✍️ TWJN 161 | Eater, Queer Beat, Daily Beast, and MORE 📝 💌 📬

Happy Sunday to all you writers & creatives 👋

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

In case you forgot (like I did this morning), the clocks have jumped an hour ahead! Got one less hour of sleep last night, but at least now I can finally catch some rays after I get off work 😎

Exciting week here in Austin with SXSW events all week long!!! If any of you are attending or know of cool (and preferably free 🥹) events going on, I’d love to hear about it! You can catch me at these SXSW Community Concerts at Lady Bird Lake later on this week 🕺

If you missed the last newsletter, check it out here.

So, what do we have this week?

1️⃣ 11 calls to pitch, with six opps $300+ 💰

2️⃣ 16 writing jobs

Let’s get to it! ⬇️ ⬇️

1️⃣ Calls to Pitch

($750) The Daily Beast | Emily’s team is looking for a freelance writer with a background sourcing interview subjects to discuss niche beliefs, hobbies, or similar to create a branded content piece to promote an upcoming independent film’s premiere. The story will explore the Sasquatch and the people who believe they are real. Rate is $750 for ~750 words. Pitch guide here. Pitch deadline is March 11. Send pitches to [email protected] with “Sasquatch Believers Writer” in the subject line

(£400) Telegraph UK | Jack is looking for any freelancer writers who would like to pitch celebrity interviews for Best & Worst for Telegraph UK. They’ll interview celebs who are household names about their highlights and lowlights in the context of ‘Best’ and ‘Worst’ questions (i.e. ‘Best childhood memory?’, ‘Worst interaction with a fan?’, etc.) Rate is flat fee of £400 for ~1,200 words. Send pitches to [email protected]

($350+) TODAY | Rheana is back from maternity leave and accepting personal essay pitches again for TODAY Show! She’s particularly looking for some fun and juicy relationship stories, as well as first-person bounces on pop culture news. Send pitches to [email protected]

($300) Food & Wine | Daniel is looking for pitches about food/kitchen products you love and swear by. Wine glasses? Vegetable choppers? Organization hacks? Check out examples in Daniel’s thread on X. UPDATED with pitch guide here. Send pitches to [email protected]

($300) Nonprofit Quarterly | Are you a worker who organized your workplace for better wages, fair treatment, or work protections? Rithika is looking for workers to share their stories for WE STOOD UP, featuring short-form testimonials about how you did it and why. Pay is $300 for ~500 words. Send pitches to [email protected]

(Up to 25,000 Rupees / ~$300 USD) Queer Beat | Queer Beat is open for pitches! Primarily looking for narrative reportage in the 2,000 - 3,000 word range. Opinion/analysis/personal essays (~1,500 words) welcome too. Payment up to 25,000 rupees (~$300 USD). Submission guidelines here. Send pitches to [email protected]

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