Good work should have a home without costing you your independence.

We want work that gives the audience something it could not get from simply following the news cycle: original reporting, deeply reported features, empirical analysis, scouting and film work, unusual sports questions worth investigating, and personality-driven access.

Past the Play is multi-sport. Strong ideas matter more than fitting a quota for a particular league.

The point of contributing here is not to stop building your own audience. We want writers to be able to put strong work behind a stable publication label while continuing to grow independently.

Unless a different arrangement is agreed to for a specific piece, contributing to Past the Play does not mean handing over your identity, portfolio or independent presence. Any licensing, syndication or other commercial use beyond the agreed publication arrangement would be discussed with the contributor first.

• Your own public author profile and archive.
• Professional editorial presentation under the Past the Play brand.
• Editorial review before publication.
• A publication home for ideas that may not fit a traditional assignment desk.
• A byline that remains attached to your work and helps readers find more of it.

Contributors are given a Newsroom account. You can draft a story, upload media, preview your work and submit it for editorial review. An editor reviews the piece before it is published.

We're interested in finished work and strong pitches. Before public launch, direct contributor inquiries to Tytan Durgan.