We’re looking for stories that explore the threads connecting ecology, culture, and spirituality. We’re interested in both local and global stories that are in-depth and narrative-focused. We consider long-form content as well as shorter, time-sensitive pieces that offer a more immediate response to current events. This includes: essays, op-eds, poetry, films, photography, multimedia, and audio stories. We only consider unpublished works or online premieres for film, photography, and multimedia. Being familiar with the work we publish can help you see if your story will align with our editorial impulse. In addition to general pitches and submissions, we are interested in new work that explores the following themes: 

Seeds & Structures. Ancient symbols of renewal, seeds have carried the promise of life, while structures, both physical and metaphysical, have provided containers and pathways through which this promise emerges, grows, and transforms. Present in our agriculture, architecture, cosmologies, and cultural traditions, these foundational forms helped us embody a relationship to the living Earth, now lost amid our human-centric paradigm. As the illusions of progress, endless growth, and control disintegrate, a return to this way of living is possible, but remains nascent. In this liminal space, we must find the kinds of seeds and structures needed to remember the Earth as animate, alive, and sacred. 

For the theme of Seeds & Structures, we invite contributions that align with the following:   

• Existing ways humans work with seeds and structures that embody an ontology of spiritual ecology, including stories on perennial agriculture; natural farming philosophies; radical approaches to architecture and design; and stories of resilience embedded in our relationship with seeds. 
• Explorations of how seeds and more-than-human structures offer models rooted in reciprocity, mutuality, and exchange that we can emulate. 
• Emerging structures and ways of "seeding" consciousness and "change" based on more-than-human intelligence and traditional ecological knowledge systems.
• Existing cosmological, spiritual, and mystical systems that offer frameworks to orient and guide us as we seek to seed an ontology and practice of spiritual ecology in the world. 

Below is a list of our pitch and submission requirements.   

Pitches:

• Pitches must be 500 words or less.
• Clearly outline the story you want to tell, explain what makes it interesting, why it matters now, and what perspective or reporting you will bring to it.
• In 200 words or less, include why you think this story is a fit for Emergence.
• Include your bio and links to previously published work or portfolios if you have them.

Submissions: 

• In no more than 500 words, include a description of the work.
• In 200 words or less, include why you think this story is a fit for Emergence.
• Please include essays, op-eds, and poetry as an unpublished online link (Google Docs or similar).
• For films, provide a password-protected Vimeo link.
• For photography, multimedia, and audio stories, provide a link to view work on Dropbox or Google Drive.
• Include your bio and links to previously published work or portfolios if you have them.

 Please note that we receive a high volume of submissions and cannot respond to every inquiry. We’ll be in touch if we’d like to pursue your story.