Freelance writing, Afterimage Journal of media arts and cultural criticism, pays $100-$300 per article

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Submissions are welcome and authors are encouraged to discuss proposals with the Editor prior to submitting articles. Please email Karen vanMeenen at afterimageeditor@yahoo.com.

FEATURES

Ranging from 3000-6000 words, feature articles may be original investigative reporting or scholarly research; they may be biographies of or interviews with important media artists or critics; they may use an event, exhibition, book, video, etc. as a jumping-off point for a discussion of larger economic, political, and cultural issues. Use of endnotes is expected but not strictly required.

ESSAYS

Like the feature in terms of prominence and scope, but more like the review in terms of timeliness and length (they range from 1500-3000 words), an essay may be written in a more “subjective” voice and it may be on or about virtually any subject in the domain of media arts and cultural criticism. Most essays are written on commission, though Afterimage will consider unsolicited manuscripts. Endnotes are explicitly discouraged.

Payment

Afterimage pays five cents a word for articles, with a maximum of $100 for news, reports and reviews; $150 for essays; and $300 for features. Payment is made after publication, not acceptance, and checks may take some months to process. Feature writers receive one advance copy and five additional free copies of the issue; reviews, reports, essay and news writers as well as portfolio contributors receive one advance copy and three additional copies. Authors can purchase additional copies at a discount. All contributors also receive a one-year complimentary subscription. To publicize Afterimage articles, we send tearsheets to galleries, publishers, distributors and event sponsors.

Submission Formatting

Articles must be formatted in Microsoft Word and submitted as an email attachment or as a double-spaced hard copy sent to the office.

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