Submitting Your Article to CQ

[This page relates to written pieces. If you are interested in pitching your music for coverage in CQ, go here.]

Country Queer accepts unsolicited pieces as well as pitches. You may contact us at [email protected] with your submission or pitch.

• We take submissions only from queer-identified writers.
• Freelancer rate sheet – includes types of submissions and length.
• Please submit your piece as a Google Doc – send us a link.
• Please include images if possible. You may find press-approved images in press materials or on the artist’s website. Please include image credits. (Do not use images that were shot expressly for other media outlets!)
• Please include links to embeds (tracks or videos).
• Do not use footnotes; use links instead.
• If we have forwarded you press materials, please make use of them (quotes, images, links, bios).
• When possible, link to previous CQ interviews and profiles of artists mentioned in your piece.
• Please include a one-sentence author bio.
• When mentioning an artist in your piece, please do not link to their website or other online presence (unless the context calls for it), except:
  • When previewing or reviewing a recording, please end the piece with a link to where the recording may be ordered, along with its date of availability (if already released, that date is “now,” as in “available now.”)