Submissions

The Polis Project welcomes submissions in the form of reportagepersonal narrativeslong-form narrative non-fiction, reviewsinterviewsillustrationsphoto essaysfilmpodcastsvideoart and multimedia works.

We do not publish opinion pieces nor do we consider material previously published.

We prefer that you send a pitch rather than a finished piece so we can discuss collaboratively the direction to follow.

Send your ideas and submissions to  Arshu John

You should hear from us in about a week: please avoid simultaneous submissions.

We focus on resistance movements, violence, occupation, post-colony, self-determination, militarization, political prisoners and the future trajectories of war. While we expect you to be true to local contexts, you must keep in mind our wide international readership.

We are not a news magazine, but we consider in-depth features on current events if critically placed in the broader political context.

Please send your pitch and a brief biography in the body of the email. You can share your audio and video submissions as private SoundCloud, Vimeo and YouTube links or via WeTransfer.  We don’t accept submissions via direct messages on social media.

We always pay our freelance contributors—as much as our limited budget allows.

Terms and conditions

Exclusive License. When you grant to The Polis Project, Inc. (“Polis”) your work or content (together with any edits by Polis thereto that are made after reasonable consultation with you) for publication, you grant to Polis and its licensees and assignees the exclusive, worldwide, sub-licensable, transferable right and license to use, host, store, cache, reproduce, publish, display (publicly or otherwise), perform (publicly or otherwise), distribute, transmit, modify or adapt (including, without limitation, in order to conform it to the requirements of any networks, devices, services, or media through which the work is being made available) the work you created for Polis at www.thepolisproject.com and/or any other print or online media affiliated with Polis, as determined by Polis in its sole discretion, for a period of sixty (60) days following the date of its first publication by Polis (“Exclusive Period”). During the Exclusive Period, you agree not to publish or grant any licenses to any third party to publish the work in any media in any manner whatsoever without Polis’ prior written consent.

Non-Exclusive License. Following the Exclusive Period, after consulting with Polis, you will have the right to re-publish the work provided that Polis is accorded credit as the original publisher of the work in the main body of any such publication or article as follows: “This article was originally published in The Polis Project (link to the piece).” Notwithstanding your right to republish the work in other media following the Exclusive Period, Polis and its affiliates will continue to have the right to retain the work in their respective archives.

Original Work. You represent and warrant that the work is your original work and that nothing contained in it will infringe upon or violate any third party’s rights (including copyrights or trademark rights). You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless The Polis Project, its affiliates, licensees and designees and their respective shareholders, directors, employees, agents or representatives from any liability, damage or cost (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) arising from any third party claim resulting from a breach of your representations and warranties herein or otherwise arising out of any submitted work.

Credit. You grant Polis the limited right to use your name and biographical information in connection with the work for the purposes of providing credit to you.