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.
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
Failed Architecture is Accepting Pitches on Carceral Architecture
Failed Architecture is “a platform for spatial criticism, reconnecting architecture with the real world through an online magazine, events, podcast, and more.” They’re accepting pitches for their upcoming series on carceral architecture. Their editor has posted this on X: “We’re especially interested in more pitches about spaces designed to contain and manage Mad, disabled, unhoused, and elderly people. Also: work around the histories and legacies of historical forms like residential schools and internment camps.” Rate is €150 per article. For details, refer to their editor’s post and this page.
Deadline: November 20th, 2024
Litworth is Seeking an Experienced Freelance Writer to Create a 7 Day Course on Pitching
Litworth is seeking an experienced freelance writer to create a 7 day mini-course on the art and craft of pitching editors of publications. The course is for writers who are brand new to freelance writing, and want to learn the basics of getting published. Each day of the course should cover one key concept, and include a short activity. The course should culminate in the student sending their first pitch. Send proposals, including rates, to Jacob Jans: support@litworth.com. Include links to clips of previous publications, as well as relevant qualifications. Bonus if you can include a pitch you wrote that landed publication.
The Leicester Gazette is Always Accepting Pitches
The Leicester Gazette is a not-for-profit local newspaper in Leicester. They’re always accepting pitches. They’re seeking “investigations, solutions-focused features, news features, human-interest stories, arts and culture features, history features, voices (comment/opinion), photoessays, podcasts, fiction and poetry, and much more!” As they’re a local newspaper, the pieces should be about Leicester. Pay is £125 per story. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
Opportunity for Writers in Manchester and Liverpool
The Mill is a newspaper about Greater Manchester. The Post is a newspaper about Liverpool and Merseyside. Their editor is always accepting freelance pitches from writers in Manchester and Liverpool. They’re seeking “compelling narratives, arguments, investigations, profiles, personal essays, trend reporting — anything exciting.” They pay about £200 for a quick-hit and £300 for something more reported. Send your pitches to shannon@millmediaco.uk. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and this page.
Business Insider’s Associate Editor is Always Accepting High-End Restaurant Pitches
Business Insider’s associate editor of lifestyle and entertainment freelance writers is always accepting high-end restaurant pitches (particularly with a timely/public figure tie-in). Rates begin at $200 for these stories. To read their associate editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Business Insider is Looking for Cruise Tips
Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their deputy editor of lifestyle and entertainment freelancers is seeking “frequent cruisers/former cruise employees/etc who have a great cruise tip they learned from experience or a mistake.” Rates begin at $230 for 600 words. If interested, DM their editor on X. To read their editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
The Walrus is Accepting Pitches
The Walrus is a Canadian general interest magazine. Their associate editor is accepting pitches. Rates vary depending on the piece. For example, short essays (around 1,000 words) begin at $500, while long-form reported features go up to $1 per word. If interested, direct your pitches to ariella@thewalrus.ca. To learn more, refer to their associate editor’s post and their submission guidelines.
Current Affairs is Accepting Pitches about Animal Welfare and the Environment
Current Affairs is a magazine of political commentary and analysis. They’re accepting pitches for articles about animal welfare and the environment. They have two publication formats: a print edition and an online edition. Their main articles for print are around 3,000 to 4,500 words, while online articles are around 1,200 to 2,400 words. Payment rates are $300 for print articles and $200 for online articles. For details, refer to their post, pitch submission form, and writer guide.
Ori Magazine is Open for Pitches
Ori Magazine is a travel magazine that is printed twice a year. They’re accepting pitches for their Spring edition: The Growth Issue. They pay $200 for columns and $0.50-$1.00/word for features. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and this portal.
In These Times is Looking for Pieces Exploring the Recent Election News
In These Times is a progressive magazine and website committed to covering and analyzing popular movements for economic, environmental, social, gender, and racial justice. They’re seeking culture pitches and draft submissions exploring the recent election news: “How are we moving forward and coming together to protect the vulnerable and create political possibility in a very dire and dark near-future?” They’re particularly excited to uplift immigrant, LGBTQ, Palestinian, Congolese, Sudanese, SWANA, and other POC voices. Rates are $375 for short dispatches and op-eds, and $0.50 to $1.00 per word for other articles. If interested, email submissions@inthesetimes.com. To read their post, click here. To read their recent culture stories, click here.
Food & Wine is Looking for Stories
Food & Wine is a monthly magazine by Meredith Corporation. Their editor is looking for story pitches for print: “Seeking pitches for ‘Travel Journal’, focusing on US destinations and ‘Where to Go Next’ features for 2025.” Their print rate is $1 per word. If interested, send your pitches to stacey@staceyleasca.com. To learn more, refer to this post and their ‘about us’ page.
NetworkWeaver is Seeking Pitches for 2024 – 2025 BIPOC Editorial series
NetworkWeaver is a consulting firm that helps “individuals and organizations implement climate, sustainability, and social change initiatives.” They’re accepting pitches (until July 2025) for their 2024 – 2025 BIPOC Editorial series: “We are looking for submissions that help us better understand the transformative shifts happening in networks and communities right now and how BIPOC leaders are navigating them in this pivotal time.” Pay is $250 per article. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
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