Sesame Workshop Writers’ Room is a writing fellowship from the creators of Sesame Street. And we’re looking for YOU!

Fresh new writing talent that reflects our vast audience. Emerging storytellers who are selected to join the Writers’ Room will receive hands-on writing experience guided by Sesame Street veterans and other media industry leaders. Each participant will develop and write a pilot script for their own original kids’ program. Past fellows have gone on to develop their own original content with Sesame Workshop, as well as write for Sesame Street and various programs at Nickelodeon, Disney, DreamWorks, and more! Application window opens March 10th thru April 14th.

**JOB ALERT**: Looking for experienced Digital Editors & Reporter/Producers to join Aljazeera.com's award-winning team. Preferably based in North America. Positions are remote freelance. Must have experience working for a major digital news publisher. DM me your CV if interested and please share with your network!

Offered since 1954, the James Laughlin Award is given to recognize and support a second book of poetry forthcoming in the next calendar year. The award was endowed in 1995 by a gift to the Academy from the Drue Heinz Trust. It is named for the poet and publisher James Laughlin (1914-1997), who founded New Directions in 1936.

   The winning poet receives a prize of $5,000, an all-expenses-paid weeklong residency at The Betsy Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, and distribution of the winning book to approximately one thousand Academy of American Poets members.

   Submissions are accepted from January 1, 2025 to May 15, 2025 (11:59 p.m. ET). The judges for the 2025 James Laughlin Award are Tyree Daye, Richie Hofmann, and Donika Kelly.

   For questions, contact awards@poets.org.

   Review the eligibility requirements here: https://poets.org/academy-american-poets/james-laughlin-award-guidelines.

The MMC Arts Grant assists comic book creators with small grants to assist in the costs in self-publishing their work. It is not the grants intention to fully support an artist/writer through the entire process of self-publishing, but rather to encourage creators to experience the learning process involved in working towards such a goal.

As we are focused on creators, please note that submissions containing any AI-generated art or stories will not qualify for the grant.

📢 Looking for Freelance Content Writer! 📝

We are looking for a freelance content writer for an exciting project! The project involves creating compelling content for the website of a Design Studio, including service pages and blogs.

🔹 Requirements:
✔ Experience in writing website content, especially for design or creative agencies
✔ Ability to craft engaging and SEO-friendly service pages & blogs
✔ Strong research skills and a creative approach to storytelling

📩 If you're interested, share your technical content portfolio at careers@solutionsloft.com with your contact number and email.

📞 You can also reach out at 0303-4234936 for more details.

Tag or share with someone who might be a great fit! 🚀

The Gecko Project is looking for experienced editors and investigative journalists to help us out on a freelance basis. We have lots of exciting investigations underway and need more firepower. We’re particularly keen on hearing from anyone with experience on complex investigations and running cross-cultural teams. We pay competitive rates. If this sounds interesting, drop us a CV and some info on your availability at jobs@thegeckoproject.org.

I'm seeking a freelance NHL writer for BetMGM's The Roar in Canada (https://lnkd.in/gxcJ_Gr6). 

Secondary coverage of soccer, golf, and/or tennis is ideal. In-depth knowledge of the sports betting landscape and a solid understanding of best SEO practices when writing are needed.

Please ping me directly if you're interested, and feel free to pass this along to your contacts.

I'm looking to bring on a writer quickly with the NHL playoffs starting next month.

I am hiring two remote freelance writers to write VGIM while I’m on book leave in the summer.

I am looking for a couple of top notch writers to help me out by:

• Crafting five VGIMs across the course of June, July and August.
• Ensuring each newsletter follows house style (i.e. features lots of puns).
• Uploading them to Substack’s back end for me to run the rule over.

While I will consider all relevant applications, I am particularly keen to bring on writers who can demonstrate i) that they can compose crisp copy to a deadline, ii) know the games landscape and iii) understand the industry sits in a wider political, cultural and commercial context.

And in return for freeing their lance up for me, each successful writer will be paid £1500 for five newsletters (a rate of £300 per edition of VGIM produced).

Interested in applying? Send me a short email outlining why you think you’d be a great fit for VGIM with links to your work to george@videogamesindustrymemo.com by Friday 28th March.

Dignified Menstruation is an innovative, holistic approach for not only changing narratives around menstruation but also changing the landscape of gender-based violence, human rights and feminism. However, many stakeholders considered it as a private not as a priority. Therefore, this fellowship program aims to blowout the urgency and intersectionality of various aspects of Dignified Menstruation through various outlets of the media at global level.

Despite being the most advanced area in development, media also do not place the Dignified Menstruation as an urgent and profound human rights concern. Recently, few media has started to cover the issues related to menstruation. But, they mostly confined with menstrual products or period products or period tax which are needed but not necessary to guarantee the menstrual dignity. On the other hand, they missed to examine the menstrual discrimination through the lens of human rights as menstrual discrimination is an underlying cause of systemic inequalities and patriarchy which is cultivated since childhood and reinforced throughout the life.

In an effort, Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation (GSCDM) conducts trainings at local, national and global level on Dignified Menstruation centering media, government officials, NGOs/INGOs, academia, and so on  (www.dignifiedmenstruation.org). 

🚨hashtag#Hiring for multiple freelance writers at Athlon Sports to cover the following teams: MLB (St. Louis Cardinals & Kansas City Royals) and College (Missouri Tigers). All roles are compensated per 1,000 pageviews and are best suited for hungry, entrepreneurial content creators with sports/culture expertise. 

If interested, please email your resume, brief introduction and 2-3 writing samples to anthonykaz4@gmail.com. DMs open for questions.

We are looking for 20 WHRDs to contribute personal essays and stories to the anthology focused on documenting and highlighting their resilience, challenges, and triumphs in the face of threats from state and societal actors. The stories will be in voices of the WHRDs, documented as personal essays, poems, in short and long form, spoken or written – we are not bound by format.

• Short form essays: 1000 - 1500 words
• Long form essays: 2500 - 3000 words
• Poems: As required
• Illustrations: 6 frames
• Video: 10 minutes

looking to commission a writer with experience finding tricky case studies at the intersection of relationships/work/money - email me at maybelle.morgan@theipaper.com

The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism provides experienced journalists with grants up to $15,000 and the editorial support needed to produce deeply reported enterprise and investigative stories with a strong economic, financial or business angle. You don’t need to be a business reporter to apply — many of our previous Fellows have been generalists, or cover beats such as health care, education or the environment. Others have focused on issues such as economic inequality or corporate accountability.

Given the enormous changes in federal spending and policy priorities now coming out of the new administration in Washington DC, we are particularly interested during the Spring 2025 round of Fellowships in story proposals that examine the impact of these changes.

The upcoming deadline to apply for Spring 2025 Fellowships is April 14, 2025. 

We consider proposals from both freelance and staff journalists in all forms of media — text, audio, photo, and short-form video — and encourage those that combine formats to create a multimedia package. We look for projects that focus on important local or regional topics, as well as those that tackle compelling national or international stories or report on under-covered communities or issues. Journalists from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

English-speaking journalists and editors with experience working with data, audience engagement, or newsletters are welcome to apply for the webinars - the first step toward the fellowship. Journalists from all countries are eligible for the opportunity.

While reporting skills will be useful, the fellowship has a non-reporting component, instead focusing on audience, newsletter and other digital journalism skills. The selected journalist should not expect to receive bylines during their fellowship.

Applications can be found here and are open until Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:59 pm EST.

FanSided is looking to add new contributors to join our Entertainment coverage team. Currently, we are looking for fans looking to share their unparalleled knowledge of the following TV, Movie, and Entertainment topics:

• Horror (1428 Elm)
• Disney and Theme Parks (Along Main Street)
• Reality Television (Always Unscripted)
• Music (AudioPhix)
• Comic Books and Movies (Bam Smack Pow)
• Outlander (Claire and Jamie)
• Women's Pop Culture (Culturess)
• Doctor Who and Science Fiction (Doctor Who Watch)
• Star Wars (Dork Side of the Force)
• Animated TV (Duff and Donuts)
• Movies (FlickSided)
• Broadcast TV (Hidden Remote)
• Streaming TV (Netflix Life, Hulu Watcher, and Show Snob)
• Books and Reading (I Prefer Reading)
• One Chicago TV (One Chicago Center)
• TV Crime Dramas (Precinct TV)
• Star Trek (Redshirts Always Die)
• Hip-Hop (Rhyme Junkie)
• Survivor (Surviving Tribal)
• British TV and Celebrities (Tea and Banter)
• The Walking Dead Universe (Undead Walking)
• Game of Thrones and Fantasy (Winter Is Coming)
• Harry Potter (Wizards and Whatnot)

We'll also consider proposals on other topics of coverage in the Entertainment division.

FanSided's Contributor program is a great way for aspiring writers to get experience creating content about their favorite entertainment topics. We provide you with a first-class platform, a growing audience, and the support to learn and expand.

Our contributors are given the flexibility to write on the topics they are passionate about while doing so on a schedule that fits their daily lives. You'll be free to write as often as you wish.

This is an Independent Contractor role. All Contributors are compensated based on their articles' total traffic accrual each calendar month. Compensation may vary based on site and experience.