Pitches wanted (Florida) | up to $1 per word

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: JEWISH CURRENTS

Deadline: 24 April 2023

Jewish Currents invites pitches for our Winter 2023 themed issue, which will focus on the state of Florida. Please email pitches, tips, or finished work to submissions@jewishcurrents.org by April 24th with the subject line FLORIDA ISSUE: [description of pitch].

Jewish Currents invites pitches for our Winter 2023 themed issue, which will focus on the state of Florida. We are looking for reported features, investigations, profiles, conversations, and essays. Send us stories of fascism in exile and the people swimming against the communal current. On the links between the Sunshine State and the Israeli settler movement. On Florida as right-wing haven and laboratory. On the backlash to anti-racist pedagogy. On the old Jewish left of Miami Beach. On Haredi nightlife. On drag. Send us dispatches from diasporic strongolds, the art fair underbelly, crypto fantasia, and the climate catastrophe. Send us the polyrhythmic and the multilingual. Send us the lowbrow, the ostentatious, the wingnutty and depraved. Send us stories from the heart of brightness, from places no one’s ever heard of. Send tips, even if you can’t write the piece yourself.

Proposals for relevant book reviews, artist profiles, and other criticism are welcome. We will also review full drafts of creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and comics, as well as visual art, photo essays, and infographics. If you send us a story about your grandmother in West Palm it better be the best thing ever written.

If you are a younger activist and you’d like to interview an older activist whose work has centered on Florida for our “Office Hours” column, please pitch us.

Please email pitches, tips, or finished work to submissions@jewishcurrents.org by April 24th with the subject line FLORIDA ISSUE: [description of pitch]. Pitches should answer not just the “what?” of the piece, but also “why” “why now?” and “why you?”

We look forward to hearing from you.

CONFIDENTIAL NOTE: Reports indicate that this opportunity will pay up to $1 per word. It is recommended that you discuss the rate(s) with the editor upon the acceptance of your pitch.

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

• Questions / submissions: submissions@jewishcurrents.org
• Website: https://jewishcurrents.org/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Jewish Currents is a progressive publication of politics, arts and culture. It is committed to the rich tradition of thought, activism, and culture of the Jewish left. More information here.
• Read through a selection of recent articles/stories on its website.
• Review the submission guidelines here. Note that these are the publication's general guidelines to help you refine your pitch. You must still follow the editor's specific instructions above.
• 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.

* * * * * * * * * *

LOOKING FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES? Find additional jobs on Extra. Check out the upcoming deadlines on our PLUS+ Calendar. Filter the listings by category (worldwide opportunities, high-paying leads, paying publications, and non-pitching jobs). Use the search form on the homepage to find opportunities relevant to your interests.

WANT OUR DIGEST delivered to your inbox on a daily basis? Go to your email settings and make sure the notifications for Write Jobs PLUS+ are turned on. Want more tips? Read the welcome notes here.