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.
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.
Louder is Seeking New Writers
Louder, a part of Future plc, is “the ultimate resource for alternative music coverage and the home of iconic rock brands Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog.” They’re looking for new writers. They’re particularly interested in “hearing from *new* and aspiring writers who may still be developing their voice, from backgrounds typically underrepresented by the alternative music press.” They usually pay 10p per word. To learn more, refer to their editor-in-chief’s post and their ‘about us’ page.
Laptop Mag is Seeking New Voices
Laptop Mag is a publication devoted to helping people choose the best laptop. They’re looking for new voices. They want “writers who understand the world of laptop computing and the various motivations of people driving its evolution.” They’re seeking pieces of 1,000 to 1,500 words. Rate is about $0.50 to $0.75. If interested, email your pitches to laptopmagpitches@futurenet.com. To read their post, click here. To learn more about them, click here.
HuffPost Personal is Accepting Personal Essays about the Holidays
HuffPost Personal is a personal stories section in HuffPost (a news and opinion website). They’re accepting pitches for personal essays about the holidays. They’re especially seeking people from diverse backgrounds or with diverse experiences. They’re particularly interested in stories about: “grieving at the holidays / parenting at the holidays / relationships and sex at the holidays / seeing (or refusing to see) family that voted differently than you at the holidays / creating new holiday traditions but really open to anything.” The sweet spot for personal essays is 1,000 to 2,000 words. Rate is around $150. If interested, send your pitches to pitch@huffpost.com. To learn more, refer to this post and this page.
The Lead is Commissioning Features
The Lead is a micro-mag covering politics and culture in the UK. Their Westminster editor is commissioning some punchy features: “We want investigations and features covering social injustice, inequality, policy horror stories, and issues facing real people all across the country today. I’m especially interested in the stories of marginalised communities, intergenerational unfairness, regional inequalities, healthcare biases, and the plight of children. But I’m open to any story you think is worth telling!” Rates begin at £400 for features of about 1,500 words. If interested, email zoe@thelead.uk. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and their pitching guidelines.
Men’s Journal is Seeking Pitches about Whiskey
Men’s Journal is a men’s lifestyle publication that covers travel, gear, food and drink, health and fitness, style, and more. Their senior editor is seeking hot takes and personal essays on whiskey. They will pay a flat rate of $250 for 600 to 800 words. Send your pitches to chris.hatler@mensjournal.com. Read their senior editor’s post here. Learn more about Men’s Journal here.
Prism is Looking for Pitches about the Latino Vote
Prism is a BIPOC-led news outlet that covers voting rights, electoral justice, criminal justice, racial justice, workers’ rights, immigration, the environment, gender and LGBTQIA+ issues, and more. Their features editor is seeking pitches about the Latino vote: “I’m very interested in a thoughtful, nuanced op-ed about ‘the Latino vote’, particularly from a Latino journalist who has covered politics beyond horse race presidential election coverage.” According to their pitch guide, they pay $0.50/word. If interested, direct your pitches to tina@prismreports.org. To read their features editor’s post, click here. To read their pitch guide, click here.
The Objective is Seeking Pitches
The Objective is a nonprofit newsroom that publishes articles on communities journalism in the United States has typically ignored. Their co-director is looking for pitches: “Leadership at the largest mainstream newsrooms completely botched this and, in part, made way for today. I’m struggling to find the words at this moment, but if you aren’t, you should pitch @ObjectiveJrn.” Pay is $0.50/word. To learn more, refer to their co-director’s post and this page.
AFAR is Seeking Pitches on Quiet Travel
AFAR is a multi-platform travel media brand that inspires, empowers, and enriches travelers who care. Their editor is seeking “pitches on quiet travel—think unplugging, recharging, and resetting.” Rates begin at $0.50/word for their website and $1.00/word for their magazine. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and their contributor guidelines.
Deadline: November 13th, 2024
Nonlinear Love is Seeking Unconventional Relationship Stories
Nonlinear Love is “a project that shares and interrogates love stories that don’t follow the traditional ‘linear’ course in a non-judgmental format.” They’re looking for first-person essays about “nonlinear love.” Pay is $150 per essay (800 to 1,000 words). If interested, send your essays to ariella@superposition-stories.com. To learn more, refer to this post and their website.
Deadline: November 15th, 2024
The National Forest Foundation is Looking for a Personal Essay
The National Forest Foundation is an organization that restores and enhances National Forests and Grasslands. They’re looking for a personal essay (1,000 words) for the Summer/Fall 2025 issue of their magazine, Light & Seed, which will “focus on the economic impact of National Forests and Grasslands and the communities that rely on them.” Send them your pitches if have “a story about how a National Forest or Grassland has impacted your career, livelihood, or understanding of the economies of public lands.” Rate is $1,000 for 1,000 words. Details here and here.
Deadline: November 18th, 2024
Failed Architecture is Seeking Pitches
Failed Architecture is “a platform for spatial criticism, reconnecting architecture with the real world through an online magazine, events, podcast, and more.” They’re seeking pitches for their new special series which is about “the architectures of erasure and control that contain and manage unhoused, under-documented, incarcerated, Mad, sick, disabled, and elderly people.” They will pay €150 per article. For details, read their post and call for pitches.
Deadline: November 20th, 2024