THESE NEW OLD TRADITIONS

These New Old Traditions is an online journal devoted to reinvigorating our vacant holidays and traditions with a little mystic revelry. For us, it is no longer acceptable to blindly participate in festivities that have been bought and sold into irrelevance by the vampiric clutches of commercialism. It seems a lot of people feel the same way.

So, we’re looking for some new writers for the site. There’s so much we want to cover, get out, and unpack, and our tiny team could use some of your brilliancy. Want to be read by thousands of people a month? Want to investigate the nuanced weirdness that is the American holiday? Want to be a part of a growing team of writers, bloggers, urban homesteaders, unschoolers and unworkers, post-pagans, herbalists, and seasonal food connoisseurs committed to once again making meaningful our forgotten traditions?

We’re looking for writers who can cover (some portion of) the following:

• WELLNESS
  herbalism; “Western” traditional methods; women-, men-, trans-specific issues; DIY approaches; cheap/affordable; food as…; etc.
• FOOD
  seasonal; simple; recipes; secret ingredients; granny’s kitchen; punk kitchen; etc.
• POLITRICKS
  mysticism and…; indie media and…; spiritual activism and…; post-two-party system; think global, act local;
• HOLIDAYS
  history; unique traditions; local traditions; socio-economic commentary on…; etc.
• MUSIC
  reviews; mysticism of sound; punk as shamanism; trance-inducement as good; etc.
• RELIGION/MYSTICISM
  US manifestations of…; paganism and…; gnosis; techgnosis; politics and…; etc.
• RELATIONSHIPS
  unconventional arrangements; love throughout history; rational advice; magical advice; herbal advice; etc.
• MAGIC(K)
  folk; traditional; anarchist; chaos; pagan; etc.
• DIVINATION
  astrology (Western & Eastern); tarot; dowsing; pendulum; runic; stick throwing; etc.
• OTHER IDEAS
  Got an idea that’s not listed? Let us know. We’re genuinely interested in what you might propose.

What we want from you:
We are looking for people who can commit to a handful of pieces a month (these can be short bloggy observation things or longer article things. Hopefully both!), can meet deadlines (if any are required), are passionate about their subject, and don’t get all touchy when their piece needs editing. We operate under the premise that behind every good writer is a great editor.

What you can expect from us:
We want you to look good. We want people to LOVE your writing. We’ll do our best to get your pieces out into the world through whatever means we have available to us. This is our best offer. We cannot pay, but we can help get your name out there, and to boot you’ll be writing for the coolest bunch of coolies around. Plus, we throw potlucks, and sing songs, and are planning new New Old events for the future. So, you’ll be a part of that!

Feel free to look around the site to see what we’ve been talking about. We’ve got a number of things coming up this year, including a new website, interviews, MP3s, you name it.

If interested, please send an email to: newoldtraditions [at] gmail [dot] com

Lv,
We Revelers

www.newoldtraditions.com