Dear Writers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here\u2019s our latest roundup of calls for pitches, directly from editors. We\u2019ve researched payment rates and contact information for all of these publishers, to make it easier for you to find the right opportunities for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please carefully<\/em> study each publication before sending them a pitch. Not sure how to write a good pitch? Check out these articles\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to Fatima Saif for compiling<\/em> this list.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n TheBody is a resource for the\nHIV\/AIDS community. Their senior editor is open to pitches. The editor hasn\u2019t mentioned\nthe rates in the post, but as per a previous post<\/a> by\nthis editor, rates begin at $400. To learn more, click here<\/a>.\nTo visit their website, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Court Watch is \u201ca roundup of all\nthe most interesting federal court filings, from search warrants, indictments,\nto everything in between.\u201d They want reporters to pitch them pieces (500-1,000\nwords) on federal court proceedings. They pay $300 per piece. For more\ninformation, refer to this post<\/a> and\nthis page<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Observer is a website about\nbusiness, arts, and entertainment. Their arts and culture editor is always accepting\npitches at artnews@observer.com<\/a>. They’re not looking for TV\/film reviews. They pay around $300 per piece. To read their arts\nand culture editor\u2019s post, click here<\/a>.\nTo learn more about them, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Anime Herald is a website that\noffers news, reviews, interviews, and commentary on anime and anime fandom. They\u2019re\nlooking for articles, particularly those that would work in their Interest\ncategory. They pay $50 per article (around 1,000 to 2,000 words). To learn\nmore, refer to their post<\/a>, contributor\nguidelines<\/a>, and pitch form<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Polyester is an intersectional\nfeminist fashion and culture zine. They\u2019re looking for pitches. They love \u201cdeep\ndives on internet pop culture and niche personal essays in particular.\u201d They\npay \u00a350 for 1,000 words. Send your pitches to gina.tonic@polyesterzine.com<\/a>.\nFor more information, refer to this post<\/a> and\nthis page<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Stylist Magazine is a weekly\nmagazine and a website for smart, successful, and sophisticated women. For Stylist’s\nProcessing series, their deputy digital editor is seeking stories about mental\nhealth from women writers. The deputy digital editor hasn\u2019t mentioned the rates\nin her post, but according to their entertainment\neditor<\/a>, they pay \u00a3150 for 800 to 1,000 words. If interested, direct your\npitches to ellen.scott@stylist.co.uk<\/a>.\nTo read their deputy digital editor\u2019s post, click here<\/a>. To\nread their general pitching guidelines, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n i-D is a fashion and style\npublication by Vice Media. Their editor has posted this on X: \u201cI’m on the\nlookout for new writers and pitches for @i_D: ‘7 films about’ lists pegged to\nnew releases or anniversaries; ‘How to get into….’ filmmakers; stuff about\ncinema and sex; odes to old art that young people should appreciate.\u201d According\nto a previous post<\/a> by\nthis editor, they pay \u00a3150-\u00a3200 per piece. If interested, email your pitches to\ndouglas.greenwood@i-d.co<\/a>. To read\ntheir editor\u2019s post, click here<\/a>. To\nread their pitch guide, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n International Journalists’\nNetwork (IJNet) offers the latest tips, training opportunities, trends, and\ntools for professional and emerging journalists. If you\u2019re interested in\nsharing any tips and tricks that will help journalists globally, then get in\ntouch with them. They pay $200 per article. Most of their freelancers work in\nEnglish, but they can also work in Spanish, Portuguese or Russian. To learn more,\nrefer to their post<\/a>\nand this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n The Mill is a digital newspaper\nabout Greater Manchester. The newspaper is delivered every week via email to\nthe readers. They\u2019re looking for a few great stories from Manchester\njournalists to fill out their schedule in September and early October. They\u2019re\nseeking scoopy pieces, long reads, and cultural stuff. As per their pitch\nguide, a lot of their stories are news features ranging from 700 to 1,400\nwords. They typically pay \u00a3150 for commissions. For more information, refer to\nthis post<\/a>\nand their pitching\nguide<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Columbus Underground is a Columbus-based\nonline news publication. They\u2019re looking for monthly freelancers to write 400\nto 600-word featured articles on a range of topics. The topic categories include\nlocal beer series, burger series, cheap eats series, and local music series.\nPay is $75 per article. To learn more, refer to their co-founder\u2019s post<\/a> and\nthis page<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n The Guardian is a British news\nand media website. Their deputy opinion editor is always open to pitches for\ntheir ‘why I quit’ opinion series. According to their freelance\ncharter<\/a>, they pay \u00a3361.36 per 1,000 words. Pitches should be sent to barbara.speed@theguardian.com<\/a>.\nTo read their deputy opinion editor\u2019s post, click here<\/a>. To view\ntheir \u2018why I quit\u2019 series, click here<\/a>. Scalawag is a Black-led,\nwoman-run website and magazine dedicated to the American South. They\u2019re\naccepting pitches for their Haints of the Black South series. They want to \u201cexplore\nthe things that still haunt the South, both in a literal and figurative sense.\u201d\n\u201cAlongside regional stories of haints and hauntings\u2014from Appalachian\napparitions to Gullah Geechee Boo hags and other folklore\u2014we are also seeking\ncritical and personal essays, poetry, short fiction, photography, video, and\nother multimedia exploring personal, historical, and spatial hauntings\nconnected to and within the Black South.\u201d Pay is $500 to $1,200 depending on\nthe type of submission. To learn more, refer to their post<\/a> and form<\/a>. Deadline: September 28th, 2023<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Prism is a BIPOC-led news outlet\nthat covers voting rights, electoral justice, criminal justice, racial justice,\nworkers\u2019 rights, immigration, the environment, gender and LGBTQIA+ issues, and\nmore. Their news editor is seeking pitches from Hawaii-based residents on the Lahaina\nfire aftermath. They pay $0.50 per word. To read their news editor\u2019s post,\nclick here<\/a>.\nTo learn more about them, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n InsideHook is a luxury lifestyle\nguide for affluent and adventurous men. Their associate editor (travel) is\nseeking writers based in Asheville and Denver. As per a previous post<\/a> by this\neditor, they pay $300 to $500. DM their editor on X for more details.\nTo read their editor\u2019s post, click here<\/a>. To\nvisit their contact page, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Metro.co.uk covers news,\nlifestyle, health, food, sex, entertainment, sports, and more. They want to\ncommission more stories of queer people of color. They want opinion\nand first person stories. Rates are \u00a3100 to \u00a3120 for 800 words. If interested, send your pitches to sharan.dhaliwal@metro.co.uk<\/a>.\nTo learn more, refer to this post<\/a>\nand their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Hyphen is \u201cthe young adult\nministry of UPCI Youth Ministries.\u201d Their assistant editor is looking to\ncommission features about Muslims in the United Kingdom and Europe. Rate is\n50p\/word. If you\u2019re a Muslim freelancer, then send your pitches to husna.rizvi@hyphenonline.com<\/a>. To\nread their assistant editor\u2019s post, click here<\/a>. To\nvisit their contact page, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Nike is looking for a Product\nCopywriter for a 3 month contract. The selected applicant will be responsible\nfor assisting in \u201cthe development and execution of seasonal and category\nmarketing programs.\u201d The applicant should preferably have 2 years of marketing\nexperience. The job is remote. To learn more, refer to this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n De Los – Los Angeles Times\nexplores \u201cLatinos and Latinidad with stories on culture and identity.\u201d They\u2019re seeking\npitches for reported stories. They pay<\/a> $450\nfor lightly reported pieces and $750 for much more deeply reported pieces. If\ninterested, email your pitches to delos@latimes.com<\/a>.\nTo learn more, refer to this post<\/a> and\ntheir website<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Junei is a multimedia platform\nfeaturing stories about money. They’re seeking personal money stories from UK\njournalists. They\u2019re looking for first-person narratives of 800 to 1,000 words.\nRate is \u00a3120 per article. To learn more, refer to their post<\/a> and\nthis page<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Nat Geo Travel\u2019s editor is\nlooking for spooky, kooky, and bizarre (travel-related) pitches. They\u2019re accepting\npitches about hell caves, occult trends, and fascinating lore. Pay is $1\/word.\nIf interested, email starlight.williams@natgeo.com<\/a>.\nTo read their editor\u2019s post, click here<\/a>. To\nvisit their website, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Deadline: September 20th, 2023<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Long Now is a non-profit\norganization that fosters long-term thinking. They\u2019re accepting pitches for\nessays (1,200 to 3,000 words); reported features (1,200 to 3,000 words);\ninterviews (2,000 to 3,000 words); book reviews; fiction; and poetry for Ideas,\ntheir living archive of long-term thinking. Rates: features and essays begin at\n$600; interviews, reviews, and short-form journalism pay $300-$600; science\nfiction stories pay $100; and poems pay $25. For details, read their post<\/a> and pitch guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Seattle Met is a magazine about\nSeattle\u2019s culture, lifestyle, arts, and more. Their editor-in-chief is looking\nfor pitches: \u201cHey, if you are a writer with stories to tell about people,\nplants, animals, social phenomena etc. in & around Seattle, please think\nabout pitching me at Seattle Met. I’m looking for stuff driven by good\nreporting, original perspectives, and good old fashioned curiosity.\u201d Rates\nbegin at $0.50 per word for reported stuff. To read their editor-in-chief\u2019s\npost, click here<\/a>.\nTo visit their contact page, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Cosmopolitan is a women\u2019s\nmagazine for dating tips, sex advice, beauty tutorials, fashion trends, and\ncelebrity news. Their features team is seeking your proposals for deeply\nreported reads for Spring 2024 and beyond. They will pay $1.50 to $2.00 per\nword for 2,500 to 4,000 words. Pitches should be sent to erin.quinlan@hearst.com<\/a>. Pitches sent\nby September 12th will be extra appreciated. To learn more, refer to their\nfeatures director\u2019s post<\/a>. To\ncontact them, refer to this page<\/a>. Easterseals provides\nlife-changing services to people with disabilities. They\u2019re seeking disabled\nwriters to feature on their blog. They will pay $1,000 for 1,000 words. To learn\nmore, refer to this post<\/a> and\ntheir blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Insider\u2019s associate editor of\nlifestyle and entertainment freelance writers is seeking pitches from a current\nor former Amtrak employee who would like to write about their experience of\nworking on a train. Rates begin at $185. To read their associate editor\u2019s post,\nclick here<\/a>.\nTo visit their contact page, click here<\/a>. Catalog is a curated music\nmarketplace that has generated more than $3 million in revenue for independent\nartists. Their public editorial program for Liner Notes is always open for pitches.\nThey pay music writers for writing (critical essays, interviews, and scene\nreports) about overlooked artistry and industry topics. Rate is $200 per piece\n(around 1,200 to 3,000 words). Pitches should be sent to editorial@catalog.works<\/a>. To learn\nmore, refer to their post<\/a> and\nthis page<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n MIT Technology Review is a media\ncompany that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the\nnewest technologies. They\u2019re looking for pitches for their upcoming issue on \u201cexploration\nand hidden worlds.\u201d They\u2019re seeking big swings from writers: \u201cnarrative\nfeatures, essential profiles, and sharp reported essays.\u201d Pay is $1 to $2 per\nword. To learn more, refer to their commissioning editor\u2019s post<\/a> and their\npitch\nguide<\/a>.<\/p>\n Deadline: September 18th, 2023<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Insider\u2019s senior editor is looking\nto hear from a mom who has experienced mom-shaming for having fun or partying. Rate\nis $200 to $250 per essay. Pitches should be sent, ideally as soon as possible\n(next couple of weeks), to cpreti@insider.com<\/a>.\nTo read their senior editor\u2019s post, click here<\/a>. To visit\ntheir contact page, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n If you want to write a personal\nessay about the soaring cost of childcare and its effect on your family, then email\nemma_specter@condenast.com<\/a> by\nthe end of this week. Pay is $300 for 800 to 1,000 words. For more information,\nrefer to this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Sixty Inches from Center is a\nnon-profit arts publication and archiving initiative that promotes art and\nwriting in Chicago and the Midwest. They\u2019re seeking pitches covering the\nPerforming Arts in the Midwest. They publish articles in both Spanish and\nEnglish. They pay $150\/article to writers, photographers, and illustrators; $150\nfor a collection of poems; and $1\/minute transcribed for interview\ntranscriptions. To learn more, refer to their post<\/a>\nand this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Insider is a global news\npublication. Their editor is commissioning some train reviews: \u201cAny writers\ntraveling between Paris and Rome or Paris and Amsterdam this late summer\/early\nfall? Looking to commission some train reviews.\u201d She is also open to other\nmajor city routes. Rates begin at $185. If interested, DM her on X. To read her\npost, click here<\/a>.\nTo visit Insider\u2019s contact page, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n The Maple is a 100% reader-funded\npublication featuring Canadian news and perspectives that challenge the status\nquo. For their Missed Information series, their opinion editor is \u201clooking to\nrun an article by a member of a group whose country of origin has been targeted\nin the \u2018foreign interference\u2019 obsession (such as China\nor Russia) about how the witch hunt has\nimpacted them\/their community.\u201d Rates: shorter opinion pieces (700-1,200 words)\npay $130 CAD while more in-depth analysis articles (1,500-2,000 words) pay $325\nCAD. When a piece is assigned and rejected without any request for revision,\nthey pay 50% of the agreed upon fee. To read their opinion editor\u2019s post, click\nhere<\/a>.\nTo learn how to pitch them, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Violet Book is a magazine about fashion,\nart, and womanhood. They\u2019re commissioning a piece in their Eulogies section on\nTina Turner. The piece will look at her life and influence. Pay is \u00a3100 for 500\nwords. Interested journalists can send their clips to their senior editor at olivia@violet-book.com<\/a>. To read their\nsenior editor\u2019s post, click here<\/a>.\nTo visit their website, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Deadline: September 13th, 2023<\/p>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Writers, Here\u2019s our latest roundup of calls for pitches, directly from editors. We\u2019ve researched payment rates and contact information for all of these publishers, to make it easier for you to find the right opportunities for you. Please carefully study each publication before sending them a pitch. 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\n TheBody is Open to Pitches\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Court Watch is Seeking Pitches on Federal Court Proceedings\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Observer’s Arts and Culture Editor is Always Open to Pitches\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Anime Herald is Looking for Articles\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Polyester is Seeking Pitches\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Stylist Magazine is Seeking Mental Health Stories from Women Writers\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n i-D is Seeking New Writers and Pitches\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n IJNet is Seeking Tips and Tricks that’ll Help Journalists\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n The Mill is Looking for Stories from Manchester Journalists\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Columbus Underground is Looking for Freelancers\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n The Guardian is Always Open to Pitches for ‘Why I Quit’ Series\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Scalawag is Accepting Pitches for Haints of the Black South Series\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Prism is Looking for Pitches on the Lahaina Fire Aftermath\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n InsideHook is Seeking Writers in Asheville and Denver\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Metro.co.uk is Seeking Stories of Queer People of Color\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Hyphen is Commissioning Features about Muslims in the United Kingdom and Europe\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Nike is Hiring a Product Copywriter\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n De Los – Los Angeles Times is Looking for Reported Stories\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Junei is Seeking Personal Money Stories from UK Journalists\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Nat Geo Travel is Looking for Spooky and Bizarre Pitches\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Long Now is Accepting Pitches\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Seattle Met is Looking for Pitches\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Cosmopolitan is Seeking Deeply Reported Reads\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Easterseals Blog is Looking for Disabled Writers\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Insider is Looking for an Amtrak Employee\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Catalog is Always Open for Pitches\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n MIT Technology Review is Looking for Pitches on Exploration and Hidden Worlds\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Insider is Seeking Pitches about Experiencing Mom-Shaming for Partying\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Opportunity to Write a Personal Essay on the Skyrocketing Cost of Childcare\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Sixty Inches from Center is Seeking Pitches about Performing Arts\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Insider is Commissioning Train Reviews\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n The Maple is Looking for an Article for Missed Information Series\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Violet Book is Commissioning a Piece on Tina Turner\n <\/h4>\n\n