How to Pitch: mental_floss
Heather Marie Graham has updated the guide on pitching mental_floss: Cheeky but not intimidating, this pub seeks “timeless” stories on a range of subjects to stimulate its highly educated readers. Once writers have a sense of the magazine, pitches are welcome in the right_brain (arts, music, literature, etc.), left_brain (science, technology) or spinning the_globe (geography, culture) sections. right_brain regularly features lesser-known artists and authors, but floss’s editors are looking more for original ideas that have a “secret history” or a “who knew?” aspect to them. Once again, this is a magazine that you really have to know to pitch.No opinion pieces, no first-person narratives, no newsy stories thick with interviews, and nothing that doesn’t feel fun and entertaining. Unlike most magazines, mental_floss actually discourages timeliness. Pitches are best sent via the magazine’s online submissions form, located at the bottom of the magazine’s web site.
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