Ok,
@aureliamagazine
is an independent, self-funded publication. We have no funding. We decided to put our own money into this and pay £40 an article. This is what we get in return - from a woman who previously shamed us for being volunteer-led. I’m shaking - this is awful
If you're a writer from the North of England, esp Liverpool/Manchester, please make yourself known! Working on a v exciting brief and want to expand my list of potential people to commission/contact.
Excited to announce the series I'm guest editing for
@galdemzine
, 'The passage that changed me' 🖊️
Open to pitches from people of colour of marginalised genders. Email kyajbuller
@gmail
[.]com, deadline 25th July. Will be published by gal-dem and later,
@aureliamagazine
. Let's go!
🚨 Little bit of news! I’m doing some editing work at
@MetroUK
, on first person stories. I’ll be commissioning soon, but in the meantime here’s my email if you’d like to say hello! kya.buller
@metro
.co.uk ✍️💌🧞♀️
Working on a new section for
@aureliamagazine
that will focus on personal responses to books, film, tv, art and culture - please send through any relevant pitches or just introduce yourself! Email in bio, marginalised genders only!
I'm bringing a small group of Mancunian/Manchester-based creatives together for an amazing & paid opp in Manchester in July. Must be comfortable talking about yourself and our city in front of an audience. Please recommend yourself or other people 😈
Have you always wanted to write a column? If yes, send me an email with details of what your column would be. Interested in traditional ideas and brand new ones! Looking to commission at least two ✨kya
@aureliamagazine
.com
Would love to commission a series of 3-4 recipes by an up-and-coming food writer of colour. Any keen cooks out there? Email me on kya[@]aureliamagazine[.]com
This applies to women, non-binary people & trans men!
Really excited to say I am now ✨commissioning✨ for
@MetroUK
, specifically Platform
Have a look around the section and pitch me your real-life stories and op-eds! kya.buller
@metro
.co.uk
Looking for first-person pieces for
@aureliamagazine
! Open to anything but especially drawn to stories about love, lust, food, lessons, identity and responses to news/culture. Pls take a look at the site! kya[at]aureliamagazine[dot]com. We pay £40
.
@jesshopeevans
it's extremely nauseating that you, a white woman, will sit there and try to tear down my publication (no quotation marks needed) and then delete my responses. Awful behaviour and embarrassing tbh
We could have obv carried on not being able to offer a fee until a magical investor came along. What does she want? For independent publications that centre marginalised voices to not exist? I'm sick of her, any support welcomed
I’m at my desk today and looking for first-person stories/opinion pieces for
@aureliamagazine
. £40 per article, we pay within a week, plus you’ll get to work with MEEE. Speak ur truths, I wanna hear it! Marginalised genders only. Email in bio ✨
So pleased to have been commissioned to write this love letter to my favourite clubs in Manchester and how incredible it felt to dance again after so long indoors, for
@TimeOutLondon
💃🎊🥵
Every so often people try and get in touch with me and I remember them publicly trashing Aurelia when we couldn’t afford to pay and so I just do not reply 🥲 I always remember lmao
🌞 Some great news 🌞
I am SO excited to be joining
@badformreview
as a staff writer!! Books have always been my one true love and to be able to write about them for a publication as incredible as BF is so special ✨📚 can’t wait to get started!
I wrote about wanting to be a writer, becoming a model, feeling like those two worlds are at complete odds with each other and struggling to be both. I've wanted to write about this for a long long time, here it is!
Some good news - we're increasing how much we pay our writers!!
We're an independent, self-funded publication. Reader donations have been invaluable! If you'd like to support us, you can do so here: 💛
I'm back and I want your pitches for
@aureliamagazine
- we publish personal essays/first-person narratives so send ideas centered on your lived experiences, love, hope, sex, identity, family, friendship etc! Get me on kya
@aureliamagazine
.com. Marginalised genders only
6 practical ways to start your own magazine, according to Aurelia Magazine’s editor Kya Buller
I AM SO PROUD. I’ve written about
@aureliamagazine
and the journey so far for
@StylistMagazine
(!) what a complete dream. 🏆 I need to lie down now
Today I formally handed in my notice to the job that has been making me miserable for a year! No real back up plan but I have a lot of self belief! This is a great day
To keep you updated: she reached out and asked for my number, I ASSUME to apologise. I'm not interested in an fake apology, she's been coming at us for time. This is just the first time I called her out. The post has been taken down but it will remain on my page, end of x
Attention all PRs, companies, people - I'm always available for chats, coffee, lunch (or virtually, if you're not in Manchester!)
Drop me a line! kya.buller
@ladbiblegroup
.com
Open to experiencing your events, products or discuss ways we could work together ₊˚ʚ ᗢ₊˚✧
Trying to build up a roster of talented Manchester writers for exciting projects. Don’t care about age, or how much they’ve been published, just need to be alive... feel free to recommend yourself or others pls 🌹
Obv I'm so gutted about this. Aurelia is my life - I made it because I knew it had to exist - it's heartbreaking to be going through such uncertainty.
If you can, if you love
@aureliamagazine
, please consider helping and thank you for all of the support so far x
A day we never wanted to come - we have to stop publishing.
We've tried all we can to avoid this happening, but the truth is we need your help. Please consider supporting our feelings-first independent publication today.
Thank you
Huge group of anti vaxxers/anti lockdown protestors have turned up in the Manchester space we’re supposed to be protesting
#PoliceCrackdownBill
at 4:30
Not a mask in sight (obviously). Police presence but absolutely no signs of struggle/confrontation/arrest/violence. Interesting
Thanks so much for all of your support, it really means the world and more. If you'd like to support Aurelia financially, you can donate here! Any amount helps 💛
My series for the incredible
@galdemzine
is almost in your inboxes. Read my Editor’s Letter here, and become a gal-dem member to read our work 💜 (they will later be published on
@aureliamagazine
too!)
Appreciation tweet for
@shahedezaydi
who is now officially
@aureliamagazine
’s Deputy Editor — SO well deserved 🌼 my work wife and all round powerhouse, idk where I’d be without you!!
Last night was so beautiful! Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate with
@aureliamagazine
. Running an independent mag is hard, but seeing people come together like that reminds me why I do it and what it’s all really for. Looking forward to 2022 ✨
Other than Aurelia Mag my job is modelling. Is it weird that I feel like I can’t be both things at once because I won’t be taken seriously? I want to write about this
I wrote this piece about coming to terms with not knowing my birth father, and being blessed with the best dad in the world from the age of three. Sending love to all who need it on Father’s Day 💛
Tomorrow, we move into
@aureliamagazine
's next phase. This is a really exciting (and nerve-wracking) time ofc but has meant I've had to make the really hard decision to say goodbye to our family of voluntary staff writers, as I believe it is best for everybody long-term...
Budget is tight this month but I am open for a couple of commissions - if there's a personal essay/opinion piece you've been dying to write then pitch it to me for
@aureliamagazine
! Pls have a look around the site to get a feel. Pay is £40 and I pay v quickly. Email in bio ✨
“Don’t you even find yourself slightly attracted to someone?” she would persist. A resounding “no” remained. “But why?”
Great piece by
@malvika_padin26
on being a panromantic asexual person and the many ways love can be experienced. A pleasure to edit!
Slave labour? Vile. Nobody *has* to write for Aurelia, they choose to, and we pay what we can afford... yes with our own money, no external funding or grants. That doesn’t deserve a woman coming for us, and belittling us in the process.
Hello! I am looking for Manchester-based trans and non-binary artists and activists comfortable speaking in front of an audience for a paid opportunity - sorry I can't put more here it's confidential but can discuss privately. Please recommend yourself or others ✨
To be a little clearer, I'm looking to commission 3-4 writers from the North of England who can travel to Liverpool (expenses paid) and for your article, you will be paid £100. Women, non-binary people & trans men
Back from our little break and I’m commissioning ⚡️
Send me pitches for your first-person stories (v interested in the intricacies, the little moments, happiness, love, family) and responses to news/culture.
kya[at]aureliamagazine[dot]com
🚨 REMOTE JOB 🚨
I'm looking for somebody well-informed, passionate and reliable to join Aurelia and help our independent publication thrive
Marginalised genders only/POC outside of London especially encouraged to apply. Min 3 hrs per week, £10 per hour
Hiya! I'm looking for LOVE STORIES pitches (essays about any kind of love, loss, lessons learnt, relationships that shaped you, etc) for
@aureliamagazine
. Get in touch at kya
@aureliamagazine
.com 🌱
So, I went for a walk and came back to find Owning Your Narrative, presented by
@galdemzine
, has been announced and is sold out! WHAT. Wild. If more tickets become available I’ll post about it here as I’m sure some of you would like to attend! 💘
Journo request time: would love to talk to people of colour currently writing their first book/working on a book idea/trying to finish a first draft. For an article! DMs open, can be kept anon