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.
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Thanks to Fatima Saif for compiling this list.
Slate is Looking for Science and Health Features
Slate is an online general-interest magazine that offers analysis and commentary on news, politics, business, culture, and technology. Their features editor is seeking science and health features, particularly on big, unexpected, and counterintuitive ideas. As per this post by their senior tech editor, they typically pay $500 to $750 for features of 1,000 to 1,500 words. If interested, send your pitches to shannon.palus@slate.com. To learn more, refer to their features editor’s post and their pitch guide.
Business Insider is Seeking Pieces about the Amtrak Auto Train
Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their associate editor of lifestyle and entertainment freelance writers is looking for pieces about the Amtrak Auto Train: “Any families with ~upcoming~ plans to book a room and take their car on the Amtrak Auto Train? Looking for a passenger who’d be interested in sharing their experience.” Rates begin at $200 for 600 words. To read their associate editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Planetizen is Always Accepting Feature Articles
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 seeking feature article pitches that offer an expert lens to the key planning issues of today. They offer professional writers a flat rate of $500 for a feature or career-related article. For more information, refer to their post and this page.
Sound Fields is Seeking Pitches
Sound Fields is “a publication and community event series founded in 2023 that is dedicated to the art of audio documentary in theory and practice.” They’re looking for pitches for their second issue which will “explore the idea of the archive in audio documentary.” They will pay an honorarium of $400 for essays (1,500 to 2,000 words or less) and $200 for Q and As/conversations (written/transcribed). To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
Deadline: December 15th, 2024
North American Congress on Latin America is Seeking Pitches
North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) is a quarterly magazine and online publication that covers “political and economic issues in Latin America and the Caribbean.” They’re seeking pitches for the issue on “sites of knowledge production in Central America and the diaspora.” Rates range from $100 to $200 per piece. To learn more, refer to their post and call for pitches.
Deadline: December 13th, 2024
The Nonprofit Quarterly is Looking for Pitches for the Racial Justice Issue
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 articles, creative writing, and art for their Spring 2025 Racial Justice Issue. The issue is about “how women of color in the south are reclaiming space.” Rates are $500 for articles in their print magazine, $300/interviewee for interviews/conversations in their magazine, and $150-$300 for creative writing. For details, refer to their post and this page.
MIT Technology Review is Looking for Pitches
MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They’re seeking pitches for their upcoming print issue. The theme of the issue is Creativity (please note that the theme is a loose prompt). They’re seeking longer pieces: narrative features, investigations, profiles, and essays. This pitch call is mostly aimed at journalists. Rates are $1-$2 per word. To learn more, refer to their commissioning editor’s post and their pitch guide.
Deadline: December 4th, 2024
Business Insider’s Lifestyle/Entertainment Editor is Seeking Pitches
Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their lifestyle/entertainment editor is seeking pitches from freelancers who live in/near a big city or national park. They want pitches about “the best things to do in these areas.” Rates begin at $240. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and this pitch form.
Rest of World’s China Editor is Looking for Story Pitches
Rest of World is a global nonprofit publication that covers technology’s impact beyond the Western bubble. Their China editor is seeking stories (800 to 1,200 words) about “Silicon Valley activities around the globe, as well as Chinese tech impact around the globe.” They pay a flat rate of $750 plus reporting expenses. If interested, send your pitches to joanna@restofworld.org. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and their China desk freelance submission guidelines.
Business Insider is Seeking Male Fashion Writers
Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their lifestyle/entertainment editor is looking to assign pieces to male fashion writers. Rates begin at $240 for 750 words. If interested, DM their editor as soon as possible on X. To read their editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Inspire the Mind is Seeking Mental Health-Related Pitches
Inspire the Mind is a digital magazine focused on mental health, art, and science. For World Cancer Day (February 2025), they’re seeking “article pitches from a mental health lived experience perspective.” They pay £200 for articles of 1,000 to 1,200 words. To learn more, refer to their post. To submit your pitch, use the form on their homepage.
Deadline: December 15th, 2024
SECWP is Looking for Stories on Whistleblowing and Whistleblowers
The Southeast Europe Coalition on Whistleblower Protection (SECWP) is seeking pitches for “fresh journalistic stories on whistleblowing and whistleblowers in the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.” They will pay $500 per article. To learn more, refer to their post and call for stories.
Deadline: December 31st, 2024