L.A. Affairs (column)

L.A. Affairs is the Los Angeles Times column about the current dating scene in and around Los Angeles — and finding romance in a wired world. If you’ve got a story to tell, we want to hear it. Payment: $300 per published column. We seek previously unpublished work. Your essay should be set in the present day, not the distant past. Each story needs to have an arc. Mere musings on the state of affairs won’t do. We like stories to have a strong sense of place and to feel rooted in Southern California. Stories must be factually correct and about your own life. No exaggeration, no fictional or composite characters, no hyperbole for dramatic effect. Submissions should be 800 to 900 words.