Protean produces cutting-edge print and digital media for the discerning leftist, sans advertisements.

Protean produces cutting-edge print and digital media for the discerning leftist, sans advertisements.

Protean is a non-profit leftist publication that produces an annual print magazine and puts out online content year-round. Each print edition contains approximately 100 full-color, ad-free pages that address the most pressing issues of our time. Our site showcases new pieces of freely available work—essays, fiction, and poetry—on a weekly basis. Protean’s mission is to promote high-quality criticism, literature, and art for the political left.

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Word counts should stay within a particular range—ideally, your article will fall between 2,400 and 3,800 words. Very short pieces (under 1,800 words) will be rejected. We won’t necessarily reject a draft that stretches beyond that range for reasons of length alone, but we’re much more likely to view an excessive word count as a hindrance rather than an advantage. If a higher word count is absolutely essential to do justice to the subject, exceptions can be made—but nevertheless, we would prefer that submitted drafts fall within the span above.

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