here.
Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Interviews, Essays
Review the submission guidelines here. Note that these are the publication's general guidelines to help you refine your pitch. You must still follow the editor's specific instructions above.
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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