Stories about traveling are some of the oldest tales in human history, and we’re looking for the next generation of travel writers. 

We seek first-hand travel stories and bizarre yet captivating stories about your adventures. We are also open to breaking news articles from the travel industry and the changing tides that affect travelers around the world. 

Please read through all of the rules and guides below. If you’re pitching for a special project, please state that in your pitch form below as well. 

Rules

Please only submit one idea per Google Form entry. 

Mention any sources (including any interviews) you would potentially use in this article, especially any first-hand experience.

Please include a bit about your writing and travel background. We want to know why you’re qualified to tell this story specifically.

We are open to listicles, but please keep the number below 10 items and have detailed paragraphs for each bullet point. 

Please don’t pitch us completed articles but instead ideas and plans. 

How to Pitch:

Please fill out the form below with as much information as possible about your story and pitch. We will review the pitches each week, and will attempt to respond to most pitches, but please note that due to volume, we may not be able to respond to all of them. 

If your pitch is accepted, an editor will reach out to you to discuss the details of your pitch and the expected timeline of your article. 

Rates:

Starting rates are around $250 for 700 to 900-word articles.

Special Projects:

Like a Local

Who knows a city better than the locals? We’re looking for articles and stories about the best of the best in your city or location. If you were to plan an entire itinerary for your friends who have never been to the city, where would you take them? What bars and restaurants would you bring them to? What are your can’t-miss stops?

Budget Travel

Are you the master at scoring cheap vacations and trips? Do you have secret strategies that others should know about before they hop on their next flight? We want you to share your budget travel expertise with us and our readers so everyone can be as savvy as you!

Travel Mistakes 

We all learn from our mistakes, right? How about letting other travelers learn from your own? From missing flights to unexpected baggage fees to booking the wrong rental car, we’ve all made traveling mistakes that we’ve gleaned wisdom from and were able to never repeat. Let your mistakes be a cautionary tale for someone else.

Timely Stories

We’re also looking for any story related to an upcoming holiday, event, or timely situation. For example, leaf peeping in the fall, holiday lights in the winter, and the best locations to spot the Northern Lights! 

Freethink covers the collision of technology, business and society. And we do it in a way that's curious, thoughtful, open and constructive. Learn more about our ethos here. 

We’re always looking for original feature ideas about transformative trends and innovations, including interviews with high-profile industry leaders, thinkers, entrepreneurs, and scientists. 

You can use this form to submit pitches or reach out to us with questions at pitches@freethink.com.

Our beats include:

• Artificial Intelligence
• Biotech
• The Changing World Order
• Consumer Tech
• The Digital Frontier
• Energy
• Materials
• The New Space Race

Types of features Freethink would publish include:

• Ideas, products, or innovations that could transform an entire industry or field.

• Interviews with (or profiles of) people having an impact in tech, business, and applied science.

• High-level explanations of big challenges and major trends within Freethink’s beats, with expert insights on potential solutions and future trends.

• Op-eds by experts within our beats.

Here’s a few things we are not looking for in freelance submissions:

• Stories exclusively about a single study (“New study says X and Y. The end”).

• Marginal advances in established fields (“Tweaked drug improves secondary endpoint by 10%”).

• Puff pieces, clickbait, or aggregated “content.”

Payment Details
Final payment details depend on the quality of the story/idea pitched. But as a general rule we offer:

Article Length - 1k to 3k words - $1,000
Article Length - 4k to 6k words - $2,000

Small update for PRs and writers: my NME email has now changed to alex.rigotti@nmenetworks.com! Take a look at the Radar section and pitch me any up-and-coming acts. 

My freelance email is still alexrigotti99@gmail.com for any editing, sub-editing, bios or features.

Regular reminder that I am always looking for interesting opinion pitches on almost any subject of interest to a @TorontoStar audience. And if you have ideas for an essay, a Q&A, a reflective slice of life piece with a point of view, also get in touch. It's nalang@thestar.ca

Call for pitches // National Forests are far more than just scenic places. They are also major economic drivers. Do you have a story about how a National Forest or Grassland has impacted your career, livelihood, or understanding of the economies of public lands?

If so, we’d love to hear from you. We’re seeking a personal essay for the Summer/Fall 2025 issue of our magazine, Light & Seed, which will focus on the economic impact of National Forests and Grasslands and the communities that rely on them.

3/3 Specs: 1,000 words, $1,000. Pitches due Nov 18.

Details: https://www.nationalforests.org/assets/files/NFF-Light-And-Seed-SF25_Journeys-Call-for-Pitches.pdf

*Call for pitches* Please inundate my inbox with unique, punchy solution-focused ideas for Positive News magazine – in print and/or online. We pay 30p/word and the next print issue lands in Jan. Suggestions asap please, and do read our pitching guide first https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Pitching-guide-for-journalists_2024.pdf

The Sask Dispatch is accepting pitches for our unthemed March/April 2025 issue. Pitches are due November 10, 2024.

Broadly, we're always looking for pitches covering provincial and municipal elections, grassroots activism, Indigenous rights, arts and culture, economic justice, ecology, gender equity, harm reduction, and more. This editor would like to increase reporting on rural Saskatchewan, arts and culture, and grassroots activism.

The Walrus is seeking a full-time fact checker to join our editorial team. This is a staff position and is suited for a trained editorial fact checker with experience working in a fast-paced environment on a variety of long-form journalism.

The fact checker will primarily be responsible for fact-checking contributing writer features, along with other stories—investigative features, first-person essays, stories of a sensitive nature—as needed. Applicants are expected to demonstrate a thorough understanding of editorial fact-checking methods.

The fact checker will also help train and mentor editorial fellows alongside the head of research. They will have the opportunity to attend story meetings and contribute to editorial planning sessions.

The fact checker will report to the head of research, and work with members of the editorial team. The fact checker should have a working knowledge of The Walrus ethics and verification standards. They should also be familiar with the organization’s educational mandate, and support the inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility goals of The Walrus.

PITCH CALL: I'm looking for pitches for personal and reported essays with a tech bent for @Slate. 

How does technology impact your life, work, or worldview? What are the surprising/shocking/weird ways that tech is shifting our everyday lives?

Rates vary depending on scope of the assignment. Typically $500-$750 for features between 1000-1500 words. Can offer more depending on the story. My email is tony.tran@slate.com. No deadline. Just pitch me.

🗞CALL FOR PITCHES 🗞 
I'm looking for Life and Culture pitches for The Globe and Mail from experienced freelance writers and subject matter experts — in these topic areas: 

 ▶ Timely trends affecting how we live and relate to our friendships, relationships, kids and families

▶ Hobbies and quirky curiosities in the lifestyle space

Formats range from 700-word reported trend or service stories, to longer 1000 to 2000-word features or personal essays. Please email me for more details: adutt@globeandmail.com

The digital reporter is critical to our journalism, highlighting gaps in the systems that shape the lives of Ontarians and exploring solutions. You’re driven to pursue coverage of everything from health care to education to infrastructure, always with an eye to the human element that makes policy personal. Your reporting would go wherever Ontarians’ tax dollars go and would include strong elements of solutions and accountability journalism.

You’ll seek input from real people in communities and regions across Ontario, examining the issues and reporting on potential solutions. You’ll cover the son in Sudbury who’s trying to help his elderly mother navigate the long-term-care system; you’ll cover the father in Kenora whose child needs mental-health care but can’t get it; you’ll cover the disabled university student in Ottawa who can’t find accessible housing. You’ll cover their stories from a human perspective and hold Ontario’s many systems and institutions to account. 

Through text and multimedia reporting, you’ll provide new insights that will resonate with readers from across Ontario. TVO is a learning organization; as such, you’ll also look out for stories that can be repurposed for educational uses. This is a one-year contract position.

Are you a freelance journalist? Do you like reporting on and writing about Ontario? Are you interested in health care, LTC, education, housing, disability, and/or climate change (list not at all exhaustive)? We’re looking for short features ($1/word) on such topics for TVO Today (@TheAgenda). If you’ve got pitches or questions about pitching, drop senior editor Nat Basen a line at nbasen@tvo.org or reach out to me at ssweet@tvo.org

DRINKS WRITERS! Assigning a lot of these in the coming months. Get at me with your hot takes and personal essays about whiskey.

$250 flat rate for 600-800 words. Will prioritize snappy headlines and unique opinions. Email address in my bio.

Know anyone who is totally obsessed with Social Media, lives for TikTok Trends and has mad mad Rizz when it comes to writing short scripts? If you do, have them holler at us! 
I'm currently looking for a Freelance Contract Copywriter (20-25 hours per week) to join my copy team at Canadian Tire to work primarily on Social Videos writing short scripts, Post Copy, and maybe a few other creative retail-y things. Bonus for someone who has a knack for developing concepts that will score us some major aura points 😀. Interested candidates can send their resumes to Ebenezer.Otu@cantire.com and mention you saw this on LinkedIn.

We’re reopening our inbox for music and technology story pitches

Email ideas to walden@dirt.fyi ✍️