Happy Sunday to 8,082 motivated writers 👋🏼 

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

Back at home in the UK for a week! Here visiting my very newly born niece!!! 👶🏽 She’s just the cutest little thing... There’s something so special about holding a baby... life changing, honestly 😊

And… we’re also here to celebrate Diwali! Special times all around 💕

In other amazing news… we’ve reached 8,000 subscribers for TWJN! What a milestone. We’ve done SO much for writer pay transparency over the last 2 years. And we’re just getting started 🚀 

Another good week of writing opps, too! We’ve got 45 to dig in to 🤑

Let’s go!

So, what do we have this week?

1️⃣ Resource: Share your Secret to Success

2️⃣ 17 calls to pitch, 15 early access for TWJN Pro ⚡️

3️⃣ 28 writing jobs

Let’s get to it! ⬇️ ⬇️

1️⃣ Resource of the Week

Check this out! Submit your story here to get a poster made for yourself!!

In the spirit of embracing our shortcomings, insecurities, and failures, Hopscotch is asking freelancers to anonymously share secrets about their work experiences.

The submissions can be silly, embarrassing, thought-provoking, surprising, or heartfelt! Once they have enough submissions, they'll post them on a landing page for everyone to enjoy! Because when there's less pressure to be perfect, we all win.

Submit here to get featured (anonymously 🤫)

2️⃣ Calls to Pitch

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Sign up to get early access to opportunities here

⚡️(Up to $1,000) Inverse | Shannon is Deputy Gaming Editor at Inverse! She’s open to pitches about video game stories, especially deeply reported features. Email pitches to [email protected]

⚡️(~$700) Good Beer Hunting | Outdoor writers! 🌲 Good Beer Hunting is seeking stories that explore nature as a character. Pitch here

⚡️($500) Nevermind Media | Courtney is open to pitches for podcast episodes! If you love writing about music, history, or doing deep dives, this is for you! No podcasting experience needed. Rate is $500 for writing a 20 to 30 minute episode. Send pitches and samples of podcast scripts, features, or longform to Courtney on Twitter

⚡️($400) Lazo | Cristina is looking for pitches about political and cultural pluralism - especially quirky international stories with a multicultural angle. 1,200 - 3,000 words. Deadline is last week of November. Email pitches to [email protected]

⚡️(£320) Container | Tech writers! Container is looking for pitches about creative technology, especially why and how people use technology in creative ways for social and cultural purposes. £320 per 1,000 words for written articles. Pitch guide here

⚡️(Up to £250) Gfinity | Gaming writers! 🎮 Gfinity is looking to commission original features: interviews, op-eds, retrospectives, and more. Send pitches to [email protected]

⚡️($250+) Insider | Paige is looking for pitches from people who travel with their spouse or parent who works on a cruise ship. DM pitches to Paige on Twitter

⚡️($250+) Insider | Writer moms! Conz is looking for essays from moms feeling overwhelmed towards the end of the year with all the back-to-back holidays or just the compounded exhaustion. Email pitches to [email protected]

⚡️($250) Insider | Freelance writers! Conz is also looking for a very specific essay along the lines of “My husband and I are both working parents, but somehow, he still has time for guys’ trips and football games.” $250 for 600 words. Email pitches to [email protected]

⚡️($250) Cosmopolitan | Kayla is looking for pitches for Confessays! Send in erotic personal essays detailing real-life sexperiences 🤫 Email pitches to [email protected]

⚡️(£180) Stylist Magazine| Health, wellness, fitness journos! Miranda  wants your first first person experience pieces, gut health ideas, hormone features and general fitnessy pitches. Send pitches to [email protected]

⚡️($150) HuffPost | Noah is looking for holiday/ end of year/ resolution essays. Especially looking for pitches from writers with diverse backgrounds/ identities. 1K - 2K words. Email pitches to [email protected]

⚡️($100) Cleveland Review of Books | Cleveland Review of Books is open to pitches on literature, culture & politics, visual art, Midwest history, publishing, and books. Pitch guide here

⚡️($1 - $2 per word) MIT Technology Review | Rachel is looking for “build” themed pitches for an upcoming print issue. Looking for narrative features, reported essays, profiles. 2,500 - 4,000 words. Deadline is Nov 27. Pitch guide here

⚡️($0.10 per word) The Muslim Monthly | A new digital magazine! The Muslim Monthly will cover political, social, cultural, and religious issues from the perspective of Muslims living in the west. They’re looking for early-career Muslim journos to share their perspectives. Deadline is Jan 1 (for first issue of 2024). More info here. Email pitches to [email protected]

($400) Columbia Journal | Open call for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translation submissions for Columbia Journal’s Print Contest. Deadline is tomorrow Nov 13. Submission link here

($300 - $400) RVO Health | Nadia is seeking a Veteran or freelance writer/Veteran for a piece about their relationship with fitness after service. Email [email protected] for details

3️⃣ Writing Jobs

⚡️($100,000 - $200,000, Washington D.C.) The Daily Beast | Politics reporters! The Daily Beast is hiring a Senior Politics Reporter to produce enterprise and fast-moving stories on the biggest issues and figures in American politics. Apply here

⚡️($80,000, Remote US) Inkstick | Editors! Inkstick is seeking a Managing Editor for their growing, groundbreaking online magazine. Apply here

⚡️($50,000 - $65,000, Remote US) The Arena Group | Pop culture writers! The Arena Group is looking to hire a lifestyle, music, and/or entertainment Breaking/ Trending News Writer who has editorial experience and is passionate about all things pop culture. Apply here

⚡️(£35,000, London, UK) Bookworks | London-based editors! Bookworks is hiring a part-time editor to work with the publishing team on their program of artists’ book commissions. Deadline is Nov 22. Apply here

⚡️(£1,100, Scotland, UK) Cove Park | Crime writers! 🤫 Cove Park has announced the two-week Loch Long Crime Writing Residency for crime writers based in Scotland. Writers will receive a total residency fee of £1,100 (£550 per week) and a travel allowance of up to £75. Deadline is December 4. More info here

⚡️($1,000 monthly stipend, Remote US) Inkstick | Inkstick Media is seeking a reporting fellow to focus on accountability reporting in the US on domestic extremism, domestic terrorism, and election security in the year leading up to the 2024 elections. Fellowship will run from December 2023 to January 2025. Fellow will receive monthly stipend of $1,000 for bi-monthly deep dives. Apply here

⚡️(₤16 - ₤21 per hour, Remote UK) Lucky Trip | Travel writers! Lucky Trip is looking for a content editor to help bring their trips to life with fun copy and inspirational content. Apply here

⚡️($16 - $17 per hour, New York, NY) The Daily Beast | Early-career journos! The Daily Beast is seeking winter/spring reporting interns to join their award-winning newsroom as part of the Cheat Sheet/breaking news team from January to April 2024. Apply here

⚡️(Paid, Remote US) Beehiiv | Tyler is hiring a lead editor to run their content strategy and write their creator-focused newsletter (read by a quarter million readers). Email [email protected] why you would be the right fit!

⚡️(Paid, Atlanta, GA) | AC is looking for an Atlanta-based early career journalist who is interested in switching into an Executive Assistant/ PA role. Good benefits, steady income, and some writing/ research would be part of the gig. DM AC on Twitter

($90,000 - $110,000, Hybrid New York, NY or Los Angeles, CA) SoundCloud | SoundCloud is looking for a Copywriter to write crisp informative copy that helps attract and convert customers across all of their channels. Apply here

($79,000 - $80,000, Remote US) Vox Media | The Strategist is looking for a newsletter editor who understands how to showcase their variety of stories in their readers’ inboxes, as well as help develop new editorially minded sends. Apply here

($77,000 - $86,000, Hybrid New York, NY) Vox Media | Vox Media is seeking a talented, seasoned, quick-to-learn Senior Editor, supporting the Written Team in executing branded article campaigns. This is a temporary position, estimated to lat 5 months. Apply here

($74,000 - $80,000, Remote US) Vox Media | The Strategist is seeking a Writer who can own their sleep product coverage, which includes mattresses, pillows, sleep aids, and adjacent products. Apply here

($70,000 - $85,000, Remote US) Complexly | Complexly is seeking a highly resourceful, insightful, organized, and experienced Content Manager to oversee data analytics across several programs, including the longest running digital education and science shows on YouTube, Crash Course and SciShow. Deadline is Nov 19. Apply here

($70,000 - $84,000, Remote US) Vox Media | The Verge is seeking a commerce writer to temporarily join their Reviews and Guides team. Apply here

($60,000, Hybrid New York, NY) Time Out | NY writers! Time Out New York is looking for a Staff Writer who will be focused on creating high-quality, engaging digital content about local NYC culture, art, food and drink and city news. Apply here

(£29,000 - £35,000, Hybrid London, England, UK) Homes & Gardens | SEO experts! Homes & Gardens is hiring an editor who will be responsible for leading a team focused on creating brilliant how-to content for the website. Apply here

(Up to £11,840 pro rata, Remote UK) Horse & Hound | Looking for a part-time Features Assistant who will be reporting to the features editor and be responsible for writing informative and entertaining equestrian features for both the magazine and website. Apply here

($1,800 - $2,400 per month, Remote US) Regex SEO | Regex SEO is hiring a Senior Content Writer & Editor who will undertake a multifaceted role that includes editing, writing, training, and process improvement responsibilities. Apply here

($850 per script, Remote US) Complexly | Complexly is looking for a Freelance Script Writer who will be responsible for researching and writing scripts on pre-selected sustainability topics, working closely with other team members and subject-matter experts to develop comprehensive and consistent scripts. $850 per 1800-2000 word script. Deadline is TODAY Nov 12. Apply here

($850 per script, Remote US) Complexly | Complexly is also looking for a Criminal Justice Freelance Script Writer who will be responsible for researching and writing scripts on pre-selected criminal justice topics, working closely with other team members and subject-matter experts to develop comprehensive and consistent scripts. $850 per 1800-2000 word script. Deadline is TODAY Nov 12. Apply here

(£280 - £320 per day, Leeds, England, UK) Aquent UK | Aquent is looking for a UK-based Freelance Content Creator/ Producer with broadcast experience to work with their client who own industry-leading gaming/ gambling brands. Apply here

($30 - $34 per hour, Remote US) Vox Media | Eater is looking for an experienced reporter and editor to contribute news stories, reports, and maps to the Los Angeles city site. Apply here

($30 per hour, Remote US or Canada) PEOPLE | PEOPLE is looking for a part-time Contract Surveillance Editor who will spend approximately four hours each day (20 hours a week) scanning for news and updating their evergreen content as needed in the CMS. Apply here

($30 per hour, Remote US or Canada) Travel + Leisure | Travel + Leisure is looking for a remote developmental editor to review and edit updated articles of travel content. Apply here

($25 per hour, Remote US or Canada) EatingWell | EatingWell is looking for a registered dietitian to serve as a Fact Checker and will be responsible for checking content to make sure all facts are accurate and supported by reputable sources. Apply here

(Paid, Remote US) Consumer Affairs | Consumer Affairs is looking for freelance researchers and data writers to create data-driven articles on a variety of topics. Apply here