Seeking pitches for Symbolia: The Tablet Magazine of Illustrated Journalism

[Erin Polgreen]

Hi all, 

This March, I acquired startup funds to launch a tablet magazine. Symbolia will merge comics, illustration, and insightful journalism. It will be available on the iPad late this summer.

I'm pleased to announce that we've opened up our first call for pitches, and are seeking contributors for our preview issue. Please tweet, pin, share, tumbl this post widely.

This is an exciting opportunity for comics creators and journalists of all specializations to get creative with their storytelling. Please feel free to forward this email to any talented storytellers who are interested in paid work. From now until May 31, I'm looking for pitches that revolve around the theme "How We Survive." More details below. 

Best,

Erin

Call for Pitches:  “How We Survive.”

Symbolia's preview issue will explore survival, social adaptations, and evolution over the course of 5-6 stories that merge comics and illustration with prose, audio, and infographics. And we want you to become a contributor. 

We’re looking for insightful analysis, in-depth reporting, and exhilarating narratives that explore survival in the modern world. We will accept pitches for the preview issue from May 18-31. Fill out this form to submit a pitch. Ask questions here.

Ideal pitches will focus on the following elements:

• Human stories of evolution and coping with change. While we love infographics and sexy data, it’s best to ground work in a person or community coping with an issue. 
• Insightful reporting and analysis of trends in science and technology that will dramatically shift our communities and economies. 
• Tell us how your story will best be told. What kinds of interactive elements would you like to incorporate? Options include small animations, audio, layered content, slide shows, etc.
• Length. How many “pages” or “screens” do you anticipate this story taking? Please be clear about proposed length. We are looking for stories of appromately 8-10 pages or 1-2 pages. Symbolia will contain a mixture of bite-size morsels and meditative, exploratory work. 

Contributors will have a good degree of creative freedom. Symbolia is an opportunity to try something new. Symbolia’s creative director will work with creators to plot interactive elements. We welcome pitches from radio producers, comics creators, journalists, and graphic designers. Please let us know if you’re looking for a partner to help produce content.

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