Pitches wanted (culture, politics, criticism) | $200 to $300 per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: CURRENT AFFAIRS

Current Affairs is open to freelance pitches for essays and amusements!

General themes that tend to produce good Current Affairs articles are:

• Critiques of bad premises and arguments that are infecting current debates.
• Strategies and suggestions for solving contemporary problems.
• Discussions of types of human suffering that people ought to care more about than they presently do.
• Merciless verbal thrashings of bad writers, thinkers, commentators, and other such entities.

All Current Affairs pieces are paid. Online articles are $200. Print articles are $300. Payment will be provided immediately upon receipt of a final draft, via check or PayPal.

Click here for our Writer's Guide and Pitch form: https://bit.ly/40DwUJS

CONTACT INFORMATION:

• Submissions: Via the webform
• Website: https://www.currentaffairs.org/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Current Affairs is a magazine of culture, politics, and the absurd. It is a refreshing antidote to political media, bringing a sharp critical eye to the absurdities of modern American life, while providing a fresh set of voices amid the desiccated wasteland of contemporary media. More information here.
• Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Interviews, Frivolity, Economics, Immigration, Moral Harangue, Media
• 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.
• 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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