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Check out this week's SLR featuring @mrkocnnll, @NifMuhammad, @brianmrosenthal, @LaurieStories, @MileHighRobert, @RobMahoney & more! mailchi.mp/sundaylongread…

Last chance to send your writing to these places before their submission window closes at the end of the month! Submission info here: chillsubs.com/lists/pay_no_f… #WritingCommunity

What happens when a top children’s hospital becomes the center of a mysterious surge in infant deaths? And what if, years later, you discover your own story is intertwined with that history? I spent months investigating the case, now live on @Narratively: narratively.com/p/dozens-of-in…

Years after a series of suspicious deaths occurred at the very hospital where @Leigh_KC spent time as a baby, she decided to investigate what happened. Had this been a mass murder or a tragic coincidence?narratively.com/p/dozens-of-in…

This is such a good one, for researchers, authors of narrative nonfiction, all journalists really…

ICYMI: Last week we introduced you to Romeo Uncaged — the only legal cis male sex worker in America. His story is raw, rare and now free to read for one week only. Don’t miss your chance to dive in! narratively.com/p/meet-the-mal…

In collaboration with @cnfonline, we're excited to share our latest for our ongoing series, Heart of the Matter. In it, Dr. Bartley Griffith shares the miraculous journey he went on with a sick patient that led to the world’s first pig heart transplant. narratively.com/p/dying-man-ac…

You work long enough in this biz, you eventually get caught up in layoffs. Yesterday I lost my job at Vulture, the best gig I’ve ever had. Still processing but I’ll want to write again so please keep me in mind for freelance work or regular work or just general nice messages.

@ReadingSince92 This is closed for now but we may reopen at another point. If you have a story for us about love right now, we'd love to read it 🙂 narratively.com/p/narratively-…

@Narratively Are you still looking for submissions for this (or will possibly be in the near future)?

New #pitchcall: My Secret Obsession. We’re on the hunt for real-life stories about people with extraordinary, life-altering obsessions. If your unconventional infatuation has upended your life or brought you unimaginable joy, we want to hear about it! narratively.com/p/call-for-pit…

Apply! Apply! Apply!

We’re weak in the knees over our latest collab with star actor @RobertsEmma, acclaimed producer @Karahpreiss & @Belletristbooks. The Narratively x Belletrist True Romance Writing Prize will award remarkable memoir & reported stories. Read on to learn more. narratively.com/p/narratively-…

"This whole time, nothing 'happened,' per se. We were just three people sitting in a room somewhere in downtown Portland. And yet normal life was millions of miles away." —Seth Lorinczi in "Our Therapist Gave My Wife and Me MDMA—and It Saved Our Marriage" narratively.com/p/therapist-md…

@elizlauranelson We are officially live with Elizabeth on Substack. Here is the link for those interested! @narratively?liveStream=14440&r=2yubny&utm_medium=ios&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaa-NKTBqbZm_4waZmGeodHUT2EfhS3LVKY0XMD-_OLOqtN9IvFirSHtUzE_aem_aXPNYU0twR2mbJsMeYieug" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@narratively?l…

A few weeks ago, we published a deeply moving story by @elizlauranelson about love, loss and moving on. Tomorrow, March 7, at 1 p.m. ET, we’re hosting a livestream on Substack with Elizabeth to continue the conversation. Click thru for details on how to join tomorrow’s live chat!

Our Top 5: -Chilling Chilean forensic anthropology @undarkmag -An empathetic park ranger @sfstandard -Teaching migration to unruly birds @NewYorker -Fear in America’s schools @TheSunMagazine -The Victorian vendors of cat meat @PublicDomainRev longreads.com/2025/02/21/the…

Exciting news! We’re launching Heart of the Matter, a collab with @cnfonline in which we’ll be exploring the depths of love, human connection and matters of the physical heart, in the next few months. Check out our first story from @elizlauranelson here. narratively.com/p/whats-the-op…

And… the live link if you want to join! open.substack.com/live-stream/10…

A reminder that this starts in just a few minutes! Head to the Substack app to catch the whole conversation…

Did you read our recent essay, “I Was the World’s Worst Cancer Mom”? If you did (or plan to!) and you want to know the BTS of the piece, join us tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 1 ET for a chat between @writingelizabet & Narratively editor @brendanspiegel narratively.com/p/48-minutes-w…

“Did I think a memorial would help me understand what really happened or whose memory was more flawed, mine or my family’s? No. I came because I needed to know what, how, and why I remembered.” —@angiechuang in her poignant essay, a repub from @cnfonline narratively.com/p/shamu-saved-…