Layered Butter

Layered Butter is a magazine about “art, design and the movies.” They build each issue of the magazine around a particular abstract theme/genre/director/actor, and open up the submission process 2 to 3 months before the submission deadline. They also accept off-theme pitches and submissions. They’re open to “other aspects of formal analysis and cultural criticism, interviews, essays, etc.” Their essays and criticism works are usually between 1,000 and 2,000 words. According to a now deleted Tweet,  rates are $100-$500. To learn more, refer to their submissions page.

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Saturday, January 28th 2023

Layered Butter is Looking for Writers

Layered Butter is a magazine about "art, design and the movies.” They’re looking for writers for their next issues. They’re NOT looking for reviews of movies, clickbait listicles, contrarian hot takes, and previously published works. They’re “open to other aspects of formal analysis and cultural criticism, interviews, essays, etc.” Their essays and criticism works are usually between 1,000 and 2,000 words. Rates are $100-$500. To learn more, refer to their tweet. To apply, refer to this page.