Pitches wanted (noise) | ~15 cents per word
Added 2024-04-12 02:41:59 +0000 UTCCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: SPACING
Deadline: 23 April 2024
We are looking for contributors and pitches for the next issue of Spacing (issue 67), which will be published in the summer. Please send pitch ideas to pitch@spacing.ca by April 23, 2024.
COVER SECTION: Noise
Noise is an inescapable presence in any city. It can a source of irritation and stress, but it can also convey vitality and bring joy (think of an ice cream truck). The City is currently reviewing its noise bylaws in the never-ending effort to manage noise in the city.
What are the issues around how we hear and manage noise in the city? What are noise’s problems and benefits? How do we balance the many different needs around noise – the need to build versus the noise of construction, the desire for music versus differences in schedules and tastes, and all the other conflicts and compromises that inevitably arise when it comes to the sounds of the city.
Most of our cover section articles are 1,000 words, but we’re open to other formats, including shorter pieces and sidebars, and graphics and images.
FRONT OF MAGAZINE
In addition to this cover section, we are also looking for pitches for articles unrelated to the cover section theme. We’re looking for ideas that focus on the people, places, and ideas connected to life in the public realm of Toronto. These could be standard features (1,000 words), essays, or shorter formats like op-eds (750 words) and creative formats like hidden gems, lists, maps, Q&As, charticles, infrastructure fetishes, etc.
We are also interested in writers open to being assigned stories – let us know if you’re interested.
PITCH DEADLINE: April 23, 2024
Pay: $150 for 1,000 words, with more or less for longer or shorter features.
Please send your pitches to pitch@spacing.ca
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CONTACT INFORMATION (please do not share the email address publicly):
Questions/submissions: pitch@spacing.ca
Website: https://spacing.ca/
TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:
Learn more about the publication: Spacing aims to uncover the joys, obstacles and politics of the public realm by cutting through the cynicism that often pervades any discussion about urban issues. Spacing pushes readers to think critically about how they can shape the public spaces that surround their everyday lives. 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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