Pitches wanted (game history) | $1,000 per article
Added 2024-07-02 15:02:28 +0000 UTCCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: ROMCHIP
Deadline: 15 July 2024
Laine Nooney, Managing Editor at ROMchip, is looking for pitches:
We're currently accepting pitches for a game history long read! Scope is 2.5K-4K piece suitable to ROMchip's Materials section (focus is close reads and object lessons on game history artifacts). Pay is $1000.
We're aiming to publish this commission in our December 2024 issue, which means we'll be aiming to have a writer selected by late summer. Submit by July 15 for earliest consideration, though the call may remain open past this date.
More information here: https://donate.romchip.org/new-work.html
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CONTACT INFORMATION (please do not share the email address publicly):
Questions/submissions: laine.nooney@gmail.com
TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:
Learn more about the publication: ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories is a platform designed for the advancement of critical historical studies of games, broadly imagined across a variety of fields, disciplines, and professions. It supports any discipline of work enlivening the history of games in local and global contexts, and embraces diversity in how game history is studied, documented, collected, preserved, and practiced. More information here.
Read through a selection of recent articles/stories on its website.
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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