For all technical issues contact Tess: tess[at]autostraddle.com
For all advertising or merchandising inquiries contact Alex: alex[at]autostraddle.com
For all booking inquiries contact: Laneia [at] autostraddle dot com
Wanna hire Riese or another Autostraddler for your panel/event/party? Yay! You'll have so much fun! But please note that all requests for any Real Live Autostraddlers must go through laneia [at] autostraddle dot com. Thanks!
To expediate response times for editorial submissions (see guidelines, below), please contact the appropriate editor for your inquiries:
Music - Crystal[at]autostraddle.com
DIY/Food - Laneia[at]autostraddle.com
Books - Rachel[at]autostraddle.com
We endeavor to answer all your emails but sometimes take some time to do so. Riese takes much longer than everyone else, sometimes stretching into 'infinity.'
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Calls for Submissions
February 2012 Theme: ART ATTACK!
Pitch Deadline: February 10th
Materials: Include pitch, résumé, and links to writing samples or PDF attachments of writing samples. For artists, include 2-10 images and/or a link to your online portfolio, as well as a bio and résumé. Send to laneia [at] autostraddle dot com.
We're soliciting funny/smart/edgy/original essays, feature articles, galleries, personal narratives, artist spotlights, interviews, DIY how-tos, reviews, movie nights and lists/top 10s which address the topic VISUAL ART.
All forms of visual art, design and illustration are considered. All submissions should relate somehow to LGBTQ and/or feminist culture. (Some examples of stuff we've done in the past: Street Art's Gritty, Sexual, Honest and Very Very Queer Side, Embodiments that Matter: Queer America Looks Like You, Close-Up on the Most Iconic Lesbionic Photos Ever, The Museum of Broken Hearts, How to Make Honest Art).
Feel free to talk about well-known artists in unique ways and feel free to show us things we've never seen or heard of. Be daring and fresh.
Also! We've not done artist posts before but now we are. So if you're a professional artist we encourage you to submit your work to be featured on Autostraddle.
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Queer City Guides
Pitch Deadline: Ongoing
Materials: Pitch your city to Laneia [at] autostraddle dot com. She'll let you know whether or not that city has already been taken. If it hasn't, you'll be provided with detailed instructions on producing your city guide.
City Guides can be for any city in the world, including the ones on our list of the Most Lesbianish Cities.
You'll be responsible for crafting a comprehensive guide addressing things like the degree to which the LGBT scene is G vs. L, the environment for queer families, the college scene, local events/festivals, activist groups, nightlife, trans-friendliness, etc. You'll also need to provide at least five of your own high-res photos (which you own the rights to), links to the places you talk about (and phone numbers/addresses when necessary), and whatever insidery details you've got.
These guides can absolutely be collaborative if you've got friends/family who wanna work on it with you.
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General Submission Guidelines
Features: We accept submissions for feature articles (1,000 - 3,000 words) on topics related to queer, feminist or "outsider" culture. We're looking for smart, well-informed opinions expressed in a funny and conversational tone. Stories should be relevant/timely and have a specific angle that makes it an Autostraddle story rather than something that would appear elsewhere. Stay away from academic or "bloggy" style writing.
We're especially interested in "on-the-ground" journalistic features (stories for which the majority of information for the story is gathered far far away from your desk/laptop) as well as pieces from queer women of color, women over 25 and women from the south (like, the Southern United States).
Format is relatively open -- feel free to submit top tens and interviews.
Submit your story idea or a completed draft of your story, pasted in the body of your email. Attach a resume (pdf) and a link to where we can find more of your writing online.
Do not ever send us a word document or we will scream. Thank you.
Please send us only one feature story pitch at a time.
Reviews: 400-800 words of lively, edgy language. For cookbooks or movies, contact Laneia. For albums/concerts, contact Crystal. For games/gadgets, contact Taylor. For books, contact Rachel.
Due to the high volume of submissions, we can only accept a small percentage of what we receive and we are unable to consider any applicants who do not send all of the required materials.
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We are Currently Seeking:
[send all materials and applications to laneia (at) autostraddle dot com]
Web Developer:
We need a PHP coder who knows HTML, CSS, and has "hard core experience with wordpress." It would be a huge plus if you know your way around a server (linux) and have experience setting up social networks.
Ad Salespeople:
Must have experience, be willing to cold-call. Will be paid on commission.
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