The following is a list of calls for pitches directly from editors and publishers.

We’ve included payment rates when available, as well as contact information. You’ll notice that payment rates vary widely; anywhere from pennies for word, to $1.50 per word.

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Please only approach these publishers if you are confident in your ability to send a pitch.

– Jacob Jans

Thanks to Fatima Saif for her research on this article.

Sourced is “a public research project aimed at developing lines of inquiry into our relationships with food and drink.” They are seeking “an academic-minded / interview based piece focusing on food traditions, origin stories and ingredient of nostalgia. Ideally non U.K. or US.” The piece will likely be published in December. Pay will be £75. If interested, contact them at sourcedjourneys@gmail.com. For details, refer to this Twitter thread. To learn more about them, refer to this page.

GEN is a publication by Medium about politics, power, and culture. They are looking for pitches for their new series, How I Got Radicalized. They want stories about “a cultural moment—a TV show, commercial, character, song, book, musical, so on—that made you drastically rethink how society works.” They will pay about $600 to $800 per piece. Send pitches to mlegro@medium.com. For details, refer to this Twitter thread and this page.

The Face is a British magazine that covers style, music, TV, film, fashion, culture, and more. They are seeking pitches on “Panda Girl, Leeds United, Alfresco Covid winters, Dennis Skinner, Zoom fashion, and image-conscious youth.” According to payment reports, they pay £150 to £500 for features. If interested, contact them at hello@theface.com. Read their deputy editor’s Tweet here and learn more about them here.

Metro.co.uk is looking for opinion pitches on current affairs. They want writers to “find a hook on politics, human interest, health or new stats.” They do not want week-old news angles. According to one payment report, they paid £100 per 1,000 words for an online article. If interested, email your pitches to almara.abgarian@metro.co.uk. For details, refer to this Tweet. To learn more about them, refer to this page.

New Socialist is a Britain-based online socialist magazine. They are accepting submissions for their next edition, “Ecology”. They are also accepting book reviews and contributions to “Culture is Ordinary” and “Transmissions” series. They are particularly interested in submissions from writers from oppressed, exploited, and marginalized groups. They pay £50 for transmissions and other short pieces. They pay £75 for longer pieces published in their editions. To learn more, read their Twitter thread and submission guidelines.

HuffPost UK Opinion is a section in HuffPost UK that offers commentary and analysis on the biggest talking points of the day. They are always seeking timely, news-pegged pitches. They commission every day and especially encourage pitches from writers from diverse backgrounds. Their published pieces are generally around 800 words. According to one payment report, they paid £100 for an 800-word opinion piece. Send your pitches to ukopinion@huffpost.com. Read their opinion editor’s Tweet here and learn how to write for them here.

Sustainability Action Network is a new solutions-focused journalism platform that focuses on the future of our planet. They are always looking for pitches on all things sustainability. They do not want stories that report problems within the sphere of climate change, they want stories about active, positive change. They pay £100 per 800 to 1,200 words. Send your pitches to hello@sustainact.net. For details, read their Tweet and contributor guidelines.

Tipping Point is a series by Vice that covers “environmental justice stories about the people and communities experiencing the stark reality of our changing planet.” They are accepting pitches for stories. They are especially looking for stories from people from underserved communities. They pay $300 to $700 per story. Send pitches to tippingpoint@vice.com. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread. To read Tipping Point’s stories, refer to this page.

OpenDemocracy is a global media organization that covers world affairs, ideas and culture. Their editor has “specific commissioning budget for women and LGBTQI writers/journos of colour/from working class backgrounds.” They will pay £100 for a bit of desk-based writing (for example, a comment piece) of 800 to 1,000 words, and £200 for a piece that involves more intense research (for example, interviews). Send your pitches to adam.ramsay@opendemocracy.net. Read their editor’s Tweet here and contact them here.

TheSun.co.uk is the digital edition of Britain’s largest newspaper, The Sun. Their acting digital features editor has tweeted, “really keen to hear from any freelancers available to write for us across the board on glam, lifestyle, hard news and investigations.” According to one payment report, they paid £250 for an online feature of 700 words. If interested, contact jessica.wilson@thesun.co.uk. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.

Ours to Save is a new journalism initiative that focuses exclusively on the climate crisis. They have an interactive map that shows crowdsourced climate news from all over the world. They are accepting pitches for October. They have tweeted, “do you have another perspective on the US election and climate change? let us know. also let us know about all things energy, economy, food and farming, transport and so on.” They pay £30 for short profiles and £80 for longer features. Send your pitches by the end of September to hello@ourstosave.com. Read their Tweet here and learn more about them here.

Scientific American is a popular science magazine that covers science discoveries and technology innovations. They are looking for opinion pieces (700 to 800 words). According to payment reports, they pay up to $1.50 per word. To learn more, refer to this Tweet and their submission instructions.

Verywell Health is an online resource for health and wellness information. They are looking for freelancers to cover health news stories. They are not a breaking news site. They “add context and/or actionable steps in response to health news.” They pay $200 for 700-1,000 words, $250 for 1,001-1,500 words, and $300 for 1,501-2,000 words. If interested, send an email to writeforus@verywell.com. To learn more, refer to their associate news editor’s Twitter thread and this page.

SFGate covers news and entertainment from the Bay Area and beyond. They are seeking pitches for stories that offer unique perspectives. Send your food pitches to dianne.deguzman@sfgate.com, sports pitches to alex.schultz@sfgate.com, local pitches to tessa.mclean@sfgate.com / andrew.chamings@sfgate.com, culture pitches to dan.gentile@sfgate.com, and news pitches to amy.graff@sfgate.com. If your pitch doesn’t fit any of these categories, then send it to grant.marek@sfgate.com. Pay is $150-$300 per piece. For details, refer to their editorial director’s Twitter thread. For more contact information, refer to this page.

Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) is “the award winning, national Disabled People’s Organisation (DPO) for women and girls with all types of disability in Australia.” They want disabled women and non-binary folks to send them pitches for pieces on leadership. They will publish these pieces in their blog. They will pay $100 per piece (about 750 words). This opportunity is only for Australian writers. For details, refer to this Tweet and this page.

Nashville Scene is an alternative-weekly newspaper that covers Nashville’s news, politics, film, music, art, culture, and food. Their culture editor is seeking personal essays from women and non-binary writers of color for Vodka Yonic column. They pay $0.15-$0.25/word for print pieces. For details, refer to their culture editor’s Tweet and their pitch guide.

Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. Their senior health and food editor is seeking a health-care worker (e.g. doctor, nurse, EMT) to write a personal essay about “how they feel the election will affect their lives.” They pay $200 to $400+ per personal essay. Send your pitches to jessie.vanamburg@wellandgood.com. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Twitter thread and their pitching guidelines. 

HelloGiggles is a positive community for women. They are seeking lifestyle pitches for November. They mostly cover “work/money, relationships/sex, mental health/general health, politics, and friendship.” According to payment reports, they pay an average of $0.05 per word. Email your pitches to raven.ishak@meredith.com. For details, refer to their senior lifestyle editor’s Tweet. To learn more about them, refer to this page.

Linkwell Health is a consumer engagement company that is focused on healthcare. They are looking for freelance health/wellness writers. They are seeking writers who have expertise in condition management and social determinants of health. They will pay about $400 for short articles. If interested, send your resumes and samples to freelance@linkwellhealth.com. To learn more, refer to this Tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.

People is a source for celebrity and human-interest stories. The lifestyle director of People digital is assigning a few pieces on relationship/health in coming months. Pay is about $500 per article. If interested, send your resume and portfolio to alexapatoffpeople@gmail.com. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread. To visit their website, click here.

HuffPost UK Personal is a personal stories section in HuffPost UK. They are always accepting first-person essay pitches. They “love pieces on life behind the headlines, identity, work/life, health, relationships, parenting, and wild transformational experiences.” According to one payment report, they paid £100 for an 800-word personal piece. For details, refer to their commissioning editor’s Tweet. To learn how to write for them, refer to this page.

Variable West is a platform for West Coast art. They are accepting exhibition review and artist interview pitches on the theme of “Staying With the Trouble.” Taken from Donna Haraway’s book “Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene,” the phrase encourages us to consider how “[our] task is to make kin in lines of inventive connection as a practice of learning to live and die well with each other in a thick present. Our task is to make trouble, to stir up potent response to devastating events, as well as to settle troubled waters and rebuild quiet places.” They will pay $150 per exhibition review (600 to 800 words). The exhibition must take place in California, Oregon, or Washington. They will pay $150 per artist interview (2,000 words). The artist must be living or working in California, Oregon, or Washington. For details, refer to their founder/editor-in-chief’s Tweet and their call for pitches.

Paper Plane is a twice-monthly newsletter that features original stories from journalism students in Canada. They are accepting pitches. They are interested in “feature stories (not hard news!) that are relevant to a national audience.” They are paying $0.10 per word. Send your pitches to paperplanecanada@gmail.com. To learn more, refer to their Tweet and pitch guide.

KultScene is a website that features creative Korean entertainment content (music, movies, fashion, food, and more) by international writers. They are accepting pitches. They pay $30 to $50 per article. If interested, send your pitches to contact@kultscene.com. To learn more, refer to this Tweet and this page.

We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) is a nonprofit organization that promotes diversity in children’s literature. They are looking for pitches for Native American and Indigenous Heritage Month. They want pitches from Native/Indigenous/First Nations writers. The pitches don’t have to be tied to the writer’s identity. They are primarily seeking “pitches for feature stories, opinion pieces, personal essays, and service journalism, related to children’s and YA books, the publishing industry, bookselling, librarianship, etc.” Rates start at $150. Send your pitches to alainalavoie@diversebooks.org. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread. To contact them, refer to this page.

Passage is a Canadian leftist opinion/analysis publication. Their managing editor is looking for pitches. They mainly have a Canadian focus and only publish opinion and analysis. They never publish right wing views. For shorter opinion pieces of 750 to 1,200 words, they pay $100 CAD. For longer features of 1,500 to 2,000 words, they pay $250 CAD. Read their managing editor’s Tweet here and their pitch guide here.

The River publishes independent news stories about the Hudson Valley. Their editor is seeking pitches on “housing, gentrification, and evictions in the Hudson Valley (especially Kingston).” They are looking for “features, enterprise pieces, photo series, data journalism, Q&As, even reported essays.” They pay $0.25 per word. Send pitches to phillip.pantuso@chronogram.com. For details, refer to their editor’s Tweet. To learn more about them and to contact them, refer to this page.

Bitch Media is a nonprofit, independent, feminist media organization dedicated to providing and encouraging an engaged, thoughtful feminist response to mainstream media and popular culture. Their editor-in-chief is accepting pitches about Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s complicated legacy and what comes next for the Court. They are looking for pitches from Black writers, Indigenous writers, and also writers of color. Rates will start at $150. Send pitches to evette@b-word.org. To learn more, refer to this Tweet and their contributors’ guidelines.