Dear Writers,
Here’s our latest roundup of calls for pitches directly from editors.
Please carefully study each publication before sending a pitch.
If you’re new to pitching, here are a few resources to help you get started:
- How to Write a Pitch that Gets You Paid (Based on Real-World Examples)
- How to Pitch a Listicle About Pop Culture
- Case Study: How I Broke into the Smart Mouth Newsletter and Earned $1 per Word
— Jacob Jans
Thanks to Fatima Saif for compiling this list.
North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) is a quarterly magazine and online publication that covers “political and economic issues in Latin America and the Caribbean.” They’re accepting pitches regarding militarism in the Americas for their Winter 2023 issue. They will offer an honorarium of $250 per article (2,500 to 3,500 words) to contributors who rely on writing as their main source of income. Pitches and accepted articles can be in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. For details, read their tweet and call for pitches.
Deadline: April 21st, 2023
Opportunity to Share your Story on a Neuroscience Podcast: “Ever taken time off work for chronic stress or burnout? Are you a working parent? We’d love to hear your story at neuroscience podcast How We’re Wired. We can offer £100 honorarium for an int.” To learn more, refer to this tweet.
BuzzFeed News is a news website by BuzzFeed. Their entertainment editor is looking for pitches for their entertainment section. They’re interested in access-driven reporting, features & trends, and reported investigations. The editor hasn’t mentioned the rates in their tweet, but as per their tech desk editor, they pay $0.33/word for essays and $0.50/word for reported pieces. If interested, send your pitches to entertainment.pitches@buzzfeed.com. For details, read their entertainment editor’s tweet and their pitch guide.
Anime Herald is a website that offers news, reviews, interviews, and commentary on anime and anime fandom. They’re seeking pitches for articles, particularly those that would work in their Fandom or Niche categories. They pay $50 per article (1,000-2,000 words). Read their tweet here and their guidelines here. Submit your pitch here.
Bolts is “a digital magazine that covers the nuts and bolts of power and political change, from the local up.” They’re always looking for freelancers to report on stories related to voting rights and criminal justice across the US. Majority of the stories they publish involve original reporting. They offer a default rate of $800 for such stories. To learn more, refer to their Twitter thread and this page.
Opportunity to Write about Wario: “Freelancers! I’m taking pitches for a Wario feature in my upcoming book. I’m looking for something that frames the character, discussing his debut in SML2 and what makes him and his first two GAMEBOY games so great!” Rate is £100 for about 800 to 1,000 words. If interested, email your pitches to pmurphy1978@outlook.com. For more information, refer to this Twitter thread.
Klang Magazine is a sound publication. They’re currently looking for pitches for “writing on sound studies, sonic arts, and everything in between.” They have tweeted, “And remember, a pitch doesn’t need to be for an article. Send us your sample packs, stems, and music software demos that you’d like us to feature!” Rate is $100 to $150. Send your pitches to info@klang.co and CC angelina@klang.co. Read their Twitter thread here. Learn more about them here.
Studio Magazine is a national publication about contemporary craft and design in Canada. They publish twice a year and have an ongoing web presence. They’re looking for submissions for their Spring/Summer 2024 issue: DEFINITION. The issue will re-visit “the question of what it is that defines craft.” While they’re interested in the shifts brought about by tech, they’re “also looking to explore themes including, but not limited to, authenticity, classification, heritage, history, and cultural shifts.” Pay is .30 cents/word. To learn more, refer to their tweet and this page.
Deadline: September 30th, 2023
Blavity is a community and platform for black creativity and news. Their commerce and consumer media division is looking for commerce writers for the following brands: Travel Noire, 21Ninety, and Home & Texture. Rate is $20+/hour for a maximum of 30 hours. If interested, email kayla.grant@blavity.com. To learn more, read their senior copy editor’s tweet.
Going (formerly Scott’s Cheap Flights) offers cheap flight deals. They’re looking for a Senior Content Specialist, Points & Miles (contract-to-hire). The selected applicant will help in “creating and publishing high-quality content related to points, miles, credit cards, and business/first-class travel.” The applicant will work for 40 hours/week at $45/hour. The job is remote (USA time zones). For details, refer to this tweet and this page.
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. They’re seeking pitches for their Right to Write project which is “an editorial initiative to work with incarcerated writers in the US.” They’re looking for “personal essays, op-eds, features, reported news stories, or explainers.” All stories should be under 1,600 words. Rate is $0.50 per word. For more information, refer to their Twitter thread and this page.
ApartmentAdvisor is an online rental platform. They are seeking writers who are based in Texas to work on local stories on apartment renting. Bonus points if the writers are based in Austin, Dallas, or Houston. They pay $125 to $300 per piece. To learn more, refer to this tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.
The assistant opinion and first-person editor of Metro.co.uk is looking for pitches for Immigration Nation series. The series explores “the stories of people who have moved to the UK – including many who’ve made a difference in doing so.” The editor hasn’t mentioned the rates in their tweet, but according to this tweet, they usually pay £100 for 800 words. If interested, send your pitches to james.besanvalle@metro.co.uk. To read their editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To read their previous pieces, click here.
MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They’re seeking pitches for their upcoming issue on ethics. They’re “looking for *big* swings: narrative features, investigations, essential profiles, and sharp essays at the intersection of ethics+technology.” Rates are $1 to $2 per word. To learn more, read their editor’s Twitter thread and their pitch guide.
Deadline: April 20th, 2023
Perspectives on History is the news magazine of the American Historical Association (AHA)-an organization that serves historians in all fields and professions. They publish 9 times a year in print and online. They’re seeking pitches for articles about urbanism and rurality for their 2023-24 issues. They pay an honorarium of $100 for print pieces. For details, refer to this tweet and this page.
New Lines is “an American magazine for the best ideas and writing from around the world.” Their MidEast and newsletters writer/editor is seeking pitches on the gulf region. Pitches can be on a wide range of topics including history, science, archeology, religion, politics, and pop culture. The editor hasn’t mentioned the rates in their tweet, but according to this tweet by their North Africa editor, they pay $800 for most of their essays. To read their MidEast editor’s tweet, click here. To learn more about them, click here.
Contingent Magazine is a history magazine. They’re open for pitches for their spring/early summer theme: Revive Your Darlings. They’re accepting features (2,000-3,000 words); shorts (800-1,500 words); and mini-essays (200 to 500 words). They offer a base rate of $500 for features, $250 for shorts, and $100 for mini-essays. To learn more, refer to their Twitter thread and this page.
Deadline: April 15th, 2023
Los Angeles Public is looking for pitches (for audio, articles, and social media) from anyone in LA County. In general, they’re seeking pitches related to their editorial policies: “housing, pollution and the environment, public safety and the carceral system, public health, and positive community-oriented stories, as well as local government watchdog stories.” Print rates: $500+ for feature, $250+ for daily news story, and $150 for brief. Social media rates: $75/hour or $150 for Twitter threads, $250-$300 for reel or Tiktok, $75/hour or $150 for IG Story / IG Carousel (4-5), and $150-$250 for IG post. Audio rates: at least $110 to $130 per broadcast minute. For details, refer to their Twitter thread and this page.
Skin Deep is “an organisation that makes space for Black creatives and creatives of colour to work towards justice.” They’re open for pitches for their 10th annual print issue. The theme of the issue is PLAY. Rate is £200 to £400. To learn more, refer to their managing editor’s tweet and this page.
Deadline: April 17th, 2023
Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) is a quarterly print magazine and website that informs and inspires leaders of social change. They’re looking for pitches on new social innovations for their “What’s Next” section. They’re particularly seeking innovations outside the US. Pay is $600 for 800 words. To learn more, refer to this tweet and their submission guidelines.
YouthPAC is MENTOR’s youth-led online magazine. The overall theme for the magazine is Power. They’re currently seeking “submissions that highlight identity & community, education & equality, health & wellness, and electoral advocacy.” They want short essays (300 to 800 words), critique/analysis (600 to 800 words), poems/prose, illustrations/graphics, videos, and photography. They will pay $125 to $300 per piece. They’re seeking writers under 25, especially those who have never been published before. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread and this form. To check out the type of work they accept, refer to this page.
Parents.com helps parents raise happy, healthy kids. Kindred by Parents is a Black family focused community. Their senior editor is looking for diverse voices. Rates begin at $200. To read their senior editor’s tweet, click here. To visit their websites, click here and here.
The Barn Raiser is a publication that covers rural and small town news. Their editor-at-large has tweeted, “We are looking for stories on rural America, reported and opinion, covering many topics but this spring 2 in particular: libraries and transportation.” Pay is $500 for reported pieces and $200 for opinion pieces. Send your pitches to editorial@barnraisingmedia.com. Read their editor’s Twitter thread here. Learn more about them here.
Going (formerly Scott’s Cheap Flights) offers cheap flight deals. They’re taking pitches (on an ongoing basis) for their new food travel newsletter called Deep Dish. They want stories (800 words) that “deeply connect a food to a place and its people, history, culture, and traditions.” To learn more, refer to their content marketing director’s Twitter thread and this form.
Narrative Initiative catalyzes “durable narrative change in order to make equity and social justice common sense.” They’re looking for pitches. They aim to “lift up stories about organizers, cultural producers, activists, and other changemakers whose work is shifting harmful, dominant narratives in powerful, creative, and unexpected ways.” They’re seeking pieces of 700 to 1,000 words. Rate: $1 per word. Read their tweet here. Pitch them here.
Deadline: May 15th, 2023
TalkDeath.com is “the hub for death-conscious conversation.” They’re always looking for pitches for their blog. They’re particularly seeking “pitches from AAPI writers about funeral and death traditions in Asia and Pacific Islands.” They will pay $0.20 per word for 800 to 1,200 words. You can send your pitches to sage@talkdeath.com. For more information, refer to their Twitter thread and submission guidelines.
StyleCaster covers style news, fashion trends, shopping guides, and beauty tips. Their deputy editor is accepting pitches for “SEO-driven evergreen lifestyle stories (dating, sexual health & relationships, travel, beauty, fashion, LGBTQ+ culture, entertainment).” They’re interested in unique angles. Rates start at $150. Send your pitches to jborge@stylecaster.com. To read their deputy editor’s tweet, click here. To visit their website, click here.
Wired is a magazine and website that covers the current and future trends in technology. Their deputy Ideas editor has tweeted, “‘Platform.’ ‘Database.’ ‘Swipe.’ How did these words get lodged in our collective vocabulary, and what do they conjure? We’re spinning up a series for WIRED Ideas where each essay will parse the meaning and significance—personal, cultural, historical—of a different word in the digital lexicon, and I want you to pitch me!” As per their pitch guidelines, they pay $500 to $2,500+ per piece. Pitches can be sent to ideas@wired.com. To read their deputy Ideas editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To read Wired Idea’s pitch guide, click here.
LatinaMedia.Co is a digital publication covering “TV, film, books, podcasts, and culture from Latina and femme Latinx perspectives.” They’re always seeking more voices to add to their community. They have raised their rates and are now paying writers $150 for 600 to 1,200-word pieces. For more information, refer to their tweet and pitch guide.
Stylist Magazine is a weekly magazine and a website for smart, successful, and sophisticated women. Their features editor is seeking to commission experiential features: “Is there something you want to try? An experience you want to cover? A look into a trend you think people should know about?” The features editor hasn’t mentioned the rates in their tweet but according to Stylist’s entertainment editor, they pay £150 for 800 to 1,000 words. If interested, send your pitches to hannah.keegan@stylist.co.uk. To learn more, refer to their features editor’s Twitter thread and their general pitching guidelines.
Jewish Currents is “a magazine committed to the rich tradition of thought, activism, and culture of the Jewish left.” They’re accepting pitches for their Winter 2023 themed issue. The issue will focus on the state of Florida. They’re seeking “reported features, investigations, profiles, conversations, and essays.” They will pay at least: $400 for analysis and review pieces, $500 for news reports, $300 for long conversations, $150 for short conversations, and $1,000 for in-depth web features. They will pay $1/word for print features. To learn more, refer to their tweet, call for pitches, and freelancer agreement.
Deadline: April 24th, 2023
Oregon Humanities Magazine is a triannual publication that “connects Oregonians to ideas that change lives and transform communities.” They’re open for submissions for their Summer 2023 issue. The theme of the issue is “Shelter.” They’re seeking “stories about home, sanctuary, and refuge of all kinds.” They pay $500-$1,000 per piece and only accept work by people who reside in Oregon. For more information, read their tweet and call for submissions.
Deadline: April 24th, 2023
