Pitches wanted (culture) | $150 to $300 CAD for features

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: THIS MAGAZINE

Deadline: 4 July 2024 

CULTURE ISSUE 

We’re now accepting pitches for our annual Culture Issue! This year’s theme is the arts industry in Canada. We’d like to cover what’s going well, what’s not going so well, and how we’re funding our endeavours in these tough times. While we’re not looking for many profiles of artists themselves, we are interested in highlighting work artists are engaging in to keep their fields alive and promote innovation right now. We’re really interested in telling stories that are happening across Canada, from the east to the west to the North. Keeping the arts healthy in small towns is as important, and sometimes more so, as what happens in big city scenes. Please pitch us about whatever you’ve noticed that’s weird and wonderful in your local arts scenes, updates on your long-favourite festivals and bands, supports you’d like to see for artists — we’re into it all. 

We’re seeking news, arts and ideas stories, and features. This includes our back page open letter and memoir and opinion columns. We publish Canadian residents only and accept queries (not completed manuscripts). We suggest familiarizing yourself with the magazine and previously published stories before pitching. For more details on the kinds of pieces we run, see below. 

We like stories that aren’t likely to be found anywhere else, ideally with a social justice tie-in. In your pitch, it’s always great to say why you want to tell this story now, why you’re the one to tell it, sources you plan to consult, and any takeaways your piece will include for the reader. In other words, what might people learn, or start to learn, from reading your story? 

Pitches are due Thursday, July 4, 2024 and can be sent to Sarah Ratchford, editor@thismagazine.ca. 

Thank you for pitching This Magazine! We can’t wait to read your ideas. 

More about what we look for here: https://this.org/contribute/

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

• Questions/submissions: editor@this.org

• Website: https://this.org

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: This Magazine is one of Canada’s oldest alternative journals. It acts as a critical voice in today’s media landscape, dedicated to exposing under-the-radar stories and to publishing smart, progressive commentary and reporting on Canadian politics, pop culture, social issues, and the arts. More information here.

• Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Politics, Arts, Health, Environment, Education, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQ+

• 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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