Dear Writers,
Here’s our latest roundup of calls for pitches directly from editors.
Please carefully study each publication before sending a pitch.
If you’re new to pitching, here are a few resources to help you get started:
- How to Write a Pitch that Gets You Paid (Based on Real-World Examples)
- How to Pitch a Listicle About Pop Culture
- Case Study: How I Broke into the Smart Mouth Newsletter and Earned $1 per Word
- Everything You Need to Get Your Articles Published in 2022
— Jacob Jans
Thanks to Fatima Saif for compiling this list.
Men’s Health is a magazine about fitness, health, sex, style, travel, and grooming. Their newly appointed deputy digital editor is accepting pitches at rachel.epstein@hearst.com. She hasn’t mentioned the rates in her tweet, but according to a now-deleted tweet by their health editor, they pay $100 to $160 for SEO/news-driven stories. To read their deputy digital editor’s tweet, click here. To learn more about them, click here.
Inverse is an online magazine that covers technology, science, culture, entertainment, and gaming for a millennial audience. Their deputy editor is looking for pitches for “ambitious features about TV, movies, gaming, science, and tech.” Rate is $1,000 for deeply reported features. Email your pitches to jacob@inverse.com. To read their deputy editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To contact them, click here.
Alternative Press is a magazine about music. They are seeking entertainment, style, and culture pitches. They pay $125 for Generation AP pieces, $150 for Q&As, $250 to $350 for profiles, and $250 to $450 for reported features. For more information, refer to their music and culture editor’s tweet and their pitch call.
Authors Publish publishes articles about various aspects of writing and publishing. They’re currently seeking articles that cover one specific aspect of promoting your writing. They pay between $35 and $50 per article. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
PCGamesN is a website that covers all things PC gaming. Their guides editor has tweeted, “Any freelancers playing WoW Dragonflight and have the capacity to take on a few guides this week for PCGamesN?” According to their former guides editor, rates start at £110 for 800 words. For more information, refer to this tweet and their pitch guide.
Verywell Family is a resource for information on pregnancy and parenting. They are hiring news writers who are able to meet 1 to 2 day turnaround of articles. The writers should have health and wellness experience. Rates were not mentioned in the tweet, but according to a tweet by their senior editorial director, their rates start at $250/piece. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread. To contact them, refer to this page.
Slate is an online general-interest magazine that offers analysis and commentary on news, politics, business, culture, and technology. Their senior editor of life and culture is looking for human interest and culture pitches. Their editor hasn’t mentioned the rates in the tweet but according to another editor, their rates begin at $200. If interested, send your pitches to isabelle.kohn@slate.com. To learn more, refer to their senior editor’s tweet and their pitch guide.
The Face is a British magazine that covers style, music, TV, film, fashion, culture, and more. They are seeking “writers in Birmingham and Leicester for an online feature following the census.” According to payment reports, they pay £150 to £500 for features. Send your pitches to pitches@theface.com. Read their tweet here. Learn more about them here.
Sentient Media is a news organization that reports on the impact of animal agriculture. They are seeking “new story pitches, either related to the theme of biodiversity or 2023 predictions for food/farming/climate (or both!).” Their rates begin at $200. To learn more, refer to their managing editor’s tweet and their submission guidelines.
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 upcoming issue on Education. According to their pitch guide, they pay $1 to $2 per word. To learn more, refer to this tweet by their editorial director of print.
Dotdash Meredith is a New York-based digital media company. Their associate editor would “love to connect with more interior design/home freelance writers for upcoming print stories in Beautiful Kitchens & Baths, Dream Kitchens & Baths, and Better Homes & Gardens Cottage Style.” Rate is $400 to $500 per story. If interested, email samantha.stevenson@dotdashmdp.com. Read their associate editor’s Twitter thread here. Contact them here.
Seattle Met is a magazine about Seattle’s culture, lifestyle, arts, and more. Their features editor has tweeted, “Houston and Portland freelancers, we’re looking for longform (investigations, profiles, essays, histories) about these cities in the neighborhood of 2,500-5,000 words.” Rate is $0.75-$1.00/word for these longer stories. Pitches should be sent to bcassidy@seattlemet.com. Read their features editor’s Twitter thread here. Contact them here.
Briarpatch is a Canadian magazine of politics and culture. They are accepting pitches for their unthemed May/June issue: “Ask a burning political question, share an experience with grassroots activism, or dig into an urgent investigation.” They pay $150 for profiles, short essays, reviews, and parting shots (usually 1,500 words or less); $250 for feature stories (usually 1,500 to 2,000 words) and photo essays; and $350 for research-based articles and investigative reporting (usually 2,000 to 2,500 words). To learn more, read their tweet and call for pitches.
Deadline: January 2nd, 2023
Whynow features stories from both emerging and established people in arts, music, and entertainment. They are seeking “Christmas festive features on film and TV.” Rates are £80 to £150. Pitches should be sent to maria@whynow.co.uk. To learn more, refer to their staff writer’s tweet and their ‘about’ page.
Checkly is “the API & E2E monitoring platform for the modern stack.” They are seeking a few freelance technical writers for some projects. Software monitoring knowledge and experience will be a big plus. Rates will depend on experience and the type of work, a blog post of around 1,000 words will pay $250 to $400. To learn more, refer to their director of content and communications’ tweet and their ‘about’ page.
Comstock’s is a monthly business magazine in California’s Capital Region. They cover business, trends, and quality of life in Sacramento and the 9 surrounding counties. Business includes arts, culture, music, food, agriculture, environment, etc. Their senior editor is looking for web pitches. Web stories are 600 to 1,500 words and pay $200 to $300. To learn more, read their senior editor’s Twitter thread and their submission guidelines.
Operation Sports is a website dedicated to sports gaming. They are seeking freelance writers to cover “major sports games (NBA 2K, Madden, FIFA etc) with news, SEO, and features.” Rate will be $32-$60 per hour depending on word count/article type. To learn more, refer to this tweet and their website.
GamesRadar+, a part of Future US Inc., is a website about games, movies, TV, and comics. Their US managing editor is looking to source comics/manga coverage. He is specifically seeking timely op-eds/features, interviews/exclusives, and deep dives. He has tweeted, “Big focus on DC/Marvel for us, but open to not just that.” Rates start at $125. If interested, email your pitches to rollin.bishop@futurenet.com. To read their US managing editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To visit their website, click here.
SFGate covers news and entertainment from the Bay Area and beyond. Their culture editor has tweeted, “Looking for a freelancer who is a Metallica historian of sorts for an assignment, pay $200-300. Has to have seen them a bunch, does not have to be Bay Area based.” To read their culture editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To contact them, click here.
Long Now is a non-profit organization that fosters long-term thinking. Their pitch guide says, “Our work encourages imagination at the timescale of civilization — the next and last 10,000 years — a timespan we call the long now.” They are looking for stories that explore the ‘long now’ of climate change, the rise and fall of civilizations, biotechnology and artificial intelligence, economics, architecture, and more. They are accepting pitches (on a rolling basis) for essays (800 to 1,800 words), reported features (1,200 to 2,500 words), interviews (1,200 to 2,000 words), book reviews, shorter articles, fiction, and poems for Ideas, their living archive of long-term thinking. Rates begin at $600 for features and range between $300 and $600 for essays, interviews, reviews, science journalism, and news articles. Rates are $100 for science fiction and $25 for poems. To learn more, read their tweet and pitch guide.
The MidLife is a website for those who are in the middle of their lives. The tagline of the website is “Menopause is Hot.” They are accepting pitches. They will pay $100 per article. To learn more, refer to this tweet and their website.
Game Informer is a video game magazine. They publish video game news, previews, reviews, features, and more. Their senior associate editor is seeking feature pitches to run in their future print editions: “Mainly interested in reported features, though that’s a loose term. Can be a behind-the-scenes look at a game or studio, a profile of an interesting developer, a personal story, report about an unexplored part of the industry. A travel diary. Anything.” Rates are $600 to $700. Pitches should be sent to blakehester@gameinformer.com. To read their senior associate editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To visit their website, click here.
Tripadvisor is the world’s largest travel platform. They are looking for “story ideas tied to Lunar New Year around the world, ranging from travel guidance to personal essays.” They would particularly love pitches from those who identify as part of the Asian community. Rates begin at $0.50 per word. Send your pitches to rachel@ByRachelChang.com. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread and their previous articles.
Deadline: December 6th, 2022
Funds for Writers publishes a weekly newsletter that showcases paying markets, grants, contests, and other opportunities to make money with writing. From now through Dec 3, they are paying $100 for 600 to 650-word features for their newsletter. The articles should be about making a career of writing. For details, refer to this tweet and their guidelines.
Deadline: December 3rd, 2022
Inverse is an online magazine that covers technology, science, culture, entertainment, and gaming for a millennial audience. Their deputy editor of reviews & guides has tweeted, “I am looking for features ABOUT TECH as part of @inversedotcom’s ‘end of the year’ with stories running all December. Tell me about the big trends in consumer tech with features, essays, roundups, etc.” Rates start at $0.50 per word. Pitches should be sent to ray.wong@inverse.com. Read their deputy editor’s Twitter thread here. Contact them here.
The New York Amsterdam News is seeking a full-time Science Reporter for their Blacklight Investigative Unit. The successful candidate will cover breaking science related news and long form and investigative topics. The candidate should have 5+ years of experience. This is a 2 year, grant funded, union position that is located in the New York City area (flexible work options are available). Salary is $80,000. For details, refer to this tweet and this page.
Deadline: December 6th, 2022
The Dance Current is a Canadian print magazine and website about dance. They are accepting pitches for their 25th anniversary ‘community’ themed print issue. They encourage pitches from writers and dance artists who are either from Canada or are living there. They pay $125 to $400. Pitches should be sent to grace@thedancecurrent.com. To learn more, refer to their tweet and submissions page.
Deadline: December 9th, 2022
