Pitches wanted (history) | $200+ per piece
Added 2021-05-26 22:10:59 +0000 UTC[This opportunity was posted 30+ days ago and has expired.]
I’m looking for history-related pitches. I want pieces that are argumentative, inspired, and far from dutiful in their approach to talking about history. Think urgency, not vegetables.
SOME THINGS I CAN DO WITHOUT:
- Pieces built around the argument that it’s important to learn and study history. Our readers are generally already on board; you can assume this is a given.
- Pieces that rest on the revelation of a “hidden history” or “discovered history” that’s not actually new. If an archivist had seen and cataloged a document, it wasn’t “unearthed”….if a non-white group is very familiar with a story, it wasn’t “unknown.”
- Anniversary-pegged pitches, with some exceptions. Readers don’t really seem to care, unless the anniversary is huge and getting some discussion beyond your pitch.
NUTS AND BOLTS:
- Send only a pitch, not the full piece, so that I can have a sense of what your argument is, and help you shape the piece as you write it.
- If something is time-sensitive (i.e., pegged to news that you imagine will drop out of the cycle quickly), do put that in the subject line of your email.
- We usually run pieces between 1000-2000 words.
- We can pay $200, or sometimes more, depending on the piece’s level of difficulty.
- If you don’t hear back from me in 10 days’ time, please assume I’ve passed on the pitch.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
[This opportunity was posted 30+ days ago and has expired.]
