✍️ TWJN 182 | 31 opps!! Cosmopolitan, Travel + Leisure, BuzzFeed 📝 💌 📬

Happy Sunday to all you writers & creatives 👋

How’s everyone doing?

It’s a nice sizzling weekend here in Texas! I’m off to do some retail therapy before tax-free weekend is over, but first let’s dive into some pitch calls & writing jobs ⬇️

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So, what do we have this week?

1️⃣ 8 calls to pitch 🚨 📣

2️⃣ 23 writing & marketing jobs 💼

Let’s get to it! ⬇️ ⬇️

1️⃣ Calls to Pitch

($750 - $1,500) Economic Hardship Reporting Project | Labor journos! EHRP wants your Labor Day-related stories — from reports on worker organizing and labor justice to historical deep-dives, first-person essays and more. They pay $750 - $1,500 for reported personal essays, $800 - $1,500 for news stories, and $1-$1.25 per word for features. Submission guidelines here. Submit pitches here

($350 - $750) DAME Magazine | DAME is a women-owned and led news and opinion site. They cover politics, policy, culture, media criticism, climate & more. And they’re accepting pitches! They pay $350 - $750 for reported stories, depending on the length and level of reporting. Pitch guide here.

($350) Travel + Leisure | Laura has two spots open for hotel reviews for September that she’s looking to assign for Travel + Leisure. If you haven’t written for her before, this is your shot to send her your best and brightest singular hotel review pitch! Check out Laura’s Twitter thread for more info and some examples. The reviews are 1,200 - 1,600 words, follow a specific blueprint, pay $350, and must be filed by September 15. She doesn’t commission press trips. She will assign these by August 12. Send pitches to [email protected]

($300) Betches | Katie is looking for political SEO pitches designed for all levels of political engagement. Think voter basics and how-tos, policy deep dives, election process, etc. catered to Millennial/Gen Z. Pays $300. Must have experience writing about the topic. Send pitches with an angle + link to relevant work to [email protected]

($300) Nonprofit Quarterly | NPQ is still open to stories for their monthly column “We Stood Up.” They invite submissions from workers who want to share their experiences building a democratic economy and a fairer world, so that others can learn from their efforts. NPQ offers $300 for contributions to this column. Pitch guide here. Send pitches to [email protected] with the subject “We Stood Up Submission”

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