✍️ TWJN 186 | 35 WRITING OPPORTUNITIES

Happy Sunday to all you writers & creatives 👋

How is everyone this weekend?

I had a lovely day hiking yesterday! Weather was amazing (especially for September in Texas) and it’s always nice to get outside when I can.

We’ve got a bit of something for everyone in today’s issue: some pitch calls, various contract writing gigs, and full-time roles for more experienced journalists. Plus, check out a FREE Masterclass on how to reach $10K a month by fellow freelancer Mandy Ellis 👇

If you missed the last newsletter with 13 pitch calls & 20 writing jobs, check it out here.

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So, what do we have this week?

1️⃣ 7 calls to pitch 🚨 📣

2️⃣ 28 writing & marketing jobs 💼

Let’s get to it! ⬇️ ⬇️

1️⃣ Calls to Pitch

($600) Bolts | Bolts is always seeking to work with freelancers to report on critical voting rights and criminal justice stories across the United States. They encourage pitches that fit their mission to grow coverage of the local and state politics, elections, policymaking, and organizing that shape these issues—think of county prosecutors and sheriffs, secretaries of state and local election administrators, state legislators, municipal officials, and the activism brewing around them. Pitch guide here. Send pitches to [email protected]

($600 CAD) Foodism Toronto | Foodism / Escapism Toronto is open to pitches! They’re looking for food and travel feature pitches (pays $600 CAD for 1,200-1,500 words) as well as travel guides (pays $0.40 CAD per word for 500+ words). Pitch guide here. Send pitches to [email protected] the word PITCH in your subject line

($500) The Barbed Wire | Olivia is finalizing a pitch call list for interested freelancers — DM Olivia or otherwise reach out if you'd like to receive pitch calls from myself and The Barbed Wire team. First one should be going out this week! 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]

($300) Betches | Katie is looking for a freelancer who’d like to write a story on how student debt relief saved your mental health/social life. Rate is $300. Must have relevant work samples. Email [email protected]

($100 - $250) Pride Source | Pride Source covers a wide range of topics of interest to LGBTQ+ and ally readers: LGBTQ+ politics, relationships and weddings, sex, health, home, LGBTQ+ people and their pets, pop culture and celebrities, and other queer-centric trends. Looking for pitches on these topics with a Michigan tie. They pay $100-$125 for columns/essays and $100-$250 for news features, other news/pop culture reporting. Pitch guide here. Send pitches to [email protected] and [email protected] with the subject line PITCH: "Proposed Story Headline"

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