# Become an occasional contributor — The South of France
> How occasional contribution works at The South of France: unpaid, independent, with no subordination, no quota and no promise of recurring work.

*Source : https://the-south-of-france.com/en/become-a-contributor/*

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The South of France is written mostly by its editors. But the region is larger than any small desk, and some of its best knowledge sits with the people who live a single corner of it well: a grower, a diver, a bookseller, a jeweller. From time to time we ask one of them to write — once, about the thing they know.

We want to be plain about the terms, because goodwill should never become someone’s unpaid second job. Occasional contribution here is exactly that: occasional. It is a guest seat at the table, offered and accepted freely, with nothing owed in either direction afterwards.

The model · Le principe

## How it _works_

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### Occasional by design

A contribution is a single piece, written when something is genuinely worth it. There is no series to feed and no next instalment expected.

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### Unpaid and independent

No fee changes hands, in either direction. You write as yourself, on your own time, with no instruction on how, when or how much to produce.

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### You write what you know

Your corner of the South, your craft, your obsession. We are interested precisely because it is yours, not ours.

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### The desk edits and decides

We shape the text, choose the moment, and remain responsible for what appears. Publication is our call, never an obligation.

In plain terms · Pour être clair

## The _guard-rails_

To keep this honest — for you and for us — every occasional contribution is bound by the same simple terms:

-   It is voluntary, occasional and unpaid: no salary, no fee, no payment in kind, no comped stays.
-   There is no relationship of subordination: no hours, no workplace, no instructions on output, no quota.
-   No one commits to volume, frequency or duration — not you, and not us.
-   As a rule, one article per contributor; any continuation is decided case by case and is never promised in advance.
-   The editorial desk alone decides on publication, edits and timing, and may decline a piece at any stage.
-   You keep authorship of your work and may publish it elsewhere; you grant us the right to publish and translate it.
-   This page describes a practice — it is not a job offer, an employment contract, or a promise of recurring or ongoing collaboration.

Interested · Intéressé

## Think you have _one piece_ in you?

Tell the editors who you are and what you would write — once. We read every note.

[Write to the editors  →](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/contact/)