Happy Sunday to 4,551 motivated writers 👋🏼 

How’s everyone doing? I’m doing great but completely exhausted! Writing this up from a super cozy cabin up in the mountains of Colorado.

All this travel recently has really been taking it out of me... but I can't complain!  A lot of hiking and exploring over this weekend. 

There's something so inspiring about being up in the mountains!!

Let’s jump straight in! ⬇️

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So, what do we have this week?

1️⃣ An… interesting copywriting landing page

2️⃣ 20 calls to pitch, inc. a fellowship and a competition! 📢

3️⃣ 20 writing jobs

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1️⃣ Resource of the week

An… interesting landing page

Check out this weird new copywriting newsletter. The landing page is ... strange ... but totally works! (And the emails are even better.) 

See it here. 

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2️⃣ Calls to Pitch

I try to ensure these are well-paid. If not, they’re usually helpful in some other way. We range from new writers to those more established, so keep a like to share range of opportunities too

🏅 Competition & fellowship 🏅

($150,000 + $30,000) The Shapiro Center | Scholarships for two distinguished writers, scholars, critics, journalists, to expand as a centre for creative writing and criticism 

($500) Thin Air Magazine | BIPOC writers! Submit your poetry, fiction, and nonfiction to this no-fee contest. Winner’s get paid,  published and interviewed! Details here

⬇️ Regular List ⬇️

($1,000 - $1,200) National Geographic | EPIC publication looking for EPIC adventures! All sorts of different pieces but no listicles, profiles or hyper local content. Fun fact: I have a Nat Geo poster right above my desk!

($375) Band Camp | Mariana is taking pitches for a series of personal essays about your relationships to music!

($300 - $600) The Muse | Stav is looking for all sorts of pitches about careers and work Guidelines here

($300+) Wondermind | Shannon is lookingf for personal stories about mental health, specifically about family, dating, deleting apps, and more. 

($300 AUD) The Guardian Australia | Bridie is taking comment pieces, think funny summer stories Rolling call

(£250 - £400) Readers Digest UK | Eva is taking health-related pitches for publication Jan - April. She’s open to a whole bunch of topics but it has to be relevant for a UK audience  

($250 - $450) Passion Fruit | Grace is taking pitches on creator economy business news, viral labor stories, investigations into unfair business, and a bunch more!

($250 - $350, estimate) Refinery29 UK | Maybelle is taking pitches across lifestyle, wellness, entertainment, relationships, and more. Estimate here Guidelines here

($200+) Clever, Architectural Digest | I love AD! Sydney wants to work with more BIPOC writers for D’s digital publication. Guidelines here

($200+) Sentient Media | Jenny is taking pitches with a mission to change the conversation about animal agriculture (e.g. impact of meat and dairy farming) Guidelines here Rolling call

($200) SF Gate | Dan is still looking for pitches aboutt dating, love, sex in the Bay Area

(£150 - £300) Feeld Co | Sophie is looking for long form thoughtful content about all aspects of intimacy, especially non-monogamy and alternative relationships

($150 - $200) ILY Magazine | Rae is looking for pitches about trends or reported stories about friendship and break ups

($50) Yellow Seeds Magazine | Pitches about cultural conversations for November, non-partisan think pieces!

(£40) Polyester Zine | Gina is taking pitches for deep dive cultural pieces and personal essays Good for early career!

($1 per word) The Information | Jon is looking for a writer to cover all sorts of ‘stuff’, sleep tech, e-bikes, coffee balls, and more! 

($0.40 CAD per word) Impact Magazine | Marissa is looking for a bunch of Canadian journey pitches, from 400 - 1,000 words

(£0.20 per word) Postcards Magazine | SJ is looking for a few foodie and travel pieces, ranging in word count! Lebanon, Bhutan, Brazilian Amazon.. interesting stuff!

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3️⃣ Writing jobs

($130,000, Remote US) Handshake | Senior Brand Writer to keep up and evolve their verbal identity across all communication and touch points

($80,000 - $100,000, Remote US) Better Life Lab | Senior Writer & Editor to manage their teams and writing

($60,000 - $65,000, Remote US) Smithsonian | Associate Digital Editor for Virtual Events to manage online presence of the Smithonsian Online

($60,000, Remote) William & Mary | Another great sci-comm role in higher ed. Senior research writer within the univ comms team 

($55,000 - $85,000, Remote US) Braintrust | Technical content writer to join their decentralised talent network… super interesting model, freelance work with full-time benefits!

(€35,000, Remote) Alts Digital | SEO Content Manager to own the entire content strategy for one of iGaming’s websites

($32,000 - $40,000, Remote) Barn2 | Wordpress SEO content writer to manage content for their growing online presence. They make a Wordpress Plugin

(£28,000 - £33,000, Remote UK) PinkNews | Communications executive to implement their comprehensive comms strategy while supporting their press office

($315 - $578 per piece) Draft.dev | Freelance technical writer to help communicate technical topics for their clients

($21 per hour, Remote) Daily Meal | Freelance food and beverage writer to join their pool of contributors. Global friendly! 

($25 per hour, Remote) Lowercase | Freelance content marketer and project manager to manage blog and content production

($20 per hour, Remote, Part time) Penguin Random House | Spring internship are open! Open to non-students and no publishing experience needed

($50 - $150 per piece) The Ability Toolbox | Freelance writers wanted to support and create content for this disabled-owned online community. More details here

($0.08 per word) Tasting Table | Freelance writers to join their foodie feature team for content in print or on the web.

(Paid, Remote US) OZIO Media | Ghostwriter for content marketing across their clients, inc. SEO and email marketing

(Paid, Remote US) Texas Monthly | Yeeee-haw 🤠 Copy editor to join this Texas institution. Make sure stuff read good

(Paid, Remote) Softr | Freelance content writer for tech and SaaS. Experience in no-code is even better! 

(Paid, Remote US) Washington Post | TV critic! What a great job. In office preferred but remote may be possible

(Paid, Remote) The Urban Writers | Professional freelance editor to build relationships with their customers, ensuring feedback on books, stories, blogs, etc.

(Paid, Remote US) Hugo & Cat | Freelance copywriter to join their digital design team in the healthcare space

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PS Again, hit me up with your book recommendations. I’m all for it! Shoot a DM on twitter @job_writers

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