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Submissions wanted (funny stories) (worldwide) | $250 per piece
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL Deadline: 15 November 2025The deadline for submissions has been extended to NOVEMBER 15, 2025.We have had such great success with our past humor books - and our editors have such a good time working on them - that we're doing it again! We are now collecting stories for another collection of funny stories and we want to hear from you! This new book is scheduled to be published in 2026.We are looking for stories about something that happened to you or someone close to you, the kind of stories tha...
Pitches wanted (climate) | ~48+ cents per word
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: CLIMATE HOME NEWSClimate Home News is always looking for pitches from freelance journalists, experts, and organisations working on climate policy. They commission news, features, and investigations that combine human interest with a strong news angle, always tied to climate change and with an international outlook. Preferred topics include climate finance, carbon markets, the energy transition and supply chains, human rights impacts of climate solutions, land use conflict, loss and damage, corporate greenwash, climate diplo...
Writers wanted (sports, music, entertainment) | £100+ per article
Click here to learn more about this opportunityCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: THE SET PIECESDeadline: 14 September 2025Iain Macintosh, Founding Editor of The Set Pieces, is looking for writers:I am looking for excellent freelance writers who specialise in sport (not football, got that covered), music and entertainment. I've always wanted to do The Set Pieces again. I felt like if I knew then what I know now it would have been so much better. And now's my chance! So....who's good?Interviews and features required. Rates are variable, according ...
Remote Mortgage Reporter wanted | $5,000 to $6,667 per month
Click here to learn more about this opportunityCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: NATIONAL MORTGAGE NEWSDeadline: 14 September 2025National Mortgage News is a leading trade publication serving professionals in the residential mortgage industry. We deliver in-depth reporting on the market forces, regulations, and innovations shaping the housing finance landscape.THE ROLEWe are seeking a skilled reporter to join our editorial team on a full-time freelance basis to cover for a staff member on temporary leave. This contract position will run for eight months, wi...
Submissions wanted (communication) (worldwide) | 10 cents per word for prose
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: RECKONING Deadline: 22 September 2025For the milestone tenth issue of Reckoning, our sixth under fascist misrule, we’re practicing what we preach. Reckoning X will be edited collectively by our entire editorial staff, and it will be themed, broadly, around communication.What brought us to this? How do those of us who grasp the direness of our situation—as a species, as a global community—convey or fail to convey that to others? These are dauntingly complex questions, and it’s clear the familiar solutions fall catast...
[PLUS+ Digest #2286] 16 opportunities today paying up to ~$1 per word
Here are today's opportunities:1. Pitches wanted (health, fitness, history): National Geographic | ~$1 per word2. Submissions wanted (miracles, messages from heaven/angels): Chicken Soup for the Soul | $250 per piece3. Pitches wanted (Austin, creative community): ATX Writing Club | $500 per article4. Pitches wanted (audio documentaries, narrative journalism): All The Best | $200 per story5. Pitches wanted (expat stories): Insider | ~30 cents per word6. Pitches wanted (Los Angeles, food): To-Go Zine | ~10 cents per word7. Web Content Writer ...
Pitches wanted (health, fitness, history) | ~$1 per word
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICStarlight Williams, Editor at National Geographic Travel, is looking for pitches:I am always accepting pitches. I specialize in health, credible wellness/fitness trends, and odd and/or this is not the first time in history pieces. Prioritize timely, widely relevant stories over evergreen or super-niche topics.Question you should ask yourself: Does the idea highlight something weird, unexpected, or counterintuitive? Is there a twist that challenges assumptions or reveals something new?Does it connect to th...
Submissions wanted (miracles, messages from heaven/angels) | $250 per piece
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOULDeadline: 15 January 2026The deadline for submissions has been extended to JANUARY 15, 2026.We are now accepting stories for another book about unexplained happenings and occurrences. Stories about miracles, angels, messages from heaven, premonitions, amazing coincidences and other unexplainable but good events! Here is another chance for you to share a story about a miraculous event or amazing coincidence that happened to you.We are looking for powerful, astounding, stories that will make people sa...
Pitches wanted (Austin, creative community) | $500 per article
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: ATX WRITING CLUBI’m hiring two freelance writers for ATX Writing Club.Here’s the assignment: Go out into the city and interview someone doing something creative. It could be your favorite local chef, it could be an entrepreneur working downtown, it could be an artist, or even another writer. These interviews should be anywhere from 1500-2500 words. They should have a point of view, an opinion, and be told in a narrative style (think The New Yorker).The purpose of this assignment is to share a bit about the creative comm...
Pitches wanted (audio documentaries, narrative journalism) | $200 per story
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: ALL THE BESTDeadline: 18 August 2025All The Best is seeking pitches for short audio documentaries and narrative journalism. We’re looking for story pitches around 12 - 15 minutes in length.DEADLINE EXTENDED! Applications close at 6pm AEST on Monday August 18th.We’ll consider story pitches on any theme, but if you’re stuck on ideas, here’s a few story prompts we’ve been thinking about:~ light + dark: it’s twilight, it’s liminal, it’s opposites, it’s part of the whole. What stories hold the visible and the h...
Pitches wanted (expat stories) | ~30 cents per word
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: INSIDERJessica Orwig, Senior Editor at Insider, is looking for pitches:Freelancers, this is for you:For Business Insider, I'm looking for expat stories. Pitch me if:1) You're from the US and moved to another country.2) You're from another country and moved to the US.3) If you're from the US, moved to another country, and then moved back to the US.Reasons can be related to society, finances, work, retirement, family, diet, health, and more.Send your pitches to jorwig@businessinsider.com. They should include a...
Pitches wanted (Los Angeles, food) | ~10 cents per word
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: TO-GO ZINEDeadline: 7 September 2025To-Go Zine, a LA-focused (for now), charity food zine published by some of the creators (and now LA transplants) previously behind Lunchbox Moments Zine, blends the best of magazine nostalgia with meaningful storytelling. Amidst the disappearance of print magazines, we dream of backseat car rides completing word searches, twirling landline cables while gushing over celebrity crush Q+As, and glossy pages filled with gripping feature writing.All profits from initial sales of this print zine...
Remote Web Content Writer wanted | $109 to $126 per hour
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: ROBERT HALFWe are looking for a talented Web Content Writer to join our team on a long-term contract basis. In this role, you will craft engaging and impactful content for websites, blogs, and other digital platforms, ensuring alignment with brand voice and audience expectations. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute creative writing skills to a dynamic IT software environment.RESPONSIBILITIES:Develop and write clear, compelling, and audience-focused content for websites, blogs, and other digital medium...
Submissions wanted (no-fee writing contest, Magnetic Island) | $200 for the winning essay
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: MINCA'S ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING COMPETITIONDeadline: 15 August 2025MINCA's Environmental Writing Competition 2025MINCA's Writing Competition about the environment of Magnetic Island is back! 2025's theme is "Write where you are".First Prize: $200Entries close Friday 15th August 2025.Send your entry to: maureenalsop@yahoo.com--------------------CONTACT INFORMATION (please do not share the email address publicly):Questions/submissions:maureenalsop@yahoo.comWebsite:https://www.minca.org/history-847864.htm...
Deadlines this week!
Aug 11, 2025 | Pitches wanted (working class): The Bee | ~30p per wordAug 11, 2025 | Pitches wanted (breakthroughs): MIT Technology Review | $1 to $2 per wordAug 11, 2025 | Pitches wanted (craft, adventure/travel): American Craft | ~50 cents to $1 per wordAug 12, 2025 | Humor Columnist wanted (boomer humor): Suddenly Senior | $100 per articleAug 12, 2025 | Pitches wanted (food, waste, conservation, etc.): Oregon Humanities | $500 to $1,000 per articleAug 15, 2025 | Pitches wanted (labor, animal rights, etc.): Orion | $1,000 per featureAug 15, 2...
[PLUS+ Digest #2285] 16 opportunities today paying up to $1,000 per feature
Here are today's opportunities:1. Pitches wanted (labor, animal rights, etc.): Orion | $1,000 per feature2. Reporters wanted (business of media): Observer | ~40 to 50 cents per word3. Pitches wanted (Houston): Houstonia | ~$400+ per article4. Pitches wanted (EU): The European Correspondent | up to €200 per article5. Pitches wanted (music, vinyl): Discog | $350 to $400 per article6. Pitches wanted (dining scene): The Infatuation | $150 to $750++ per article7. Writer wanted (promotional medical communications, medical affairs, publications)...
Pitches wanted (labor, animal rights, etc.) | $1,000 per feature
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: ORIONDeadline: 15 August 2025SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR we put out a call for pitches around a specific theme. If you’re interested in suggesting a feature (or Lay of the Land piece), from August 1- 15 we will be accepting nonfiction story pitches for our Spring 2026 Labor Issue: Working the Land. Send us your ideas on the intersection between labor and the more-than-human world—animal rights, working creatures, and models of collectivity in nature. Please keep all pitches to 500 words or less.In general, we are not able to c...
Reporters wanted (business of media) | ~40 to 50 cents per word
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: OBSERVERObserver is looking for a regular freelance reporter to cover major social media and streaming companies. We’re seeking someone fascinated by not only the latest developments but also the executives, entrepreneurs and investors behind them.This is a role for an early- to mid-career business journalist looking to develop their expertise in the media industry. The ideal candidate should have an insatiable curiosity an expansive network of sources in the media industry. They should also have a good understanding of t...
Pitches wanted (Houston) | ~$400+ per article
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: HOUSTONIABrittany Britto Garley, Editor in Chief of Houstonia Magazine, is looking for pitches:Calling all Houston writers (and writers who love Houston): Houstonia Magazine is looking for freelancers.We’re on the hunt for curious, passionate storytellers who can break down big ideas, celebrate the city’s culture, and make every reader feel at home. From food and arts to gardening and real estate, if you’ve got a pitch, we want to hear it. Send your best ideas to bbritto@houstoniamag.com—and let’s tell Houston’s...
Pitches wanted (EU) | up to €200 per article
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: THE EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENTJulius Fintelmann, Editor in Chief of The European Correspondent, is looking for pitches:We are open for pitches!As we gear up for our relaunch, The European Correspondent is now accepting story pitches from freelance journalists across the EU.We’re a reader-first newsroom: every story we publish must matter to European citizens. That means we’re looking for pitches that make the case for why someone in Valencia, Vilnius, and Vienna should care.What we’re especially interested in:How EU (in)d...
Pitches wanted (music, vinyl) | $350 to $400 per article
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: DISCOGSam Tornow, Editor at Discogs, is looking for pitches:Discogs is seeking pitches for essays, genre histories, scene histories, reported features, think pieces, and guides focused on music and vinyl. They are particularly interested in proposals from subject matter experts. The rate is $350 for pieces of 800–1,000 words or $400 for pieces of 1,200 words. Pitches should be sent to sam.tornow@discogsinc.com.--------------------CONTACT INFORMATION (please do not share the email address publicly):Questions/submissions: s...
Pitches wanted (dining scene) | $150 to $750++ per article
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: THE INFATUATIONJonathan Smith, Senior Editor at The Infatuation, is looking for pitches:The Infatuation is seeking freelance writers based in Washington, D.C., New Orleans, and Boston who have deep knowledge of their city’s dining scene—from long-established favorites to trendy new spots, and everything in between. The ideal candidates can author both guides and reviews, avoid food writing clichés, and intuitively identify the right restaurant for various situations, even highly specific ones. Rates for individual revi...
Remote Writer wanted (promotional medical communications, medical affairs, publications) | $90 to $130 per hour
Click here to learn more about this opportunityCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: OMNICOM HEALTHDeadline: 10 September 2025Healthcare Consultancy Group (HCG) is seeking a freelance medical writer with strong medical writing experience in a Medical Communications agency working on projects in Publications. Medical Affairs and/or Promotional Medical Communications (Med Ed).REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCEAn advanced life sciences degree (PhD, PharmD, MD)Significant medical writing experience within a Medical Communications agencyAvailable at least 15 hours/weekThe r...
Submissions wanted (no-fee writing contest, haiku) (worldwide) | $200 top prize
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: THE SOCIETY OF CLASSICAL POETS 2025 HAIKU COMPETITION Deadline: 15 August 2025The Society of Classical Poets 2025 Haiku CompetitionWHOAnyone in the world, of any age or background, may participate (SCP Membership not required). Among members of the Society of Classical Poets, everyone including Advisory Board members may participate, if not involved in judging the contest. The winner, if not a U.S. resident, must have a PayPal account or a bank that accepts U.S. checks, in order to receive prize money.IMPORTANT: By submitti...
[PLUS+ Digest #2284] 16 opportunities today paying up to $1.75 per word
Here are today's opportunities:1. Pitches wanted (culture, politics): Mother Jones | 75 cents to $1.75 per word2. Writing and Photography Correspondent wanted (Nebraska): Nebraska Life Magazine | ~20 cents per word3. Food Writers wanted (Wisconsin): Allrecipes.com | 50 cents per word4. Pitches wanted (inclusion, mental health, creative spaces): Creative Balance | ~21p per word5. Pitches wanted (culture, democracy): Green European Journal | ~€300+ per article6. Storyline Writer wanted (true crime): Catching Killers | $150 to $500 per proje...
Pitches wanted (culture, politics) | 75 cents to $1.75 per word
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: MOTHER JONESJeremy Schulman, Senior News Editor at Mother Jones, is looking for pitches:I don't normally edit Mother Jones's culture writing, but please pitch me a good essay that makes coherent sense of the political discourse around Caitlin Clark, Sydney Sweeney, and Taylor Swift.Guidelines and rates: https://www.motherjones.com/contribute/writer-guidelines/No specific deadline — just a topic I’m interested in getting pitches for that we’d consider assigning.--------------------CONTACT INFORMATION (please do...
Writing Correspondent wanted (Nebraska) | ~20 cents per word
Click here to learn more about this opportunityCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: NEBRASKA LIFE MAGAZINEDeadline: 7 September 2025Location: Nebraska-based (remote, with in-state travel as needed)Contract | Per word and photo rateABOUT THE ROLENebraska Life Magazine is seeking skilled Writing & Photography Correspondents to help tell the story of our state. For more than two decades, we’ve published richly reported, beautifully photographed features that celebrate Nebraska’s people, places, and traditions. Our readers are loyal print subscribers – Nebra...
Food Writers wanted (Wisconsin) | 50 cents per word
Click here to learn more about this opportunityCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: ALLRECIPES.COMDeadline: 7 September 2025Bridget Olson, Features Editor at Allrecipes.com, is looking for writers:Looking for Wisconsin-based freelance writers!I’m assigning a new feature for Allrecipes.com and looking to connect with writers who have firsthand knowledge of Wisconsin’s iconic supper club scene. Prior food writing experience is helpful, and I’m especially looking for writers with a strong reporting background and a knack for storytelling.If you also have a ...
Pitches wanted (inclusion, mental health, creative spaces) | ~21p per word
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: CREATIVE BALANCEDeadline: 31 August 2025For Black writers and writers of colour based in Scotland.Read the call for pitches, brief, and guidelines as a read-only Google Doc here or see below!Scottish BPOC Writers Network (SBWN) and We Are Here Scotland (WAHS) are thrilled to announce our Creative Balance partnership with an open call on the theme Defining Our Space: Literary Explorations of BPOC Creative Environments.We are seeking pitches from our communities exploring what constitutes nurturing, safe, and generative creat...
Pitches wanted (culture, democracy) | ~€300+ per article
COMPANY/PUBLICATION: GREEN EUROPEAN JOURNALDeadline: 5 September 2025Alessio Giussani, Editor at Green European Journal, is looking for pitches:Send us your pitches! Our next edition will explore what Culture and Democracy can do for each other. We're looking for essays and interviews, photo essays, comics/graphic journalism. Deadline: 5 September 2025.CALL FOR PITCHES: ARTS & CULTUREThe next print edition of the Green European Journal will ask what culture and democracy can do for each other. We are open to essays, photo essays, interviews...