Pitches wanted (parenting) | ~20-25 cents per word

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: CONTINGENT MAGAZINE

Deadline: 14 August 2023

In many ways, being in academia is good preparation for parenthood. There are sleepless nights, running on coffee to get through the day, and a perpetual sense of anxiety that something could go wrong.

We know being a parent or caregiver is a lot of work; so is being a scholar. Many of us somehow do both. The magazine is now accepting pitches for a roundtable on what it means to be a parent/caregiver as a historian. How did the pandemic affect your parenting? What does your child think a historian does? Do you pay extra close attention to what your kids study in their history courses? Do you take them to a lot of history museums? Would you want them to major in history if they attend college? How does parenthood intersect with your other identities, including your identity as a historian?

We welcome pitches from anyone, but prioritize ones from people who have completed postgraduate work in history and are working outside the tenure-track professoriate. This would include non-tenure-track faculty, K-12 teachers, grad students, and public historians of all stripes. We are also looking for pitches from all types of parents and caregivers, whether your children are young, old, and everything in between. Each piece should be 400-500 words; compensation is $100.

To pitch, please use the form at the bottom of our Pitch Us page, selecting “Parenting” from the dropdown menu. Pitches are due by August 14; acceptances will be sent the following week. We aim for the roundtable to debut in September.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

• Submissions: Via the webform
• Website: https://contingentmagazine.org/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Contingent is a non-profit history magazine that is rooted in a principle that history is for everyone. While a lot of publishers and magazines think the audience for history is pretty narrow, Contingent thinks everyone can understand and find meaning in stories about the past. Contingent takes a much broader view of relevance and publishes pieces about such topics as dinosaur hunting, women’s wrestling gear, coal mines, and embroidery. More information here.
• Review the submission guidelines 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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