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Unless a closing date is included, all the following are open to pitches.
Foodies and Travel Writers | Foodism
Foodism is a Toronto-based magazine that celebrates the city's vibrant food and drink scene. The publication focuses on local food culture, including restaurant reviews, chef profiles, recipes, and the latest food trends.
Travel Writers | EnRoute
EnRoute is Air Canada's in-flight magazine, focusing on travel, lifestyle, and culture. It aims to provide readers with engaging content that highlights global destinations, travel tips, and unique cultural insights.
Journalists (Latin America) | IJNet
Deadline: 9 January 2025
Grants are available to help journalists in Latin America produce high-quality, factual reporting on the impact of conservation crimes and more
Freelance Writers | Urban History Association
The UHA blog is taking pitches for its February theme on The Celluloid City: cities and film all aspects from depictions of cities to the policies cities enact to attract more filmmaking
Freelance Writers | IJNet
IJNet is looking for pitches about journalism tools, apps or resources that they haven’t covered.
Freelance Writers | Earth Island Journal
Earth Island Journal are looking for thoughtful journalism pieces about environmental and other intersectional issues.
Freelance Writers | Current Affairs
Current Affairs are accepting pitches for new articles on animal welfare and the environment. And they'll consider other topics, too.
Freelance Writers | Leicester Gazette
The Leicester Gazette says it's always open for pitches, so check them out.
Freelance Writers | The Sun
Looking for women's stories and opinion pieces for the Bodies section on Fab Daily in The Sun. Topics covered could be body image, fitness, wellness trends, weight etc. UK only.
Freelance Writers | Network Weaver
Deadline: July 2025
Network Weaver are accepting pitches for this year’s 2024 – 2025 BIPOC Editorial series until July 2025
Feature Writers | Freethink
Freethink covers tech, business, and society. They’re always looking for feature ideas on transformative trends and innovations, including interviews with industry leaders, scientists, and others.
First Person Writers | Nonlinear Love
Nonlinear Love is looking for first-person essays about “nonlinear love.”
SEO Writers/Experts | Sitebulb
If you have unique SEO insights, case studies, tips, or just want to get your name associated with a particular topic, Sitebulb wants to hear from you.
Feature Writers | Freethink
If you're passionate about exploring the intersection of tech, business, and society, Freethink want to hear from you.
Edmonton-based Freelance Writers | CBC
CBC is looking for 1st person pitches from writers living in Edmonton, Canada.
Freelance Writers | Planetizen
Planetizen are accepting pitches for feature articles that bring an expert lens to today's key planning issues.
Freelance Writers | Future Commerce
Future Commerce is still accepting pitches on “the future of how we buy and belong”. Pay: $0.20 to $0.50 per word for at least 1,500 words.
Freelance Writers | Religious Dispatches
Religious Dispatches is calling for pitches from writers of color, queer writers and disabled writers.
Health Writers | Keppel Health Review
Keppel Health Review is an independent platform publishing diverse & digestible journalism on current issues and solutions in health & healthcare.
Legal / Geography Writers | Law and Space
Law & Space accepts a wide variety of short blog-style articles written with academic integrity but intended for a broad audience.
Personal Finance Writers | Toronto Star
The Toronto Star is accepting pitches from experienced personal finance writers.
Food / Travel Writers | Resy
Resy is always accepting pitches for restaurant-related stories and ideas.
Latino Freelance Writers | Indy Espanol
They are looking for pitches about culture, health, entertainment, lifestyle and politics.
Freelance Editing Opportunities
Please Note: these roles are advertised as being remote. However, please read the fine print, as some of them require you to be in the United States (or other countries) and others simply want you to be authorised to work in that country.
SFGATE Contributing Parks Editor | Society of Professional Journalists
Posted: 17 December 2024
You'll be a versatile journalist with a deep understanding of the Pacific Northwest’s most loved national parks (Mount Rainier, North Cascades, Olympic, Crater Lake and Pacific Rim) and enough intellectual curiosity to want to tell stories that matter to both the people who live there and the people who visit.
Science Editor - Japan Market | JoVE
Posted: 17 December 2024
You'll be acting as an Acquisition Editor with a focus on recruiting new authors and content for their Journal.
Senior Editor | Boundless Life Sciences Group
Posted: 16 December 2024
You'll be handling editorial duties for all projects on a specific account, helping set and maintain brand style, and keeping the team aligned with editorial processes.
Editor | Daily Kos
Posted: 16 December 2024
US remote. You'll be editing Daily Kos staff and freelance stories for tone, structure, style, grammar, syntax, and punctuation, working with writers on rewrites.
Medical Editor (Freelance) | Xavier Creative House (XCH)
Posted: 16 December 2024
You'll be proofreading, copying, editing, and fact-checking materials to ensure consistency and adherence to established grammar, punctuation, spelling rules, and AMA, client, and house style guidelines.
Content Editor | Catena Media
Posted: 26 November 2024
You'll be responsible for writing, editing, and posting content on high-value pages, including operator reviews. The role requires a deep understanding of brand guidelines and SEO best practices for affiliate marketing websites.
Jekyll / Github Editor | Law & Space
Law & Space is built using Jekyll, a static website generator, and hosted publicly on Github. They are looking for people who have the technical skills to edit using these tools.
Remote Writing Gigs/Jobs
Please note that all "dates posted" are based on Australian Eastern Standard Time. Which means that if you're in the United States we'll be a day ahead. So it might feel like we're coming to you from the future 😊.
B2B/B2C Tech & SaaS Content Copywriter | Something Inc
Posted 17 December 2024
You'll be crafting authoritative and technically sophisticated content exceeding 1k words, aimed at a B2B audience, while ensuring SEO optimization to enhance online visibility and engagement.
Freelance Recipe Creator & Writer | Bulletproof 360
Posted: 17 December 2024
You'll have a passion for coffee and wellness and you will be creating engaging, high-quality recipes accompanied by photos or videos and write short, captivating blogs (300-500 words) to accompany them.
Senior Content Writer | The TEFL Org
Posted: 17 December 2024
You'll be located in Glasgow, Edinburgh or Bristol and you'll be creating a variety of different types of copy, from SEO-optimised web pages to email campaigns that drive conversions, or writing informational PDF guides on a variety of topics.
IT Technical Writer / Editor | Jobs via Dice
Posted: 17 December 2024
You'll be doing documentation preparation, editing and reviewing system specs and user manuals, doing technical translations and more.
SFGATE Contributing Parks Editor | Society of Professional Journalists
Posted: 17 December 2024
You'll be a versatile journalist with a deep understanding of the Pacific Northwest’s most loved national parks (Mount Rainier, North Cascades, Olympic, Crater Lake and Pacific Rim) and enough intellectual curiosity to want to tell stories that matter to both the people who live there and the people who visit.
Digital Marketing, Content Writer | Sand Cherry
Date posted: 26 November 2024
You will be responsible for creating compelling, SEO-optimized content that educates and engages this pet insurance company's audience while driving organic traffic.
Senior Technical Writer - Unit 42 | Palo Alto Networks
Date posted: 26 November 2024
Collaborating closely with Unit 42 leadership, operational teams, security consultants and subject matter experts you will take presentations, reports and assets through the technical writing, editing and delivery process.
Senior Technical Writer | GitLab
Date reposted: 11 November 2024
You'll be responsible for ensuring that the documentation for all of our products is clear, correct, comprehensive, and easy to use. And you'll be working with the Technical Writing team which manages the docs.gitlab.com site and its content, processes, and tooling.
Contract Writer | Snappt
Date posted: 5 November 2024
You'll be writing educational and informative blogs and you'll need to be interested in tech innovation in real estate.
Freelance Legal Content Writer (Qualifiied Solicitor England and Wales | Harper James
Posted: 29 October 2024
You'l be analysing and writing accurate legal content (blog posts, website content, newsletters, articles) and conducting appropriate legal research.
Freelance Content Writer (US Based) | Maximus
Posted 28 October 2024
You'll be writing engaging, scientifically accurate articles on men’s health, fitness, nutrition, mental well-being, and lifestyle.
Freelance Blog Writers | MyThirdPlace
Date posted: 17 September 2024
MyThirdPlace has just launched their community blog! They are looking for blog/content writers to produce a single article for their website (approx.1000-1500 words).
Dutch Copywriters and Translators | Klinget
Date posted: 16 September 2024
No info provided other than that Klinget is looking for Dutch copywriters and translators.
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Editor Breaks Down Their Idea Of A Great Pitch
I came across this post on X/Twitter, courtesy of James Durston’s weekly newsletter “What Editors Want”. In the post, an editor breaks down a pitch from a travel writer and explains why it’s so good. Definitely worth a read.
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