PERSPECTIVES / AN INVITATION

A place for
your perspective.

Some ideas become essays. Others become images, stories, recordings, or something harder to name. Side Studies invites you to share your work within a connected library of knowledge—with your name, your voice, and your own place to show what you've made.

Propose a contribution See how it works

Now inviting our first contributors

ESSAYS STORIES VISUAL WORK AUDIO & VIDEO UNEXPECTED FORMS

01 / THE IDEA

A library that makes room for people

Knowledge is connected.
So are our perspectives.

Side Studies organizes 250 subjects across eight domains. Those subjects give your work context, neighboring ideas, and new ways to be found. They don't tell you what to think or how to express it.

Write about belonging through Sociology. Explore a family memory through History. Make a visual work about uncertainty through Mathematics. Start wherever your curiosity leads—and let your work move between fields.

A STORY, THREE SUBJECTS

A story about what a family remembers

The same creative work can invite readers through several subjects.

Memory Personal Identity Literature & Narrative

Explore the knowledge map

A form that fits the work

Make it your way.

We welcome ideas in many forms. Each contribution is considered individually, including how best to present it on the site.

01 / THE WRITTEN WORD

Write it.

Essays, fiction, poetry, criticism, reflections, arguments and works in progress.

02 / THE VISUAL LANGUAGE

Show it.

Illustration, photography, sequential art, visual essays and original design.

03 / SOUND & MOTION

Speak it.

Audio, video, conversations, performances and narrated explorations.

04 / BEYOND THE CATEGORY

Invent it.

Interactive work, combinations of media, and creations that need a format of their own.

Every format is subject to editorial review and practical hosting or embedding requirements. Bring the idea first; we'll discuss the presentation together.

The creator comes first

Your name stays
on your work.

We want a piece published here to strengthen your identity as a creator, and to remain useful as part of your own portfolio.

Full attribution

Each published piece carries your chosen byline and a clear link to you.

A portfolio of your creations

Contributors receive a dedicated page collecting their published work, biography and relevant external links.

You keep your rights

You retain copyright to work you own. Any permission for Side Studies to display it is non-exclusive and agreed before publication.

Your voice, your approval

We may suggest editing, presentation and subject connections. You approve the final version before it goes live.

From a thought to a published piece

A conversation first.
Then a place for your work.

Tell us what you have in mind.

Share a concept, a short description, or a link to work you've already created. You don't need a finished manuscript.

Find its connections.

We'll explore the Sides and questions that give the work context, while preserving your chosen format and voice.

Shape the publication.

We'll agree on the presentation, attribution, rights and any edits. Nothing is published without your approval.

Make it yours to share.

Your piece appears under your name, connected to its subjects and collected in your Side Studies contributor portfolio.

An invitation to contribute

What have you
been thinking about?

We're assembling our first collection of contributor work. Whether you've published extensively or you're finding your voice, tell us what you'd like to make or share.

We read proposals for curiosity, originality, care and fit. We may not be able to publish every piece. You don't have to choose a Side in advance.

YOUR FIRST MESSAGE

A few lines and an optional link are enough. Please don't send unpublished manuscripts, sensitive material or files through this form.

Keep exploring

There's always
another way to see it.

Explore the library and the knowledge map. The next perspective might begin with a subject you hadn't considered.

Explore the Sides Follow the connections