What is Weathered?

Weathered is a seasonal, bi-weekly newsletter featuring essays and reported features about the built environment during the winter.

This is, in many ways, a grand experiment: As publications focused on the built environment shutter, and opportunities for new voices become slim, Weathered wants to try to keep some hope alive.

Funded through subscriptions and contributions, this newsletter will publish until funding runs out. Writers are paid first.

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CALL FOR PITCHES

We will be accepting pitches for the forthcoming winter 2023-24 season shortly. Please note we cannot accept pitches from those living outside of the United States.

Weathered seeks essays and reported stories related to the built environment, dealing with comfort, maintenance, darkness, or the unraveling of those ideas through the lens of experiencing a city in the wintertime.

What we want:
Strong voices
Sharp critique, reflection, analysis
Unique perspectives on built environment issues

Possible formats:
Personal essays
Braided/lyric essays that incorporate research
Reported stories
Q&A’s
Photo essays

Potential topics include (but are not limited to):
Maintenance/care
Open/public spaces
Insulation, warmth
Climate change/disaster

Nuts & Bolts

Essays should range from 6-800 words. Stories can be longer than 800 words if needed. We pay all writers a $200 flat fee.