Here are thirteen calls for articles, covering topics such as video games, technology, music, politics, and, of course, COVID 19.
All of these publishers pay the writers they publish, anywhere from $50, up to $400 or more.
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Thanks for Fatima Saif for her research.
Chicago Reader’s music editor is seeking feature pitches to run in late April and beyond. Their base rate for these stories (about 2,000 words) is $400. To learn more, refer to their music editor’s Twitter thread and their pitch guidelines.
EGM is a website about video games. Their editorial director is accepting pitches from freelancers. They publish one quality feature each day. According to one payment report, they paid $0.15/word for a feature of about 2,700 words. For details, refer to this Tweet and this page.
Fanbyte covers gaming, technology, and entertainment. They are always accepting pitches. According to their managing editor, they pay $100 for simple listicles, $150 for essays, reviews, and basic guides, and $200 for features. Send pitches to pitches@fanbyte.com. To learn more, refer to this Tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.
HuffPost Personal’s editorial director is always accepting pitches (coronavirus or otherwise). According to payment reports, they pay up to $0.08 per word. Send pitches to noah.michelson@huffpost.com. For details, refer to this Tweet and this page.
Strikewave is a publication and newsletter that covers the latest of the shop floor struggle. They are looking for labor stories. They pay at least $250 per submission. To learn more, refer to this Tweet and this page.
Fair Play Publishing publishes “really good football books, specifically on Australian football.” They will produce an e-magazine each month starting in April 2020. The e-magazine will have up to 10 articles of about 1,000 to 2,500 words on a theme. The themes and deadlines of the first four issues are:
- April: Old Soccer vs New Football (Deadline: 9 April. The copy is due on 9 April but pitches should be sent by 29 March)
- May: The Coach (Deadline: 1 May)
- June: Football Futures (Deadline: 5 June)
- July: 1982 (Deadline: 3 July)
They will pay $150 to $250 per article which is approximately $100 per 1,000 words. To learn more, visit this page.
Bitch Media is a nonprofit, independent, feminist media organization. They are accepting submissions for their Power issue. According to their contributors’ guidelines, they generally pay $700 to $1,000 for features, $150 to $700 for culture stories, and $350 for dispatches. Their senior editor, however, says that they pay $400 for dispatches. To learn more, refer to this page.
Deadline: August 24th, 2020
Passage is a Canadian leftist opinion/analysis publication. They are looking for Canada focused pitches, especially from women and non-cis people. They pay $100 CAD for shorter pieces (750-1,200 words) and $250 CAD for longer pieces (1,500-2,000 words). To learn more, refer to their managing editor’s Tweet and this page.
Himal Southasian is seeking “researched and reflective coverage of Southasian politics, culture, health and more.” Most of their articles are 2,000 to 4,000 words long. On average, they pay $100 to $150 for an article. For details, refer to their Tweet and submission guidelines.
Sesi is a quarterly print magazine for Black girls aged 13 to 19. They celebrate Black girls and their culture by covering fashion, beauty, health, relationships, careers, social issues, and entertainment. They are accepting pitches for their summer 2020 Natural Hair Love issue. Their articles are 1,000 to 4,000 words long. Their rates start at $100 per article. To learn more, refer to their editor-in-chief/publisher’s Tweet and their writer’s guidelines.
Jewish Currents welcomes pitches related to the coronavirus crisis. They are particularly interested in pitches related to the following themes: “protest under social distancing; histories, theories, and strategies of mutual aid; reproductive justice, xenophobia and borders; the state of exception; incarceration; responsibilities and limitations of the state; ritual and mourning; the crisis as an opportunity to remake the world.” They also want “how-to guides for life during quarantine and crisis.” According to their editor, they pay $200-$300 for most of their web pieces. For details, refer to this Twitter thread and this page.
Belt Magazine is looking for story pitches about “how COVID-19 is affecting vulnerable people/groups in the Rust Belt, and/or how regional communities are coming together to support each other.” According to payment reports, they pay up to $0.42 per word. For details, refer to their editor’s Tweet and this page.
The Counter is seeking short essays (350 to 500 words) on “how Covid-19 is changing the way we eat.” They are also seeking Covid-19 related news, features, and food and agriculture stories. Reports indicate that they pay $0.50 and more per word. Send pitches to editors@thecounter.org. For details, read their managing editor’s Twitter thread and this page.
Chaos+Comrades is “a publication run by minorities who seek to break down identities by fostering unity and understanding through multimedia storytelling.” They are seeking POC or queer doctors/nurses to write a first-person essay about the COVID-19 pandemic. They pay $125 per piece. They want interested people to email them at comrades@chaosandcomrades.com. Read their Twitter thread here. Read their ‘Become a Comrade’ page here.
