Meridian 98 - home Submit
- Pitch a Story

Pitch a story.

An athlete. A gunsmith. A shop. A build worth covering. We are looking for serious work being done seriously.

- Who Should Pitch

If you do work like this, we want to know.

Pitch yourself, pitch a friend, pitch the gym down the road that nobody's covered properly. We don't care who's pitching - we care about the work.

- I · Strength

Fitness Culture

  • Powerlifters with a meet on the calendar
  • Strongman competitors
  • Bodybuilders prepping for a show
  • Gym owners running serious operations
  • Coaches with 5+ years of athlete development
- II · Steel

Firearms Culture

  • Gunsmiths and pistolsmiths
  • Cerakote artists with original work
  • Precision rifle and AR builders
  • Range owners with serious training programs
  • Holster makers, leatherworkers, machinists
- III · Speed

Automotive Culture

  • Owners with serious custom builds
  • Performance shops and fab shops
  • Wrap, tint, detail specialists
  • Off-road and overland builders
  • Diesel tuners and LS swap shops
- The Excellence Filter

The only filter we apply.

Every pitch we accept must answer at least one of these five questions. If the work doesn't answer at least one, the work doesn't run.

i.
Who built it?
ii.
What makes it excellent?
iii.
What did it take?
iv.
What does it cost?
v.
Where can readers find it?

No politics. No fluff. No hype.

- Editorial Standards

What we cover. What we don't.

What we cover

  • Real builds, real businesses, real people
  • Long-form profiles with primary research
  • Photography that tells half the story
  • Process: what it takes, what it costs
  • Where readers can train, buy, learn more
  • Excellence. Wherever it lives.

What we don't

  • Press releases dressed up as features
  • Generic "lifestyle" filler with no subject
  • Politics, ideology, culture-war framing
  • Rumor, speculation, unverified claims
  • Affiliate-driven product roundups
  • Anything that fails the Excellence Filter
- Submit Your Pitch

Tell us about it.

The more specific, the better. We read every submission.

Lean into the Excellence Filter. The more your pitch answers those five questions, the faster we can say yes.

We respond to every pitch within ten business days. Pitches that fit the Excellence Filter get scheduled into the next open issue. Pitches that don't, we'll tell you honestly - and tell you what would change our minds.

- What Happens Next

From pitch to print.

I

Receive

You submit. We confirm receipt within 24 hours.

II

Review

Editorial review against the Excellence Filter. Decision in 10 business days.

III

Schedule

Accepted pitches get a slot in an upcoming issue and a shoot date.

IV

Publish

The feature goes live with the issue. You get the photography rights.

STRENGTH · STEEL · SPEED