Pitch a storm.
StormIt publishes a small number of outside storms — writing where lived experience meets the wider world. Small on purpose: every accepted piece gets a real edit and the full treatment.
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 license, 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.
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.
Two ways in.
Send the pitch form — a few lines on what the piece is and why you're the person to write it — or just email hello@stormit.ca with “Pitch” in the subject. Every pitch gets read.