want to write for march Xness?

Or for one of our future tournaments? March Xness is a yearly tournament of essays about (themed collections of) songs. The tournament itself happens in March each year, sometimes with play-in games in February. We also publish essays on related or adjacent material, like tracking the tangled discography and different iterations of Christian Death, the insane hairstyles of Poison, the life and lifespan of a one-hit wonder, or just on songs you love (or hate) that didn't make it into this year's tournament. We also publish interviews and conversations with artists and musicians. All of these happen outside of the month of March.

The tournament writers are selected by lottery every summer. The link to enter is above.

Pitch us if you have an idea for an extracurricular (non-tourney) essay or click the Enter the Lottery link above to get in the next lottery.

We also curate a series of poems about goth, hair metal, one hit wonders, or sad college rock songs, so feel free to send suggestions (or poems) our way. Reprints are fine, as are unpublished works too. Send via email.

Have a pitch or a suggestion? Hit us up on twitter or email.