Writing for Courtside
Courtside publishes reporting, argument and essays about tennis at the school and beyond. We want the particular over the general: one match described properly is worth more than a season summarised.
We cover match reports, technique, training, kit, interviews, opinion, essays, juniors and history. Most pieces run between 600 and 1,200 words.
Drawing for Courtside
Every story is illustrated, and every illustration is drawn by a pupil and credited. We draw in line - ink or pencil - with one accent colour at most, and we would rather see something drawn quickly and truthfully than something finished and polite. If you draw, we have more work than people.
How to Pitch Us
Don’t write the whole piece first. Tell us, in a few sentences:
- what the story is, and why now
- what you saw, or who you will talk to
- why you are the person to write or draw it
The editors read every sign-up and reply before the next issue. We edit everything we publish for clarity and length, but it stays your work, under your name.
Your Own Work
Writing and drawings must be your own. You may use tools to research and check facts, but not to write or draw for you, and nothing generated by one will be published.
