You do not need a press pass.
You need to know something about a town, a lake, a kitchen, or a Friday night that the rest of us do not. That is the whole qualification.
Send us one piece or send us one a month. Both are welcome.
Things we would run tomorrow
Not a wish list. These are real gaps, and any one of them could be your first piece.
Somebody out there knows the stream, the season, and the fly. Write it down before it disappears with you.
The publisher is a former college athlete and says yes. He is prepared to be argued with, in print, by somebody who can make the case.
The recipe, who you got it from, and what happens when you bring it somewhere. Every one of these is a story about a family, whether or not you meant it that way.
Somebody from out of state finally visited. What surprised them, what they could not get over, and what they said on the way to the airport.
A new shop, a food truck, a garage, a studio. Send the write-up with photos or video and tell us who took the risk.
A reunion, a homecoming, an anniversary, a retirement, a hundredth birthday. If it happened and somebody cried, we want it.
Where it would run
Four sections. Pick whichever fits, or let us sort it out.
Who writes for us
Our writers carry the regular beats. Alongside them is everybody else, and that group is wide open.
- People with one storyYou have exactly one thing to say and you say it well. That is a contribution and we will run it under your name.
- Clubs and groupsHistorical societies, garden clubs, sportsmen’s clubs, church groups, chambers. You are already writing newsletters nobody outside your membership reads.
- NonprofitsWe partner with organizations working on literacy and book awareness, and we make room for the writing that comes out of that work.
- StudentsIf a teacher wants to build an assignment around getting published, talk to us. We have run stories by people who had never seen a byline before.
- People who want a beatIf there is a town we cover badly and you live there, say so. That conversation goes differently.
What we ask
- It is yoursYou wrote it, and the photos are yours to send.
- Names are spelled rightCheck them with the person. It is the error readers remember longest.
- It is about somethingA person, a place, a day, an argument you want to make. Give us something specific to hang it on.
- Kids need a parent’s okayBefore a name or a photo runs.
- We will edit itJodi reads everything. She will call you if something needs a second look, and nothing publishes that you have not seen.
Length is whatever the story needs. Three hundred words is a real piece. So is a recipe.
Send it
Pitch it first or send the whole thing, either is fine. Choose “Write for us” from the list and tell us what you have got.
Not ready to write the whole thing?
Send us the good news instead. The neighbor who plows the whole block, the kid who caught the big one, the church supper that sold out of pie. If you like to write, say so at the bottom. We’ll take it from there.
The writer’s toolkit
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