Pitches wanted (culture, politics, media, arts) (worldwide) | $2,000 per essay

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: THE DRIFT 

Want to write for The Drift? We’ve posted a guide to pitching the magazine on our website. Read it at the link below, and send your ideas to pitches@thedriftmag.com.

In brief: we look for longform essays driven by sharp, surprising argumentative interventions in ongoing conversations.

Your pitch should, in two to five paragraphs, answer the following questions: What’s your argument? How is it different from what others have argued? Why is now the right time to make the argument? And what’s the scope of the essay you plan to write?

We pay $2,000 for essays, $500-$1,000 for fiction, $150 for poems, and $25 for Mentions.

Pitching The Drift: https://www.thedriftmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Pitching-the-Drift.pdf

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

• Questions/submissions: pitches@thedriftmag.com
• Website: https://www.thedriftmag.com

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: The Drift is a magazine of culture and politics. It features new work and new ideas by young writers who haven’t yet been absorbed into the media hivemind and don’t feel hemmed in by the boundaries of the existing discourse. More information here.
• Read through a selection of recent articles/stories on its website.
• Review the submission guidelines here and here.
• Check out our collection of pitch excerpts on this page and find more sample pitches at The Open Notebook Database 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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