Pitch a storm.
You don’t have to call yourself a writer. StormIt publishes writing where lived experience meets the wider world, and every accepted piece gets a real edit from a real person — which is exactly why the number is small right now. That’s a limit on our editor-hours, not a filter on who gets to know something.
What you get.
A real edit
Every accepted storm gets a working edit — structure, argument, line notes — not a rubber stamp. You'll know why every change is suggested.
The full design treatment
Your piece is typeset like everything here: Fraunces display, pull quotes, epigraphs where they earn their place, and a page built to be read slowly.
A Letter feature slot
Strong storms are featured in The Letter — the Saturday email — as the handpicked piece of the week, with your byline.
You keep your work
You retain ownership of what you write. StormIt takes a publication licence, not your copyright — the terms are in the Writer Agreement, in plain language.
Ownership terms in full: the Writer Agreement.
What a storm looks like.
The Spine That Won't Bend
Lived experience carrying real clinical research — the body as the starting point, never the whole story.
How to Find Meaning in Life: A Research-Backed Field Guide
A private question followed all the way down — psychology, philosophy, and worksheets that respect the reader.
Submission guidelines.
- A storm begins with something real: lived, questioned, survived, or impossible to put down. “This happened to me” is the start, not the end.
- It reaches for the wider world — books, research, history, culture, memory, contradiction. Lived experience plus what's been learned.
- Factual claims carry sources. If your piece leans on research, expect the reference list to be part of the edit.
- Length follows the material — most storms land between 8 and 35 minutes. Send a pitch (what it is, why you) before a full draft.
Three ways in.
Pitch it.Send the pitch form — a few lines on what the piece is and why you're the person to write it — or just email writeyourstorm@stormit.ca with “Pitch” in the subject. Every pitch gets read.
Or send the finished piece. Already written your storm? Email it to writeyourstorm@stormit.ca — paste it in or attach a document. No account, no sign-up: the StormIt team reads every submission, and if it's a fit we'll edit it with you and publish it under your byline, with the full design treatment.