✍️ TWJN 169 | 36 opps!! The Drift, Grist, ESPN 📝 💌 📬

Happy Monday to all you writers & creatives 👋

How’s everyone doing?

I’m back home in Austin! Had a lovely welcome back to 85% humidity last night 🥲 

I love a good vacation, but I always find myself getting a bit homesick by the end of it. It’s wonderful to be back!

I’m thinking of changing the send days for TWJN. What days would you guys prefer to receive the newsletter? Let me know!

Now let’s get to those opportunities 💸👇

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

So, what do we have this week?

1️⃣ 12 calls to pitch, with six opps $300+ 💰

2️⃣ 24 writing & marketing jobs

Let’s get to it! ⬇️ ⬇️

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1️⃣ Calls to Pitch

($3,000 - $6,000) Type Investigations | Type Investigations is open for pitches for 2024! They’re particularly interested in pitches on the following topics: right-wing extremism and threats to democracy; reproductive rights and gender-affirming health care; technology and its harms; climate change and environmental justice. Written features generally run between 3,000 and 5,000 words — though they do publish articles that are shorter and longer. Typical budgets range from $3,000 to $6,000 (including travel and other reporting expenses, as well as the reporting fee) and are based on the submission of a detailed reporting plan. They pay a portion of the fee upfront. Pitch guide here. Send pitches to [email protected]

($500 - $2,000) The Drift | The Drift is looking for new fiction! They pay $500 - $1,000 for short stories and $2,000 for essays. Send your story to [email protected] as a Word doc or PDF with the file name “lastname_firstname”

($400) Library of Arabic Literature | Library of Arabic Literature is looking for writers who are enthusiastic about Arabic literature to contribute to the Library of Arabic Literature blog. Blog posts should be 800-1,200 words long, written in English, and must feature at least one LAL book, preferably (but not necessarily) one published within the last two years. They offer an honorarium of $400 for each post. More info here. Submission deadline is June 1. Send pitches to [email protected] with “LAL Blog Pitch” in the subject line

($350+) TODAY | Rheana is always open to personal essay pitches 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]

($350+) Extra Points | Matt is open to freelance pitches for Extra Points, a newsletter about business, policy, and off-the-field stories in college sports. He is interested in reported stories, personal essays, and interviews in the “off-the-field stories in college sports” umbrella. Payment typically starts at $350 + subscriber generation bonuses for newsletters, but he is very open to renegotiating a higher rate depending on the pitch. Newsletters are typically ~900-1,300 words. Send pitches to [email protected]

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