Personal essays wanted (updated guidelines / themes) | $500 per piece
Added 2020-05-27 04:16:37 +0000 UTC[This opportunity was posted 30 days ago and has expired.]
Recently we’ve undergone some budget cuts due to the Coronavirus pandemic and some other changes. As a result, we’re publishing fewer pieces than we used to, and selecting most of those based on whether they fit within a few specific series we’ve developed. While there will still very occasionally be room for some more general, broader interest pieces, we’ll be mainly focusing on the following series for now:
1. Life in the Time of Covid
2. What I Did For Love
3. Down to Earth
4. Fine Lines: Writing About Age
What I’m looking for, in all our series, and in general: Well-written, well-told stories with narrative arcs that are accessible and easy to follow, and which illustrate some relatable human experience readers will identify with, even if their own experiences in life have been quite different. The pieces should be roughly 2,500 to 5,000 words. We pay $500 per piece.
I mostly do not assign essays from pitches. I consider completed essays, on spec. Read the updated guidelines.
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