Pitches wanted (profiles of living intellectuals/thinkers) | $500 to $1,800 per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: AEON

Deadline: 14 July 2024

Sam Haselby, Senior Editor at Aeon, is looking for pitches: 

Aeon is thinking of putting together some profiles of living intellectuals, thinkers for the Fall. If you have a proposal feel free to reply to me (but kindly bear in mind I'm limited by an editorial purview conducive to our readers).

Rates: $500 for tenure track or tenured faculty, $1800 for others.

This is probably the best way to pitch an essay: https://aeon.co/pitch

Deadline: Let's say Bastille Day.

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CONTACT INFORMATION:

• Submissions: Via the webform (click the next button to find the form)

• Website: https://aeon.co/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Aeon is a registered charity committed to the spread of knowledge and a cosmopolitan worldview. Its mission is to explore and communicate knowledge that addresses the need we all share to make sense of ourselves and the world. Aeon asks the big, existentially significant questions and finds answers provided by thinkers on philosophy, science, psychology, society and culture. More information here.

• Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Philosophy, Science, Pyschology, Society, Culture

• 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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