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.
Contingent Magazine is Accepting Postcard Pitches
Contingent Magazine is a history magazine. They’re accepting pitches for postcards to “an archive or library or conference or a large gathering.” Their base pay for postcards is $50. To learn more, refer to this post and this page.
Apartment Therapy is Seeking Climate Change-Related Pitches
Apartment Therapy is a home and decor website that features DIY how-to’s, design lessons, expert advice, and shopping guides for creating beautiful homes. For their Climate Change Package, they’re seeking “personal, but data-driven, stories from people who live in an area, or have bought a home, that’s been affected by climate change.” Rates start at $150. To learn more, refer to this post and this form.
Deadline: April 11th, 2025
Low Season Traveller is Open for Pitches
Low Season Traveller is “a magazine, podcast, Vlog, and website which promotes tourism during each destination’s low season in order to broaden seasonality and alleviate over-tourism.” They’re open for pitches for their magazine’s next two editions. They want pitches that inspire their “readers to travel outside of the peak season, that provide useful and actionable information about destinations in their low season, and offer inspirational first-person stories of low season travel.” Rate is £0.10/word for pieces of 800 to 1,000 words. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and this page.
Planetizen is Always Seeking 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 looking for 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.
Business Insider is Seeking Pitches for Grocery Diaries
Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. They’re seeking Aldi, Costco, and/or Trader Joe’s shoppers to write posts for their grocery diaries. Rates for such stories start at $175/piece. To learn more, refer to their associate editor’s post and this pitch form.
The Hearth Magazine is Open for Pitches
The Hearth Magazine is a new bi-monthly TTRPG magazine. They’re open for pitches. They’re looking for articles for their June and August issues. They especially want to hear from “writers in #RPGSEA, #RPGLatam, and #BIMPOC spaces.” Rate is 20 cents CAD per word. Maximum submission length is 1,000 words. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
KRITIQAL is Accepting Pitches
KRITIQAL is a website that “covers games as political instruments, artistic statements, and cultural objects.” They’re accepting pitches for April and June. They’re mostly interested in pitches about DS/PSP era handheld games. Rate is $150 for 1,000 to 2,000 words. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
UNFURL is Seeking Pitches from Autistic Writers
UNFURL is a new publication (launching in 2025) for autistic writers to share their special interests and hyperfixations. They’re currently accepting pitches. They’re primarily looking for non-fiction writing, though they may consider fiction in some cases. Pay is £150 per piece (1,000 to 3,000 words). To learn more, refer to this post and this form.
Business Insider is Seeking Lifestyle Pitches
Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. They’re seeking freelance lifestyle pitches. Rates start at $200 for a 600-word piece. To learn more, refer to their associate editor’s post and this form.
Kill Your Darlings is Seeking Non Fiction Pitches
Kill Your Darlings is an Australian online magazine that is dedicated to arts and culture. They’re open for non-fiction pitches. They’re seeking “cultural commentary, smart and entertaining criticism and personal essays that explore the processes, practice and realities of writing.” Their minimum standard rate is $300 for articles of about 1,200 to 1,500 words. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
Deadline: April 13th, 2025
Minority Africa is Seeking Story Pitches
Minority Africa is a digital publication that reports on African minorities using data-driven multimedia journalism. They’re seeking “writers, journalists, and filmmakers who have an interest in reporting stories focused on minorities within the African continent.” They pay $100 to $200 for standard multimedia features. To learn more, refer to this post and this page.
Business Insider’s Deputy Editor is Seeking Pitches
Business Insider’s deputy editor of lifestyle and entertainment freelancers is looking for pitches: “Anyone who has gone from working in corporate US -> corporate in another country interested in writing about surprising differences.” Rates begin at $230 for 600 words. The deadline is rolling but you should ideally pitch them by 4/12. To read their deputy editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Kill Your Darlings is Seeking Non Fiction Pitches
Kill Your Darlings is an Australian online magazine that is dedicated to arts and culture. They’re open for non-fiction pitches. They’re seeking “cultural commentary, smart and entertaining criticism and personal essays that explore the processes, practice and realities of writing.” Their minimum standard rate is $300 for articles of about 1,200 to 1,500 words. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
Deadline: April 13th, 2025
The Wire China Is Always Open to Pitches
The Wire China is a weekly news publication focused on understanding and explaining China’s economic rise, and its influence on global business, finance, trade, labor and the environment. They accept pitches only for longform cover stories. They want big stories that give answers — and solutions. The articles run from 2,500 to 3,500 words. They list pay as “very competitive”, which presumably means they pay at least $1 per word, if not significantly more. To learn more, read their pitching guidelines.
Open Secrets is Seeking Personal Essays about Climate Change and Climate Issues
Open Secrets is an online magazine that publishes memorable and revealing personal essays on the topics we are taught to keep “secret.” They’re seeking unpublished personal essays (1,000 to 2,000 words) about climate change and climate issues. They will pay $50 per essay. For details, refer to their post and call for essays.
Deadline: May 31st, 2025