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Weathered Season 2 is open for pitches

Psychrophilic : thriving at a low temperature; usually applied to bacterial organisms.

Welcome back to the dark season. After much hand-wringing, I’ve decided to resurrect Weathered for a second run. It hasn’t been a particularly easy year (even as I write this I’m curled up with Covid), so we might be running slightly slower. The key to thriving at low temperatures? Taking your time.

Nonetheless, on December 21—the shortest day of the year—you’ll receive your first story about how design can help us cope with those short days, written by the brilliant Sarah Steimer.

As we slow down, I’ve paused subscription payments. While I try to build this into a more sustainable and generous seasonal publication I’ll be reaching out to subscribers to gauge how effective Weathered is, and what this could become. Comfort criticism has been the mission, and we’re still working toward it.

Until then, we’re looking for stories for January-April. There are a lot of weeks to fill.

CALL FOR PITCHES:

I’m still seeking pitches from writers. If you have a story about cities, landscapes, and the built environment in the context of the wintertime, please send them via email to Anjulier@gmail.com. I’m particularly looking for topics surrounding maintenance/care, open/public space, insulation, climate change, togetherness/isolation, unusual winter infrastructure, etc. Your pitch should have a strong perspective and engage critically with your topic; I accept lyric/braided essays, too. Stories can be as long as 1,800 words, but all stories are paid a flat rate of $200.