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New Call for Pitches + Live Video Chat About How to Pitch

New Call for Pitches + Live Video Chat About How to Pitch

We're looking for stories about unique and exciting jobs. Plus, don't miss this week's "Pitch Perfect" live video session in which we'll share advice on how to send us your best ideas.

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One of our most popular sections over at Narratively.com is “Secret Lives,” which is all about lifting the veil on secretive and surprising people, pursuits and subcultures. And we really love the stories about off-the-cuff professions. So — with that in mind, and inspired by our recent writing prompt about summer jobs (BTW, go ahead and add to that conversation here!) — this month we’re soliciting story pitches about unusual jobs.

Do you happen to have access to someone who spent years working as a professional mourner (just what it sounds like), and is willing to let you profile them? Did you recently meet a pet therapist who might be ready to share their story? Do you run a professional bridesmaid business? These are the types of stories we’re looking for. We don’t want jobs we’ve heard of or read stories about — the weirder, the better.

Learn more + submit here!

And…for an added bonus: We’re not just asking you to send us your best story ideas — we’re going…

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