Contributors
Essayists
Long-form writers who excavate overlooked truths with prose that lingers long after the final line.
Investigators
Reporters who follow paper trails into basements, boardrooms, and forgotten archives most never open.
Critics
Sharp-tongued reviewers dissecting culture's contradictions, one uncomfortable observation at a time.
Reporters
Field correspondents documenting the strange, the structural, and the stubbornly sideways.
Write With Us
Crooked House welcomes first-time and established voices who see angles others miss. We commission essays, reported features, criticism, and photo essays that bend the expected narrative shape.
Send a 300-word pitch, three writing samples, and a sentence about why your perspective belongs here. We read everything within fourteen days and reply to everyone.
Read the Pitch Guide →Checklist
- ✓Pitches between 200 and 400 words, plain text or PDF
- ✓Attach or link three relevant writing samples
- ✓Include one sentence on your unique angle or stake
- ✓No simultaneous submissions to other publications
- ✓Response time: fourteen days, even when the answer is no
Editorial Standards
Every piece passes through two editors, one fact-checker, and a final read for voice. We pay on acceptance, credit contributors prominently, and retain copyright with writers. Corrections are published openly and dated.
Our style bends toward clarity, not conformity. Footnotes welcome, jargon discouraged, honesty required.
See Style Notes →Have a Story Only You Can Tell?
Crooked House is built on strange angles and stubborn curiosity. If you've got a story that won't sit straight, we want to read it.
Pitch Your Story →