Contribute to a new magazine & website - a job post by Zuri Irvin

About the job

I'm starting a humor magazine! The aim is to be a Los Angeles alternative to The New Yorker. It will be printed as a physical copy and online beginning January '18. In the meantime I'm are looking for smart, cool people to contribute in the following areas:

Essays 400 - 1200 words Non-fiction, fiction, commentary, short stories, criticism, satire, narrative, expository, opinion, persuasive, how-to guides, etc. Example: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/07/30/unprotected

News & Politics 400 - 1200 words Investigative, news-of-the-day, culture, sports, international, national, local, staff writing, pop culture, photo journalism Examples: https://www.nytimes.com/section/politics Example: https://qz.com/…/the-nfls-new-helmet-is-supposed-to-make-p…/

Interviews 600 - 1400 words - Profiles (contemporary, community, historical, etc.) - Q&As Example: https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/i-am-by-nature-civil-the…/…

Cartoons Single-panel only Examples: https://www.instagram.com/newyorkercartoons/?hl=en

Reviews - music, movies, books, TV, literary, product, etc. Examples: https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/topic/reviews

Poems -Humorous & otherwise Examples: https://twitter.com/tnypoetry?lang=en ; https://twitter.com/poem_exe?lang=en

Art Cover artists Paintings Illustrations Examples: https://condenaststore.com/collections/new+yorker+covers

Screenplays Short stories, TV, movie, etc. Snippets (3-5 pages) preferred

DIGITAL ONLY Stand-up comedy (audio, video clips & podcasts) Speeches (wedding, instuctional, etc.) Web-series episodes Radio shows

Please share & reach out if you want a place to display your work or if you want to be a part of something new and special. Payments will depend on growth & exposure. Feel free to respond with questions.

Thanks!