A brand new online magazine is coming from New York Times best-selling author, Roxane Gay. Titled Gay Mag, the magazine is a partnership with Medium – and is paying $1 per word, up to 3,500 words.

According to their submission guidelines:

“Gay will offer some of the most interesting and thoughtful cultural criticism to be found on the Web. We are interested in deep explorations, timelessness, and challenging conventional thinking without being cheap and lazy.

What we love and want: cultural criticism; thoughtful, clever and beautiful personal essays; short fiction; original artwork and photography. We do *not* want even the best hot take you can imagine, and we will not publish news. We do not want you to cannibalize yourself. We are interested in provocative work but we are not interested in senseless provocation.”

They are also currently accepting pitches for their second themed issue. The theme is “Pain. What hurts you? How do you deal with hurt and suffering? How have you hurt others or yourself? How do you negotiate the suffering of others?”

To learn more, and to submit, visit this page.