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Here is a video of the Rookie staff, asking YOU (yes, you!) to GET INVOLVED!
(We are big fans of the vintage, old-timey feel of TV static from 2002.)
If you think you have something that’d make a good Rookie piece, let us know! Please keep in mind a few things: there aren’t very many of us and we are humans and we need to do things like eat and sleep and in some cases go to school, so we can’t answer each of you individually. We mean well, but sometimes it will take us a while to get through everything. Please be patient. (Obsessively emailing us won’t help, either, it’ll just make us crazy). Also keep in mind that we don’t need to read your whole book/ screenplay/ diary/ manifesto in order to get a flavor of it. Be strategic and send us something like a short, self-contained section of, let’s say, an essay or a story, along with a paragraph or two describing the rest of it, and if we think it’s a good fit we’ll ask for more. More! MORE!
Also, please write us if
• You’d like us to consider reviewing your band or are interested in making us a monthly theme song.
• You have a zine or book you’d like to send for possible review, and need a mailing address if you don’t have a digital copy.
We’ll be asking you for specific stuff sometimes! So keep your eyes peeled on posts and on a “Rookie News Alert” that will sometimes pop up and say something like “send us a picture and description of your notebook/locker/sneakers/closet/funny cat.” By sending them to us you give us the right to post them on Rookie in perpetuity, which means forever and ever. Mwahahaha. You can read more about that in our Terms of Use.
We’ll have some ongoing readers’ features, like Friend Crush, a column in which you nominate a girlfriend you’re obsessed with and get to talk about how rad she is. To do this, email a short description of you and your friend to submissions@rookiemag.com and make sure the subject line says Friend Crush. We’ll have more of these kinds of things coming, too. Keep your eyes on the Rookie News Alerts.
If you want to submit something to Rookie
First, please make sure you’ve actually read the above. Then, email submissions@rookiemag.com
Finally, we have semi-qualified adults standing by to answer your – yes, YOUR – questions.
To send questions to be considered for our “Ask a Grown Person” columns, please email youaskedit@rookiemag.com
To send questions to Sex and Love columnist Lesley Arfin, please email sexandlove@rookiemag.com
To send questions to Beauty and Style Columnist Marie Lodi, please email beautyandstyle@rookiemag.com
For all of the above, please be sure to include your first name and your location (though nothing resembling your actual address, please).
Finally, if you’re a member of the press or have some more general questions, please email info@rookiemag.com
