Dear Writers,
Here’s our latest roundup of calls for writers — directly from editors, covering a wide variety of themes and topics.
Please carefully study the publication before contacting the editor. When writing your pitch, be sure to:
- Carefully study the publication, to get a sense of their style
- Have a clear idea of where you proposed article will fit into the publication
- Have a clear sense of the publication’s general schedule
- Have a clear sense of who the publication’s audience is
- Choose just one idea to pitch — and make sure it closely fits the publication’s needs
- Write a short pitch (no more than 200 words)
— Jacob Jans
Thanks to Fatima Saif for compiling this list.
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism offers business journalism training to journalists. They are looking for freelancers to “pitch and develop feature articles that are tied to the latest happenings in the news cycle and include tips, career advice, and/or other resources for fellow business writers to improve their reporting.” They pay $500 per article (around 500 words and at least 1 illustration/photo). To learn more, refer to their Tweet and this page.
TC Jewfolk is an independent Jewish online media hub that engages, informs, and connects the Jewish community in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. They welcome creative work, personal reflections, and opinions. They pay $50 to $100 per article. If interested, email your drafts and pitches to editor@tcjewfolk.com. To learn more, refer to their Tweet and submission guidelines.
Opportunity to Write about the Impact of College Reform Questions on Athletes: “I’d love to publish some newsletters from current college athletes (at any division, sport, etc) about how major college reform questions impact THEIR lives right NOW. Will pay $400 base + bonuses.” They also accept pitches from non-athletes about athletes as well as pitches from non-athletes that are not about athletes. Rate for non-athletes is at least $350 + commissions. For details, refer to this Twitter thread.
Anime Herald is a website that offers news, reviews, interviews, and commentary on anime and anime fandom. They are looking for new articles, especially those that fit in their Interest category. Pay is $50 per article (1,000-2,000 words). To learn more, refer to their Tweet, Interest section, and contributor guidelines. To submit your pitches, refer to this page.
SIDEQUEST is a monthly D&D/RPG magazine. They pay writers $0.10 per word for articles about Dungeons & Dragons. If interested, sign up to their monthly pitch newsletter here. For more information, refer to this Tweet.
Edify is Edmonton’s premier lifestyle magazine. Their editor has tweeted, “Calling yeg writers: Looking for someone to write a first-person piece about being immunocompromised (or having a chronic condition) in this new era of COVID being totally normalized.” They will pay around 60 cents per word. If interested, DM their editor on Twitter. Read their editor’s Tweet here and their writer guidelines here.
The i Paper is a British national newspaper. They are accepting pitches for their opinion desk. They pay 25p per word. If interested, email your pitches to rupert.hawksley@inews.co.uk. For more information, read their opinion editor’s Tweet and their opinion section pitch guide.
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 Gender. They welcome news, features, profiles, etc. Pay is $1 to $2 per word. Read their editor’s Tweet here. Learn more about them here.
Deadline: April 22nd, 2022
Datebook (by the San Francisco Chronicle) is a guide to Bay Area arts and entertainment. Their book editor is seeking BIPOC writers to review books. Writers can be “located anywhere, but in the Bay Area is helpful.” They pay $250 for a review of 450 to 500 words. To read their book editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To read their previous book reviews, click here.
Android Central is a source for information on Android devices. They are hiring US or North America-based freelancers for their news team. This is a great opportunity for recent grads. They pay $25 to $60 for news, $30 for deals, $50 to $150 for help & how-to content, $120 to $500+ for editorial content, $100 for product / game previews, $150 to $500+ for product / game reviews, and $175 to $400 for buyer’s guides. For details, refer to their tech reporter’s Tweet, this form, and their pay scale.
Transformations is “a project of the narrative storytelling initiative at Arizona State University and a publishing channel of the Los Angeles Review of Books.” They are accepting submissions (600 to 750 words) for personal narrative essays on one of these topics: Days of Displacement or Courageous Acts. Rate is $100. If interested, send your essays to transformations@asu.edu. To read their Twitter thread, click here. To learn more about them, click here.
Deadline: April 15th, 2022
Special Interest Magazine is a new magazine that will explore the special interests of the neurodivergent. They are accepting pitches for their first issue. They are looking for articles, reportage, fiction, essays, etc. from those who identify as neurodivergent or mentally ill. Pieces can be 250-1,400 words long. Longer pieces will also be considered. Rate is 20 cents per word. If interested, send your pitches to special.interest.mag@gmail.com or submit them here. For more information, refer to their Twitter thread.
Rogue is an Ireland-based online publication for women, by women. They publish personal essays, opinion pieces, interviews, and more. They accept pitches on a rolling basis. Pay is €120 for 800 to 1,000 words. Send your pitches to editorial@roguecollective.ie. To learn more, refer to this Tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.
Boulder Weekly is an independently owned newspaper that covers Boulder County’s news, events, entertainment, cuisine, and more. They want to work with more news, science, and culture writers. They assign stories and also accept pitches. Right now, they are interested in Boulder County news, environmental and science news, outdoor and adventure stories. They pay $0.10 per word. If interested, DM their senior editor on Twitter. Read their senior editor’s Tweet here. Contact them here.
Opportunity to Write about Rockhounding in Nevada: “Attn travel writers: am looking to assign a piece on rockhounding in Nevada. $500. Warning: Your editor will be a huge geology geek, aka me. Do you also love travel AND basin and range extension? Email me your deets.” They are not looking for pitches. If interested, email jacqueline@matadornetwork.com. For details, refer to this Twitter thread.
Deadline: April 12th, 2022
Greater Greater Washington is a nonprofit organization that is “devoted to improving the vitality of Washington, DC and the walkable cities and neighborhoods in the Washington metropolitan area.” They are seeking journalists and opinion writers to write about urbanism in an engaging and entertaining way. They pay $300 for pieces of 500 to 1,000 words and $150 for informative news briefs of 250 to 450 words. For more information, read their Tweet and pitch guidelines.
Hypocrite Reader is a biannual leftist magazine that publishes useful and unexpected writing. The theme of their next issue is HOLES. If interested, send your pitches on “plotholes, potholes, loopholes, glory holes, foxholes, black holes, wormholes, memory holes, assholes, & more” to hypocriterdr@gmail.com. Pay is $115 per article. For more information, refer to their Tweet and this page.
Deadline: May 1st, 2022
Discover Magazine is a print and online science magazine for the general public. Their assistant editor is looking for pitches for their Planet Earth column. They need stories (around 1,200 words) exploring any topic from “the field.” For print, their rates start at $1 per word. For web, they typically pay $300 per story. Pitches should be sent to msloan@discovermagazine.com. Read their assistant editor’s Tweet here and their pitch guidelines here. Read their Planet Earth column here.
The Daily Beast is a news and opinion website dedicated to independent journalism. Their deputy editor for innovation is seeking great science and innovation stories from freelancers to help build out their Innovation section. He is especially seeking stories that fall under the following topic areas: space, longevity and aging, climate change, brain science / neuroscience, biotech and medicine, and cities. They pay $350 to $500 per story on average. If interested, DM their deputy editor on Twitter or email neel.patel@thedailybeast.com. Read their deputy editor’s Twitter thread here and their science & innovation pitching guide here.
New Internationalist is a bi-monthly magazine and a website that reports on global social and environmental justice and equality. They will soon be commissioning 1,000-2,000 word features for their upcoming editions, so if you want to cover any under-reported global justice stories then send them your pitches. They have commissioning meetings for their magazine features every month. The deadline to submit pitches for this month is April 19th, 2022. They generally pay £250 for 1,000 words for their magazine. For more information, refer to their co-editor’s Tweet and this page.
Deadline: April 19th, 2022
The Sunday Long Read is a newsletter that shares the week’s best longform journalism with readers every Sunday. They also produce their own stories. They publish 5 to 7 original longform articles a year and welcome writers to send their pitches at originals@sundaylongread.com. Their floor for reported longform stories (over 2,000 words) is $2,000. They might cover the expenses too. For details, read their Tweet and pitch guide.
Decisionary Media “simplifies life’s decisions with expert content on a modern, data-driven web platform.” They are “working on a series of summer living e-commerce product roundups” and are looking to assign pieces to freelancers. They will pay $250 to $500. To learn more, refer to their lead editor’s Twitter thread and their website.
The Biologist is the Royal Society of Biology’s magazine about biology and bioscience. Their editor is seeking sci commers and writers of color for a series of biographical magazine features (about 1,500 words) for Black History Month (October) in the UK. Rate is about 40p per word. If interested, DM their editor on Twitter or email tom.ireland@rsb.org.uk. To read their editor’s Tweet, click here. To visit their website, click here.
Gawker is a gossip blog. They are looking for pitches. They want “cutting criticism, thoughtful reviews, weird essays, strong opinions, interesting reporting on a variety of topics.” Their rates start at $0.33/word for non-reported pieces and $0.50/word for reported pieces. For details, refer to their editor’s Tweet and their pitch guide.
Traveler and Tourist magazine is accepting submissions April 1 to 30, 2022 from writers of color. They want pithy first-person essays aligned with the following monthly themes:
April-May: Wellness
May-June: Summer
June-July: Outdoor
July-August: Wanderlust
August-September: Fall
September-October: Escape
October-November: Winter
November-December: Holiday
Pay is $100 for 500 to 550 words. Payment is via Zelle so it is limited to writers in the US. If interested, email ruksanah@travelerandtourist.com. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread. To contact them, refer to this page.
Wired is a magazine that covers the current and future trends in technology. They are looking for magazine features. They want surreal, illuminating, and delicious stories. The sweet spot for features is about 5,000 words. Rates for stories start at about $2,500. Rates for short, online-only content start at $500. For details, refer to their research director & editor’s Tweet and their pitch guide.
Yes! Magazine is an independent and nonpartisan publisher of solutions journalism. They are accepting pitches for the Fall 2022 issue of their magazine, the “Work” issue. The issue will “examine what work really means in contemporary society, and what it could mean if our society were reordered to prioritize health, fulfillment, fairness, and joy.” The website base rate for reported articles is $0.40/word and the print base rate is $0.50/word. Pitches should be sent to fall2022@yesmagazine.org. To learn more, read their Tweet, call for submissions, and submissions guidelines.
Deadline: April 29th, 2022
Remezcla is an independent media brand that covers emerging Latin music, entertainment, and culture. Their music editor is seeking “a Panamanian writer for an artist interview.” Pay is $150. If interested, email alexis@remezcla.com. Read their music editor’s Tweet here. Contact them here.
Deadline: April 8th, 2022
Vice UK’s newly appointed culture editor is looking for culture ideas. Their editor is also “commissioning a few pieces on LIFE, internet culture, queerness, sex / relationships, etc.” According to payment reports, they pay up to 30p per word for features. Email your pitches to daisy.jones@vice.com. To read their culture editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To visit their website, click here.
Telegraph Global Health Security covers the latest health and security developments. They are always accepting pitches from freelancers. Their editor has tweeted, “The last few years have obviously been dominated by the pandemic, but we report on a range of health security issues beyond disease – from women’s rights to climate change – and are always open to pitches.” They accept pitches from writers from all over the world. Rate is 35p per word. If interested, DM their editor on Twitter or email sarah.newey@telegraph.co.uk. To read their editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To visit their website, click here.
Science for the People (SftP) is a magazine and website dedicated to “building and promoting social movements and political struggles around progressive and radical perspectives on science and society.” They are seeking proposals about energy and extraction for their Autumn 2022 issue, “Bleeding Earth.” They pay $250 for feature-length stories of 2,000 words and above; $150 for shorter features, reviews, columns, and other articles of 1,200 to 1,500 words; $100 for short pieces of 600 to 1,000 words and interviews; $50 for data visualization / infographics; and $50 to $300 for visual art. To learn more, refer to their Tweet, call for proposals, and rates.
Deadline: April 22nd, 2022
The Statesider is a newsletter that features interesting stories about US travel, culture, cuisines, landscapes, and more. They are seeking pitches for original stories, maps, graphics, comics, photo essays, and more on US travel and culture. Their stories are typically “first person narratives of an experience or a trip that helps illuminate a larger American issue.” For stories of 1,200+ words, they pay a flat rate of $500. For maps and infographics, they pay $200 for a standalone graphic and $300 for a graphic and a short write-up. For details, read this Tweet and their call for pitches.
Deadline: April 30th, 2022
Jewish Currents is a print and digital magazine that is “committed to the rich tradition of thought, activism, and culture of the Jewish left.” They are accepting pitches for their Fall 2022 issue which is themed Rest. They are seeking “reported features and essays on subjects including labor and anti-work politics; debt jubilees and other interruptions of the political status quo; mutual aid; attempts to accommodate rest within the work of social reproduction; illness, disability, and the care of the sick; sleep and dreams as a place of possibility; ecological questions around regeneration and degrowth; Jewish frameworks for collective rest including shmita and Shabbat; and more.” They pay at least $400 for reviews and essays, and up to $1 per word for deeply reported print features. If interested, email submissions@jewishcurrents.org. For details, read their assistant editor’s Tweet and their pitch guide.
Deadline: April 30th, 2022
