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Issue 8The Border Crossings Issue

Every border is a story with two sides. This issue walks, sails and bribes its way across as many as we can.

17
days to launch
1/6
sections ready
Pitches close
18 Jul
Drafts due
22 Jul
Editing & layout
26 Jul
Issue launches
1 Aug

The flatplan

cover story

Drafting

Walking into Slovenia

The 3-day walk from Trieste over the Karst. First person, slow pace, end at the village bar.

Amara Oseidue 22 Jul

interview

Assigned

The Ferry Cook

5 questions sent. He records between services on the Split–Ancona night ferry.

Guest · via interview linkdue 20 Jul

photo essay

Ready

Dawn at the Checkpoints

12 frames, no captions longer than a sentence.

Luca Marchettidue 15 Jul

column

In review

The Wrong Platform

800 words on getting it magnificently wrong in Zagreb.

Priya Nairdue 19 Jul

dispatch

Open slot

Dispatch: your border town

OPEN SLOT — 800 words from a border town you know well. Pitch with three sentences.

Unassigneddue 18 Jul

feature

Open slot

Crossings, ranked

OPEN SLOT — the definitive, argument-starting list.

Unassigneddue 18 Jul