Submissions wanted (personal essays) | $100 to $500 per piece
Added 2025-06-26 21:43:34 +0000 UTCCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: OFF ASSIGNMENT
Off Assignment is seeking literary personal essays for our open columns! And we are so pleased to announce an increase in writer payments starting in July: $500 for all long-form essays and $100 for short-form βWitching Hourβ essays. Our columns invite you to pen essays for the following prompts: βLetter to a Stranger,β addressed to a stranger who haunts you still; βNo Equivalent,β about a word, phrase, or concept that evades translation; βUnder the Influence,β on the alchemy between art and place, βWitching Hour,β ambient place portraits set at a specific time, and βWhat I Didnβt Say,β the story-behind-the-story of an assignment or reportage that didnβt make it into the printed piece. β
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Please find the full submission guidelines here.
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Submissions: Via Submittable
Website: https://www.offassignment.com
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