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.
Thanks to Fatima Saif for compiling this list.
Insurrect! is Accepting Articles
Insurrect! is “an online publication devoted to anti-colonial frameworks and critiques of racial capitalism in Early American Studies.” They pay $100/$150 depending on the length of the article. To learn more, refer to their post and ‘about’ page.
Business Insider is Seeking Pieces about Trip to an All-Inclusive
Business Insider’s associate editor is seeking pieces about trip to an all-inclusive: “Any writers with an ~upcoming~ trip to an all-inclusive? Bonus points if you’ve been to 10+ all-inclusives or you’re traveling with a group.” Rates begin at $200 for 600 words. For more information, refer to their associate editor’s post and this example.
Business Insider is Seeking Travel Pitches
Business Insider’s editor is looking for travel pitches: “Are you a frequent traveler? A travel planner? Do you use your travel points better than anyone? Have the best advice for traveling around the US or internationally? Will be checking my dm’s through 9/1 for some fresh fall travel pitches ‘from an expert.’” Rates begin at $220. To read their editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Deadline: September 1st, 2024
Cinema For All Blog is Accepting Pitches
Cinema For All is the national organization for the development and support of the United Kingdom’s volunteer-led cinema. They’re accepting pitches for their blog. They want to “hear from community cinemas around the UK about the issues that are important to them, the films they’re watching, or events they have been to.” They will pay a flat fee of £50. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
Business Insider is Looking for Golf-Related Pitches
Business Insider’s deputy editor is seeking golf-related pitches. They’re looking for: People who are going on or recently went on epic golf trips; golf experts; and interesting golf experiences. Rates begin at $230 for 600 words. If interested, DM your pitches to their deputy editor on X. To read their deputy editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Deadline: September 13th, 2024
Business Insider is Seeking Lifestyle Essays/Quick Tip/Lesson Learned Kind of Stories
Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their associate editor of lifestyle and entertainment freelance writers is seeking lifestyle essays/quick tip/lesson learned kind of stories (less than 800 words). Rates begin at $200 for 600 words. If interested, DM your pitches to their editor on X. To read their editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
The Clique is Seeking Pitches
The Clique is looking for pitches for Fashion and Career & Finance verticals. Rates begin at $75 per piece (at least 500 words). If interested, send your pitches to info@theclique.click. For more information, refer to this post.
Point.me is Seeking Pitches
Point.me is “a real-time search and booking engine that makes it easy to book flights with points.” Their content director is seeking pitches: “I’m looking for stories of people doing amazing things with their points (e.g. spending little money on epic trips, turning big expenses into free travel). Can you be you or a subject you interview.” Rates start at $400. Read their content director’s post here. Submit your stories here.
Lonely Planet is Seeking a Freelance Lead Project Writer
Lonely Planet is a global travel media company. They’re looking for a meticulous writer-editor for the position of Freelance Lead Project Writer. The selected applicant will write sections of their upcoming guidebooks on Central America. The applicant will also commission and coordinate additional content. The applicant should have extensive knowledge of Central America (experience with Costa Rica is preferred). Rates average $30 per hour. Location: Remote. Contract details: 6 month contract (with possibility to extend). To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and this job description.
TODAY Digital is Seeking Personal Essays
The essays editor of TODAY Digital at NBC News is seeking personal essays (around 1,000 words) that “fit into the lifestyle space — wedding tales, relationship stories, unique parenting + health stories.” Rate is $350. This is an ongoing call for essays. If interested, email TODAYEssays@nbcuni.com. To read their essays editor’s post, click here. To read their previous essays, click here.
Planetizen is Accepting 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 accepting 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.
Fine Books Magazine is Looking for Stories
Fine Books Magazine is a quarterly magazine about rare books, manuscripts, maps, fine art, and more. For their winter issue, they’re seeking timely, interesting story pitches about books/book collecting. They pay between $200 and $600. For more information, refer to their editor’s post and their guidelines for writers.
Front Office Sports is Seeking Features
Front Office Sports, a multiplatform media brand for the modern sports consumer, is seeking “features pitches at the intersection of sports, business, and culture.” At the moment, they’re particularly keen on nfl/cfb/college. They want pitches that have a well-defined business angle. They will pay around 50c per word. If interested, send your pitches to meredith@frontofficesports.com. To learn more, refer to this post. To contact them, refer to this page.
Briarpatch is Accepting Pitches
Briarpatch is a Canadian magazine of politics and culture. They’re accepting pitches for their unthemed January/February 2025 issue. They’re particularly curious about the following:
– “Inflation and what the Left should/could be doing about it
– Organizing elders in POC communities
– Skilling people up for autonomous organizing”
They pay $150 for profiles, short essays, reviews, and parting shots (typically 1,500 words or less); $250 for feature stories (usually 1,500 to 2,000 words) and photo essays; and $350 for research-based articles and investigative reporting (usually 2,000 to 2,500 words). For details, refer to their post and call for pitches.
Deadline: September 8th, 2024
The Sask Dispatch is Seeking Pitches for Jan/Feb Issue
The Sask Dispatch is a Saskatchewan-focused news publication by Briarpatch Magazine. They’re seeking pitches for their unthemed January/February 2025 issue. 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: September 8th, 2024
Green European Journal is Seeking Pitches on Europe’s Far Right
Green European Journal is a political ecology magazine. They’re looking for pitches for their next print edition, which will analyze “Europe’s far right and the ways to combat it.” They’re open to essays, interviews, photo essays, and comics or graphic journalism. They will pay at least €300 per piece. If interested, email your pitches to alessio.giussani@gef.eu. For more information, read their post and call for pitches.
Deadline: September 16th, 2024
The Nonprofit Quarterly is Seeking Articles, Creative Writing, and Art for the Health Justice Issue
The Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ) is a nonprofit print and digital magazine that educates the nonprofit sector through research-based articles and resources. They’re looking for articles, creative writing, and art for their health justice issue: “We are seeking articles written by movement leaders and practitioners in the field that lay out the current state of health innovations, concerns of those working in the field of health, and visions for a socially just, ethical, and responsible direction forward. We also welcome creative approaches to these topics.” Pay is $200 to $500 for all published submissions. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
Deadline: September 30th, 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
