About Us
The Smart Set is an online publication covering culture and ideas, arts and sciences, global and national affairs — everything from literature to shopping, medicine to food, philosophy to sports.
What sorts of topics is The Smart Set presently ruminating on? Transparent frogs, Soviet vacation destinations, blushes, the problems of painting, a birthday for H.L. Mencken, the state of short fiction, Japanese hobby clubs, torrid affairs in Bhutan and Polynesia, and much MUCH more!
The site updates daily, Monday through Friday, with a mix of columns and features — high quality writing and photography presented in a broad range of categories including reportage, personal and critical essays, memoirs, and stories. The Smart Set is an independent journal, generously supported by Drexel University.
For more on The Smart Set, read Ombudsman Owen Hatteras' introduction.
Staff
Editor: Jason Wilson
Managing Editor: Jesse Smith
Contributing Editors: Emily Maloney, Morgan Meis, and Jessa Crispin
Production Editor: Brittany Tress
Photo editors: Mike Bucher, Lynn Brownlie
Design Consultant: Kirsten Culbertson
Copy editor: Anne Janette Johnson
Office Manager: Dorinda Wilson
Publisher: Mark Greenberg, Dean, Pennoni Honors College
Ombudsman: Owen Hatteras
Writers' Guidelines
We're always looking for excellent, original, and previously unpublished personal essays, critical essays, reporting, memoir, travel writing, stories, photo essays, and even video projects.
In particular, we are currently looking for pieces to publish under the columns Something Personal (memoir and personal essay), and Grand Tour (travel essays). All of these columns should run no more than 1,500 words. Features run anywhere from 2,500 to 6,000 words. Pay and expenses are negotiable.
For columns, send completed pieces. For features, query with clips. Email both to submissions@thesmartset.com.
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Contact
The Smart Set
Drexel University
3210 Cherry St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-895-2055
editor@thesmartset.com
