Since the workload isn’t getting any lighter, I would like to extend an occasional invitation and/or plea to you to take some of it on: If there is a case you want to unpack, a trend you want to highlight, a nominee you want to scrutinize, or just something happening in the law-adjacent world that makes you upset, you can send Balls & Strikes your pitches anytime at—you’ll want to write this down, it’s complicated—pitches@ballsandstrikes.org. You can find more detailed submissions guidelines here, but I will spoil the most important part: For essays of about 1,000 words, we typically pay $500. Why go outside and enjoy the beautiful weather this summer when you can get paid to write about the worst people on earth instead?

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 You must meet the following requirements to participate in this campaign. For multi-channel campaigns, you need to meet the follower & engagement criteria for at least one channel: Instagram Followers: 10,000+

🚨 RUGBY Freelance Opportunity 🚨

I'm on the hunt for a freelance social media producer/editor for an exciting opportunity during the Women’s Rugby World Cup.

You’ll need:
🎬 Experience editing short-form vertical video and working with Photoshop templates.
✍️ Strong editorial judgement, copywriting, and storytelling skills that genuinely engage rugby fans.
⚡️ A self-starter mindset: proactive, creative, and passionate about what you do.
📱 A proven track record of engaging rugby fans on social from ideation to creation to distribution.
🏉 Availability during the Women’s Rugby World Cup.

If that sounds like you (or someone you know), get in touch, I would love to chat.

This is my regular callout for pitches for the Globe and Mail's business opinion section. Pitch me at elou@globeandmail.com. For reference, these are the pieces that have run in my section: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/

Kari Howard loved stories that left readers feeling as though they had just met a new friend. Writers fortunate enough to work with her as their editor found themselves challenged to weave the music of everyday life and the passion of extraordinary love into the fabric of stories illuminating the most important issues of the day. Kari’s family and friends, together with the International Women’s Media Foundation, are honored to offer grants to support the narrative journalism she championed.
 

Grants will be for a maximum of $5,000. Applicants may be a print journalist or a print journalist leading a multi-media team. Projects reported and published in English anywhere in the world are eligible. All reporting and publishing must be completed within six months of the award of the grant. 

DEADLINE: July 13, 2025, at 11:59 pm EST

Applicants will receive a decision on their applications by early September.

Religion News Service (RNS) and Interfaith America are pleased to announce the Religion Journalism Fellowship is returning for its fifth year. This fellowship, which will run from September 2025 to May 2026, helps future religion news journalists develop their awareness of the impact of faith on politics and culture by deepening their understanding of religious expression and building skills specific to covering belief, spirituality, interfaith cooperation and civic pluralism in America.

“In each of the four years of this fellowship, we’ve seen the fellows sharpen their skills and gain confidence as reporters as they tackle topics that interest them deeply and provide real narrative challenges,” says Paul O’Donnell, editor-in-chief at Religion News Service. “Anyone interested in religious journalism, or who just wants to add an awareness of religion to their current storytelling scope can benefit from this program.” 

The 2025-26 fellowship builds on the success of the four previous reporting cohorts, in which more than two dozen stories by 15 fellows appeared on RNS, Interfaith America Magazine and in RNS subscriber publications.

IndieWire welcomes pitches on a range of subjects relating to film, television, and new media. We love great stories, especially when they’re tied to insightful reported work about diverse creatives and strong artistic visions. We also welcome work about new trends and changes to the business and culture of entertainment, from production to distribution.

📣 Call for Pitches: “The Moment I Knew I Had to Make Writing My Job”

💰 $1/word | 500 words | Published on the GuestStack column here at ✍️ Make Writing Your Job

You know the moment.

Maybe it was staring down your 86th rejected job application.

Maybe it was your boss calling you “chatty” in a Zoom performance review.

Maybe it was after your first paid piece — $200 to write about composting toilets, and suddenly? You believed.

We’re looking for personal essays about that electric, uncomfortable, defiant, or joyful moment when you realized:

I’m not doing this anymore. I’m going to be a writer.

Whether you’ve built a six-figure freelance business or are still chasing your first byline, we want the real story of how you crossed the threshold. Not the polished version — the messy, mundane, magnificent truth.

What we want:

• Pitches for personal essays (that upon selection, the chosen writer will write a 500-word essay) with voice, insight, and tension

• Stories rooted in your writing or freelancing life

• A-ha moments that feel universal and yet intensely personal (specific details > vague platitudes)

• Pieces that teach us something, not just tell us something

What we pay:

💸 $500 flat ($1/word for 500 words)

✨ PLUS: Publication to an audience of 9,000+ subscribers here on ✍️ Make Writing Your Job.

The Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild is seeking proposals for online professional development workshops from Canadian-based writers to offer starting in September 2025. We are looking for ideas and facilitators who are willing and comfortable using Zoom to offer workshops on the craft or business of writing. We are planning virtual workshops.

The SWG’s Professional Development workshop series focuses on the craft and business of writing. Its goal is to offer skill development for beginning, emerging, or established writers by established writers from a diversity of genres and backgrounds.

Our interactive online workshops will range in length from 90 minutes to 2 hours.

Numbers of participants may range from 8-16 people.

In some cases, we may offer 75-minute webinar presentations with unlimited participants.

Workshops are interactive, meaning the facilitator and participants will be in a Zoom meeting room and will see and hear each other. Interactive sessions may include group discussion, writing prompts, activities, polls, breakout rooms, PowerPoint (or similar technology) presentations, or more.

Webinar presentations are less interactive – a facilitator and host will be on screen, but you will not see participants' cameras/mics. This is a great format for a presentation on a topic followed by a moderated Q&A.

We invite proposals for online presentations and/or workshops to complement the sessions the SWG already has planned. We are open to proposals that relate to all other topics on the craft and business of writing in all genres that aren’t mentioned below, but we are particularly interested in proposals that address:

Craft of writing

• fiction in all lengths and genres (including literary, YA, children’s, romance, thriller, horror, fantasy, crime, etc.)
• poetry and/or spoken word
• script writing (plays and/or screenplays),
• memoir
• comics/graphic novels, or other forms
   

Business of writing

• accounting and income tax,
• self-employment and incorporation,
• marketing and promotion

Renumeration for 75- and 90-minute sessions is $300 and $350 for a 2-hour session.

Preference will be given to proposals that fit the goals of the professional development workshops and are offered by writers residing in Saskatchewan who are representative of a diversity of ideas and identities. Out-of-province applicants must explain their connections to the Saskatchewan writing community in their application. The SWG reserves the right to reject any proposal.

SAD Mag has a man­date to sup­port emerging writers and artists based in B.C., with an emphasis on stories and works from underrepresented voices. We especially encourage pitches from LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and people with disabilities. Submissions are welcome from those who have never been published before, or who are in the early stages of their careers—editorial support will be provided.

Print and Web 
Our print issues are published twice a year with themes and submission deadlines that are announced beforehand on our Instagram and here. Follow us @sadmagazine to stay updated. Please note if submissions are open or closed below. 

Our website features regular content. Submissions are always open. We look forward to receiving your work! 

More information on submission guidelines and how to submit to print and web below. Please note that print and web submissions are separate with different directions. 

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Paying contributors is important to us. We value your work and do our best to reduce financial barriers to submitting. Having said that, SAD is a volunteer-run nonprofit and much of our budget is grant-dependent. As such, our rates tend to fluctuate. Depending on the word length, writing submissions for each print issue will range from $100-300, and depending on the size and placement, art submissions will range from $70-500. For web submissions, see details below. 

Alberta Native News is pleased to announce we are hiring part-time reporters and freelance reporters. If you have strong writing skills, this will be a great way to supplement your income.

The ideal candidates should be able to tell the story of Indigenous issues in Alberta (and BC) through narrative and investigative approaches. We are looking for journalists who are driven, with fresh ideas and a great attitude.

Why are we seeking Indigenous issues reporters? Alberta is home to First Nation communities in Treaty 6, 7 and 8 traditional territories, Metis settlements and both urban and rural settings that have distinct and diverse needs and challenges that are being under reported. Their stories should be told.

We welcome applications from reporters of all levels of experience, but a track record of reporting, especially in Indigenous media and/or formal journalism education will be considered an asset. We value investigative skills, too.

We want to go beyond the typical headlines and explore the issues facing Indigenous people in Alberta from the ground up. A candidate conversant on restorative justice, truth and reconciliation, residential school impact and a keen interest in success stories of Indigenous individuals and communities who are overcoming challenges and barriers will have an edge.

Further requirements (the right candidate will tick these boxes):

• Strong reporting and writing skills, with a flair for narrative
• Strong interest in Indigenous justice issues
• Time management skills, including the ability to keep to tight deadlines
• Team oriented and collaborative at heart
• Must be legally entitled to work in Canada

Please submit your cover letter and resume explaining why you are interested in this opportunity to nativeads@gmail.com. Please put “Indigenous issues reporter” in the subject line. The positions will remain open until filled.

We recognize the importance of a diverse workforce. If you’re creative, hard-working and love independent Indigenous media, we’d love to meet with you.

Healthline Media is a health information company working and advocating to help people — all people — live their strongest, healthiest lives. Through clear, evidence-based, actionable compassionate experiences, we put health seekers and their unique journeys first. We feature some of the largest and most relevant health information brands, each designed to serve a distinct health and wellness-seeking mindset in precise ways.

The Content Marketing team focuses on people living with chronic conditions, such as psoriasis, arthritis, diabetes, and MS.  

We welcome all interested freelancers, but as we expect to receive a high number of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback. Please also note that we cannot accept interest without either writing samples or a link to your online portfolio.

You've reached the pitch form for both HuffPost Family and Relationships. Here's the place to pitch each of your stories (please do not email!) — try to give a sample headline, some insight into your angle, sourcing and anything else that shows why this pitch is perfect for us. If your pitch is selected, you'll hear back from us via email and we'll chat about the details/rates. Please refrain from simultaneous submissions.

Due to the large volume of pitches we receive, we aren't able to get back to everyone. If you haven't heard from us within 3-4 weeks, you can assume we're passing this time around and can resume pitching elsewhere. 

This is a remote position.

Embrace EdTech Group powers some of the most innovative education technology solutions in North America, with a focus on enhancing college and career readiness for students across K–12 and post secondary institutions.

XAP is a leading innovator in career and college planning software in the Embrace portfolio of companies, serving state-level sponsors, school districts, and individual schools with robust online solutions. Our platforms empower students and adults to explore careers, plan their education, and apply to colleges effectively.

We’re seeking a detail-oriented writer/editor to support our product team for approximately 4 hours per week. Responsibilities include updating existing articles, writing new content, and editing for clarity, accuracy, and style. The ideal candidate has strong writing skills, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to adapt tone and voice for various audiences.

Our illustrious assistant news manager and morning co-host in Chatham is leaving journalism later this summer, so our Chatham-Kent newsroom is looking for his successor. We're looking for someone with reporting experience, a strong work ethic, and excellent people skills. If that's you, please apply before July 11.