Dear Writers,

Here’s our latest roundup of calls for writers — directly from editors, covering a wide variety of themes and topics.

Please carefully study the publication before contacting the editor. When writing your pitch, be sure to:

• Carefully study the publication, to get a sense of their style
• Have a clear idea of where you proposed article will fit into the publication
• Have a clear sense of the publication’s general schedule
• Have a clear sense of who the publication’s audience is
• Choose just one idea to pitch — and make sure it closely fits the publication’s needs
• Write a short pitch (no more than 200 words)

— Jacob Jans

Thanks to Fatima Saif for compiling this list.

The Wall Street Journal provides coverage of news, business, politics, technology, real estate, arts, culture, and more from the US and around the world. The Gear & Gadgets Editor for Off Duty (their Saturday lifestyle insert) is looking for stories about personal technology. Pay is $1 per word. Email your pitches to daniel.varghese@wsj.com. To read their editor’s Tweet, click here. To visit their website, click here.

Atmos is a biannual magazine and digital platform that explores climate and culture. Their climate director has tweeted, “Today’s the last day of Black History Month, but let’s be sure to make space for Black stories, Black storytellers, Black artists, and Black climate leaders all year long. I’m always taking pitches for Atmos.” They pay a flat rate of $500 for digital stories. Send your pitches to yessenia@atmos.earth. Read their climate director’s Tweet here and contact them here.

Metro Opinion is a platform by Metro.co.uk. Their deputy editor has tweeted, “Looking for pitches from relating to FIFA’s decision on Russia. Do you think its a cop-out? Should they go further? Is it unfair on Russian athletes?” Quick turnaround likely needed. Their rates generally start at £70 for 600 to 800 words. If interested, DM their deputy editor on Twitter or email ross.mccafferty@metro.co.uk. To read their deputy editor’s Tweet, click here. To read their previous articles, click here.

Now Then Magazine is an online magazine covering the local news and culture of Sheffield. They are seeking pitches for Trans Day of Visibility, so if you are a trans person in Sheffield and want to tell a story, then send your pitch to philippa@weareopus.org. Rate is £60 to £100. To learn more, refer to this Tweet and this page.

The Guardian is a British news and media website. The commissioning editor of their Saturday magazine is seeking pitches, especially about music, theater, dance, and comedy. They pay £326.21 per 1,000 words. If interested, send your pitches to alex.mistlin@theguardian.com. To learn more, refer to their commissioning editor’s Tweet and their freelance charter.

The Unwritten is an online magazine for disabled people by disabled people. They are seeking a disabled child (approximately 9 to 13) in the UK to review Cerrie Burnell’s new novel Wilder Than Midnight. Rate is £75 for 700 words. For more information, refer to their Twitter thread and pitching guidelines.

Deadline: March 5th, 2022

Verywell Family is a resource for information on pregnancy and parenting. They are “looking for a trans writer and queer writer to take on pieces about Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill and Texas investigating parents who seek gender-affirming care for their kids.” Writers must be from the US, preferably from these states. Rate is $250 for around 800 words. If interested, email jdavidson@verywell.com. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread. To contact them, refer to this page.

African Arguments is a pan-African platform that analyzes issues facing the continent, investigates the stories that matter, and amplifies a diversity of voices. They are looking for “bold, fun, imaginative, colourful reviews, listicles, interviews, investigations, (photo) essays, features, analysis, deep dives on (African) art and culture, creative industries, events, issues.” Average rate for op-eds is $150 and for reported features, it is $200. If interested, email your pitches to a.rotinwa@africanarguments.org. For details, read their Twitter thread and pitch guide.

Unbothered UK is Refinery29’s sub-brand for and by Black millennial women. Their newly appointed editor will be commissioning stories that entertain, challenge, and inform Black women and non-binary people in the UK. They usually pay £180 to £250 per piece. If interested, send your pitches to loreal.blackett@vice.com. To read their editor’s Tweet, click here. To visit their website, click here.

Wargamer is a website that publishes news, guides, and reviews of tabletop games and digital wargames. Their editor is always looking for feature and guide article pitches. If you want to write about Warhammer, DnD, MTG, or other tabletop games, then send your pitches to alex.evans@wargamer.com. For features, they pay £75 for 600 words, £150 for 1,000 words, and £200 for 2,000 words. For guides, they pay £75 for 600 words, £150 for 1,000 words, and £175 for 1,500 words. Read their editor’s Tweet here and their pitch guide here.

Nat Geo Travel’s associate editor has tweeted, “Looking for spring TRAVEL stories with a superlative & timely hook. Leaning away from people/company profiles, galleries/listicles & food/drink stories.” “We love relevant and timely travel articles that provide a deeper look at destinations, trends, and travel experiences through the National Geographic lenses of science, culture and history, wildlife and wild spaces, conservation, and community.” They will pay $800 to $1,000. If interested, email starlight.williams@natgeo.com. For more information, refer to their associate editor’s Twitter thread and their pitch guidelines.

Deadline: April 2nd, 2022

Dublin Inquirer is a reader-supported newspaper that serves Ireland’s capital. They are seeking a freelance reporter to write one piece a week on arts and culture in Dublin. The selected candidate will do thoughtful on-the-ground reporting in the city. Rate: €157.50 per reported piece. For more information, refer to their Tweet and this page.

Deadline: March 9th, 2022

Healthline is a health information website. Their editor is seeking writers for personal essays for a mental health series. She is seeking writers who have the following mental health conditions: borderline personality disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and social anxiety. If you have any of these conditions and “swear by and trust certain products, apps, or platforms/services to positively impact your life on a daily basis,” then email their editor at mellee@redventures.com. Rates start at $375. Read their editor’s Twitter thread here and learn more about them here.

Fanfyte is Fanbyte’s wrestling section. They are seeking pitches that evaluate the tenure of Cesaro/Claudio Castagnoli in WWE. They are not necessarily seeking something that’s critical of the company—they would “like it to be about his work first and foremost.” Their listicles/interviews/reviews start at around $150 and features start at around $250. Essays and op-eds go for around $200. If interested, send your pitches to carrand@fanbyte.com. For more information, read this Twitter thread and their pitch guide.

Psych Central is a modern, evidence-based resource for mental health information. They are looking to expand their “freelance writer pool to include more BIPOC, male, and LGBTQ+ writers.” Rate is $200-$300/article. They are also interested in hearing from writers who want to share their “lived experiences from a mental health perspective.” If interested, email write@psychcentral.com. To learn more, refer to their managing editor’s Twitter thread and their ‘about’ page.

SAPIENS is a digital magazine committed to popularizing anthropology to a wider audience. They are open for submissions from anthropologists. They publish essays (1,000 to 2,000 words), op-eds (600 to 1,000 words), poetry, debates (400 to 600 words), reviews (400 to 1,500 words), snapshots (400 to 1,200 words), and photo essays. They pay an honorarium of $250 per piece. To learn more, refer to their Tweet, their pitch guide, and this page.

The Good Trade is “a community dedicated to sustainability, self-love, and slow living.” They are commissioning some new pieces. They are “specifically interested in reported pieces with expert sources and interviews.” A few topics that they would like to cover are: regenerative agriculture, hybrid/electric vehicles, and solar energy. Rates start at $300 for 800 to 1,000 words. Pitches should be emailed to kayti@thegoodtrade.com. For more information, read this Twitter thread and their editorial guidelines.

Dyspraxia Magazine is a UK-based magazine for dyspraxic people. They are accepting pitches for their next issue: “Is there an issue that has been highlighted in the media recently you would like to talk about, or support for international women’s day? Then we would love to hear from you.” They only accept pitches from journalists who are dyspraxic or have work/personal relationships with dyspraxic folk. They pay £50 for 500+ words. If interested, email your pitches to enquiries@dyspraxiamagazine.com. To read their Tweet, click here. To visit their website, click here.

The editor of the science desk at Earther at Gizmodo is looking for freelance pitches on science/health/climate/math/weirdness. According to a now-deleted Tweet by their features editor, they pay $500 for most features and $350 for smaller pieces. If interested, send your pitches to rose.pastore@gizmodo.com. To learn more, refer to this Tweet and their pitch guide.

Wide Open Eats is “a place celebrating honest home cooks that make the most of what they have, featuring food of every kind and regional style.” They are seeking “an environmental or gardening writer for a couple of articles in March.” Rate starts at $0.15/word. If interested, send your clips to lyndsay@wideopeneats.com. To learn more, refer to their managing editor’s Tweet and their ‘about us’ page.

Stylist Magazine is a weekly magazine and a website for smart, successful, and sophisticated women. Their fitness editor is accepting pitches for their Strong Women section: “Uplifting fitness and wellness stories pls. Open to all kinds of things (think Spring!) but keen for the odd sleep/gut related piece pls.” Rate is £150 for 800-1,000 words. They are always keen for non-white female contributors. If interested, email your pitches to miranda.larbi@stylist.co.uk. To learn more, refer to their fitness editor’s Tweet and their pitching guidelines.

Narratively is a media company that publishes original and untold human stories. They are seeking story pitches about unique family-run businesses, “think ‘Succession’ or ‘Six Feet Under’ but with a more inclusive angle—e.g. we’re particularly interested in all-female family businesses, Black family businesses, and others run by people from underrepresented groups— as well as stories from super unusual/surprising industries.” Rates start at $500. The average length of their stories is around 2,500 words. Pitches should be emailed to julianna@narratively.com. For more information, read their Twitter thread and call for pitches.

Deadline: March 15th, 2022

Healthline is a health information website. Their editor is “looking for a writer who has been living with eczema for a long time (15+ years) to write a personal essay about what they’ve learned managing the condition for so long.” Rate is $200 to $300. Word count is 600 to 1,000. Pitches should be sent to jonimsweet@gmail.com. Read their editor’s Twitter thread here. Learn more about them here.

Deadline: March 2nd, 2022

gal-dem is a British online and print magazine that is dedicated to sharing the stories of women and non-binary people of color. They are open for submissions. Their print edition theme is UTOPIA / DYSTOPIA. They are seeking features and essays across all of their sections, exploring “what utopia and dystopia mean for our communities and beyond, and pushing forward new possibilities for our futures.” Their rates average around £150 for features (1,200 words) and start at £80 for comment pieces (600 to 800 words). For details, refer to their Twitter thread and pitching guide.

Deadline: March 4th, 2022

The Fence is a London-based independent quarterly magazine. They ship internationally but focus around life in the United Kingdom and Ireland. They are open to pitches for their summer issue. They pay £150-£250 per piece (1,000-1,500 words). If interested, email your pitches to editorial@the-fence.com. For more information, refer to their Tweet and pitch guide.

Deadline: March 6th, 2022

SheKnows empowers women through discussions and articles related to women’s issues including health, relationships, sex, parenting, and beauty. Their entertainment editor is looking to expand their culture content. She is especially “interested in reported pieces, topics including but not limited to: pop culture, celeb life, social media, identity, power, & money.” Rates begin at $300. Pitches should be sent to lballhaus@shemedia.com. To learn more, refer to their entertainment editor’s Twitter thread. To contact them, refer to this page.

The Seattle Times is a daily newspaper that covers local news, politics, business, entertainment, travel, sports, and restaurants in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Their interim features editor is accepting pitches. They are especially looking for “interesting stories about the many multifaceted communities here in WA.” They typically pay around $0.25 per word. If interested, send your pitches to cpaul@seattletimes.com. Read their interim features editor’s Tweet here and contact them here.

Men’s Health is a magazine about fitness, health, sex, style, travel, and grooming. Their senior editor of entertainment/lifestyle is accepting pitches at keith.nelson@hearst.com. They pay upwards of 25p/word for digital features. To learn more, refer to their senior editor’s Twitter thread. To contact them, refer to this page.

Variable West is a platform for West Coast art. They are looking for pitches. They have 5 pitch categories: Love Letters, The Why, Pairings, Exhibition Reviews and Artist Interviews.

• -Love Letters: Micro essays of 200-250 words on artists we can’t stop thinking about. Rate: $50
• -The Why: Stories of 200-300 words on what inspires West Coast creatives. Rate: $50
• -Pairings: “Art that makes us think of food and food that makes us think of art.” Rate: $75 for 300-400 words
• -Exhibition Reviews and Artist Interviews: for exhibition reviews (600-800 words) and interviews (2,000 words), they are accepting pitches on the theme of “Staying With the Trouble a la Donna Haraway.” Rate: $150

For more information, refer to their Twitter thread and call for pitches.

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They are looking for CITY pitches: “How is tech transforming the built environment for better/worse? What does a walkable city become when dinner, entertainment, and shopping is delivered to your front door? Why do people keep trying to build cities from scratch? etc.” They pay $1 to $2 per word. If interested, email your pitches to allison.arieff@technologyreview.com. To learn more, refer to this Tweet and their ‘about’ page.

Better to Speak is “a community media platform working with young Black storytellers and changemakers to transform silence into language and action.” They are accepting submissions and pitches from young Black writers. They want stories that empower and uplift Black youth by:

“-Centering our experiences and perspectives

-Documenting our written and oral histories

-Reclaiming narratives about ourselves and our community”

They are seeking the following types of content: personal essays; interviews; features; cultural, social, political commentary and analysis; breaking news; in-depth reporting; how-to guides; roundups/listicles, and explainers. They pay $50 to $200 depending on word count. If interested, email your pitches to stories@bettertospeak.org. If you don’t have anything to submit as yet, then you can sign up here to get updates from them for paid writing opportunities. For more information, refer to their Twitter thread and stories submission form.