{"id":10702,"date":"2023-01-10T10:44:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T18:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/?p=10702"},"modified":"2023-01-10T10:44:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T18:44:59","slug":"8-calls-for-pitches-paying-1-00-per-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/uncategorized\/8-calls-for-pitches-paying-1-00-per-word\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Calls for Pitches Paying $1.00+ Per Word"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sleep Foundation<\/strong> is a source for evidence-based sleep health information. They\u2019re seeking \u201cexperienced writers who would like to tackle long-form explorations into sleep inequity, particularly at the local level.\u201d Rates start at $1 per word. Word count of articles: 750 words or more (typically over 1,000 words). To learn more, refer to this tweet<\/a>. To pitch, refer to this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Audubon<\/strong> is the National Audubon Society\u2019s official magazine. They celebrate bird life and probe the issues facing our planet today. Their editor is looking for freelance pitches on birds, climate, and environment. They pay $0.50 per word for online news articles, explainers, and other stories that are usually less than 1,200 words. They pay $1.00 per word for longer essays and $1.50 per word for features (both print and online). Feature packages equivalent to a 6-page story in print begin at $2,500. For more information, read their editor\u2019s tweet<\/a> and their pitch guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Insider<\/strong> is a global news publication. Their features editor is always seeking great pitches. Broadly, their editor is \u201clooking for character-driven and in-depth narrative features that break ground.\u201d They pay $1 per word for features. To learn more, refer to their features editor\u2019s Twitter thread<\/a> and their top 10 most-read features of 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The New Republic (TNR)<\/strong> is a journal of opinion that is dedicated to solving today’s most critical issues. For the new year, their deputy editor would love some pitches for TNR online\u2019s Sold Short (which covers inequality, labor, and justice). Rates start at $400 and kill fee is at least $50. To learn more, read their deputy editor\u2019s tweet<\/a> and Sold Short\u2019s pitch guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For TNR\u2019s print magazine<\/strong>, their deputy editor edits the front of the book (1,500 to 2,000 words) and favors politics and policy stories, but loves any compelling narrative with character and scene. Rates start at around $0.50\/word but skew closer to $1.00\/word. For more information, refer to their deputy editor\u2019s tweet<\/a> and their general submission guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Travel + Leisure<\/strong> is a travel magazine. Their associate editorial director is seeking personal essay pitches: \u201cDo you have a compelling story about meeting your partner while traveling? A particularly romantic tale about traveling with your partner?\u201d If interested, send your pitches to alisha.prakash@dotdashmdp.com<\/a>. The editorial director hasn\u2019t mentioned the payment rates in their tweet, but according to a now-deleted tweet by their senior editor, they pay around $2\/word. To read their associate editorial director\u2019s tweet, click here<\/a>. To read their pitch guidelines, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MIT Technology Review<\/strong> is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They are always seeking sharp story pitches: news (generally 800 to 1,000 words); features (2,500 to 4,000 words); profiles; essays; op-eds; and more. Rates are $1 to $2 per word for reported pieces. To learn more, read their editor\u2019s tweet<\/a> and their pitch guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Slow Ways<\/strong> is a national walking network connecting all the towns and cities of Great Britain. They are partnering with All the Elements and Huck Magazine\u2019s Outsiders Project for a new project, Tales from a Slow Way. For this project, they are looking to commission creatives and groups to co-produce stories situated on their walking routes. The stories can be about any topic and can be in any format (film, music, art, photo essays, zines, creative writing, etc.). The stories should inspire people to contribute to and use their network of Slow Ways. Fee is \u00a32,000. For more information, refer to their tweet<\/a> and this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Deadline: January 21st, 2023<\/p>\n

Logic<\/strong> is a print and digital magazine about technology and society. They publish 3 times a year. They have tweeted, \u201cWe are currently soliciting pitches for Issue 19 of Logic(s): supa dupa skies (move slow and heal things). We hope to channel supa dupa fly rhythms in calling forward technologists who are baby mommas, villagers from the countryside, locked up, hustling, or just travelers wandering, looking for a place to catch their breath.\u201d Their rates start at $1,200 for shorter essays (1,200 to 1,600 words) and $2,000 for longer features (2,000 to 4,000 words and up). For more information, read their Twitter thread<\/a> and pitch guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Deadline: January 27th, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sleep Foundation is a source for evidence-based sleep health information. They\u2019re seeking \u201cexperienced writers who would like to tackle long-form explorations into sleep inequity, particularly at the local level.\u201d Rates start at $1 per word. Word count of articles: 750 words or more (typically over 1,000 words). To learn more, refer to this tweet. To…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10702"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10705,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10702\/revisions\/10705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}