Pitches wanted (Greater Southwest) | $300+ per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: BORDERLORE

Kimi Eisele, Managing Editor at BorderLore, is looking for pitches:

We accept pitches from writers and photographers working in the Southwest. Please familiarize yourself with our focus areas. We are particularly interested in stories about culture and heritage outside of Tucson. We also love first-person narrative essays linking personal folklife to larger themes. We pay for stories. Send all pitches to kimieisele@arizona.edu

Currently seeking pitches for:

ARTIFACT: Got a favorite object? A traditional artifact? A complex thing or concept? We’re looking for short personal or reported essays (900-1500 words) for our ARTIFACT section. Tell us a story about something that connects you (or doesn’t!) to culture, tradition, heritage, or folklife in the Southwest or US-Mexico border region. To understand what we’re looking for, read past ARTIFACT stories here. You can also surprise us! Please pitch us first, explaining your idea, why it’s a fit, why you’re the one to write the story; also include links to past writing samples. (Pay starts at $300)

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

• Submissions: kimieisele@arizona.edu
• Website: https://borderlore.org/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Border Lore is an online journal documenting, sharing, and elevating folklife in the borderlands region (Arizona, New Mexico, southern California, southern Utah, west Texas, and northern Mexico). BorderLore is published by the Southwest Folklife Alliance, a nonprofit that aims to build more equitable and vibrant communities by celebrating the everyday expressions of culture, heritage and diversity in the Greater Southwest. More information here.
• Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into Essay, Artifact, Ceremony and Ritual, Story and Heritage, Visual Arts, Music and Dance, etc.
• 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 paragraph 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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