Dear Writers,

Here’s our latest roundup of calls for pitches directly from editors.

Please carefully study each publication before sending a pitch.

If you’re new to pitching, here are a few resources to help you get started:

• How to Write a Pitch that Gets You Paid (Based on Real-World Examples)
• How to Pitch a Listicle About Pop Culture 
• Case Study: How I Broke into the Smart Mouth Newsletter and Earned $1 per Word
• Everything You Need to Get Your Articles Published in 2022

— Jacob Jans

Thanks to Fatima Saif for compiling this list.

The Muse is an online career platform where users can look for job listings, company profiles, and career advice. Their deputy editor is seeking pitches for “pieces that shed light, provide insight, reframe, and capture zeitgeist when it comes to careers, job searches, work, and work culture.” They’re particularly interested in fresh takes on these topics:

“- Salary, negotiation, money, pay transparency, etc.

– Mental health

– Diversity, equity, and inclusion

– Unions, organizing, etc.

– Early career

– Productivity”

Rate is $300 to $600. Send your pitches to stav.ziv@themuse.com. Read their deputy editor’s Twitter thread here. Learn more about them here.

BuzzFeed News is a news website by BuzzFeed. They’re accepting pitches for their tech section. Rates are $0.33 per word for essays and $0.50 per word for reported pieces. Email your pitches to mark.yarm@buzzfeed.com. To read their tech desk editor’s tweet, click here. To visit their website, click here.

HipLatina 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’re seeking essays/features/profiles centered on Latinas/Latinx community. 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. Pay is $150+. Pitches can be sent to hiplatinapitches@mycodemedia.com. For details, read their editor’s tweet and their pitching guidelines.

Holler is a country music magazine. They’re seeking “US festival reporters, feature writers, album reviewers and potentially news writers in the genres of country, Americana and roots.” Base rate for features will be $210+. If interested, email heythere@holler.country. To read their tweet, click here. To visit their website, click here.

Tribeza is Austin’s leading arts and culture magazine. They’re looking for “experienced digital writers (preferably Austin residents) with a pulse on the city’s best restaurants, events, design, wellness, and culture.” Rate is $100-$200 per piece. If interested, email avery@tribeza.com. To learn more, refer to this tweet and their ‘about us’ page.

Time Out is a guide to the best music, film, art, food, hotels, attractions, and things to do in the greatest cities of the world. They’re seeking pitches (for interviews, features, etc.) around the topic of women + travel. Their standard rate is £0.30/word. If interested, send your pitches to grace.beard@timeout.com. To read their deputy travel editor’s tweet, click here. To visit their website, click here.

Maisonneuve is a Montreal-based quarterly of “arts, opinion, and ideas.” They’re seeking pitches (for reported features, essays, comment pieces, and comics) about tech for their next issue. The pitches should have some kind of Canadian connection. Their standard rate is 15 cents per word. Pitches can be sent to lucy@maisonneuve.org. To learn more, refer to their Twitter thread and guidelines.

Deadline: March 5th, 2023

Vulture is an entertainment news website for the culturally obsessed. They cover TV, movies, comedy, music, theater, art, books, and more. Their recommendations editor is seeking “fun, insightful rankings and round-ups for March pegs and beyond.” The editor hasn’t mentioned the rates, but according to this tweet, their rates generally start at $200. Send your pitches to james.grebey@voxmedia.com. Read their recommendations editor’s Twitter thread here and their pitch guide here.

The New Statesman is a UK news magazine and website. Their comment editor is looking for pitches and writers: “I’m always keen for subversive / punchy / cheeky ideas. I often run short pieces, pegged to the talking points of the day.” “Particularly keen for writers who are sceptical, thoughtful & don’t fall into predictable camps on culture wars – but not contrarian for the sake of it.” According to payment reports, they pay £100 to £600 per piece. If interested, email pravina.rudra@newstatesman.co.uk. To read their comment editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.

Feminist Food Journal is “an online magazine dedicated to a feminist food future.” They’re accepting pitches for their CITY issue. Rate is $130 per piece. Read their tweet here. Learn more about them here.

Deadline: February 23rd, 2023

BorderLore is a monthly digital journal that documents, shares, and elevates folklife in the US Southwest and Northern Mexico. They’re looking for pitches: “Got a favorite object? A traditional artifact? A complex thing? Seeking pitches for short personal/reported essays BorderLore’s ARTIFACT section. What connects you (or doesn’t!) to culture, tradition, heritage in the SW or US-Mex border region?” Rate is $300. To learn more, refer to this tweet and this page.

International Journalists’ Network (IJNet) offers the latest tips, training opportunities, trends, and tools for professional and emerging journalists around the world. They’re looking for tips and tricks that will help journalists globally. Most of their freelancers work in English, but they have also added the opportunity to work in Spanish, Portuguese or Russian. Rate: $200/article. To learn more, refer to their tweet and this page.

Opportunity for a Product Reviewer: “I’m looking for a budding product reviewer to help run the product writing side of my biz. You’ll run point on research + admin!” You will work ideally from March to June, for 20ish hours per month. Rate: $20 per hour. If interested, email jennigritters@gmail.com. For more information, refer to this tweet.

Michigan Alum is the quarterly magazine of the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan. They write stories for and about their alumni. They’re accepting pitches on a rolling basis. Rate is $1 per word. If interested, send your interesting alumni or U-M story pitches to katfio@umich.edu. To learn more, refer to their editor’s tweet and their previous articles.

whynow is an online magazine and production studio that features stories from both emerging and established people in arts, music, and entertainment. They’re open for pitches. They’re seeking “great features, interviews, stories, and reviews in music, art, film and TV.” They usually pay £80-£150 per piece. Pitches can be sent to editors@whynow.co.uk. To read their tweet, click here. To read their pitching guidelines, click here.

Stylist Magazine is a weekly magazine and a website for smart, successful, and sophisticated women. Their features editor is commissioning pieces for Stylist Extra for February/March: “I’m after reported features and interesting first-person/essays. Is there a trend you want to properly explore? An experience/event you want to report on? Send your idea my way.” The features editor hasn’t mentioned the rates in their tweet but according to a tweet by Stylist’s entertainment editor, they pay £150 for 800 to 1,000 words. If interested, email hannah.keegan@stylist.co.uk. To read their features editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To read their general pitching guidelines, click here.

Monarch is an online directory that connects therapy seekers to clinicians. They’re accepting pitches on “private practice mental health topics including quick-turn articles on mentoring (how to find a mentor as a therapist, what your first conversation with your mentor/mentee should include, etc).” They can pay $300 to $500. If interested, DM their editor-in-chief on Twitter. To read their editor-in-chief’s tweet, click here. To read their guidelines, click here.

Viator Travel, a Tripadvisor company, offers amazing tours, activities, and experiences around the globe. They’re seeking editorial writers for these destinations: “the Caribbean + Central America broadly, as well as Brazil + Venezuela, Tanzania + Ghana, Texas, Germany, the Netherlands, the Balkans, Portugal, + the Philippines.” Pay is $250. If interested, email lcocking@tripadvisor.com. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread and their ‘about’ page.

GamesRadar+, a part of Future US Inc., is a website about games, movies, TV, and comics. Their US managing editor is seeking freelance comics/manga pitches. He is looking for timely op-eds/features, interviews/exclusives, and deep dives. He has tweeted, “Big focus on anything with adaptations, especially DC/Marvel, but open to all things cool or interesting”. Rates begin at $125. To read his Twitter thread, click here. To visit their website, click here.

Rest of World is a global nonprofit publication that covers technology’s impact beyond the Western bubble. Their Asia desk is looking for “pitches on tech issues facing the region.” The journalists “should have access to local subjects and be able to do reporting on the ground.” Rates are $400 to $600+ per piece. Pitches can be sent to sarah@restofworld.org. For more information, refer to this tweet and this page.

Pride Source is Michigan’s LGBTQ+ news source. Their editorial director has tweeted, “Attention queer writers! I’m looking for pitches that are home-related (home as an actual space OR home as something more conceptual). Looking to assign a story or two this week, so if you’ve got some strong gay home ideas please send ’em my way.” Rate is $100 to $250 (possibly more). They’re open to essays and reported stories/features. Send your pitches to chris@pridesource.com. To read their editorial director’s Twitter thread, click here. To read their pitch guide, click here.

Recessed Space is “a repository for writing about art and architecture.” They’re seeking reviews, comments, interviews, and more at the intersection of architecture and fine art. They will pay a flat rate of £50. To learn more, refer to their editor’s tweet and their ‘about’ page.

Glamour is an online magazine for women. Their editor is looking for “pitches around sexual consent and the UK legal system.” They will pay £200 for 800 words. If interested, send an email to lucy.morgan@condenast.co.uk by the end of this week. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Twitter thread. To contact them, refer to this page.

Atmos is a biannual magazine and digital platform that explores climate and culture. Their climate director has tweeted, “Are you a native/Indigenous journalist/writer who’s followed the Colorado river crisis? Looking for someone to cover for The Frontline at @AtmosMag w/ a focus on tribal sovereignty/rights.” According to their climate director’s previous tweet, they pay a flat rate of $500 for digital pieces. If interested, email yessenia@atmos.earth. To read their climate director’s tweet, click here. To contact them, click here.