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 publications, so you can easily connect with the right opportunity for you.
Please don’t contact these publications without first carefully studying them, and making sure your pitch closely fits their needs.
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Thanks to Fatima Saif for compiling this list
Viator is Seeking Roundups about Thessaloniki and Cancun
Viator, a Tripadvisor company, is a marketplace for travel experiences. They’re looking for:
– A writer to contribute some basic roundups about Thessaloniki. The writer should be well-versed in the destination. Rate is $290. Details here.
– A writer to contribute a basic roundup about beaches in Cancun. The writer should be well-versed in the topic. Rate is $290. Details here.
If interested, send your pitches to lcocking@tripadvisor.com. The deadline for submission of pitches is mid July. To learn how to pitch them, click here.
Business Insider is Looking for Pitches
Business Insider’s deputy editor of lifestyle and entertainment freelancers is looking for pitches: “Has anyone recently given up Netflix? Or cancel all their streamers? Maybe made the jump back to cable? DM me the deets! Would love to pay you to write about it” Rates begin at $220 for 600 words. To read their deputy editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Wisecrack is Always Seeking Writers
Wisecrack is a film and video production company. They’re always seeking writers with experience writing video essays. They will pay around $400 to $500 for the first script. The length of a script is usually around 3,000 words. To read their post, click here. To visit their website, click here.
Polyester is Seeking Pitches on Internet Culture and Pop Culture
Polyester is an intersectional feminist fashion and culture zine. They’re seeking pitches on “current internet culture and pop culture.” They’re also looking to build out their roster of interviewers. Rate is £65 for 1,000 words. If interested, email gina.tonic@polyesterzine.com. To learn more, refer to this post and this page.
Skin Deep is Seeking Dispatches from Students Occupying their Institutions for an End to Genocide
Skin Deep is an organization making space for Black and POC creatives working for justice. They’re interested in publishing dispatches from students who are occupying their institutions to demand an end to the genocide. Pay is £150 for 1,000 words. To learn more, refer to their post and call for submissions.
Business Insider is Seeking Essay Pitches
Business Insider’s deputy editor is seeking “essays from millennials or Gen Zers who rely on their parents for financial support.” “Whether it’s sharing streaming services login, being on their phone plan, living with them, etc.” Pay is around $220. Send your pitches to cpreti@insider.com. To read their deputy editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
The Scottish BPOC Writers Network is Seeking Pitches on the Theme of Space
The Scottish BPOC Writers Network (SBWN) provides “advocacy, literary events, and professional development opportunities for BPOC writers based in or from Scotland.” They’re looking for blog pitches for their Space to Thrive program. They’re seeking “pitches about any and all interpretations of the concept of ‘space’, from outer space to absence to community and anything else that comes to mind.” Rate is £135 per blog post (700 words). For more information, refer to their post and call for blog pitches.
Deadline: July 16th, 2024
The Nonprofit Quarterly is Seeking Pitches for WE STOOD UP Column
The Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ) is a nonprofit print and digital magazine that educates the nonprofit sector through research-based articles and resources. They’re looking for pitches for their WE STOOD UP column: “Did you organize your job for better wages, fair treatment, or work protections? Tell your story for WE STOOD UP, featuring short-form testimonials about how you did it and why.” Pay is $300 for around 500 words. If interested, direct your pitches to economicjustice@npqmag.org. To learn more, refer to their post and call for pitches.
NSUN is Seeking Pitches on “Mental Healthcare in a Failing State”
The National Survivor User Network (NSUN) is “a membership organisation of people and grassroots groups with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress, and trauma.” They’re looking for pitches: “Pitch us: ‘Mental Healthcare in a Failing State.’ We’re interested in publishing blogs from people with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress and trauma.” Rate is £150 for blogs (500 to 1,000 words). For more information, refer to their post and this page.
Deadline: July 26th, 2024
Rascal is Accepting Pitches
Rascal, a tabletop roleplaying game outlet, is open to pitches. Their first commissioned articles will feature a range of topics by a diverse group of writers. However, they’re particularly interested in hearing from Black writers. Their standard rate is $300/piece. They accept pitches that start at 1,200 words. To learn more, refer to their post and guidelines.
Parapraxis is Seeking Pitches
Parapraxis is a print and online magazine of psychoanalysis. They’re actively seeking pitches for their Issue 06: Resistances and for their (un-themed) website. Print rates range from $500 to $800 depending on length. Website rates are a flat $500. To learn more, refer to their post and pitch form.
CONE is Seeking Writers
CONE is a magazine and media platform that covers music, film, design, and more. They’re seeking writers who cover “street style and design.” They pay $200 to $400 for features of 1,000 to 2,000 words. If interested, email jess@conemagazine.com. Read their post here. Learn more about them here.
Business Insider is Looking for Story Ideas
Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their associate editor of lifestyle and entertainment freelance writers is seeking “US vs. non-US story ideas (ex: I’m a Brit who visited Texas for the first time) and essays about moving from expats/those who experienced a major culture shock.” Rates begin at $220 for 600 words. If interested, DM your pitches to their editor on X. To read their editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
ROMchip is Looking for Pitches
ROMchip, a journal of game histories, is seeking pitches from writers for a 2,500 to 4,000-word piece suitable to their “Materials section, which features close readings and object lessons focused on game history artifacts.” Their definition of “‘games’ is inclusive of video games and computer games, as well as board games, card games, analog games, play, and sport.” Rate is $1,000. If interested, send your pitches to laine.nooney@gmail.com. Pitches should be sent by July 15, 2024 for earliest consideration. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
Rest of World’s China Editor is Looking for Pitches
Rest of World is a global nonprofit publication that covers technology’s impact beyond the Western bubble. Their China editor is seeking “deeply-reported, human-centered stories on Chinese and diaspora experiences with technology, unique angles on U.S.-China tech rivalry & the impact of China tech around the world + scoops!” They pay a flat rate of $750 plus reporting expenses. Email your pitches to joanna@restofworld.org. To read their China editor’s post, click here. To read their China desk submission guidelines, click here.
Planetizen is Always Seeking Pitches
Planetizen is “a fiercely independent platform that creates, curates, and amplifies stories and resources to inform planning and people passionate about planning.” They’re always looking for pitches: “Are you a practicing planner, scholar, or work in a related field? We are always accepting pitches for feature articles that bring an expert lens to today’s key planning issues.” They pay professional writers $500 for a feature or career-related article. For details, refer to their post and this page.
Art with Heart is Seeking a Trans/Non-Binary Artist
Art with Heart is a Salford-based arts company. They’re seeking a trans/non-binary artist to write a 500 to 800-word blog post. You don’t have to write about anything in particular, their only requirement is that the blog should relate to arts and culture in some way. Pay is £250. If interested, send your pitches to megan@artwithheart.org.uk. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
Deadline: July 19th, 2024
GENERATIONS is Looking for Pitches
GENERATIONS is a magazine filled with “retrospectives and essays chronicling the history of gaming, from the 1st gen till today.” They’re seeking pieces (1,200 to 2,250 words) on every generation except for the 6th. Pay is 7 pence a word. If interested, send your pitches to hello@wearegamebound.com. For more information, refer to this post.
Rest of World’s US Tech Editor is Seeking Reported Articles
Rest of World is a global nonprofit publication that covers technology’s impact beyond the Western bubble. Their US tech editor is looking for reported article pitches. They pay a flat rate of $750 plus reporting expenses. If interested, email your pitches to russell@restofworld.org. For more information, refer to their editor’s post and their call for pitches.
Toronto Star’s Opinion Editor is Looking for Pitches
Toronto Star is Canada’s largest daily newspaper. Their opinion editor is looking for pitches. They want distinctive, sharply written, and deeply researched *arguments* on issues that their readers care about. They typically pay about $0.50/word for pure opinion pieces and more for reporting. To learn more, refer to their opinion editor’s post. To contact them, refer to this page.
Business Insider is Seeking Personal Essays
Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their deputy editor is seeking personal essays: “Are you a parent who has traveled to the US recently with your kids? What were they surprised by? Looking for personal essays from foreigners.” They usually pay $250 for such pieces. Send your pitches to cpreti@insider.com. To read their deputy editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Mill Media is Commissioning Writers
Mill Media publishes local digital newspapers across the UK. They have increased their monthly budgets so they can commission more freelance writers and pay for bigger projects. Check out their pitching page, if you’re in “Liverpool, Birmingham, London, Manchester, Glasgow or Sheffield.” They have already started to commission for their London and Glasgow launches and for July/August. They’re especially interested in great stories in Birmingham and Liverpool as their teams there are quite small. Pay is £150 to £2,500 per piece. To learn more, refer to their founder’s post.
AFAR is Seeking a Travel Writer
AFAR is a multi-platform travel media brand that inspires, empowers, and enriches travelers who care. They’re seeking a travel writer who is familiar with Albania for a short write-up that will appear in both print and online. Pay is $400. If interested, email your pitches to tchester@afar.com. To learn more, refer to this post and their contributor guidelines.
Deadline: July 8th, 2024
Business Insider is Seeking Story Pitches about Traveling
Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their lifestyle/entertainment editor is seeking “story pitches about things you wouldn’t do again while traveling (wouldn’t fly with X airline again, stay with Y hotel chain, sail with Z cruise).” Rates begin at $220 for 600-word pieces. There is no deadline to send pitches. To read their lifestyle/entertainment editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Aeon is Seeking Profiles of Living Intellectuals
Aeon is “a magazine of ideas and culture.” They’re thinking of “putting together some profiles of living intellectuals, thinkers for the Fall.” Rate: $500 for tenure track or tenured faculty and $1,800 for others. To learn more, refer to their senior editor’s post and their pitch guide.
NiCHE is Accepting Pitches
The Network in Canadian History & Environment (NiCHE) is “a confederation of researchers and educators who work at the intersection of nature and history.” They’re accepting pitches at nichecanadawebsite@gmail.com. They can offer an honorarium of $100 CAD per post to “graduate students, precarious scholars, or those without adequate or consistent access to institutional financial compensation, assistance or support.” To learn more, refer to their post, guidelines for contributors, and honoraria policy.
Curbside Chronicle is Looking for Pitches for the Annual Animal-Themed Issue
Curbside Chronicle is “Oklahoma’s first and only street paper, employing and empowering people experiencing and transitioning out of homelessness in Oklahoma City.” Their editor is looking for pitches for their annual animal-themed issue: “Overlooked invertebrates, amazing creatures you oughta know or humans working hard to make life better for our winged and four-legged friends would be ideal.” They will pay at least $250 per story. If interested, DM their editor on X. To read their editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Deadline: July 14th, 2024
Jamhoor is Looking for Pitches
Jamhoor, a South Asian–left media platform, is seeking “contributions on current and past struggles in South Asia that move the debate on armed resistance beyond polarized, moralistic frames of non-violence/violence to instead consider the role of a diversity of tactics in national/subnational liberation.” They pay their contributors 100 CAD. If interested, send your pitches to contact@jamhoor.org. For more information, refer to their post.
Deadline: July 15th, 2024
Viator is Commissioning Personal Essays
Viator, a Tripadvisor company, is a marketplace for travel experiences. They’re looking to commission 2 personal essays (with a travel hook) for Latinx Heritage Month. Rate is $290. Send your pitches to lcocking@tripadvisor.com. To learn more, refer to this post and their ‘about’ page.
Deadline: July 15th, 2024
Home & Texture is Seeking an Associate Editor
Home & Texture is “a platform where BIPOC Millennials transform houses into homes by infusing modern individuality, warmth, and culture.” They’re hiring an Associate Editor with experience in home and lifestyle content. Rate is $30 per hour. Hours: 29 hours per week. Job type: Contract (6 months to start). To learn more, refer to this post and their ‘about’ page.
