Dear Writers,
Here’s our latest roundup of calls for pitches, directly from editors.
Please do not contact any of these editors without carefully studying their publication to make sure that you’re sending a pitch that closely fits their needs. If too many people send bad pitches, editors are likely to no longer openly solicit pitches. So, please do your part and only contact an editor after doing your due diligence.
If you’re not sure how to write a good pitch, read this.
— Jacob Jans
Thanks for Fatima Saif for her research on this list.
Refinery29 UK is a media and entertainment company that focuses on young women. Their fashion editor is seeking Diwali-themed pitches for their fashion section. They usually pay between £180 and £250 per piece. Send your pitches to ebonyrenee.baker@vice.com. To read their fashion editor’s Tweet, click here. To visit their website, click here.
TalkPoverty.org is a project of the Center for American Progress that covers poverty in America. Their editor-in-chief is looking for US-focused pieces about technology and electricity in marginalized communities: “Have a pitch about a tech fix for a policy problem that backfired? A place still missing a basic technology? A memoir about getting access to something?” “I’m interested in forms outside of traditional reporting. I’d love a mix of graphic journalism, first person essays, poetry, and other forms that I haven’t even thought of.” Rate is about $1,000/piece. If interested, send your pitches to mpellittieri@americanprogress.org. To read their editor-in-chief’s Twitter thread, click here. To read their submissions guide, click here.
Canadian Geographic is a magazine by The Royal Canadian Geographical Society. They publish 6 times a year and cover geography, wildlife, environment, nature, climate, culture, and places of Canada. They accept pitches on an ongoing basis. They are seeking features and shorter pieces that “explore the relationships between people and place, climate and biodiversity, history and possible futures, with a Canada focus.” They pay $1 per word for print features. If interested, email your pitches to editor@canadiangeographic.ca. To learn more, refer to their editor-in-chief’s Tweet and their submission guidelines.
Philadelphia Magazine is a monthly print magazine about Philadelphia’s city life, restaurants, events, health, real estate, and more. Their features editor wants your pitches. You can send “profiles, capers, essays, yarns, city trends, investigations, and anything in-between.” Features are around 5,000 words and departments are around 2,500 words. Pay is $1 per word for print. Pitches can be sent to bpearson@phillymag.com. Read their features editor’s Twitter thread here. Contact them here.
GenderIT.org is a website that offers feminist reflections on sexuality, gender, and internet rights. Their editor has tweeted, “#Myanmar and #Vietnam: Looking for a woman,nb or queer journalist, writer, content creator, filmmaker or artist who can produce a piece on a theme related to gender and technology.” Rate is between $300 and $800. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Twitter thread and their ‘about’ page.
Nota is looking to expand its writer base by soliciting unfiltered personal essays with the option to remain anonymous or include your real name in your byline. Right now, we’re particularly interested in pitches covering Sex/Dating; War/Justice; Politics; Environment/Climate Change; and Religion. The rate is $300 for stories of 500–700 words. Join their writers’ community here, and send pitches to editors@nota3.xyz.
TechRadar is a UK-based consumer technology news and reviews website. They are seeking pitches, especially from queer and/or BIPOC writers for PC Gaming Week. They pay £100 to £250 per piece. If interested, DM their computing editor on Twitter. To read their computing editor’s Tweet, click here. To read their pitch guide, click here.
Outrider is a nonprofit media group covering nuclear issues and climate change. They are seeking pitches for “stories that make a difference — on the reader, public opinion, or policy.” Their standard rate is $1,000 for a story (around 1,000 to 1,200 words). To learn more, refer to their Tweet and writer guidelines.
Positive News is a website and quarterly print magazine that reports on what’s going right. Their acting editor is seeking pitches for sparky solutions-focused features for their next print issue which will land in January. They pay 30p per word. For more information, read their acting editor’s Tweet and their pitching guide.
Anime Herald is a website that offers news, reviews, interviews, and commentary on anime and anime fandom. They are seeking articles, especially those covering niche topics. They pay $50 per article (1,000-2,000 words). To learn more, refer to their Tweet, contributor guidelines, and pitch form.
i-D is a fashion and style publication by Vice Media. Their editor wants to commission some more pieces for October. They pay £150 to £200 per piece. If interested, email your pitches to roisin.lanigan@i-d.co. Read their editor’s Tweet here and their pitch guide here.
Apartment Therapy is a home and decor website that features DIY how-to’s, design lessons, expert advice, and shopping guides for creating beautiful homes. They are seeking “1-2 indigenous writers that have pitches related to their identity and home & celebrating Native American Heritage Month.” Personal essays start at $150. Email your pitches to noella.williams@apartmenttherapy.com. To learn more, refer to this Tweet and their pitch guide.
Deadline: October 7th, 2022
Truvere is a modern travel publication (launching in 2023) designed to help people navigate the world on a deeper level. They are looking for guides, features, essays, and interviews from freelance writers (these pieces will be published as part of their initial launch). They only want pitches about places you have personally visited. They encourage pitches from diverse voices. Pay: $0.50 per word. Word count: 500 to 2,500 words. If interested, send your pitches to pitches@truvere.com. To learn more, read this Twitter thread.
Byrdie is an online beauty publication. Their editor is looking for beauty pitches (open to beauty/wellness ideas). Pay starts at $200. If interested, email your pitches to ohancock@dotdashmdp.com. To read their editor’s Tweet, click here. To read their editorial guidelines, click here.
The Juggernaut is a publication that features untold and smart South Asian stories. Their culture editor is looking for stories for a series about Brown love. According to a now-deleted Tweet by one of their editors, their rates start at $400 for reported features and profiles, and $250 for columns. To learn more, refer to their culture editor’s Tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.
COMPOST is “a magazine about the digital commons providing fertile ground for creative and collective experimentation.” They are accepting pitches for their third issue, Water Bodies. They are looking to explore:
“- Water as a core component to digital technology/network infrastructure
– Histories of waterways as networks of atrocity, trade, communication & sites of ritual
– Community resilience & organizing in the face of mismanaged water systems
– Legacies of how our ancestors stewarded & cared for bodies of water
– A focus on water as a means to process our impact on this planet & each other”
They will pay a flat rate of USD $300 for participation in development of this project and USD $100 to $600 for creative works. To learn more, refer to their Twitter thread and call for pitches.
Deadline: October 12th, 2022
Greenvans specializes in 15-passenger van rentals. They are looking for some writers to help them with blog posting. They will pay $150 per article (around 750 words). If interested, DM them on Twitter. To read their Tweet, click here. To visit their website, click here.
The Texas Observer is a bimonthly magazine and website that offers sharp reporting on news, politics, and culture of Texas. They are always open to pitches. They publish short news stories (500 to 1,000 words), political commentaries and opinions (500 to 1,000 words), book reports (800 to 1,200 words), features (1,500 to 4,000 words), culture features (2,000 to 3,500 words), essays (1,000 to 1,500 words), postcards (2,000 to 3,500 words), and poems (30 lines or shorter). Pay is $0.50 per word. For details, read their Tweet and pitch guide.
Torontoverse is a new startup covering the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. They are looking for pitches. They are “most excited about interactive city-wide and neighbourhood-specific stories, including data-driven journalism of all types and lifestyle content with an engaging visual component.” They want evergreen content across these five areas: news, sports, transit, arts, and fun. Rates are $500 for non-reported stories (they aim for 500 to 750 words and up to 1,000 words), and $750 for reported stories (they aim for 750 words and up to 1,000 words). If interested, send your pitches to tshafiq@geomodul.us. To learn more, read their contributing editor’s Twitter thread and their pitch guide.
HuffPost Personal is a personal stories section in HuffPost (a news and opinion website). They are accepting pitches by/for/about queer folks for Queer History Month. “Identity/sex/dating/parenting/coming out/love/grief” – they are open to all kinds of stories but pitch an angle (not a topic). Pay is $125. Pitches should be sent to noah.michelson@huffpost.com. To learn more, refer to this Tweet and their pitch guide. Also, read our interview with Noah here.
The Nation is a liberal political magazine. They are looking for LGBTQ freelancers in/from Cuba to write a piece for them. Starting rate is $350. If interested, DM their editor or email lhurtado@thenation.com. Read their editor’s Twitter thread here and their submission guidelines here.
Insider is a global news publication. Their associate editor is seeking “freelancers to write about their experiences getting tattoos and piercings (preferably, many different kinds).” Pay starts at $210. If interested, DM their associate editor on Twitter. Read their associate editor’s Tweet here. Contact them here.
MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They are looking for pitches for their issue on art and design. They welcome news, features, profiles, essays, etc. Pay is $1 to $2 per word. Send your pitches to rachel.courtland@technologyreview.com. For more information, read their editor’s Twitter thread and their general guide.
Deadline: October 5th, 2022
Lonely Planet offers travel guides and information. They are seeking expert writers for new guidebooks for the following African countries:
-Kenya
-Botswana & Namibia
-Tanzania
-Egypt
-Madagascar
-Morocco
-Mauritius, Réunion and Seychelles
They will pay over $1,500. For more information, refer to their senior editor’s Twitter thread and their guidelines.
Deadline: October 28th, 2022
