HOW DO I PITCH TYPEBAR MAGAZINE?
Pitches to Typebar Magazine are currently OPEN.
Our guidelines are below…
Send pitches to matt@typebarmagazine.com. Please begin your subject line with “PITCH” (without the quotation marks) so that it gets picked up by our filtering system. Otherwise you risk your pitch not being read!
We do not accept pitches written in whole or in part by AI nor do we knowingly publish essays that were compiled with AI.
Regarding the actual email, keep it short and specific.
Good:
“The Etched City by KJ Bishop was an esoteric and bizarre literary fantasy novel published 20 years ago. I’d like to write a piece for Typebar Magazine discussing how both market forces and cultural changes within the SFF sphere have made it more difficult for The Etched City’s mode of creating fantasy literature to exist, to the detriment of the genre. I’ve reviewed books for Awesome Book Website and have also published stories on Cool Website Dot Com. Here is a link to my work…”
Less Good:
“I want to review The Etched City because it’s a forgotten novel that I think is really cool.”
Some Other Tips:
- Start off with your pitch, and also include a brief bio (particularly highlighting what makes you qualified to be writing the article you’re pitching).
- Please include writing samples of similar work you’ve done, even if it’s a personal blog or newsletter.
- The important thing is to have an ANGLE, a unique perspective. We want something fresh.
- Ask yourself “so what?” and if you don’t have a good answer, refine the pitch.
Right now our interests include, but are not limited to: The mid-late aughts internet, critical reevaluations of cultural artifacts (ephemera or mainstays) from the 90s and aughts, and typewriters. We don’t have much interest in contemporary film or television and even less in earnest discussion of contemporary mega IPs. More broadly, we like academic-minded but accessible literary criticism and analysis regardless of genre or era.
To help get our sense of taste and what we like to publish, read prior issues of the magazine in our archives!
DO YOU PAY WRITERS?
Yes! We currently pay writers a flat rate of $75 per article. Our primary goal as a publication is increasing our pay rates. You can help us accomplish this by supporting us on Patreon or contributing to our Ko-Fi. If that’s beyond your means, please tell your friends about us. If you’re on Bluesky, give us a follow!
DO YOU PUBLISH FICTION?
We publish a limited amount of fiction, approximately four stories per year. This is a small enough amount that we commission our fiction and do not accept submissions. We do not plan on changing this in the foreseeable future.