Here’s our latest roundup of calls for pitches directly from editors.
We’ve included pay rates and contact information for all of the opportunities listed here.
Be sure to carefully study each publication before sending a pitch.
Thanks for Fatima Saif for work on compiling this list.
Afar is Seeking Pitches About Travel, Climate Change, and the Environment
The features editor for Afar is seeking feature pitches about travel, climate change, and the environment. AFAR is the ‘experiential travel guide.’ They cover travel stories from a more personal perspective, telling their “stories through people, allowing readers to explore authentic local cultures from the inside out.” Pay for their magazine starts at $1 per word. Pay for Afar.com starts at $0.50 per word. To learn more, refer to this Tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.
Deadline: February 15th, 2024
Business Insider is Seeking People Who Avoid Technology
Business Insider is a website that covers business, financial, and technology news. The Senior Editor is currently “looking for people who leaning out of technology.” They generally pay $200 per article. To learn more, read this Tweet, and also refer to this page.
IJNet is Accepting Pitches
International Journalists’ Network (IJNet) offers the latest tips, training opportunities, trends, and tools for professional and emerging journalists. If you know of any journalism tool, application or resource that they haven’t covered, then send them your pitches. Rate is $200 per article. Most of their freelance writers work in English, but they can also work in Spanish, Portuguese or Russian. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
Business Insider is Looking for Freelancers to Write about Latin Food Fests and Holi
Business Insider’s senior editor is looking for writers for their culture projects:
– “Looking for Latinx writers in Texas & Jersey who can attend Latin food festivals in March/April. You’ll write abt the food/drinks, interview chefs & explore the culinary traditions of Latin culture. Also open to writers & Latin food fests elsewhere—just has to be in March/April!”
– “Also looking for a writer who celebrates Holi, plans on going to a US-based celebration in March with friends and/or family, and can write about the experience in a personal, authentic, and compelling feature.”
Pay is $700 per story. If interested, get in touch with their editor at bcubit@businessinsider.com. To read their editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Deadline: February 14th, 2024
Insider is Seeking Writers with Travel Plans with a Luxury Angle
Insider’s associate editor of lifestyle & entertainment freelance writers is looking for “writers with UPCOMING travel plans with a luxury angle.” They’re particularly interested in hearing about “pricey resorts, celeb-owned hotels, upgrades flights/train rides, and premium airport lounges.” Rates begin at $200. To read their editor’s post, click here. To visit their website, click here.
History News Network (HNN) is Accepting Pitches
History News Network (HNN) is a publishing project that “puts current events into historical perspective.” They’re accepting pitches for their newsletter. The newsletter features short-form essays and conversations that “help readers make sense of the ways in which currents from the past continue to swirl through the present.” The published pieces are generally 1,000 to 1,500 words long and pay $300. To learn more, read their post and submission guidelines.
Pipeline Artists is Looking for New Contributors
Pipeline Artists is a digital magazine that focuses on “education, empowerment, and elevating authentic voices in film, publishing, and beyond.” They’re looking for new contributors. They’re accepting pitches for articles, including interviews; short stories; and poetry. Rate is $75 to $350+. For details, read their post and submission guidelines.
Now Then Magazine is Accepting Pitches on Border Abolition and Immigration
Now Then Magazine is an online magazine covering the local news and culture of Sheffield. They’re open for pitches about border abolition and immigration. They have posted this on X:
“Give Over is a project that uses border abolition as a tool for more equitable journalism – we want to push people from a point of ‘refugees welcome’ to a point of understanding the violence required in order to maintain borders.
If you’d like to write about:
– Your experiences of borders
– Abolition of borders as a vision for a more just future
– Borders away from state lines (e.g. in the workplace, healthcare, education, etc)
– The impact of racist reporting
Then email maryam@weareopus.org to pitch!”
Rate is £150 per 800 words. To read their post, click here. To visit their ‘contact’ page, click here.
Crikey is Open for Pitches
Crikey is an Australian website and newsletter that offers news, commentary, and analysis on politics, world affairs, business, society, culture, and technology. They’re always open for news, analysis, opinion and investigation pitches. They pay $300 per article (600 to 800 words). If interested, email your pitches to jcallil@crikey.com.au. To learn more, refer to their deputy editor’s post and their submission guidelines.
Insider is Seeking Stories about Pilates
Insider’s associate editor of lifestyle & entertainment freelance writers is seeking a writer who has done Pilates for years/months to write a story about how it has impacted their life. They’re also seeking someone who has started doing reformer Pilates. Rates begin at $200 per story. To read their editor’s post, click here. To read their recent Pilates story, click here.
