✍️ TWJN 185 | 36 WRITING OPPORTUNITIES

Happy Sunday to all you writers & creatives 👋

Happy Labor Day weekend and first day of September!! Autumn is right around the corner and it feels so good 🍂 🍁 🤠

Because of the long weekend, we’re a bit light on pitch calls this week, but we’ve got tons of part-time and contract gigs down below. Plus, TWJN Pro subscribers can always find more pitch calls in our ever-growing Pitch Call Database. It’s got more than 600 freelance opportunities with pay rates, pitch guides, and editor contact info. There’s always loads of places to send in your pitches to!

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So, what do we have this week?

1️⃣ 6 calls to pitch 🚨 📣

2️⃣ 30 writing & marketing jobs 💼

Let’s get to it! ⬇️ ⬇️

1️⃣ Calls to Pitch

(£1,300) JRNY Travel Magazine | JRNY is looking to commission a writer for a set of articles for an issue of JRNY in 2025 and also their website. The commission will require you to attend a hosted private press trip (6 nights) at the end of September to a European destination. The trip will be focused on the outdoors and will involve some walking/hiking, train travel, food and possibly driving (full itinerary and details will be shared upon commission). Requirements: 1 x 2000-word article for JRNY Magazine including a short fact box (to be submitted by the end of the year); 4 x 1000-word articles for the JRNY website to be submitted through 2025; Photos to be used across the articles (online and print). Total fee for the project is £1,300. While there is a little bit of flexibility around the exact dates of the trip, it has to take place at the end of September (approximately 23rd) and end before October. Flights will be from London Heathrow for which you will need to get yourself to. You will need to shoot photos taken with a DSLR or mirrorless camera (smartphones are not acceptable). You will need to shoot photos as RAW files which are then converted to JPEGs. If you’re interested, send an email to [email protected] with the subject line “September Commission.” If you haven’t previously written for JRNY include a short bio (max 50 words). If you have previously written for JRNY, no need to include this. Send a link to your online photo gallery. Please do not attach photos, PDFs, send Google Drive or Dropbox links. Indicate what you consider your photography knowledge and experience level to be: professional, advanced, medium, beginner or none photographer. Specify the make and model of your camera. Please indicate if you use a tripod and use filters (ND and Grad ND filters). The deadline to reply is September 4th at 5 pm.

($500) The Barbed Wire | The Barbed Wire is a next-generation digital media property for all Texans who love Texas. They’re open to pitches from Texas writers and reporters. They’re looking for exclusives, hot takes, fresh tellings of classic tales, satire, and even fiction — if it’s witty, brash, and irreverently Texan. Rates range from $500/piece on essays and low-lift stories to $1/word on original reporting, with space in between for one-or-two interview follow-ups. Pitch guide here. Send pitches to [email protected]

($250) Fansplaining | Fansplaining is a podcast about fandom. They want articles about the ever-evolving world of fan culture. The focus is on publishing smart, substantive reporting on and analysis of fan culture topics. Pitch guide here. Send pitches to [email protected]

($225+) Business Insider | Rosemary Donahue, the health and parenting editor at Business Insider, is seeking personal essay pitches for BI’s vertical about the following topics: non-traditional relationship dynamics, non-traditional parenting or grandparenting, personal stories about decluttering, longevity (tips from centenarians in your family), retirement, Gen Z’ers/millennials and money, dating a coworker or someone from a different industry, and any other interesting personal or relationship story related to health and/or parenting. Rates start at $225 for about 600 words. Send pitches to [email protected] with [Pitch: Your proposed headline] as the subject line. Rolling deadline.

(£200) fragments | fragments is looking for pitches for their new series, centered on long distance loss. They’re looking for ideas for an 800 - 1,000 word written newsletter to be published on fragments between October and December, related to the experiences of sibling grief and loss. They’re looking to work with UK-based storytellers with a history of migration to share their stories of losing a sibling or sibling-like relationship in their country of origin. Submission deadline is September 8 at 11:59 pm BST. Submit pitches here

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