16 Pitch Calls from Paying Publications
Where to Pitch This Week (11.08.24) | Editor requests from The Guardian, Huffington Post, and paid opportunities to write about arts, and sex in the holiday season.
Hello and happy Friday!
Also, ugh.
I won’t get into the news because I’m a person who writes about pitching and writing and I have nothing illuminating to share. If you are motivated to write, get stuff published, and make money: amazing. If you need time to read books, take long walks in forests, and seclude yourself in a cave of cozy covers: also amazing.
Pitch calls are a little slow this week, but newspapers and magazines still need stories. And that’s not going to change.
What Editors Are Looking For
Everything
Saying editors are looking for “Everything” isn’t helpful, I know.
But it might feel (especially if you’re in America) that every publication will only want political stories. And yes, if you have any thoughts, takes, or research on what might happen from 2025-2029, newspapers are interested. But, you need to get those pitches in now.
The thing I’ve seen the most requests for? Holiday stories. Regular Christmas, New Year, and Hanukkah stuff.
Yes, there will be an upswing of op-eds, election discourse, and words of doom for the next 4 years. But people still need to know about good Christmas gifts for dads who are hard to buy for. Personal stories about unusual situations. Ways to save money on electric bills in the winter.
Editors are open to everything. Focus on what’s most interesting to you and in the pitch tell the editor why readers should be interested too.
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Where to Pitch This Week: New Paid Writing Opportunities
Below, we’ve got editor requests from The Guardian, Huffington Post, the Observer, Men's Journal, and more. Plus paid opportunities in travel, arts, music, culture, politics, drinks, the environment, and sex in the holiday season.