Columnist wanted (travel, outdoors, nightlife, etc.) | $100+ per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: NOW FROLIC

A new publication from Practical Effects, Now Frolic elevates compelling stories in travel, the outdoors, and civic life infused with personal narrative and global perspective. Now Frolic is advertiser- and sponsor-funded, and backed with funds from Practical Effects during audience development. We will publish online and as a newsletter.

Now Frolic will initially publish four times per month. Publication volume will increase based on audience traction and advertiser commitment, increasing opportunities for original columnists as well as creating space for additional writers.

AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITIES AT NOW FROLIC

Four columnist opportunities are available:

–> Skate & Bike: Essays, interviews, and coverage of events, experiences, and lifestyle within the skate and bike community. Subjects may include skateboarding, mountain biking, commuter biking, surfing, snowboarding, bicycle racing, longboarding, roller skating, and more. This vertical aims to cover the outdoors, while bridging the gap between urban and rural.

–> Travel: Coverage of diverse types of travel, from tours, hotels, and cruises, to music festivals, backpacking, unique activities, travel budgeting, holiday travel, family, and more. Topics may include a focus on the travel industry from a business perspective, or experiences from a personal perspective. Inspire and inform, while remaining authentic.

–> Civic Life: In a divisive political environment, our Civic Life coverage aims to bring people together, elevating local stories with global perspective. By re-centering the care, connection, and community that make democracies strong, we aim to elevate empathy and create connection. While we expect there will be a political angle in some pieces, coverage of farmers’ markets, local libraries, schools and education, protests, advocacy forums, religious communities, and local sports should celebrate an inclusive society. This vertical is explicitly and ethically progressive, but should remain mostly apolitical in tone.

–> Nightlife: Essays, interviews, and coverage of events, experiences, and lifestyle around nightlife. Music, DJs, bars, cocktails, drugs, costumes, the dating scene, sober curious trends, late night gossip: this vertical is your playground. We encourage you to get creative, with coverage of personal stories, the business community, lifestyle, and more. Stories elevate the local or the personal to a universal and relatable perspective, ensuring what we say about nightlife in New York, Atlanta, London, or Madrid is relevant and interesting to curious readers everywhere.

COLUMNIST ROLE

As a columnist, you will shape how Now Frolic covers your vertical. Articles must be at least 500 words in length. You will write one article per month, with the option for higher frequency depending on audience traction and advertiser interest.

Now Frolic does not require a pitch for each piece. Approval is required for any project requiring additional budget, e.g., tickets, product purchases, travel, drinks. Initial budgets will be modest while advertiser interest in our audience develops.

Content may include interviews, reviews, investigations, commentary, essays, personal experiences, or events coverage. Approval required for articles primarily consisting of lists.

COMPENSATION

This is a contract position. Columnists will be compensated $100 per article, plus approved expenses, and a 5% share of profits from Now Frolic.

Per article compensation will increase with publication growth. Profit sharing is immediately available, and expires should the columnist cease writing for Now Frolic. Permanent vesting of columnist profit share is available based on tenure.

HOW TO APPLY

Email publisher@practical.nyc, and please include the following:

• Which column you are applying to write

• Why you are passionate about covering the vertical

• Two example topic pitches (one sentence each).

• Link to your portfolio or existing written work you are proud of

Please apply to cover one column only. All applicants will receive a response.

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

Questions/applications: publisher@practical.nyc

Website: https://www.practical.nyc/

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