Here’s a list of seven blogs and websites that accept pitches and\/or queries directly from freelance writers.<\/p>\n
Topics include sports, humor, profiles, journalism, news, and politics.<\/p>\n
The payment rates listed are based on our best research; use them as a guide when negotiating payment. They are not guaranteed.<\/p>\n
— Jacob Jans (Contributions from Fatima Saif)<\/p>\n
Deadspin <\/b>is a blog and a sports news website. They post commentaries and previews of the main sports stories of the day. They also post sports-related anecdotes and rumors. Payment reports suggest that they pay up to ten cents per word. To contact them, refer to this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n April Magazine <\/b>is an online magazine for East and South East Asian Women. They \u201cpromote role models, share ideas, and raise voices that deserve to be heard.\u201d They want to cover stories by and for Asian women. According to payment reports, they pay $0.10 per word. To learn more, visit this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cracked <\/b>is an American humor website. They are famous for their list-style feature articles. For an author\u2019s first four accepted articles, they pay $150 each. From the fifth article onward, they pay $250. To learn more, refer to this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n Religion & Politics <\/b>is an online news journal that features \u201carticles from scholars and journalists who proceed from a single premise: that for better and for worse, religion and politics converge, clash, and shape public life.\u201d They prefer pitches for potential articles. According to one payment report, they paid $0.26 per word. To learn more, visit this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n AlterNet <\/b>is a news magazine and an online community which \u201ccreates original journalism and amplifies the best of hundreds of other independent media sources.\u201d They publish narratives, success stories, expert analyses, investigative reports and critiques of policies. According to payment reports, they pay around $200 per story. For further details, read their writer guideline<\/a>s<\/p>\n The Atlantic <\/b>features news and analysis on business, politics, foreign affairs, cultural trends and technology. According to payment reports, they pay $0.12 per word. Although, they were recently purchased by a foundation run by the widow of Steve Jobs. Perhaps that means theiir budget will increase. To send a pitch, refer to this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cognoscenti<\/b> is the opinion page of WBUR-FM (a public radio station owned by Boston University). They publish commentaries on a wide range of topics including \u201cpolitics, culture, sports, law, medicine, innovation, religion, media, parenting and style.\u201d They do not consider submissions that exceed 1,000 words. 750 is the ideal word count for them. They pay a $50 honorarium upon request. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here’s a list of seven blogs and websites that accept pitches and\/or queries directly from freelance writers. Topics include sports, humor, profiles, journalism, news, and politics. The payment rates listed are based on our best research; use them as a guide when negotiating payment. They are not guaranteed. — Jacob Jans (Contributions from Fatima Saif)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5598","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\/5598","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=5598"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5608,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5598\/revisions\/5608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}