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.
Freelance journalists in Australia and the Middle East who are interested in covering CBD developments in these countries can send their CVs to antonia@tamarindintelligence.com. Rate is 0.25 cents a word. To learn more, refer to this Tweet.
Wild Life is Atlas Obscura’s upcoming book about the natural world. The book is organized into about 8 chapters. Each chapter covers a different biome. They are currently accepting pitches for the chapters on Mountains, Cities, Islands, and Shallows/Deeps. They are looking for entries (300 to 450-word writeups of interesting creatures in that biome); sidebars (700 to 1,000-word pieces that dig deep into broader phenomena); and interviews (500-word interviews with those who interact closely with nonhuman members of that biome). They will pay $350 for an entry, $800 for a sidebar, and $100 for an interview. For more information, refer to this Twitter thread and this pitch call out.
The Daily Beast is a news and opinion website dedicated to independent journalism. Their editor has tweeted, “As we head toward the finale I’m looking for SHE-HULK pitches.” They will pay $250 for 1,000-word bloggy takes. If interested, email your pitches to allegra.frank@thedailybeast.com. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.
Den of Geek is a news source for TV, movies, books, comics, games, and more. Their news and features editor is accepting Movies pitches for the months of October and November. They want features and listicles, not reviews/junkets. They pay $75 for a standard feature. To read their news and features editor’s Tweet, click here. To view their movies section, click here.
Opportunity For Writers Who Have Used Online Therapy Providers: “I’m looking for writers with firsthand experience with: Big Health, Couples Therapy Inc., Oar RX, RoMind, Monument, Included Health, Mantra Health, Array Behavioral Health, NOCD, Ginger, Pathlight Behavioral Centers, Circle Medical, Aguirre, Growing Self.” The writers should have used at least one of these therapy providers. Pay is $500 to $750. To learn more, refer to this Tweet.
Your Teen Magazine is a resource for parenting teenagers. Their managing digital editor has tweeted, “Parents, has your kid used social media or apps like Venmo only to discover their friends left them out of social activities? Tell us about it.” They want pieces of 800 to 1,200 words. They pay $75 per piece. If interested, email submissions@yourteenmag.com. For more information, read their managing digital editor’s Tweet and their guidelines.
Reviewed (a division of USA Today) is a website that publishes lab-tested reviews on consumer electronics. Their beauty editor would love to expand her freelancer pool, so if you want to write beauty and e-commerce content (listicles, reviews, sales/deals), then fill out this form. Rates start at $150. Read their beauty editor’s Twitter thread here. Learn more about them here.
The Spectator is a weekly magazine about the United Kingdom’s politics, economy, culture, and more. Their online team is seeking interesting pitches and ideas from writers. According to one payment report, they paid £200 for an 800-word review. Send your pitches to htomes@spectator.co.uk. To learn more, refer to this Tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.
Eater Atlanta (a part of the Eater network of sites) is a local news site that reports on restaurants, bars, dining trends, and food pop-ups throughout Atlanta and metro Atlanta. They are on the hunt for freelancers to “create new dining guides and write food/restaurant features and stories over the next year.” According to Eater Portland’s editor, they pay $100 to $600 per piece. For more information, refer to their editor’s Tweet and their pitching guidelines.
Insider is a global news publication. They are seeking freelancers to write about Disneyland. They are specifically seeking unique circumstances, for example, “big families, traveling on a budget, former Disneyland employees, people who’ve been going for 30+ years.” Their rates start at around $210. If interested, DM their editor on Twitter. Read their editor’s Tweet here. Contact them here.
Men’s Health UK is a magazine about fitness, health, sex, style, travel, and grooming. Their deputy digital editor is looking for features on a wide range of topics including sports, fitness, health, mental health, and parenting. They pay upwards of 25p/word for digital features. For details, read their deputy digital 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 first-person essays from people of diverse backgrounds and experiences. The essays can be on sex, love, identity, parenting, takes on politics, etc. They pay $125 per piece. If interested, send your pitches to pitch@huffpost.com. To read their Tweets, click here, here, and here. To read their pitch guide, click here.
Christ and Pop Culture is a Christian online magazine about pop culture. They are seeking pitches for feature articles on the themes of “Consumerism and Materialism.” Pitches should have strong Christian and pop culture emphases. Consider developing the articles “around TV shows, movies, books, songs, events, trends, and habits that address the themes of consumerism and materialism.” Pay is $75 per feature. For more information, read their Tweet and call for features.
Deadline: October 31st, 2022
Insider is a global news publication. Their travel editor is seeking a writer based in Park City, UT, who is also an avid skier to write an article about skiing there. Pay is $200. If interested, DM their travel editor on Twitter or email lcasado@insider.com. Read their travel editor’s Tweet here. Contact them here.
TechRadar is a UK-based consumer technology news and reviews website. They are seeking pitches for PC Gaming Week. They would love to hear from underrepresented writers. They pay a flat rate of $160 for 1,000-word features/listicles/opinions and can increase that up to $200 for more involved 1,000-word pieces like interviews and such. If interested, DM their computing editor on Twitter or email john.loeffler@futurenet.com by 11th-12th October. Read their computing editor’s Tweet here and their pitch guide here.
Deadline: October 12th, 2022
Contingent Magazine is a history magazine. They are accepting pitches for postcards. Rate is $50. There is no specific deadline for submission of pitches. Read their Tweet here. Learn how to pitch them here.
The Philadelphia Inquirer is a daily newspaper for Philadelphia. Their arts and entertainment editor is accepting pitches. Their rates start at around $150/$250. To read their editor’s Tweet, click here. To read their submission guidelines, click here.
The Objective is a nonprofit newsroom that publishes articles on communities journalism in the United States has typically ignored. Their cofounder is accepting pitches. They pay $200 to $600 per piece. To learn more, refer to their cofounder’s Twitter thread and their pitch guidelines.
Betches is “a female-founded and led media and entertainment brand that provides a space for all women to get real about life – funny, honest, & unfiltered.” They are accepting travel pitches. You can send social commentaries, hot takes, city guides, and more. The pieces should be fun and funny. Rates start at $200. Pitches should be sent to samantharosen@betches.com. To learn more, refer to this Tweet and their ‘about’ page.
Rights for Animal Rights Advocates (RARA) aims to “ensure animal rights advocates work under just and sustainable conditions.” They are seeking “pitches on the intersections of labor rights, the animal rights movement, and DEIJ+.” They prioritize pitches from folks of the global majority. Rate is $100 per essay. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread. To contact them, refer to this page.
Reserve & National Guard Magazine is a quarterly publication that covers unit training, deployments, education, transition, etc. They are looking for pitches on the following topics:
– “Education
– Unit training
– Veterans Day”
Military Families Magazine is a lifestyle magazine for service members and their families. They are seeking pitches on the following topics:
– “Active duty: Accomplishments, human interest, historical, etc.
– Any organizations, efforts, interesting happenings in the active-duty universe you think we haven’t heard about!”
They typically pay $75 to $200 per piece. If interested, send your pitches to kari.williams@ameriforcemedia.com. Read their associate editor’s Twitter thread here. Read their pitch guidelines here and here. Read our interview with the editor here.
Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library that explores health and human experience. They are accepting pitches for stories. They pay 50p per word. If interested, send your pitches to stories@wellcomecollection.org. There is no deadline for submission of pitches. For details, refer to this Tweet and this page.
Sentient Media is a news organization that reports on the impact of animal agriculture. Their theme for October is industrial agriculture. They are accepting original reporting and well-researched analysis to help change the conversation around animal agriculture. The stories can be “related to science, climate, health or justice.” They must be “sensitive to animals’ experiences and well-being.” Pay starts at $200. If interested, send your pitches to claire@sentientmedia.org. To learn more, refer to their associate editor’s Twitter thread and their submissions page.
Fields & Stations is a magazine that features articles about travel and places. They are looking to commission a review (500 words) of “an affordable, cheap small guesthouse somewhere in Portugal, ideally in a town or region well off the tourist path.” Rate is €250 + €25/image. They are also seeking a contribution (1,000 words) on Cape Verde. Rate is €500 + €25/image. If interested, DM them on Twitter. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread. To contact them, refer to this page.
Huck Magazine celebrates and explores “independent culture – people and movements that paddle against the flow.” Their digital editor is commissioning articles across “culture, activism, and politics.” They pay £130 and up for profiles/Q&As and £200 and up for reported features. Email your pitches to daisy@tcolondon.com. Read their digital editor’s Tweet here and their submission guidelines here.
Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. They always welcome relevant pitches from writers. For reported pieces, they pay $150 to $500+. For personal essays and op-eds, they pay $200 to $400+. To learn more, read their deputy editor’s Tweet and their pitching guidelines.
Your Teen Magazine is a resource for parenting teenagers. They want true and moving parenting stories (800 to 1,200 words) about “when your teen or tween broke up with their best friend.” “How did you support them?” They pay $75 per piece. Pitches should be sent to submissions@yourteenmag.com. To learn more, read their managing digital editor’s Tweet and their guidelines.
The Local Magazine is an independent magazine that explores Toronto’s urban health and social issues. Their senior editor is seeking stories for their next issue, Toronto at 3:00 am. Their editor has tweeted, “What happens in the middle of the night? Fun, labour, food, weird stuff I can’t imagine–looking for features, essays, photography, and experiments.” Rate is around 75 cents per word. Send your pitches to nick@thelocal.to. Read their senior editor’s Tweet here. Learn more about them here.
Opportunity for Diet/Nutrition/Health Writers: “I’m looking for a few diet/nutrition health writers to help write diet guides, build lists of recipes and do science-backed research.” Pay is $200+ per article. For more information, refer to this Tweet.
Hakai Magazine is an online magazine that explores “science, society, and the environment from a coastal perspective.” Their news editor is seeking colorful, action-packed, behind-the-scenes profiles (around 800 words) of scientific research. The stories should preferably be about projects that are currently undergoing field research. The stories “must relate to coastal peoples or coastal ecosystems (marine coasts—needs to be salty).” Rate is CAN $1.10/word. If interested, email your pitches to colin.schultz@hakaimagazine.com. Read their news editor’s Twitter thread here and their submission guidelines here.
The Lead is a “politics and culture magazine with a campaigning heart.” They are looking for pitches. They accept op-eds (800 words), features (1,500 words), longreads, essays, and collaborative investigations. They pay 20p/word for op-eds, and more for features, investigations, etc. They are currently UK-focused, but that doesn’t mean you have to be based in the UK or your stories can’t be global. If interested, DM them on Twitter or email pitches@thelead.uk. To read their Twitter thread, click here. To learn more about them, click here.
The Vinyl Factory is a music enterprise that encompasses a record label, music magazine, vinyl pressing plant, and record shop. They are seeking pitches for “features, columns, and all things related to vinyl culture, vinyl releases, and more.” They pay 40p per word. If interested, send your pitches to kelly.doherty@thevinylfactory.com. This opportunity is open to writers from anywhere in the world. For more information, refer to this Tweet and their ‘about’ 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
TechRadar is a UK-based consumer technology news and reviews website. They are seeking pitches for PC Gaming Week. They would love to hear from underrepresented writers. They pay a flat rate of $160 for 1,000-word features/listicles/opinions and can increase that up to $200 for more involved 1,000-word pieces like interviews and such. If interested, DM their computing editor on Twitter or email john.loeffler@futurenet.com by 11th-12th October. Read their computing editor’s Tweet here and their pitch guide here.
Deadline: October 12th, 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
