EDIT: We have changed the title from “Other Than” to “Not Just” to better reflect our intentions.

Indie Haven is looking for talented writers to join our team as contributors.

So, let’s get this out the way. We here at Indie Haven are pretty proud of our site staff’s history of diversity. At one point, almost two thirds of our staff were LGBT people. We like to pride ourself on being a welcome site for writers of all backgrounds.

With a recent turn over of writers at the new year, we’ve swung back toward being a site dominated by straight cisgender white male writers. To be clear, we have absolutely zero problem with anyone who is straight, cisgender, white or male, we just don’t want that to be the default state of our site.

So, while we’re currently accepting applications from anyone who wants to write for us, we particularly would love to bring on some more writers from diverse backgrounds. There’s a wealth of perspectives out there, we don’t want out site limited to just sharing one of them.

We are in need of experienced game reviewers who can crank out pieces in a timely fashion, first and foremost. Indie Haven is also in need of news reporters, who are on top the of latest events making waves in the independent games scene.

We aren’t going to sugar coat the fact that, as a volunteer driven site, we can’t pay you. However, we have a solid following with some large names in the industry, so it is chance to get published in a public forum and rapidly improved upon your skills by working with a great bunch of folks. We are a community here that regularly offers feedback, advice and training on how to be a games journalist.

If you are interested, please contact us at tips@indiehaven.com. If any writers want to know more about our site’s internal diversity practices, some of the backgrounds of our staff etc drop a line to LauraK@IndieHaven.com.