Contribute
If you have an idea worth thinking through in public, from any field or none, we would like to hear it.
Who we hear from
Writers and journalists, Researchers and academics, Artists and musicians, Economists and policy thinkers, Founders and operators, Designers and engineers, Students, and anyone with a considered idea.
What we publish
- Original essays
- A sustained argument about how something works, or should.
- Opinion pieces
- A position you hold that others might not.
- Lived experience
- What you have seen, done or tried, including when it didn't work.
- Close readings
- A careful look at a book, a policy, an album, an institution or a company.
- Unconventional perspectives
- Ideas that fall between disciplines, or outside them.
What we look for
- An argument, not a summary: something you think, and why.
- Your own work, not previously published, or substantially reworked if it was.
- Plain, careful writing. Depth without jargon; length that follows the idea.
- Honesty about what you don’t know. Questions are welcome as well as answers.
What happens next
- 01You send a proposalA working title, a short summary and a line about you. No finished draft needed.
- 02An editor reviews itIf it’s a fit, we get in touch to talk about the piece.
- 03We shape it togetherIf it’s a fit, an editor works with you on the draft until it’s ready.
- 04It’s published under your nameYour work stays yours, credited to you.
Questions before you write? Email unproductivelyy@outlook.com.