Freelancing Guide

Little Village welcomes completed essays, letters-to-the-editor, and pitches for articles and essays pertaining to the news, arts and culture of the Iowa City area.

In general, word counts range from 350-1200 words, but longer essays and investigations up to 3,000 words may also be considered.

Our general content categories are:

Community news
Food and drink
Arts and entertainment
Essays

Pitches for as-yet-to-be-completed articles should include:

A brief explanation of the topic and proposed angle, i.e.; Remote-access healthcare (topic), and what it means for women’s health in Iowa (angle).
A proposed wordcount and timeframe for completion
List of potential sources

For proposed angles, see Little Village’s list of core values:

Affordability and access
Economic and labor justice
Environmental sustainability
Racial justice
Gender equity
Quality healthcare
Quality education
Critical culture

Freelancers are asked to refrain from contacting artists or press agents for interview requests on behalf of Little Village without the expressed approval and participation of a Little Village staff editor.

Please direct all submissions and queries to: editor@littlevillagemag.com

A note about fact-checking and source protection: All content published in Little Village or on littlevillagemag.com undergoes a rigorous fact-checking process. To the extent that published essays and articles draw on reporting and research, editors may ask contributors to document their sources. In-text citations are not necessary, but contributors may find it helpful to keep a file of each article or essay that includes a bibliography and sourced footnotes. At the editors’ discretion, sources for articles and essays of a sensitive nature may be kept anonymous in published drafts.