Gooseberry is a UK-based print magazine about how we relate to one another: in love, in friendship, as families, and in the world we share. Each issue blends real conversations, personal essays and practical ideas about intimacy, communication and care.

Gooseberry promotes emotional expression and compassionate thinking and is for anyone curious about how relationships actually work, and how they might work better.

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Gooseberry Magazine's Editor, Katie Baskerville, is looking for pitches on the following for the next issue (12), dropping in October 2026:<div><br></div><div>Personal essays about audio erotica: Has it had a profound impact on your sexperiences? Tell me everything! (paid)</div><div><br></div><div>How are you preparing for cuffing season? Any tips? I want to know about it! (paid)</div><div><br></div><div>Additionally, we are bringing back the lonely hearts column of old. So if you want to submit a little 50-word bio about yourself and what you're looking for, you can reach out to me for details. This is unpaid.</div><div><br></div><div>Lastly, we want to hear about the one that got away. The yearning, the loss, the hope - all of it, in the form of an anonymised letter in no more than 400 words. This is also unpaid. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Please do not pitch outside of these items, yet! I'll be back with more in due course</div>

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Gooseberry Magazine Editor Katie Baskerville is looking to commission features and personal essays on the subject of loneliness for the January issue. <div><br></div><div>So, here's what we're keeping our eyes out for. </div><div><br></div><div>Smart takes on what loneliness looks like in our society today: What does it mean to be touch-starved but surrounded by people? What does it mean to feel lonely in a relationship? How do we build bonds with communities to help combat loneliness? What is the connection between anti-social behaviour and loneliness? What is the antidote?</div>

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