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 to Fatima Saif for compiling this list
Reader’s Digest UK is a general interest family magazine. Their editor is accepting pitches for their website. She is particularly keen for “pitches across Money, Environment and Art this week.” She would also love story pitches around Rings of Power. They pay £60 to £100 for online pieces. Send your pitches to anna.walker@readersdigest.co.uk. Read their editor’s Twitter thread here. Contact them here.
Business Insider covers business, financial, and technology news. They are seeking freelance writers to tackle the following stories:
-“Interviewing a truck driver in California about AB5”
-“Interviewing an employee at One Medical about the Amazon acquisition”
Their rates start at $300. If you “think you could track down a source/write in the next few days,” then get in touch with their senior editor at akalish@insider.com. Read their senior editor’s Twitter thread here and their writers’ guide here.
Entertainment Weekly is a source for TV, movie, music, book, and gaming news. They are looking for a Writer to produce content for their website. They want someone with at least 3 years’ journalism experience, including online content-management experience. The job is full-time and based in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. To learn more, refer to this page.
Scuba Diving Magazine is a publication that delivers cutting-edge scuba diving gear, travel, and training information. They are seeking web stories which will be published from September onward. The digital stories that they publish generally fall into these categories: travel, news, animal encounters, training, gear, conservation, and dive profiles. Their digital rate is 30 cents a word. If interested, send your pitches by mid-August to edit@padi.com. To learn more, refer to this Tweet and their pitch guidelines.
Levy Online is a digital advertising agency. They are hiring freelance writers to write on a range of topics (800 to 1,000 blogs and/or landing pages). Rate is $0.06 per word. If interested, email tbritt@levyonline.com. For more information, refer to this Tweet.
The Financial Diet is a cross-platform media company and a digital destination where young women can talk about money. They are seeking story pitches to use in Making It Work (their animated series on Youtube). They want your “personal money win stories, or money and culture hot takes.” They pay $250 for an essay of 800 to 1,000 words. Pitches should be sent to holly@thefinancialdiet.com. To learn more, refer to their creative director’s Tweet and this page.
BuzzFeed News is seeking pitches from entertainment aficionados. They want smart, weird, and timely pieces on all things culture. They pay $100 to $300 per piece. If interested, email your pitches to reader.pitches@buzzfeed.com. To read their Tweet, click here. To visit their website, click here.
Paste Magazine publishes work about music, movies, TV, comedy, games, books, politics, drinks, tech, and travel. Their movies editor and critic is seeking pitches for reviews and essays about movies. Reviews are typically 800-1,000 words and features are 1,200-1,500 words. Reviews start at $50 while features start at $100. BIPOC & LGBTQ+ writers are highly encouraged to pitch. Read their movies editor’s Tweet here and their pitching guide here.
The Seattle Times is a daily newspaper that covers local news, politics, business, entertainment, travel, sports, and restaurants in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. They have “an open call for DMs/emails/pitches about options for people seeking mental health care who don’t have health insurance.” They pay about $0.25 per word. To learn more, refer to this Tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.
TechRadar is a UK-based consumer technology news and reviews website. Their computing editor is seeking pitches for their PC Gaming Week. They pay £100-£250 per piece. If interested, DM their computing editor on Twitter or email christian.guyton@futurenet.com. Read their editor’s Tweet here and their pitch guide here.
Youth Today is an independent media publisher that covers issues related to youth development, adolescent health, juvenile justice, education, and more. Their editor is “always interested in accountability stories and those that center youth voices.” They pay about $1 per word for reported stories. The writers must be based in the US. Pitches should be emailed to mbloom@csjournalism.org. To read their editor’s Tweet, click here. To read their pitch guidelines, click here.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a nonprofit organization that is leading the movement to save America’s historic places. They are looking for 5 to 10 regular contributors (based in the US) for National Trust online properties for 2022 to 2023. They want “writers that are interested in topics at the intersection of history and place, particularly related telling the full American story; sustaining historic sites; building stronger communities through preservation; preservation and climate change; and issues related to the transformation of historic preservation into an inclusive practice.” They pay $250 per story. Story formats include guides (short-form writing), photo essays (short-form writing), narrative stories (1,000 to 1,500 words), Q&A’s (1,000 to 1,500 words), and occasional long-form feature stories (2,000 to 3,000 words). If interested, email pchhaya@savingplaces.org. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread, their call for freelancers, and their ‘about’ page.
Deadline: August 8th, 2022
Sun Selects (by The Sun) brings to you the best products, offers, and buying guides. They are seeking freelance e-commerce writers for weekly shifts. Rates for US freelancers begin at $175. The shift is 8.5 hour long (including an hour for lunch). If interested, get in touch with their commissioning editor at kieran.ahuja@the-sun.co.uk. To read their commissioning editor’s Tweet, click here. To visit their website, click here.
Talenthouse Media Foundry is a platform empowering game creatives to thrive independently. They are looking for pitches. They want “written feature ideas focusing on and around independent development of video games, or movies & TV.” They are accepting pitches on an ongoing basis. Rate is £150-£400 per piece. If interested, email ian.dransfield@talenthouse.com. To learn more, refer to their Tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.
The i Paper is a British national newspaper. Their culture editor is seeking pitches for culture features for the next couple of months. They are “keen for your interview ideas, pop culture long reads, deep and original opinion-led takes with a strong voice… and anything else that’s not a review.” They pay 25p per word for op-eds. Email your pitches to sarah.carson@inews.co.uk. To read their culture editor’s Tweet, click here. To visit their website, click here.
Rest of World is a global nonprofit publication that covers technology beyond the Western bubble. Their features director is seeking reported, longform narrative journalism about technology outside the West. Their rates start at $1 per word. Most of their feature stories are 3,000+ words. If interested, get in touch with their features director (even if you don’t have a specific pitch at the moment) at victoria@restofworld.org. Read their features director’s Twitter thread here and their pitch guide here.
The Century Foundation is “a progressive think tank that seeks to foster opportunity, reduce inequality, and promote security at home and abroad.” They are accepting pitches for their Disabled Writers Commentary Series. They will pay $500 per piece (around 750 words). To learn more, refer to their senior fellow’s Twitter thread. To contact them, refer to this page.
BuzzFeed Culture is looking for “pitches of reviews and takes on TV, movies, and music.” They pay $100 to $300 per piece. If interested, email your pitches to reader.pitches@buzzfeed.com. To read their Twitter thread, click here. To visit their website, click here.
Impact is a feminist newsletter that covers gender and politics. They are seeking pitches for stories about labor organizing victories in feminized professions to run in October/November/December. They are most interested in stories from outside the US and Europe. They will pay €300 for 800 words. Send your pitches to megan.clement@lesglorieuses.fr. To learn more, refer to this Tweet and their website.
Input is a publication that covers science, innovation, entertainment, gaming, and the mind and body. They are seeking writers for reviews and guides/how-tos. The writers must specialize in these gadget areas: laptops, gaming hardware, health/fitness, and EVs (cars, bikes, scooters). The writers must have experience and take good photos. Pay starts at $300+. Pitches should be sent to ray@inputmag.com. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread. To learn how to pitch them, refer to this page.
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. They pay 30p per word. Read their acting editor’s Tweet here and their pitching guide here.
Wired is a magazine that covers the current and future trends in technology. Their editor for business coverage is open for pitches. According to their pitch guidelines, they pay $500 to $2,500+ per piece. If interested, email your pitches to tom_simonite@wired.com. To read their editor’s Tweet, click here. To read their pitch guidelines, click here.
Yes! Magazine is an independent and nonpartisan publisher of solutions journalism. They are accepting pitches for their winter issue, “Bodies.” The issue will “explore the ways our bodies, in both the literal and metaphorical sense, can provide avenues for resistance, healing, community cohesion, and societal transformation.” Their “conception of the body is not limited to the physical body, but rather includes the bodies of which we are also a part: our communities, our body politic (local, national, and global), and our planet.” Their website base rate for reported articles is $0.40/word and print base rate is $0.50/word. Pitches should be emailed to winter2023@yesmagazine.org. For more information, read their Tweet, call for submissions, and submissions guidelines.
Deadline: August 2nd, 2022
Cysters is a grassroots charity that is redefining reproductive and mental wellbeing for marginalized communities. They want to commission 5 minoritized individuals (e.g. POC, neurodivergent, queer, and trans) to write articles for their site. The articles can be “anything related to the mental and reproductive health space.” Pay is £100. If interested, submit your pitch here. To learn more, refer to this Tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.
Deadline: August 5th, 2022
Geez Magazine is a quarterly print magazine about “social justice, art, and activism for people at the fringes of faith in both Canada and the US.” They are accepting pitches for “Geez 67 Crafting for the End of the World.” They want your “patterns, recipes, how-tos, reflections on the power of craft, the mysteries of making, and the resistance in fashioning.” They pay $50 to $100 per piece. To learn more, refer to their Tweet and call for pitches.
Deadline: August 5th, 2022
Nat Geo Travel’s editor has tweeted, “I’m on the hunt for cryptid stories (ideally the chupacabra). Anyone have a cool travel story idea?” Rate is $0.75 to $1.00 per word for 1,000 words. To read their editor’s Tweet, click here. To read their pitch guidelines, click here.
Deadline: August 12th, 2022
Geoawesomeness is a blog and community about geospatial technology. They are seeking geospatial story pitches from young writers, so if you are “a (university) student, trainee, researcher or a professional in your early stage of your career,” then they want you to pitch them. They are seeking “stories that resonate with you and that you enjoy reading.” Pay is $150 per article. For more information, refer to their Tweet and this page.
Deadline: August 31st, 2022
