Happy Sunday to 7,306 motivated writers 👋🏼

How’s everyone doing? I’m doing great!

I know, I know, I’m a little late today. But I think I’ve (finally) got a good excuse: it’s my four year anniversary with my partner 😊

We’re sitting at one of my favourite spots in Austin, Mozart’s Coffee, writing this up beside the Lake reminiscing about the last year together.

It’s been a wild ride.

Thida, I know you’re reading this. Thank you for everything. You make it all worthwhile. ❤️

Okay… enough of that soppiness 😅

Back to our regular scheduled programming ⬇️

Big week of opps! Over 20 plus a free series of six email templates to manage comms w clients ✍️

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So, what do we have this week?

1️⃣ Resource: Six free email templates to level up your replies to clients

2️⃣ 20 calls to pitch, 12 early access for TWJN Pro ⚡️

3️⃣ 18 writing jobs

Let’s get to it! ⬇️ ⬇️

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2️⃣ Calls to Pitch

Free subscribers receive these updates on Sunday. TWJN Pro Supporters got an update on Wednesday with all posts with a ⚡️

Sign up to get early access to opportunities here

⚡️($500+) Longreads | Long form reported pieces and personal essays. They’re looking for unique voices on unusual or unexpected topics. Guidelines here. Rolling call

⚡️($500) Nexus Media News | Climate reporting! Danielle is commissioning a piece about HBCU’s climate education and leadership, ideally from an alum. Guidelines here. Deadline July 21

⚡️($200) Insider | Conz is back with an ever green pitch call on topics about health, relationships, parenting, and more. Especially for experiences of younger or older parents. Guidelines here. Rolling call

⚡️(£150) The Telegraph | Lay is looking for a bunch of topics to feature in September. Everything from interiors, health/wellbeing, finance/legal, and more.

⚡️(£150, estimate) PinkNews | Michael is looking at expanding the freelancer pool for news reporters. For journos experienced with LGBTQ+ issues. Estimate from prev pay report here

⚡️($150) Full Stop Magazine | Book worms! These folks share works in translation and books from indie publishers. They’re open to pitches for features. Examples of features here

⚡️($100) Palestine Studies | Laura is looking to commission six pieces over the next two months! Stories, news, reviews, and a whole bunch more. Guidelines here

⚡️(£80 - £150) Why Now | Entertainment writers! They’re always open for long form features, interviews, reviews, and more. Guidelines here. Rolling call

⚡️($50 - $150) Strange Horizons | Non-fiction pitches for their special issue, ‘Childbearing in SFF”. They publish essays, in-depth interviews, roundtable discussions, and more. Guildelines here. Deadline July 31

⚡️($50) Kaiana Blake-Chung | Guest post for a personal blog on mental illness and wellness

⚡️($0.50 - $1.50 per word) High Country News | Nick is a contributing editor for a few months and is taking all sorts of pitches about the South West of the US. Guidelines here. Rolling call

⚡️($0.50 - $1 per word) Ori Generation | Kade is launching this new travel publication - it looks slick. They’re going to announce an official pitch call later this week, but check em out. More info here

($300) Food and Wine | Another one for foodie writers! 🍕 Daniel is looking for commerce pitches about products related to pop culture - any good stories about your 8 year old George Foreman grill? 😅 Guidelines here

($250 - $300) Time Out LA | Foodie writers in the city of angels 😎 They’re open for feature pitches, hyperlocal to the LA scene. Guidelines here

($250) BioSpace | Jef is looking for pitches to commission and for writers to pitch about all things Biopharma. Research, careers, business, and more. Rates for for reported pieces, $75 for aggregate news

($250) PR on the GO | Freelance writers to contribute to their journal. US-based, freelance media and entertainment journalists/reporters, ideally. More info here

($200 - $300) Austin Weekly News | Re-up on this call for Chicago-based writers! Specifically on the West or South areas, and ideally in the Austin neighbourhood. Deadline July 26, but will likely extend

(£150, estimate) Pink News | Nic is looking to expand their pool of freelancers. Right now they’re looking for News & Current affairs, and Entertainment & Culture reporters. Estimate from prev post here

($50 - $200) The Rumpus | Pitches are open for essays that look explore ideas and issues that illuminate a larger cultural context or human struggle. Contributors get a slice of a $400 pool. Guidelines here. Deadline Aug 2

(£0.10 per word) Great Central Gazette | Ahhh this one is for my hometown, Leicester!!! Seeing this put a huge smile on my face 😊 Feature pitches about all things local: new, history, environment, and more. Guidelines here

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3️⃣ Writing Jobs

⚡️($100,000, Remote US) Blue Bottle Coffee | I’ve heard so much about these folk’s coffee.. lives up to the hype? No idea. Either way, they’re hiring a senior copywriter for a cool $100K 😉

⚡️($90,000 - $105,000 Remote IL) City Bureau | Editorial director committed to racial equity and community engagement. Focused on reporting on Chicago! More info and apply here. Deadline July 23

⚡️($71,000. Remote US) City Bureau | Another one from these folks. This is their Lead Development Writer, focused on shifting resources toward more equitable information systems, remote first but preference to Chicago writers. Deadline July 27

⚡️($70,000 - $80,000, Hybrid NY) Gov Exec | Senior City Hall Reporter to cover what’s happening in New York City politics. More info and apply here. Deadline July 31

⚡️($10,000, Remote) Poynter & Google News | This looks like a cool fellowship focused on helping to combat misinformation by supporting a bunch of newsrooms across the US. Fellowship runs from September to December. More info and apply here. Deadline July 21

⚡️($1,500 per month) The Rumpus | Part-time Editor-in-Chief to direct their long-term editorial arc, with input from other executives. Estimate 15 - 20 hours per week as a contractor. Deadline Aug 4

⚡️(Paid, Remote) The TRiiBE | Freelance copyeditors and fact-checkers to help this Chicago-based publication. Reach out to Tiffany for more info and rates

⚡️(Paid, Remote US) AARP | Contributing writer to join Michelle’s team for high-impact, state-specific journalism on how to vote, pay taxes, stay safe from extreme weather… like we’ve got in TX right now… and more! Reach out to her for more details

⚡️(Paid, Remote UK) Derby World | Freelance journalist to cover shifts for this local news publication for the city in the UK!

($65,000 - $85,000, Remote US) Latitude Media | Full time reporter to write for a new publication covering what’s happening in climate tech remote possible but prefer a East Coast time zone. More details and apply here. Deadline Aug 13

($55,000 - $65,000, Hybrid TX) KERA | Daily news reporter and producer to cover daily news and general assignment topics, with a focus on digital. More info and apply here

($53,000 - $71,000, Remote US) Audubon | Full time associate editor for a journalist to join their editorial team. This is the flagship publication for the National Audubon Society, all about birds 😊 🐦 More info and apply here

(£24,000, Hybrid UK) People Management | Junior staff writer to help support their digital content and daily newsletter. Ideally with experience in managing and promoting on social media, too

(£20,000 - £30,000, Remote UK) Hello Hunters | Start-up writers! Full-time, part-time, and freelance opps to write entertaining reviews and commentary on start-ups, business, and entrepreneurship. More info and apply here

(Paid, Remote) Spotzer Digital | Freelance social media copywriter and proofreader. Specifically looking for a native Italian freelancer to support their creative copy for small and medium clients

(Paid, Remote) Farfetch | Another one with dual language requirements! Swedish and English, this time. Freelance copywriter to translate listing descriptions from English into Swedish

(Paid, Remote) Barrington James | Freelance regulatory medical writer for an upcoming project. Specifically somebody who can write about early phase oncology

(Paid, Office DC) Bloomberg | Okay, okay.. so this one is in-person and we don’t have pay rates but I couldn’t help ,myself. This looks like such a cool opp as a Senior Editor responsible for their data visualisations over the US Election. I always love the creative ways information is presented .. like on 538 😊

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PS here’s a link to the free templates, in case you missed it 😊

I’m out!