News & Pitch Calls from BorderLore

Tuesday, July 4th 2023

BorderLore is Seeking Writers Who Write In/About the Borderlands

BorderLore is a monthly digital journal that documents, shares, and elevates folklife in the US Southwest and Northern Mexico. They’re looking for writers who write in/about the borderlands. According to a previous tweet by their editor, they pay $300 per piece. If interested, email kimieisele@arizona.edu. To learn more, refer to this tweet and this page.

Sunday, February 19th 2023

BorderLore is Looking for Pitches

BorderLore is a monthly digital journal that documents, shares, and elevates folklife in the US Southwest and Northern Mexico. They’re looking for pitches: “Got a favorite object? A traditional artifact? A complex thing? Seeking pitches for short personal/reported essays BorderLore's ARTIFACT section. What connects you (or doesn’t!) to culture, tradition, heritage in the SW or US-Mex border region?” Rate is $300. To learn more, refer to this tweet and this page.

Monday, January 30th 2023

BorderLore is Seeking Personal/Reported Essays for ARTIFACT Section

BorderLore is a monthly digital journal that documents, shares, and elevates folklife in the US Southwest and Northern Mexico. They’re seeking short personal or reported essays (900 to 1,500 words) for their ARTIFACT section. Rates begin at $300. For more information, refer to this tweet and this page.

Saturday, December 17th 2022

BorderLore is Looking for Stories about Culture, Heritage and Climate

BorderLore is a monthly digital journal that documents, shares, and elevates folklife in the US Southwest and Northern Mexico. They are seeking “stories (and writers to write them!) about culture, heritage and climate.” They will select up to 15 participants to research and write/produce the stories. The participants will “join a 2-day (online, weekend) training in early February 2023 and attend monthly peer sessions through June 2023.” The participants will be paid a stipend of $500. To learn more, refer to this tweet and their call for pitches and participants.

Deadline: December 30th, 2022

Saturday, March 27th 2021

BorderLore is Seeking Pitches about Southwestern US or Northwestern Mexico

BorderLore is a monthly digital journal that documents, shares, and elevates folklife in the US Southwest and Northern Mexico. They are always seeking fresh voices to write about culture, heritage, and folklife in the Southwestern US or Northwestern Mexico. They usually pay $300 to $750 per piece. Pitches should be sent to kimieisele@arizona.edu. To learn more, refer to this Tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.