CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Echoes In The Iron — The Magazine
We are seeking writers, photographers, artisans, and storytellers to contribute to Echoes — a new magazine celebrating the Midwest lifestyle through music, community, craftsmanship, and history.
We're looking for work that captures the soul of the Rust Belt and the American Midwest —The grit. The creativity. The art. The history. The unexpected beauty hidden in ordinary places.
We invite submissions in the following categories:
✦ Written Features & Essays
Profiles of musicians, songwriters, artisan makers, or small-town visionaries
Travel pieces or history about Rust Belt or Midwest communities
Personal narrative essays rooted in place, craft, work, or belonging
✦ Photography & Visual Art
Listening rooms, musicians, craft breweries, barns, lakes, mills, forests
Portraits of artisans, small business owners, or live performance
Rural / industrial / Americana imagery with cinematic tone
Original paintings, sculptures, clay work and other art pieces.
✦ Ideas & Pitches
Concepts for stories or suggestions on features we should pursue.
Projects happening in your community that deserve to be seen and heard.
If your work speaks to craft, community, music, nature, or small-town revival, we want to experience it.
WHAT WE VALUE
Authentic voices.
Honest storytelling.
Work with texture.
Cinematic and engaging content.
DEADLINES
Submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis.
Selected contributors will be contacted personally with more details.
We believe in collaboration, not extraction.
If we choose your work, you’ll be credited, compensated, and celebrated.
HOW TO SUBMIT
You can email us:
Subject line: SUBMISSION — [Your Name] — [Art / Photography / Writing / Idea]
Please include:
1. Your name + location
2. A short bio (2–3 sentences is perfect)
3. A link or attachment to your work (PDF, portfolio, website, or sample images)
4. A short description of what you’d like to contribute or pitch
Email: echoes@integratedlifeco.com
Please note that we will respond to every properly executed submission, however due to the large number of submissions it may take us several weeks to respond. Thank you for your patience.