Here’s our latest roundup of calls for pitches directly from editors. We’ve researched payment rates and found contact information for all of these publications, so you can easily connect with the right opportunity for you.
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RAPP is Seeking a Freelance Senior Copywriter
RAPP, a global precision marketing agency, is seeking a Freelance Senior Copywriter to join their award-winning Creative team. The selected applicant will be responsible for writing engaging copy for multiple platforms, including digital, social, email, and print. The applicant should have 4+ years’ copywriting experience. B2B experience will be a plus. The role is based in Dallas, TX (hybrid). The hourly rate is $45.16 to $65.00. To learn more, click here.
Aftermath is Accepting Pitches
Aftermath is a worker-owned site focused on video games and internet culture. They’re accepting pitches: “Free from the pressures of SEO, traffic, and the latest big game, we want stories that highlight important, under-explored facets of gaming and technology, as well as stories that hold powerful figures to account. We like stories that are focused on people rather than products, whether that’s developers and game workers, players, online and fan communities, or journalists. We’re especially interested in investigative or reported stories and stories that include the voices of players, workers, and community members. Games journalism has less and less room for investigative reporting these days, and we’re happy to carry that mantle as much as we can within our means. We’re also interested in essays that connect games, technology, and the internet to politics, current events, cultural trends, and other areas. We’re open to experimental formats that tell stories in ways beyond text.” Rates are $300 for shorter pieces, and $500 for pieces involving more in-depth reporting and analysis. If you’re interested, send your pitches to mail@aftermath.site. For details, refer to their co-founder’s post and their pitch guide.
Opportunity to Write about Culture, Travel, Future, Innovation, and Wellness
Opportunity to Write for a New Magazine: “Hello writers. I am working on a new mag and am looking for pitches. If anyone is up for writing anything on culture / travel /future / innovation / wellness. Got a £250 budget. Please pop me a message on sdarling@iconyc.media." To learn more, refer to this post.
Houzz is Looking for Freelance Writers
Houzz, a home remodeling and design platform, is seeking Freelance Writers to create Pro Spotlight features — compelling stories about home professionals and their projects. Rate is $250 per story (600-700 words). The role is remote. For details, refer to this page.
Minority Africa is Looking for Stories
Minority Africa is a digital publication that reports on African minorities using data-driven multimedia journalism. They’re seeking writers, journalists, and filmmakers who are interested in reporting stories about minorities within the African continent. Rate is $100 to $200 for standard multimedia features. For more information, refer to this post and their pitch guide.
Guideposts is Looking for Inspiring Stories of God Intervening in Your Life
Guideposts is “a spiritual non-profit organization publishing inspirational magazines, books, and online material.” For their Angels in Our Lives series, they’re seeking inspiring stories of God intervening in your life. Stories could be “based on a mysterious stranger, a voice out of nowhere, divine intervention, dramatic or ordinary rescues, angelic visions, angel-related objects, guardian angels, animal angels, messages through nature, and the like.” They’re looking for true, first-person accounts of 750 to 1,500 words. Payment is $250 per story. If you’re interested, send your submissions for this ongoing series to angels@guideposts.org. To learn more, refer to their call for submissions.
Anime Herald is Always Seeking Articles
Anime Herald is a website that offers news, reviews, interviews, and commentary on anime and anime fandom. They’re always looking for articles from members of the anime community. Rate is $55 per article (1,000 to 2,000 words). For more information, refer to their post, contributor guidelines, and pitch form.
Planetizen is Seeking Feature Articles
Planetizen is “a fiercely independent platform that creates, curates, and amplifies stories and resources to inform planning and people passionate about planning.” They’re always accepting feature article pitches that offer an expert lens to the key planning issues of today. They offer professional writers a flat rate of $500 for a feature or career-related article. If interested, direct your pitches to editor@planetizen.com. For more detail, refer to their post and this page.
Contingent Magazine is Open to Pitches
Piccalilli is Accepting Guest Authors
Piccalilli is a publication that offers high-quality educational content to help you improve your front-end skills. They’re accepting guest authors. The topics and subject areas they’re looking for are as follows:
“- Using the most modern CSS capabilities with a progressive enhancement mindset
- UX and UI design
- Content that helps people move from design/development into management positions
- JavaScript (progressive enhancement is a bonus)
- Design systems (both from designer and developer perspectives)”
Rate is £200. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
IMPULSE Magazine is Seeking Freelance Writers / Art Critics
IMPULSE Magazine, an arts and culture publication, is looking for Freelance Writers / Art Critics. They will pay a stipend of $100. This role is based in New York, NY (hybrid). To learn more, refer to this page.
Bolts is Accepting Pitches
Bolts is “a digital magazine that covers the nuts and bolts of power and political change, from the local up.” They’re always looking for freelancers to report on stories related to voting rights and criminal justice across the US. They mostly publish stories involving original reporting and offer a default rate of $800 per story. If interested, email your pitches to pitches@boltsmag.org. For details, refer to their editor-in-chief’s post and their pitch guide.
The Observer is Accepting Business Pitches
The Observer is “Britain’s oldest Sunday newspaper.” They’re looking for business pitches. If interested, send your “timely stories, scoops and/ or thoughtful analysis” to patricia.clarke@observer.co.uk. Tech tips are also welcome. Rate is 40p per word. To learn more, refer to this post and their website.
Talking Shorts is Accepting Pitches on the Theme of “Filmmaking and Writing in Crisis?”
In 2026, Talking Shorts will launch a new annual print publication focused on “short film and moving image culture.” Each issue will be thematised, with the first issue exploring “filmmaking and writing in crisis?” They’re open to pitches for this inaugural issue. You can send them essays, (reported) features, and/or (conducted) interviews. A flat fee of €275 to €550 will be offered per piece (1,500 to 3,000 words). If interested, send your pitches before September 8, 2025, 00:01 AM. For details, read their call for pitches.
Speculative Insight is Accepting Pitches for September
Speculative Insight is “a journal that explores the breadth and depth of the themes, ideas, and issues of science fiction and fantasy.” They’re accepting pitches for September 2025. They’re looking for:
“- Essays from authors of Indigenous, Asian, Maori, Pacific Islander, Latinx and Black heritage;
- Essays about specific books, authors, or themes across a number of books;
- Thoughtful, rigorous, and analytical essays (footnotes not compulsory but welcomed); and
- Essays that focus on science fiction and/ or fantasy”
Finished essays will be 2,000 to 3,000 words. Pay will be AUD 5c per word up to $150. If interested, send your pitches to editor@speculativeinsight.com. To learn more, refer to this page.
Quigley-Simpson is Seeking a Freelance Senior Copywriter – Content Marketing & Paid Social
Quigley-Simpson, a full-service advertising agency, is looking for a Senior-Level Copywriter to “create and execute concepts and scripts for a social-first video series.” They’re seeking someone with 7+ years’ copywriting experience. The role is remote and pays $80 to $85 per hour. To learn more, refer to this page.
SBWN and WAHS are Seeking Pitches from BPOC Writers
The Scottish BPOC Writers Network (SBWN) provides “advocacy, literary events, and professional development opportunities for BPOC writers based in or from Scotland.” We Are Here Scotland (WAHS) is “a space aimed at supporting and raising the voices of Black and Global Majority creatives & cultural professionals across Scotland.” They’re partnering with an open call for WAHS’s Creative Balance program on the theme “Defining Our Space: Literary Explorations of BPOC Creative Environments.” They’re looking for “pitches from BPOC writers exploring what constitutes nurturing, safer, and generative creative spaces for BPOC individuals, interrogating the physical, psychological, and/or cultural dimensions of space.” They will pay selected writers £150 each. To learn more, refer to this post.
The Black Ordinary is Seeking Pitches
The Black Ordinary is “a multimedia publication, online resource hub, and national database of community archives dedicated to preserving Black-American history and culture.” They’re currently looking for pitches for the first edition of their upcoming digital magazine. They welcome pitches from “artists, archivists, historians, researchers, and writers of all backgrounds and experience levels to pitch ideas for writing topics relevant to the preservation of Black-American histories and culture.” All contributors will receive a $250 stipend. The word count should be 750 words. To learn more, refer to their post and call for pitches.
Mountains Magazine is Seeking Writers with Experience of Snowsports in Japan
Mountains Magazine is a quarterly consumer magazine that celebrates our planet's peaks. They publish personal experiences of destinations by writers who have expertise in their region and/or field. For a piece in their Winter (December) issue, they’re looking for writers with direct experience of snowsports in Japan. They will pay £110 for 850 to 1,100 words. If interested, send your pitches to info@mountains-magazine.com. For details, refer to their post and pitch guidelines.