News & Pitch Calls from No Depression

Tuesday, November 8th 2022

No Depression is Seeking Pitches for SPRING 2023

No Depression is a print magazine and an online publication about roots music. Their managing editor is seeking pitches for their SPRING 2023 issue by the end of November. They publish journal stories (long-form and multi-sourced; length: 1,500 to 5,000 words). Rate is 20 cents per word. To learn more, refer to their managing editor’s Twitter thread. To contact them, refer to this page

Monday, June 13th 2022

No Depression is open for roots music journalism pitches

The managing editor of No Depression has issued a call for pitches for their Fall edition; they publish roots music journalism. “I need 2-5 more longform stories (1500-4k words) for the FALL issue of ND!” They want pitches “about the most exciting music, musicians, stories, topics, etc. in roots music today! ... The FALL issue of ND is due out Sept-Nov 22. What's happening then(ish)? Whose voices aren't being heard? ... Roots music is a BIG umbrella! Folk, bluegrass, (alt-) country, blues, gospel, singer-songwriters. Any "music of the people." ... Wanna dig into the Black Legacy Project? A Cherokee language project that Horton Records is working on?” Pay is $0.20/word. Details here (general pitch guidelines) and here (Twitter thread).


Sunday, June 12th 2022

No Depression is Looking for Pitches about Roots Music

No Depression is a print magazine and an online publication about roots music. Their managing editor is looking for 2 to 5 longform stories (1,500 to 4,000 words) for their Fall issue. No themes, just tell them about “the most exciting music, musicians, stories, topics, etc. in roots music today.” Pay is 20¢ per word. Pitches should be sent to hilary@nodepression.com. To learn more, refer to their managing editor’s Twitter thread. To contact them, refer to this page.

Sunday, June 28th 2020

No Depression is Accepting Pitches for their Winter 2020 Issue

No Depression is a print magazine and an online publication about roots music. Their managing editor is accepting pitches for their Winter 2020 issue (called All Together Now) which will “focus on collaboration and community in roots music.” They want to share more diverse voices and also highlight underreported issues. Contributors must have experience with long-form (1,000 to 5,000 words), multi-source reporting. Rate is 20 cents per word and $100 per original, unpublished photo. Send pitches to hilary@nodepression.com. For details, refer to this Twitter thread. To contact them, refer to this page.