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✍️ TWJN 241: Pitch Calls, Writing Opportunities & Media Jobs
Tasty, Dropbox, Morning Edition, POLITICO ✨📝 📬
Akhil Chauhan
October 07, 2025
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Happy Tuesday to all you writers & creatives 👋
This issue has over 40 pitch calls, writing opportunities, and media jobs from Dropbox, NPR’s Morning Edition, Tasty, POLITICO, National Geographic, Open Secrets Magazine, The New York Times and tons more. There’s quite a few remote-friendly contract and full-time roles, so be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom! It’s a hefty newsletter today, so hit the “VIEW ENTIRE MESSAGE” button if the email is clipped. Your dream writing gig awaits 🌟
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If you missed the last newsletter with freelance & writing opportunities from Eaten Magazine, Gizmodo, Apartment Therapy, Gardeners' World and more, check it out here.
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1️⃣ Calls to Pitch
($500) Briarpatch Magazine | Briarpatch is accepting submissions of original, unpublished writing and photography for their 15th annual Writing in the Margins contest. This year the categories are creative non-fiction, poetry, and documentary photography. Winners receive $500 and publication in Briarpatch, while runners-up get $150 and online publication. Entry fee is $25 and includes a one-year subscription. Submission deadline is December 1. More details and submit here.