Freelance

Long Now is looking for writers

May 17, 2022

Posted by Margarita Sanabria

Long Now is accepting pitches of essays, reported features, interviews, book reviews, shorter articles, etc. for Ideas, our living archive of long-term thinking. We’re looking for pieces that take the (very) long view to make us think differently about now.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

The Long Now Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to making long-term thinking more common. Its work encourages imagination at the timescale of civilization — the next and last 10,000 years — a timespan we call the long now.

Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: ArtCivilizationCultureEnvironmentGlobalizationHistoryInfrastructureTechnology

WHAT TO INCLUDE IN SUBMISSION

  • Write a short introduction about yourself
  • Include a paragraph highlighting your writing experience, relevant credentials and publication credits
  • Attach links to your strongest work or portfolio, and online profile.

COMPENSATION

  • $300 – $600 for essays, interviews, book reviews, science journalism, and news articles.

CONTACT

For more information, visit their website.

Before applying, review submission guidelines. Email all questions and submissions to: ideas@longnow.org

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