Submissions are open.
Submissions
- Are you a cinephile writing about a cult or genre film, filmmaker, subgenre, or submitting a think piece, comparative piece, or more detailed essays and academic work? Alternatively, tell us about your local film events, as an organiser or attendee, your in-print book projects, new distributions or restorations, or any other related creative projects. (See our About page) – Please make sure that these are relevant to this publication. We recommend looking to our range of previously published pieces before submitting a pitch to make sure we are the right home for it.
- The publication accepts work from all ages – young and unpublished writers and cinephiles are especially encouraged.
- Works exploring gender identity, sexuality, ethnicity and subculture are encouraged.
Want to get involved?
Either contact us through the form below, email, or instagram DMs saying what form of submission you want to do and the subject matter – we can take it from there. No worries if you aren’t decided, we are always happy to have a casual chat and find what works! And, tell us who you are! Let us know your name, age, location and a little bit about what films you like or what you do.
My pitch has been sent and accepted! How can I expect to actually submit my contribution? – Format information, images, word count, biography
There are two ways to submit work.
- We can give you temporary contributor permissions so you can yourself create your draft and format your look and images – we will publish the draft when appropriate.
- Send the work in a Doc format attached to an email, with the subject line (Name) CFP Submission. Any image files must be included in an attached folder and it must be indicated on your document where they are to be placed.
- Work submitted should be no less than 500 words and no more than 5000 words (preferably around 1000 – 2500, but these are unenforced guidelines)
- You will see a short biography of our contributing authors in bold at the end of our published articles. Please write one of your own and include this either attached or in your email!
Any queries? Just let us know.
Our AI Notice (Please read!)
We implore that you respect our discouragement of generative AI aid in your contributions (besides transcribing aids). If we find that your work may have used generative AI, we may pull it from the site. While many have differing opinions on AI, filmmaking, and writing, here we want encourage thinking critically regarding films you love (or hate) and rejoice in the feelings that film evokes which code cannot experience; and thus cannot eloquently express with feeling and intention behind every word. This project is a safe space to celebrate the value of human creations in a world where it’s significance feels fading. It seems inappropriate to use here, given the the human sweat and tears given from cult filmmakers to their craft often within their contexts. We must honour their effort with ours. Thank you for your understanding!
