About Us

The Smart Set is an online magazine covering culture and ideas, arts and science, global and national affairs — everything from literature to shopping, medicine to sports, philosophy to food. The Smart Set strives to present big ideas on the small, the not-so-small, and the everyday.

The Smart Set updates daily, Monday through Friday, with a mix of columns and features — high quality writing and photography presented in a broad range of genres including reportage, personal and critical essays, travel writing, memoirs, and stories. The Smart Set is an independent magazine, generously supported by Drexel University.

The Smart Set is published for people who enjoy reading, and enjoy thinking about what they read. The Smart Set feels that what unites its readers is their intellectual curiosity, and this cuts across age, gender, income, and education level.

For more on The Smart Set, read Ombudsman Owen Hatteras' introduction.

Staff

Editor: Jason Wilson

Managing Editor: Jesse Smith

Production Editor: Brittany Tress

Photo editors: Mike Bucher, Lynn Brownlie

Contributing Writers: Jessa Crispin, Emily Maloney, Morgan Meis, Jennifer Fisher Wilson

Office Manager: Dorinda Wilson

Publisher: The Pennoni Honors College, Drexel University

Ombudsman: Owen Hatteras

Writers' Guidelines

We're always looking for excellent, original, and previously unpublished personal essays, critical essays, reporting, memoir, travel writing, stories, photo essays, and even video projects.

In particular, we are currently looking for pieces to publish under the columns Something Personal (memoir and personal essay), and Grand Tour (travel essays). All of these columns should run no more than 1,500 words. Features run anywhere from 2,500 to 6,000 words. Pay and expenses are negotiable.

For columns, send completed pieces. For features, query with clips. Email both to submissions@thesmartset.com.

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Contact

The Smart Set
Drexel University
3210 Cherry St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-895-2055
editor@thesmartset.com