The Believer Magazine
Open Letters to People or Entities Who Are Unlikely to Respond
Send your nonfictional open letters to openletters@mcsweeneys.net.
(Submission guidelines)
-
June 18, 2020An Open Letter to the Class of 2020 From a Dad Who Deserves Sympathy Too
-
June 16, 2020An Open Letter to the College Roommate I’ve Barely Spoken to Since Freshman Year Who Keeps Referring to Me as His Black Friend
-
June 10, 2020An Open Letter to the Expression “I Can’t Even”
-
January 27, 2020An Open Letter to Preschool Homework
-
November 4, 2019An Open Letter to My Dead Grandmother, Who Last June Started to Build a Bird Sanctuary In the Front Yard, But Who Then, Last July, Died, Leaving Us a Dry, Patchy Landing Strip of Horticultural Nonsense, and a Dream
-
October 22, 2019An Open Plea to My Instagram Acquaintance
-
September 4, 2019An Open Letter to Great Britain About How Brexit Is Killing My Boaty McBoatface Buzz
-
August 30, 2019An Open Letter to People Who Say “Summer’s Not Over Yet!”
-
August 26, 2019An Open Letter to My School District’s Second Grade Teachers Regarding Their School Supplies List
-
August 22, 2019An Open Letter to the Man Who Yelled “Go Back to Africa” At Me
-
June 20, 2019An Open Letter to Parents Being Harangued to Remember Yet Another Username and Password by Signing Up for the Library Summer Reading Program
-
May 30, 2019An Open Letter to Everyone Sharing Their Wisdom About How to Cure My Depression
Trending 🔥
Recently
-
May 1, 2025We Oppose Income Caps on the Ultra-Wealthy, but We’re Totally in Favor of Limiting the Number of Dolls per Household
-
May 1, 2025Short Conversations with Poets: Derek Mong
-
May 1, 2025Open Letter to the Guy with “Dad” in His LinkedIn Headline
-
April 30, 2025Our University Is Replacing DEI with Vibes and Vaguely Diverse Stock Photos