Paid Opportunity: Film writers needed for the new festival website

12 November 2021

Film articles/blog posts for the new Winter Gardens Film Festival website

Deadline: Wednesday 26 November 2021

Value: £100 per article

After 6 fabulous years of screenings and events, we are re-launching our film festival website in December 2021!
This is a fantastic opportunity to get your work published and accessible to a diverse North West audience.

What are we looking for?

We’re searching for writers to submit a piece that explores any of the following themes:

A black and white film
Blackpool’s film heritage or its current scene
The work of an actor, director, filmmaker
An artist working with moving image
A film genre or movement
An aspect of filmmaking
Your personal film story/practice

Your piece can be in the form of a review, a short critique essay, a photo essay, a top 5 (or top 10) or a similar piece of text that you think could be suited to our website and audience. We are flexible with the word limit, but would recommend a minimum of 600 words.

We want:

Original, personal and/or expert perspectives on a film subject
An accessible writing style that can appeal to a wide audience
Well researched pieces, please include references to sources such as links to videos, articles etc.
A clear interest in or love of the subject matter
You are more than welcome to include images and videos but these must be cleared for use.

What will you get?

We’ll pay you £100 for your work. You’ll receive this once we’ve agreed on a final draft and after you’ve sent us an invoice. Please note that due to funding requirements this opportunity is only open to UK residents.

How to pitch

Send us

A pitch of up to 500 words, giving
- An outline of your idea
  - Describe what you’ll write about
  - Why you want to write about this
- Ideally your pitch will be original and will reflect your writing style.
A brief bio telling us a bit about yourself and your interest in film
Links to any previous pieces of writing. This can be on any arts or cultural subject matter. If you don’t have anything online, please send us an attachment.

You do not need to be an experienced writer. We’re happy to hear new voices including those who haven’t been published before as well as experts.

Schedule

As the website goes live in December, we are looking for pieces to publish between then and March 2022. Ideally, your work will be current during Winter 2021/Spring 2022 or will not go out of date.