Pitches wanted (research) (worldwide) | $150 per essay

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: ZOCALO 

Caroline Tracey, Editor at Zocalo Public Square, is looking for pitches:

Academics who want to try writing for a public audience—I’m looking to get some pieces into my summer pipeline at Zocalo Public Square! Pitch me a 1200-word piece about how an aspect of your research shines a light on a contemporary question: caroline@zocalopublicsquare.org

Here are a couple of pieces I've worked on recently:

• Chad Bryant's lovely essay about Prague's Vyton playground published a few days ago: https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2023/04/27/where-i-go-playground-prague-home/chronicles/where-i-go/
• Historian Mike Amezcua wrote about Latino Chicagoans' housing struggles in Civil Rights Movement-era Chicago: https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2023/04/10/struggle-latino-place-chicago/ideas/essay/
• The entanglements of petroleum and logistics infrastructure with conservation in Southern California, by Christina Dunbar-Hester: https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2023/04/12/environmental-conservation-southern-california/ideas/essay/
• Mexico City architectural historian Aldo Solano Rojas on the government's decision to paint over the city's famous hand-painted advertising: https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2022/06/23/whitewashing-mexico-citys-hand-painted-signs/ideas/essay/

Open to anywhere in the world. We pay an honorarium of $150.

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

• Questions/submissions: caroline@zocalopublicsquare.org
• Website: https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Zócalo Public Square aims to connect people to ideas and to each other by examining essential questions in an accessible, broad-minded, and democratic spirit. By publishing ideas journalism, Zocalo seeks to create a welcoming intellectual space and engage a new and diverse generation in the public square. More information here.
• Read through a selection of recent articles/stories on its website.
• 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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