Dear Writers \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are 19 publications that work directly with freelance writers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Be sure to carefully study each publication before sending them a pitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you want to succeed with your pitch, the most important work happens when you carefully study the publication, thoughtfully tailoring your idea to their specific needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are some resources to help with your pitching:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Open Secrets <\/strong>is an online magazine that publishes memorable and revealing personal essays on the topics we are taught to keep \u201csecret.\u201d They are open to essays (1,000 to 1,500 words) on all personal experiences. They pay authors $100 per essay. For more information, refer to this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Berkeleyside <\/strong>is a nonprofit digital news platform that reports on Berkeley and the East Bay. They would love to work with local writers, reporters, and researchers to share the stories of Berkeley, serve local information needs, and highlight important viewpoints from across the city. They pay $100 for briefs, $250 for reviews, a minimum of $350 for complex features, and a minimum of $500 for in-depth enterprise and investigative reports. To learn more, refer to their freelancer\u2019s guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Crafted For All <\/strong>is \u201ca professional development platform that fosters inclusive, equitable, and just spaces and experiences in the craft beverage sector.\u201d They\u2019re seeking writers: \u201cWe\u2019re looking for thinkers and advocates who can educate, inspire, and challenge our community in ways that support our vision of an equitable and just craft beverage industry.\u201d Rate is $200 to $500 per piece. To learn more, refer to this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Voxel Smash <\/strong>is a videogames website. They believe that reviews, news, features, and guides should be fun to read. They publish both new and established writers and offer full training and support to them. As per this tweet<\/a>, their rates begin at $50 for features. If interested, get in touch with them at voxelsmash@gmail.com<\/a>. To learn more, refer to this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yellow Seeds Magazine <\/strong>is an online publication featuring \u201cnon-partisan think-pieces that question our cultural conversations to humanize our complexities as people.\u201d As per this tweet<\/a> by their editor, they pay $50 for essays of 700 to 800 words. If interested, send your pitches to yellowseedspub@gmail.com<\/a>. To learn more, refer to their submissions guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Layered Butter <\/strong>is a magazine about \u201cart, design and the movies.\u201d They build each issue of the magazine around a particular abstract theme\/genre\/director\/actor, and open up the submission process 2 to 3 months before the submission deadline. They also accept off-theme pitches and submissions. According to their submissions page, they don\u2019t want reviews of movies, clickbait listicles, contrarian hot takes, and previously published works. They\u2019re open to \u201cother aspects of formal analysis and cultural criticism, interviews, essays, etc.\u201d Their essays and criticism works are usually between 1,000 and 2,000 words. Rates<\/a> are $100-$500. To learn more, refer to their submissions page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Task & Purpose <\/strong>is an online news and culture publication for the next generation of American veterans. They are always seeking \u201cstories on combat and what happens after, deep dives into the scourge of military sexual assault, or explainers on why the military is seeing an exodus of experienced military pilots.\u201d They are also always looking for first-hand accounts and essays. They generally pay $500 per piece. To learn more, refer to this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Long Now <\/strong>is a non-profit organization that fosters long-term thinking. Their pitch guide says, \u201cOur work encourages imagination at the timescale of civilization \u2014 the next and last 10,000 years \u2014 a timespan we call the long now.\u201d\u00a0They want stories that explore the \u2018long now\u2019 of climate change, the rise and fall of civilizations, biotechnology and artificial intelligence, economics, architecture, and more. They accept pitches for essays (800 to 1,800 words), reported features (1,200 to 2,500 words), interviews (1,200 to 2,000 words), book reviews, shorter articles, fiction, and poems for Ideas, their living archive of long-term thinking. Rates begin at $600 for features and range between $300 and $600 for essays, interviews, reviews, science journalism, and news articles. Rates are $100 for science fiction and $25 for poems. For more information, refer to their pitch guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Blacklight <\/strong>is the New York Amsterdam News\u2019 investigative unit. They are seeking experienced freelance journalists. They primarily work with freelance journalists based in the New York City area but are also open to working with those based outside the region. They pay $250+ for fact checks (500 to 1,000 words, 1 to 2 interviews); $1\/word for medium length articles (800 to 1,500 words, 2 to 4 interviews); $2\/word or a flat commission fee for long form articles (1,500+ words, 4+ interviews); and $250 to $500+ for data visualizations. For more information, visit this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ability Toolbox <\/strong>is \u201ca lifestyle and self-help community for people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, and mental health conditions.\u201d They primarily publish work by those who have \u201cpersonal, lived experience with a disability, chronic illness, and\/or mental health condition.\u201d They pay $50-$150\/article for original content. Pay range depends on the length as well as the research required for the article (short personal stories pay less while in-depth shopping and how-to guides pay more). In general, they focus on \u2018life hacks\u2019. For details, refer to this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n HipLatina <\/strong>is a website that empowers the Latinx\/e community and amplifies their voices. They cover news, entertainment, culture, wellness, beauty, fashion, lifestyle, and family. They accept pitches for original content. Their trending articles are 400-600 words, features\/essays are 1,000-1,500 words, and each item in a listicle is at least 75 words. Rate is $50 to $150 per piece. If interested, email your pitches to hiplatinapitches@mycodemedia.com<\/a>. To learn more, read their pitching guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Orion Magazine <\/strong>is a quarterly magazine committed to producing stories that \u201cmeet the collective need for emotional, spiritual, and social connections with nature and each other.\u201d According to this Tweet<\/a>, all of their print essays are paid assignments. Rates start at $500 for the shortest print pieces and increase from there. For more information, read their submission guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Monarch <\/strong>is an online directory that connects therapy seekers to clinicians. They look to create and publish clear, honest, and actionable mental health articles. They have high journalistic standards. They prize science-backed information with a minimum of 1 to 2 quotes from licensed experts as well as references to a minimum of 2 peer-reviewed studies. They pay a flat rate of $500 per article (1,000 to 3,000 words). As their parent company is US-based, to get paid you should either live in the US or have a US bank account and tax ID. For details, refer to this page<\/a>, and their writers\u2019 guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Transformations <\/strong>is a digital magazine of narrative essays and other content. The magazine is \u201cpublished by the Narrative Storytelling Initiative at Arizona State University and is a publishing channel of the Los Angeles Review of Books.\u201d They look for life-changing experiences that have influenced the direction of your lives. They accept pitches about your transformation narrative at transformations@asu.edu<\/a>. Transformations essays are usually 1,300 to 2,000 words. They also accept submissions of \u201cSnapshot\u201d essays (about 600 words) and book excerpts. According to this Tweet<\/a>, they pay $100 per narrative essay. To learn more, refer to their submissions page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Health.com <\/strong>is a source for information on fitness, nutrition, beauty, wellness, and lifestyle. The majority of their readers are female. They accept pitches for: personal essays with reporting; explainers; reports\/trend pieces; topical service (service content related to current events); as told to (one-on-one interview narrative); social trends; and product reviews. Rates are $200-$1,000 for personal essays and topical service; $250-$1,000 for reports\/trend pieces; $200-$500 for explainers, as told to, and social trends; and $150 to $300 for product reviews. For details, read their pitch guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Variable West <\/strong>is a platform for West Coast art. They welcome pitches from writers. They have 5 pitch categories: Love Letters, The Why, Pairings, Exhibition Reviews and Artist Interviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n -Love Letters: Micro essays of 200-250 words on artists we can\u2019t stop thinking about. Rate: $50<\/p>\n\n\n\n -The Why: Stories of 200-300 words on what inspires West Coast creatives. Rate: $50<\/p>\n\n\n\n -Pairings: \u201cArt that makes us think of food and food that makes us think of art.\u201d Rate: $75 for 300-400 words<\/p>\n\n\n\n -Exhibition Reviews and Artist Interviews: for exhibition reviews (600-800 words) and interviews (2,000 words), they are accepting pitches on the theme of \u201cStaying With the Trouble a la Donna Haraway.\u201d Rate: $150<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, read their call for pitches<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Futurism <\/strong>is a digital media platform that covers science, technology, and medicine news that are changing the world. They pay about $200 to $500 per piece. To contact them, refer to this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Xylom <\/strong>is a media outlet that creates \u201cpersonal stories of science and humanity.\u201d They are looking for personal essays (1,200-1,500 words) that are \u201cat least tangentially related to science\u201d, science analysis and opinion pieces (1,200-1,500 words), narrative-driven science feature stories, and 10-ish-word stories. They pay every storyteller at least $200. To learn more, refer to their submissions page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Drift<\/strong> is \u201ca magazine of culture and politics.\u201d They want \u201csocially engaged cultural criticism; class-sensitive analysis; pieces that point out what\u2019s being avoided or talked around in politics, media, arts, or even academia; upbeat cynicism; un-self-serious screeds; generous takedowns; entries from the margins; fiction; poetry; 1-3 sentence book\/ movie\/ TV\/ art reviews.\u201d They pay:<\/p>\n\n\n\n – $2,000 for essays
– $500 – $1,000 for short stories
– $150 for poems
– $25 for Mentions<\/p>\n\n\n\n