Pitches wanted (literature, culture, etc.) | £150 per essay

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: THE LONDON MAGAZINE

Jamie Cameron, Managing Editor at The London Magazine, is looking for pitches:  

The London Mag is looking for argumentative essays that examine literature and the places it intersects with wider culture. 

Don’t be afraid to match high culture with  low, to be funny, iconoclastic, and have an authorial voice. Above all, please do not write in the tone of a PhD thesis. 

I am imagining essays that sit somewhere between the rigour of Too Little/Too Hard  and originality of The Fence. 

We get lots of pitches for retrospective essays on certain writers, books etc. which we love and will continue to publish, but we’re looking for work to go alongside that. 

Email me at jamie.cameron@thelondonmagazine.org. We reply to all pitches. We pay. 

Rates: £150 for essays or stories in print, £80 for 1 poem, £120 for 2, £150 for 3.

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CONTACT INFORMATION (please do not share the email address publicly):

• Questions/submissions: jamie.cameron@thelondonmagazine.org

• Website: https://thelondonmagazine.org/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: The London Magazine is a bi-monthly journal of art, literature, poetry and reviews. It is a home for an indispensable feature on the British literary landscape. The Magazine is unmissable reading for anyone with an interest in literature, culture and ideas.

• Read through a selection of recent articles/stories on its website.

• Review the submission guidelines here. Note that these are the publication's general guidelines to help you refine your pitch. You must still follow the editor's specific instructions above.

• Check out our collection of pitch excerpts on this page and find more sample pitches at The Open Notebook and at SuccessfulPitches.com.

• Do not forget to end your pitch with (1) a short introduction about yourself; (2) a few lines 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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