Pitches wanted (Central America, migration, politics, gender, etc.) | $100-$250 per piece

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We are now accepting pitches for the Winter 2020 issue, focused on Central America.

Central  America has popped up more regularly in mainstream news in the past few  years. Big migration stories—from the 2014 child migration phenomenon  to the 2018 Central American exodus and 2019 family separation  crisis—have driven much of this coverage. Beyond the news cycle, the  deep structural issues remain a constant, even when international  attention turns elsewhere. 

Central America is a region  in crisis. But as social movements remind us in the face of the  Covid-19 pandemic, crises also widen the cracks in fractured systems.

In  the Winter 2020 issue, out in print in December, we  are interested in exploring Central America’s uncertain future—broadly  conceived—through the lenses of a failed neoliberal consensus, multiple  forms of violence, climate chaos, institutional failures, daily life in  untenable conditions, and more. 

For this issue, we are looking for pieces that discuss both longstanding and emerging issues in Central America, including:

• Migration from and within the region, particularly addressed in ways that complicate or expand mainstream narratives
• Drug trafficking and corruption, and what high-profile cases portend for specific countries and the region
• Challenges on the frontlines of the climate crisis
• U.S.-Central America solidarity in the 21st century, as well as the past and present U.S. role in the region
• Political manipulation of security issues, authoritarianism, and nuanced approaches to violence and insecurity
• Mexico’s role in Central America, particularly in security issues and energy politics
• Popular responses to generalized neoliberal crisis, particularly  grassroots Indigenous, Afrodescendant, feminist, LGBTQI+, and labor  responses
• All corners of Central America—specifically stories from Belize, Costa Rica, and Panama

We are interested in articles that examine specific, narrowly  defined topics and are written in a lively, accessible manner. We give  preference to articles that are based on original research and  interviews.

Please send a brief pitch (250 words)  outlining the thrust and tone of your proposed piece by June 8. We will respond to  pitches by June 15. Drafts of accepted pieces (2,500-3,500 words) will  be due late August 2020.

Before sending your pitch,  please check out previous issues and review our  writers’ guidelines to get a sense of our style and tone.  

We are a progressive quarterly magazine covering Latin  America, the Caribbean, and Latinx communities in the United States.  Bringing together the worlds of academia, journalism, and research, our writing style seeks to engage general as well as specialized  audiences.

We offer small honorariums to  contributors who depend on writing as their primary source of income.  For the print magazine, these honorariums typically range from $100 to  $250, depending on the type of article. We will discuss rates if your  piece is accepted. Pitches not included in the print issue may be  considered for web publication.

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