No Bells is a space for both new and experienced writers to grow and experiment with voice and form. As of 2026, we are able to pay contributors $75-150 per piece depending on scope.
We’re looking for unexpected opinions; characterful, non-glazey interviews with eccentrics outside the PR Industrial Complex and usual press cycles; compellingly argued pieces on why we should pay attention to that SoundCloud producer with 900 followers; gonzo scene reports; technical deep dives into polarizing new plugins and cracked music theory breakdowns.
No Bells primarily focuses on music, but feel free to pitch anything related to The World in 2026—film, fashion, fakeness, social mores, cults, your neighborhood kook—as long as the angle is fascinating and it hasn’t been covered elsewhere. We want all the stuff that wouldn’t be accepted at mainstream pubs.
Send a 50-200 word pitch outlining your story to kieranpr@gmail.com, mano@nobells.blog, and millan@nobells.blog, with examples of things you’ve written. Instead of just picking a topic or posing a vague theme, answer a question and connect it to bigger ideas.
E.g. “I want to write about YN Jay’s new album Coochie Chronicles.” “I want to unpack what YN Jay’s new album Coochie Chronicles says about the mainstreaming of Flint hip-hop right now.”
Examples of No Bells classics
Expansive artist profiles/some artists who’d never been interviewed before
- fakemink wants to save London rap
- Twin Sinners: The Hellp
- Interviews with CoolMathGames4Kids (yep that one) and Hyperpop Daily
On-the-ground narratives
- The bowels of professional bull riding
- Up against the wall in Centre Country
- The reopening of an iconic Brooklyn queer club, Rash
Phenomenon barely covered elsewhere
- Spending a day with a bizarrely poetic, award-winning Yelp reviewer
- An interview with a professor making experimental music using the sound of cicadas
- The rise and fall of brainrot baron Strappnasti
Expert takedowns
