Here’s our latest roundup of calls for pitches directly from editors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We’ve researched payment rates and found contact information for all of these publishers, to make it easy for you to connect with the right editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you’re not confident in approaching editors, or need some extra guidance, please read How to Write a Pitch that Gets You Paid (Based on Real-World Examples)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to Fatima Saif for compiling this list.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Business Insider covers business,\nfinancial, and technology news. Their senior features editor is seeking pitches\nfor \u201ca gripping, cinematic longread on the British post office scandal, for\nAmericans who may know and care little about it.\u201d Pay is $1 per word. Send your\npitches to lridley@businessinsider.com<\/a>.\nTo read their senior features editor\u2019s post, click here<\/a>. To\nread their pitching guidelines, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Alma is an online community for\nJewish millennial women. They\u2019re accepting pitches about Tu BiShvat. You can pitch\npersonal essays, fun deep dives, and weird tree facts at submissions@heyalma.com<\/a>. They\nstrongly encourage Jews from underrepresented communities to pitch. Rate is $100.\nTo read their post, click here<\/a>. To\nlearn more about them, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Deadline: January 10th, 2024<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Contingent Magazine is a history\nmagazine. They\u2019re open for pitches for reviews (1,000-1,500 words); shorts (800-1,500\nwords); mini-essays (200-500 words); field trips; mailbags (400-500 words); How\nI Do History interviews; and postcards. Base rates: $250 for reviews, shorts, and\nfield trips; $100 for mailbags and mini-essays; and $50 for postcards and How I\nDo History interviews. They prioritize publishing individuals who have \u201ccompleted\npostgraduate work in history (or a history-adjacent field) and are working\noutside the tenure-track professoriate.\u201d To learn more, refer to their post<\/a>.\nTo submit your pitch, refer to this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Men’s Journal is a men\u2019s\nlifestyle publication that covers travel, gear, food and drink, health and\nfitness, style, and more. Their senior editor is looking for liquor op-ed and\nessay pitches. Pay is $250 for 600 to 800 words. Email your pitches and writing\nsamples to chris.hatler@thearenagroup.net<\/a>.\nTo read their senior editor\u2019s post, click here<\/a>. To\nlearn more about them, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Business Insider covers business,\nfinancial, and technology news. Their senior features editor is looking for\nlong, quality features from anywhere around the world. They\u2019re particularly\nseeking technology, business, innovation, and careers stories. Rates are $1 per\nword. Pitches should be sent to lridley@businessinsider.com<\/a>.\nFor more information, read their senior features editor\u2019s post<\/a> and\npitching\nguidelines<\/a>. 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 print\nmagazine issue. The theme of the issue is Play. They want longer pieces: \u201cnarrative\nfeatures, investigations, essential profiles, and super-sharp essays.\u201d This\npitch call is mostly aimed at journalists. Pay is $1 to $2 per word. To learn\nmore, refer to their commissioning editor\u2019s post<\/a> and their\npitch\nguide<\/a>. Deadline: January 15th, 2024<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Chicago Reader is a biweekly\nalternative newspaper. Their news editor is seeking pitches on the 2024\nDemocratic National Convention. The pitches should have Chicago AND community\nlens. Rates are $200 to $400 per piece. They\u2019re also always open to pitches\nabout anything newsy in Chicago. If interested, send your pitches to smulcahy@chicagoreader.com<\/a>. To\nlearn more, read their news editor\u2019s post<\/a>\nand their pitch\nguidelines<\/a>. Peste is a magazine about health\njournalism and human rights. They\u2019re looking for pitches about the war on Gaza:\n\u201cI would love to pay someone to write a piece about how fucked up the New York\nTimes media coverage of the war on Gaza is. Please someone pitch me something\ngood and devastatingly funny.\u201d You can also make fun of other media outlets. Rate\nis $250\/1,000 words. If interested, direct your pitches to editors@pestemag.com<\/a>. Read their post here<\/a>.\nLearn more about them here<\/a>. Asimov Press features writing about biology and its impact on our world. They\u2019re accepting pitches for the first issue of their magazine. The core theme of the magazine will be Biosecurity, but they also have space for essays about other topics. Rates range from $500 for short pieces (around 1,000 words) to $2,000 for Deep Dives (2,500+ words). If interested, email your pitches to <\/span>editors@asimov.com<\/a>. For more information, read their <\/span>post<\/a> and <\/span>pitch guide<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n The War Horse is a nonprofit newsroom\nthat educates people on military service. They\u2019re always accepting Reflections\nessays written by veterans, service members, and family members. Rate for\nReflections is $300. Reflections should be sent to kristin.davis@thewarhorse.org<\/a>. They\nalso accept pitches (at pitches@thewarhorse.org<\/a>)\nfrom investigative freelancers who have significant experience. Rate for freelance\njournalism is $1,000 per assigned story. To learn more, refer to their managing\neditor\u2019s post<\/a>.\nTo contact them, refer to this page<\/a>. Insider is a global news publication.\nTheir\nassociate editor of lifestyle and entertainment freelance writers is seeking pitches\nrelated to the northern lights: \u201cAnyone planning on seeing the northern lights\nin Iceland this year? For @thisisinsider, I’m looking for budget\/travel\nenthusiasts making the journey (especially with the $600 Travelzoo deal) to\nwrite about their experience.\u201d Rates begin at $215. To read their editor\u2019s\npost, click here<\/a>.\nTo visit their contact page, click here<\/a>. International Journalists’ Network\n(IJNet) offers the latest tips, training opportunities, trends, and tools for\nprofessional and emerging journalists. If you\u2019re interested in sharing any tips\nand tricks that will help journalists globally, then send them your pitches.\nThey will pay $200 per article. Most of their freelance writers work in\nEnglish, but they can also work in Spanish, Portuguese or Russian. To learn\nmore, refer to their post<\/a> and this page<\/a>. Cosmopolitan is a women\u2019s magazine for\ndating tips, sex advice, beauty tutorials, fashion trends, and more. Their target\naudience is women under the age of 35. Their senior features editor is always accepting\nfeature pitches. They pay $1.50 to $2.00 per word for features (2,000-5,000\nwords). If interested, send your pitches to nicole.pasulka@hearst.com<\/a>. To read\ntheir senior features editor\u2019s post, click here<\/a>.\nTo learn more about them, click here<\/a>. Hyperallergic is a Brooklyn-based\nonline arts magazine. Their news editor is accepting reported story pitches related\nto the visual arts. Their standard base rate for short reviews, essays, and\narticles (around 400 to 600 words) is $250 and for longer reviews, features,\nessays, and reported stories (around 800+ words), it is $500. To learn more,\nrefer to their news editor\u2019s post<\/a>\nand their pitch guide<\/a>. Polyester is an intersectional\nfeminist fashion and culture zine. Their senior editor is on the lookout for pitches\nabout pop and internet culture. Pay is \u00a365 for 1,000 words. Send your pitches\nto gina.tonic@polyesterzine.com<\/a>.\nRead their senior editor\u2019s post here<\/a>. Read their pitch guide here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n The Daily Beast is a news and opinion\nwebsite dedicated to independent journalism. Their senior editor is accepting\npitches for their Innovation section. They\u2019re seeking weird, off-beat, and\/or\nunder-the-radar technology pitches to give their audience essential information\nfor their everyday life. They usually pay $350 to $450 for 800 to 1,200-word stories.\nIf interested, send your pitches to tony.tran@thedailybeast.com<\/a>.\nTo read their senior editor\u2019s post, click here<\/a>.\nTo read their Innovation section pitch guide, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n GRAMMYs \/ Recording Academy is a\nsociety of music professionals. They\u2019re seeking pitches about \u201cdiverse artists,\ngenres, and musical communities with national relevance.\u201d They\u2019re mainly\nseeking \u201clarger culture features and lists highlighting the intersection of\nmusic with broader issues such as politics, history, health and technology.\u201d They\u2019re\nalso looking for artist interviews, artist \u201cdiscoveries\u201d, and evergreen\nfeatures\/lists. Rates are $250 to $500 per piece. For details, refer to this post<\/a> and\ntheir pitch\nguide<\/a>. Fine Books Magazine is a quarterly\nmagazine about rare books, manuscripts, maps, fine art, and more. Their editor\nis seeking writers and ideas on the world of books. They will pay $200 to $700.\nIf interested, email allison@finebooksmagazine.com<\/a>.\nTo read their editor\u2019s post, click here<\/a>.\nTo read their winter issue, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n If you\u2019re a North America-based\nautomotive journalist and are interested in a regular freelance gig, then email\ndavid.a@hotcars.com<\/a>. Rates begin at\n$300. To learn more, refer to this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Paste Magazine publishes work\nabout music, movies, TV, comedy, games, books, politics, drinks, tech, and\ntravel. Their editor is looking for pitches for their music section. They\u2019re\nparticularly seeking \u201creported pieces on scenes, trends, and any niche stuff\nthat you\u2019re passionate about.\u201d Rate is $150 to $350. Send your pitches to mattmitchell@pastemagazine.com<\/a>.\nTo read their editor\u2019s post, click here<\/a>. To\nvisit their website, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n TRT World is a Turkey-based international\nnews service provider. They\u2019re always seeking features and opinions pitches for\ntheir international audience. They will pay at least $250 per piece (800 to\n1,000 words). To learn more, refer to this post<\/a>\nand their \u2018about\u2019 page<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Sentient Media is a news\norganization that reports on the impact of animal agriculture. They\u2019re seeking\npitches that fit within at least one of their verticals: \u201cagriculture, science,\nclimate, health or justice.\u201d Their rates begin at $200. Pitches should be sent\nto jenny@sentientmedia.org<\/a>. To\nlearn more, refer to their post<\/a>\nand pitch guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here’s our latest roundup of calls for pitches directly from editors. We’ve researched payment rates and found contact information for all of these publishers, to make it easy for you to connect with the right editor. 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\n Alma is Accepting Pitches about Tu BiShvat\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Contingent Magazine is Open for Pitches\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Men's Journal is Looking for Liquor Op-Ed and Essay Pitches\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Business Insider is Looking for Features\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n MIT Technology Review is Seeking Pitches on the Theme of Play\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Chicago Reader is Seeking Pitches on the 2024 Democratic National Convention\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Peste is Looking for Pitches about the War on Gaza\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Asimov Press is Looking for Pitches\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n The War Horse is Accepting Pitches\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Insider is Seeking Pitches Related to the Northern Lights\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n IJNet is Open to Pitches\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Cosmopolitan is Accepting Feature Pitches\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Hyperallergic is Accepting Pitches Related to the Visual Arts\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Polyester is on the Lookout for Pitches about Pop and Internet Culture\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n The Daily Beast is Accepting Pitches for Innovation Section\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n GRAMMYs \/ Recording Academy is Always Open for Pitches\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Fine Books Magazine is Seeking Writers and Ideas\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Openings for Automotive Journalists\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Paste Magazine is Seeking Music Pitches\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n TRT World is Always Seeking Features and Opinions Pitches\n <\/h4>\n\n
\n Sentient Media is Seeking Pitches\n <\/h4>\n\n