Pitches wanted (borderlands culture, heritage) | $300 per article
Added 2023-01-27 15:40:58 +0000 UTCCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: BORDER LORE
Kimi Eisele, Editor at Border Lore, is looking for pitches:
Got a favorite object? A traditional artifact? A complex thing? Seeking pitches for short personal/reported essays for Border Lore's Artifact section. What connects you (or doesn’t!) to culture, tradition, heritage in the SW or US-Mexico border region? https://borderlore.org/about/
Rate is $300 per article.
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.
- 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 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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