Each issue of the print magazine is divided into three themed sections, containing a combination of written features, Q&As and photographic features, and the back of the magazine contains shorter dialogues. The theme for #15 (out in August) is HEALING - please get any submission ideas in by the first week of June.
If you are considering pitching an article or photographic essay idea to WtLF magazine, please first look through the features, dialogues and photographic essays on the website to get a feel for our house style and what we are looking for. Also take a look at the About section of the website.
Please do not send completed articles or essays, but rather email an outline of 300 words or less stating your idea, what makes it interesting, why it matters now, what perspective or reporting you will bring to it, what theme (see upcoming themes below) of the magazine you see it fitting with, and the article style you have in mind (feature, photographic essay or dialogue). Please also include examples of previous work.
Please don’t send large files via email. If you have images that you want us to view then please send a private website or cloud link.
WtLF requests first serial rights for all pieces (with the exception of photography and poetry). We also seek a licence to republish all content from our print magazine online in perpetuity. If your work has been previously published then please include details.
To submit your idea, please email: [email protected]
Written features are between 1400 and 3000 words in length. They tend to be well-researched, drawing on numerous sources, and written in the third person. Occasionally we will run pieces in the first person where the writer is an expert or has a particular perspective on a subject. Q&As are a similar length to written features and include an introduction.
Photographic features are based on a series of images and include an introduction of 500-800 words.
Dialogues are shorter, first person takes on a subject, and tend to be either 550 or 800 words in length. These can be illustrative, practical, thoughtful, exploratory, or poetic. As with features, we look for the writer to have an expertise or a particular perspective to bring to these pieces.
We enjoy working with artists and illustrators from around the world. If you’d like us to consider your portfolio please email us with a link and short paragraph about you.
Beyond the print pages of the magazine the website offers up space for audio and video. If you have a work or project you'd like us to consider then please email us with a link and short paragraph about it.
From time to time we have other opportunities and ways to get involved. Please sign up to our newsletter and follow our social media for details of these.
The overriding direction of the magazine is to explore humankind’s connection with nature. We look for contemporary global stories to be told as locally as possible, and to be as inclusive as possible. It’s also important to remember that this magazine may be read anywhere in the world. We hope that every feature and dialogue will allow space for the reader to consider how the text might reflect on them and the way we live our lives – constructive, honest and accurate writing.
While we endeavour to reply to every submission, we do receive a lot and it's not always possible to provide a detailed response.
WtLF is a quarterly magazine, and we are a small team, so if you don’t hear back immediately, please be patient.
The theme for #15 (out in August) is HEALING.
Ideas for the dialogues section of the magazine do not have to be based on one of this theme but all content has to follow the magazine’s overriding theme of exploring humankind’s connection with nature.
We also welcome collaborations with organisations - please get in touch with any suggestions, ideas or questions: [email protected]
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Alex Hyde
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Ali Tollervey
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Allan Jenkins
Ameena Rojee
Amelia Rouse
Aminatu Gambo
Amruta Patil
Amy Clarkson
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Ana Maria Antunes Machado
Ana Mendieta
Anaïs Tondeur
Anaïs Hazo
Andrea Gibson
Andrea Popyordanova
André Tranquilini
Angeles Rodenas
Ann Marie Chischilly
Anna Kary
Anna Souter
Annie Risemberg
Antonina Savytska
Appolinaire OUSSOU LIO
Arthur Potts Dawson
Aryaana Khan
Ashten Macdonald
Atikah Zata Amani
Avery Robertson
Ayaka Oba
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Beatriz López
Becky Lyon
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Britt Willoughby Dyer
Bruce Pascoe
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Bryony Dixon
Camila Fudissaku
Camonghne Felix
Carlotta Byrne
Catherine Gilon
Catherine Hyland
Celine Murillo
Ceres Hadich
Chris King
Chris Packham
Christina Henriksen
Christina Peake
Christine Loh
Clara Widdison
Claudia Lima
Cleiton Campos
Cláudia Salgueiro
Conor Spacey
Corinne Woods
Daniel Briggs
Daniela Zyman
Danny Birchall
Darcia Narvaez
Daro Montag
Darren Appiagyei
Davi Kopenawa Yanomami
David Bean
David Loughran
David Reeve
David Zilber
David Ụzọchukwu
Davis Reuben Sekamwa
DeLovie Kwagala
Deepti Asthana
Denisse Ariana Pérez
Diana Ejaita
Dirk-Jan Visser
Diyora Shadijanova
Dominique Palmer
Dr Craig Santos Perez
Edgar Kanaykõ Xakriabá
Edouard Fraipont
Elder Dr Dave Courchene
Eli Farinango
Elizabeth Mrema
Ella Brolly
Ellen Miles
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Emilio Ramos
Emily Garthwaite
Emma Franks
Emma Johnson
Emma Wilkinson
Erica Daniels
Erkan Affan
Ewelina Ruminska
Fabricia Sabanê
Fadi Al-Shami
Fernando Leal
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Francy Fontes Baniwa (Hipamaalhe)
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Fredrik Lassenius
Gabriel Uchida
Gabriela Rueda
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Hanna Limulja
Harriet Gendall
Ian van Coller
Igor Tereshkov
Indlieb Farazi Saber
Isabelle Rose Povey
Isaias Hernandez
Isobel Ripley
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Jessica Lindgren-Wu
Jini Reddy
Jo Marchant
Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck
John Francis Serwanga
John Law
Jonny Keen
Joseca Yanomami
Josephine Marchandise
José Luis Vicente Vicente
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Kala Ramesh
Kalpana Arias
Kang-Chun Cheng
Karen Leason
Kasia Borowiecka
Kate Kuzminova
Katie Dancey-Downs
Kavita Naidu
Kayo Mpoyi
Kazi Md. Jahirul Islam
Keggie Carew
Kendall Francis
Kent Andreasen
Kevin Ochieng
Khadija Hussein Murad
Kirsty Badenoch
Krystina Amato
L. Sasha Gora
Laura Gheorghita
Laura Strang Steel
Laurence Lindars
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Lech Wilczek
Lemn Sissay
Liliana Merizalde
Lito Apostolakou
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Lori Hillman
Louise Hildreth
Luciane Pisani
Līga Kitchen
Madeleine Bazil
Maia Magoga
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Maia Wikler
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Margo Farnsworth
Maria Laet
Maria Luisa Cavalcanti
Mark Brand
Mary Flora Hart
Masha Karpushina
Mashudu Takalani
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Mavi Morais
Mayumi Sato
Meg Rodger
Meryl McMaster
Michael Mann
Michaela A. Harrison
Mihnea Tănăsescu
Misha Vallejo Prut
Monisha Raman
Murray Livingston
Mya-Rose Craig
Myrna Cunningham
Márcio Cruz
Naoto Kanesaka
Natalie Chung Sum Yue
Nathalie Brasil
Nick Lawrence
Nick MacMurray
Nicola Sebastian
Niellah Arboine
Nikki Lizares
Néstor Alonso López
Olga Zarko
Oluwaseyi Oso
Pao-Yu Liu
Patrick Steel
Paul F Cockburn
Paul Gazerwitz
Paul Wu
Pei-Hsin Cho
Perpera Suruí
Peter McConchie
Piotr Depta-Kleśta
Piratá Waurá
Pınar Ateş Sinopoulos-Lloyd
Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad
Rachel Booth
Rachel de Thample
Rachelle Robinett
Ranjith Puliyath
Rashida Chavis
Rebecca Clark
Ricardo Lima
Richard Fortey
Rob Hopkins
Rob Symons
Robert Futrell
Rodion Sulyandziga
Rohit Nandha
Rushika Wick
Sadith Silvano
Samela Sateré Mawé
Sandor Katz
Sarat Rao
Seba Calfuqueo
Shana Cleveland
Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Shell Parsons
Sherri Mitchell
Shimeng Jiang
Siddhartha Hajra
Silvia Peduto
Sinae Park
So Sinopoulos-Lloyd
Sol Polo
Sonia Rego
Staffan Windstrand
Stuart Spray
Sunniya Ahmad Pirzada
Sônia Guajajara
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Tamara Dean
Tamara Lightning
Tamisha Lee
Tania Roa
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Tim Dougherty
Tim Hawkins
Tim Leeson
Tom Sweetland
Txai Suruí
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Ulla Nolden
Vanessa Nakate
Victor Steffensen
Victoria Chown
Vidya Vivek
Wendell Berry
Will Burns
Will Hearle
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Yakuta Poonawalla
Yonejirō Noguchi
Yula Rocha
Yulia Iakovleva
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