Bright Wall/Dark Room is currently accepting new submissions for our online film journal. Each issue is built around a particular theme, and we open up the submission process for each new issue on or around the 15th of every other month, typically with a three-week submission window.
We’re looking for thoughtful analysis and wholehearted engagement, as opposed to standard reviews, clickbait, or hot takes. We publish interviews, profiles, formal analysis, cultural criticism, personal essays, and humor pieces. We're looking for writing that is savvy and insightful about filmmaking, but that also grapples in some way with the business of being alive.
We tend to publish critical essays between 2,000-3,000 words, though we’ve certainly been known to publish pieces in other, longer formats. Creative approaches are always encouraged.
For further advice and answers to FAQs, please check out The Bright Wall/Dark Room Guide to Pitching & Submitting.
We welcome unsolicited essays on any film or television-related topic. However, before submitting a piece for consideration, we highly recommend reading The Bright Wall/Dark Room Guide to Pitching & Submitting, as well as browsing through our archives and reading a few essays on the site to get a better sense of the type of pieces we tend to publish.
Unfortunately, due to the high volume of submissions and very few available slots for off-theme essays each month, we aren't currently able to respond to each and every pitch and/or submission individually. So, if you haven't heard back from us within three (3) weeks of submitting your piece, please accept our regrets that we won't be able to accept it at this time.
Got an idea for a piece you think we might like? Pitch us here. However, before doing so, we highly recommend that you subscribe to the site to get a sense of the types of essays we tend to publish.
Please note: due to the high volume of pitches we receive each month, we aren't currently able to respond to each and every pitch individually. If you haven't heard back from us within four (4) weeks of submitting your pitch, please accept our regrets that we won't be able to accept it at this time.