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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Into The Spine is Open for Pitches
Into The Spine features “stories about video games and what they leave behind.” They’re open for pitches. They’re interested in hearing from BIPOC and queer writers, especially if they’re starting out. Pay is $25 for 150 to 300 words and $50 for about 500 words. To learn more, refer to their editor-in-chief’s post and this page.
Toronto Star Opinion is Looking for Pitches
Toronto Star is Canada’s largest daily newspaper. Their associate editor, opinion has posted a pitch call on X: “We’re looking for writers at Toronto Star Opinion to write in the first person about a personal topic: The decision whether or not to have children.” According to a post by their opinion editor, they pay $0.50 per word for opinion pieces. If interested, send your pitches to oped@thestar.ca. To read their associate editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Polygon is Accepting Pitches
Polygon is Vox Media’s gaming website. They’re primarily seeking essays, opinions, breakouts, lists, and features. According to their culture editor, their rates start at $300. To learn more, refer to this post and their pitching guide.
Naked Politics is Seeking Pitches on Youth and Politics
Naked Politics is a media platform for young people. Their website editor is seeking pitches on “all things youth and politics.” They’re particularly keen to hear from new writers and writers from marginalized backgrounds. They pay a basic rate of £50/article. If interested, email your pitches to adele.walton@nakedpolitics.co.uk. For details, read their website editor’s post and their pitching guidelines.
1882 Fanzine is Seeking Pitches from Spurs Fans
1882 Fanzine is a Spurs fanzine. They’re looking for pitches: “As a Spurs fan, what does GLORY mean to you? I’m looking for articles that tackle this question in creative ways.” Articles about Spurs Women are welcome. Unpublished writers are welcome. Rate is £50 per article (500 to 750 words). To read their post, click here. To submit your pitch, click here.
Deadline: July 22nd, 2024
NSUN is Looking for Pitches on “Mental Healthcare in a Failing State”
The National Survivor User Network (NSUN) is “a membership organisation of people and grassroots groups with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress, and trauma.” They’re looking for “pieces about how the state is failing people with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress, and trauma, and/or pieces about alternatives.” Pay is £150 for blogs (500 to 1,000 words). To learn more, refer to their post and call for pitches.
Deadline: July 26th, 2024
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: “Are you a practicing planner, scholar, or work in a related field? We are always accepting pitches for feature articles that bring an expert lens to today’s key planning issues.” They pay professional writers $500 for a feature or career-related article. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
Business Insider is Seeking a Barcelona Native/Local
Business Insider’s deputy editor of lifestyle and entertainment freelancers is seeking a Barcelona native/local to write a piece about their current experiences with the city’s overtourism. Rates begin at $250 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.
Deadline: July 12th, 2024
Money is Seeking Personal Finance Stories
Money guides people to financial success through news, educational resources, and tools. Their news editor is looking for freelance pitches for irresistible personal finance stories. Rates start at $0.50 per word. If interested, email julia@money.com. To read their news editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Business Insider is Looking for People who Shop at Costco/Trader Joe’s/Aldi
Business Insider’s associate editor of lifestyle and entertainment freelance writers is “looking for more dietitians, personal trainers, and people who have been grocery shopping for 30+ years to share their favorite items to buy at Costco, Trader Joe’s, and Aldi.” Rates begin at $185 for 600 words. For more information, refer to their editor’s post and this form.
Material Queer is Seeking Long-form Writing or Videos
Material Queer is a publication about queer culture. Their founder is seeking long-form in-depth writing (2,500 to 3,500 words) or short videos (1 to 3 minutes) about the glorious queer culture. Rates start at £750. If interested, email hello@damiankerlin.com. Read their founder’s post here. Learn more about them here.
Alma is Looking for Pitches about Jewish Summer Camp
Alma is a Jewish feminist publication. It’s officially summer and they want to hear about CAMP. Pitch them a:
“- Jewish summer camp story that hasn’t been told
– Personal essay from a Jew who didn’t go to camp
– Weird/niche thing you learned at camp
– A late take on a fun camp moment in pop culture”
Rate is $100 per article. Jews from underrepresented communities are strongly encouraged to pitch. If interested, direct your pitches to vanessa@heyalma.com. For details, refer to their post and guidelines for pitching.
Deadline: July 12th, 2024
MIT Technology Review is Seeking Pitches
MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They’re looking for pitches for the upcoming issue of their magazine. The theme is Breakthroughs. They’re seeking longer pieces: narrative features, investigations, profiles, and essays. They pay $1 to $2 per word. To learn more, refer to their commissioning editor’s post on X and post on LinkedIn.
Deadline: July 23rd, 2024
Business Insider is Seeking a Writer in Celina, TX
Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their associate editor of lifestyle and entertainment freelance writers is seeking a writer who moved to or is based in Celina, TX, to “write about what it’s like to live there (and give a few reasons why it might be the fastest growing US city).” Rates begin at $220 for 600 words. To read their associate editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
All Things Freelance Writing is Accepting Pitches
All Things Freelance Writing helps writers in building their ideal freelance writing businesses. They’re seeking articles of around 800 to 1,000 words for their audience of freelance writers. Pay is $300/piece. To learn more, refer to this post. To pitch, refer to this form.
GenderIT.org is Looking for Feature Articles
GenderIT.org is a website that offers feminist reflections on sexuality, gender, and internet rights. They’re accepting pitches for feature articles on “tech & its intersection w gender & sexuality from Global South + corporate accountability amidst political instability.” They pay $0.30 per word. They prioritize women and queer folks. If interested, email your pitches to genderit@apcwomen.org. To learn more, refer to this post and their ‘about’ page.
Wired Travel is Accepting Pitches
Wired is a magazine and website that covers the current and future trends in technology. They’re accepting pitches for Wired Travel, their new destination for “all things transportation, aviation, vacation, and more.” Their standard web rates begin at $500 per story. If interested, email your pitches to alan_henry@wired.com. To learn more, refer to this post and this page.
Viator is Seeking Roundups about Thessaloniki and Cancun
Viator, a Tripadvisor company, is a marketplace for travel experiences. They’re looking for:
– A writer to contribute some basic roundups about Thessaloniki. The writer should be well-versed in the destination. Rate is $290. Details here.
– A writer to contribute a basic roundup about beaches in Cancun. The writer should be well-versed in the topic. Rate is $290. Details here.
If interested, send your pitches to lcocking@tripadvisor.com. The deadline for submission of pitches is mid July. To learn how to pitch them, click here.
Business Insider is Looking for Pitches
Business Insider’s deputy editor of lifestyle and entertainment freelancers is looking for pitches: “Has anyone recently given up Netflix? Or cancel all their streamers? Maybe made the jump back to cable? DM me the deets! Would love to pay you to write about it” Rates begin at $220 for 600 words. To read their deputy editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Wisecrack is Always Seeking Writers
Wisecrack is a film and video production company. They’re always seeking writers with experience writing video essays. They will pay around $400 to $500 for the first script. The length of a script is usually around 3,000 words. To read their post, click here. To visit their website, click here.
Polyester is Seeking Pitches on Internet Culture and Pop Culture
Polyester is an intersectional feminist fashion and culture zine. They’re seeking pitches on “current internet culture and pop culture.” They’re also looking to build out their roster of interviewers. Rate is £65 for 1,000 words. If interested, email gina.tonic@polyesterzine.com. To learn more, refer to this post and this page.
Skin Deep is Seeking Dispatches from Students Occupying their Institutions for an End to Genocide
Skin Deep is an organization making space for Black and POC creatives working for justice. They’re interested in publishing dispatches from students who are occupying their institutions to demand an end to the genocide. Pay is £150 for 1,000 words. To learn more, refer to their post and call for submissions.
Business Insider is Seeking Essay Pitches
Business Insider’s deputy editor is seeking “essays from millennials or Gen Zers who rely on their parents for financial support.” “Whether it’s sharing streaming services login, being on their phone plan, living with them, etc.” Pay is around $220. Send your pitches to cpreti@insider.com. To read their deputy editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
The Scottish BPOC Writers Network is Seeking Pitches on the Theme of Space
The Scottish BPOC Writers Network (SBWN) provides “advocacy, literary events, and professional development opportunities for BPOC writers based in or from Scotland.” They’re looking for blog pitches for their Space to Thrive program. They’re seeking “pitches about any and all interpretations of the concept of ‘space’, from outer space to absence to community and anything else that comes to mind.” Rate is £135 per blog post (700 words). For more information, refer to their post and call for blog pitches.
Deadline: July 16th, 2024
Curbside Chronicle is Looking for Pitches for the Annual Animal-Themed Issue
Curbside Chronicle is “Oklahoma’s first and only street paper, employing and empowering people experiencing and transitioning out of homelessness in Oklahoma City.” Their editor is looking for pitches for their annual animal-themed issue: “Overlooked invertebrates, amazing creatures you oughta know or humans working hard to make life better for our winged and four-legged friends would be ideal.” They will pay at least $250 per story. If interested, DM their editor on X. To read their editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Deadline: July 14th, 2024
Jamhoor is Looking for Pitches
Jamhoor, a South Asian–left media platform, is seeking “contributions on current and past struggles in South Asia that move the debate on armed resistance beyond polarized, moralistic frames of non-violence/violence to instead consider the role of a diversity of tactics in national/subnational liberation.” They pay their contributors 100 CAD. If interested, send your pitches to contact@jamhoor.org. For more information, refer to their post.
Deadline: July 15th, 2024
Viator is Commissioning Personal Essays
Viator, a Tripadvisor company, is a marketplace for travel experiences. They’re looking to commission 2 personal essays (with a travel hook) for Latinx Heritage Month. Rate is $290. Send your pitches to lcocking@tripadvisor.com. To learn more, refer to this post and their ‘about’ page.
Deadline: July 15th, 2024
The Scottish BPOC Writers Network is Seeking Pitches on the Theme of Space
The Scottish BPOC Writers Network (SBWN) provides “advocacy, literary events, and professional development opportunities for BPOC writers based in or from Scotland.” They’re looking for blog pitches for their Space to Thrive program. They’re seeking “pitches about any and all interpretations of the concept of ‘space’, from outer space to absence to community and anything else that comes to mind.” Rate is £135 per blog post (700 words). For more information, refer to their post and call for blog pitches.
Deadline: July 16th, 2024
Art with Heart is Seeking a Trans/Non-Binary Artist
Art with Heart is a Salford-based arts company. They’re seeking a trans/non-binary artist to write a 500 to 800-word blog post. You don’t have to write about anything in particular, their only requirement is that the blog should relate to arts and culture in some way. Pay is £250. If interested, send your pitches to megan@artwithheart.org.uk. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
Deadline: July 19th, 2024
NSUN is Seeking Pitches on “Mental Healthcare in a Failing State”
The National Survivor User Network (NSUN) is “a membership organisation of people and grassroots groups with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress, and trauma.” They’re looking for pitches: “Pitch us: ‘Mental Healthcare in a Failing State.’ We’re interested in publishing blogs from people with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress and trauma.” Rate is £150 for blogs (500 to 1,000 words). For more information, refer to their post and this page.
Deadline: July 26th, 2024
