Issue #3 - Pitching Advice from Pros

Hey Writers!

Let’s start this week’s newsletter out with a bit of good news from @astridtaran on Twitter.

Say whaaaaaaaaat?

If you’re pitching your guts out and don’t manage to land a gig immediately—don’t worry. If it seems like a fit, editors still keep you in mind for future gigs. Woo hoo!

But, how do you go about crafting a good pitch—one that won’t immediately land your email in the trash?

The answer is: it depends.

Every publication/editor has different pitching requirements. The best thing you can do is read the publication’s guidelines with a giant magnifying glass and scour past articles before you pitch.

While there isn’t one cookie-cutter method that will work for every publication, there are some general do’s and don’ts that will help you write better pitches.

I like this advice from Internet Person on Twitter (give him a follow).

Here’s the link to the Freelancing With Tim article and the niemanlab article referenced above.

I found these resources helpful and hope you will too!

If you have no idea where to start when crafting a pitch, here are two cold pitching templates that will help you get started. But again, the best thing to do is follow the publication’s guidelines exactly.

Thanks!

-Ashley

Writing Opps:

• Welcome to Spooky Season—this is a Flash Fiction contest and Atlas Obscura wants pitches too

• For the science freelance writers. And this one too

• Morning Brew is hiring

• Jobs posted on Peak Freelance (also, do yourself a favor and subscribe to their newsletter)

• Freedom With Writing Job Opps

• Pitches about mental health wanted

• Wants travel-ish pitches from immigrants

• Catapult Story wants personal essays

• Positive News wants pitches

• Send pitches to The Raven

• SNL anyone? Not freelance, but SNL

• Freedom With Writing Pitch Opps

• Leafly needs a branded content writer.

• Fitt Insider is hiring a Social & Newsletter Writer

• Write guides? This is for you

• Needs SEO blog writers​​

• Jack Sommers from The Insider is requesting pitches

• Wants pitches from academic writers

• Rainforest QA is hiring a Technical Freelance Writer

• E! News needs freelance writers

• Clearbit needs a Freelance writer / editor

• Write Jobs call for pitches

• Send pitches to Dr. Diya Gupta for the “Writing Race” blog series

• Hiring a finance freelance writer​

• This is for those in the parenting niche

• For the lifestyle writers

• Ardent Growth is hiring a freelance writer

• Gamers - this is for you

• Case study writers in the cyber-security space needed

• Fellowship for business journalism

• POLITICO fellowships