News & Pitch Calls from Sixty Inches From Center

Wednesday, September 24th 2025

Sixty Inches from Center is Looking for Pitches in Languages Beyond English

Sixty Inches from Center is a non-profit arts publication and archiving initiative that promotes art and writing in Chicago and the Midwest. They’re looking for “pitches in languages beyond English, especially Spanish (with priority to Puerto Rican & Central American vernacular), Southeast Asian languages, Native languages, and Polish.” “What do we mean by bilingual? You can either publish an article written in bilingual (for ex. Spanglish) or you can also write a full article in English and translate the article into your respective language (for ex. Portuguese & English). So far Sixty has published Oneida, Traditional Chinese, Hindi, Gujarati, French, and Portuguese, and we want to continue to represent the many languages spoken across the Midwest.” Rate is $150 per article. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.

Tuesday, June 3rd 2025

Sixty Inches from Center is Accepting Pitches for Midwest Arts Writing

Sixty Inches from Center is a non-profit arts publication and archiving initiative that promotes art and writing in Chicago and the Midwest. They’re accepting pitches for Midwest arts writing. They pay $150 per article. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.

Tuesday, June 18th 2024

Sixty Inches from Center is Seeking Pieces on Midwestern Black Artists

Sixty Inches from Center is a non-profit arts publication and archiving initiative that promotes art and writing in Chicago and the Midwest. They’re partnering with Black Lunch Table (a radical archiving project) on a new editorial series called Crowdsourcing the Canon. They’re looking for reviews and essays (up to 1,000 words) on Midwestern Black artists, particularly those whose Wikipedia entries lack sufficient citations. Rate is $350. To learn more, refer to this post and this call for pitches.

Deadline: July 1st, 2024

Tuesday, May 21st 2024

Sixty Inches from Center is Open for Pitches

Sixty Inches from Center is a non-profit arts publication and archiving initiative that promotes art and writing in Chicago and the Midwest. They’re always open to pitches for responses to their Art Picks. As per their pitch guide, they pay $150/article. To learn more, refer to their post.

Tuesday, October 10th 2023

Sixty Inches from Center is Looking for Writers

Sixty Inches from Center is a non-profit arts publication and archiving initiative that promotes art and writing in Chicago and the Midwest. Their bilingual editor is looking for writers to cover some amazing things that are happening in the Midwest. Pay starts at $150. If interested, send your pitches to luz@sixtyinchesfromcenter.org or submit them here. To read their bilingual editor’s post, click here.

Friday, September 8th 2023

Sixty Inches from Center is Seeking Pitches about Performing Arts

Sixty Inches from Center is a non-profit arts publication and archiving initiative that promotes art and writing in Chicago and the Midwest. They’re seeking pitches covering the Performing Arts in the Midwest. They publish articles in both Spanish and English. They pay $150/article to writers, photographers, and illustrators; $150 for a collection of poems; and $1/minute transcribed for interview transcriptions. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.

Sunday, June 18th 2023

Sixty Inches from Center is Always Seeking Pitches from Midwest Writers

Sixty Inches from Center is a non-profit arts publication and archiving initiative that promotes art and writing in Chicago and the Midwest. They’re always seeking “Midwest writers to pitch essays, interviews, reviews, poetry, photo essays, & experimental writing on art of all disciplines, archives, and labor in the arts.” They pay a standard rate of $150/article. For details, refer to their founder’s tweet and this page.

Sunday, March 7th 2021

Sixty Inches from Center is Accepting Pitches

Sixty Inches from Center is a non-profit arts publication and archiving initiative that promotes art and writing in Chicago and the Midwest. They welcome “writers & artists of all experience levels to pitch ideas for traditional/experimental art writing, interviews, poetry, essays, audio, video, comics, animations, & stories around topics & practices relevant to the cultural landscapes of the Midwest.” They give priority to “writing by, about, and for BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ artists, artists with disabilities, and the long list of writing, art-making, and cultural practices that have been neglected in mainstream conversations and canons about art and culture.” They pay $25 to $125 per article. For details, refer to this Twitter thread and their writing guide.

Monday, March 23rd 2020

Sixty Inches From Center is accepting pitches on art and artists in Chicago and the Midwest

Sixty Inches From Center is accepting “pitches on art and artists in Chicago and the Midwest—interviews, essays, reviews, experimental writings, bilingual writings, etc.” They pay $25 to $100 per article. To learn more, refer to their founder’s Tweet and this page.