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.
Please don’t contact these publications without first carefully studying them, and making sure your pitch closely fits their needs.
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Thanks to Fatima Saif for compiling this list.
NetworkWeaver is Accepting 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.” Rate is $250/article. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
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
Wealth of Geeks is Looking for Travel Stories and Articles
Wealth of Geeks is a website that offers tips and tricks to grow your wealth. They’re seeking travel stories and articles from experienced travel writers. Rates begin at $250 for 600-900 words. For more information, refer to their post and pitch form.
The Sask Dispatch is Seeking Pitches for March/April Issue
The Sask Dispatch is a Saskatchewan-focused news publication by Briarpatch Magazine. They’re seeking Sask focused pitches for their unthemed March/April issue. They’re especially interested in “reporting on rural Sask, arts and culture, and grassroots activism.” They pay $100 for profiles, short essays, and reviews (less than 1,000 words); $200 for feature stories (1,000-1,500 words) and photo essays; and $300 for research-based articles and investigative reportage (1,500-2,000 words). For more details, refer to their post and call for pitches.
Deadline: November 10th, 2024
Positive News is Looking for Solution-Focused Ideas
Positive News is a website and quarterly print magazine that reports on what’s going right. Their editor-in-chief is looking for unique, punchy solution-focused ideas. They pay 30p per word. If interested, send your pitches as soon as possible to editorial@positive.news. To learn more, refer to their editor-in-chief’s post and their pitching guide.
Ben’s Bites is Seeking a Content Writer
Ben’s Bites is “an online platform and community teaching professionals how to use AI to be more productive and streamline workflows in their day-to-day work.” They’re hiring a remote Content Writer for their blog. The selected applicant will create 3 blog posts (800 to 1,200 words) a week about AI at work. The applicant should have excellent knowledge of AI and 4+ years of content writing experience. Compensation is $0.10 per word. For more information, refer to their post and job description.
Thrillist is Always Accepting Travel Stories
Thrillist is a website that covers travel, local neighborhoods, art, food, culture, and more. Their editorial director is always accepting pitches for travel stories. Rates range from $250 to $800. Send your pitches to pitches@thrillist.com. To read their editorial director’s post, click here. To visit their website, click here.
Climate Home News is Looking for Pitches
Climate Home News covers global climate politics. They’re looking for “pitches on the manufacturing of clean energy technologies (especially wind turbines and solar PV) in South East Asia.” They will pay $1/word for a 1,500/700 story. If interested, email your pitches to chloe.farand@outlook.com. The deadline is rolling, and preference will be given to local reporters. For more information, refer to this post and this page.
Planetizen is 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 seeking feature article pitches that offer an expert lens to the key planning issues of today. They pay professional writers a flat fee of $500 for a feature or career-related article. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
Business Insider is Seeking Essays on Generational Differences in the Workplace
Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their editor is seeking essays on generational differences in the workplace: “Looking for essays about the generational differences in the workplace. Struggled to connect with a coworker or boss b/c of an age difference? Is your work wife a different gen? Confused by your adult child’s remote job?” Rate is $250. If interested, email folito@businessinsider.com. To read their editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Apartment Therapy is Seeking Contributors for Upcoming Holiday Content
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. They’re seeking contributors for their upcoming holiday content. They want “writers who can talk about flight hacks, hosting hacks — and everything in between.” They pay $250 per article. To learn more, refer to their post and this form.
Deadline: October 24th, 2024
City A.M. The Magazine is Looking for Pitches
City A.M. The Magazine is “a lifestyle bible for the clued-in City worker.” Their editor is seeking feature pitches for their upcoming magazine. Rate is 30p per word. If interested, send your pitches to steve.dinneen@cityam.com. To read their editor’s post, click here. To visit their website, click here.
Deadline: October 23rd, 2024
Future Commerce is Accepting Pitches
Future Commerce is “a culture magazine for eCommerce and retail futurists.” Their co-founder is accepting pitches about “the future of how we buy and belong” at hello@futurecommerce.com. They pay $0.20 to $0.50 per word for at least 1,500 words. They can pay as high as $1 per word for heavily researched or SEO pieces. To read their co-founder’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Deadline: October 30th, 2024
The Leicester Gazette is Looking for Pieces about Renting
The Leicester Gazette is a not-for-profit local newspaper in Leicester. They’re looking for engaging pieces (solutions, investigations, and features) about renting in Leicester or Leicestershire. Rate is £125 for 1,200 to 1,600 words. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
Deadline: October 31st, 2024
New Lines is Seeking Pitches
New Lines is an American magazine that features best writing from around the globe. Their editor is seeking pitches for two verticals. Their editor’s primary beat is North and West Africa and the diasporas of those places. They’re particularly interested in “stories from Algeria, Morocco, Burkina Faso & Mauritania.” They’re also seeking pitches for Spotlight, a newsletter focused on underreported news and cultural trends from across the globe. Rates are $600 for a spotlight and $800 for a regular essay. For details, refer to their editor’s post and their submissions page.
Deadline: October 31st, 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