Following the successful launch of Contrasts magazine in autumn 2025, the editorial team has announced a call for pitches for Issue 02 on the theme of “fortunes.”
For Issue 02, the team invites submissions that explore the vast and (un)predictable realms of “fortunes.” Whether they’re tucked into cookies, ranked by the dollar on lists of 500, tempted, or chased, fortunes are slippery, contentious things that shape how we choose, desire, imagine, and forge connections with worlds seen and unseen. Fortunes prompt us to critically examine how science and technology shape the ways we sense, influence, predict, and contend with the future.
Pitches are due via this form by 11:59:59 ET on Monday, February 23, 2026. The editors invite submissions from emerging scholars both within academia (from undergrads through early career scholars) and without (including artists and designers).You can read more about the theme, the types of features they welcome, and how to pitch your submission, at contrastsmag.net.
About the magazine:
Contrasts is an online magazine featuring works that can speak to a broad audience about the intersections of science, technology, and society. Through multiple genres—including creative nonfiction, visual essays, and short films—Contrasts aims to foster critical reflection on STEM projects by making visible the politics and social contexts of science, technology, and medicine.
Contrasts is sponsored by the doctoral program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society at MIT and edited by its graduate students.
