1/3 Freelance Writing Jobs Newsletter

Hey, hey ,

Happy New Year! 🎉🎉🎉

2025 is officially underway and I’m looking forward to seeing what this year will bring.

I’m currently working on the ATFW income report based on our survey of 500+ freelance writers and have a few other ideas brewing for this community.

Aside from that, you can count on the regular gig roundup every Friday morning.

Speaking of…gigs were a little sparse this week (tends to happen near holidays) but I did find a few!

Read on to find 20 new opps along with a free template to help with 2025 goal setting.

20 freelance writing/editing opportunities

Freelance Content Writing Gigs

1. Parents.com is looking for freelance writers with newborns through toddlers to write first-person commerce stories

2. Ready, Set, Search in the US is looking for freelance content writers across a variety of niches

3. Pro Football Writer in the US is looking for freelance writers to cover everything around the NFL

4. A health/medical writer in the US is looking for fellow health/medical writers and editors who she can refer for projects

5. Women’s Health in the US is looking for US-based freelance commerce writers who specialize in fitness, health, or sleep content

6. Launch Potato is looking for freelance writers to write about Costco, Buc-ee’s, and Sam’s Club (and include photos)

7. Measurement Incorporated in the US is looking for US-based freelance writers to develop culturally sustaining ELA passages for reading and writing assessments — $200-$275 for passages up to 1,000 words

8. Stellites Technologies in the US is looking for freelance content writers

9. Red Ventures in the US has a variety of freelance writing/editorial positions open

10. Imagimob in Sweden is looking for a freelance technical writer with a deep understanding of Edge AI, embedded software, and machine learning

11. Full Fact in the UK is looking for a freelance writer/editor to help with its 2025 report on the state of disinformation — £6,000 in total for approximately 15 days of work

12. Investment Officer Belgium is looking for a French-speaking freelance journalist who can write an article once or twice per month 

13. Last Word on Hockey in Canada is looking for freelance writers to cover the NHL

14. 19th News in the US is hiring a freelance economy/politics reporter — $50 per hour

15. Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia is looking for a freelance grant and proposal writer with at least one year of experience

Freelance Copywriting Gigs

1. Human Appeal in the UK is looking for freelance humanitarian copywriters

Accepting Pitches from Freelance Writers

1. IJNet in the US is looking for pitches on the potential impact of a TikTok ban on student journalists in the US — $200 

2. The Food Section in the US is looking for pitches on stories covering food and drink experiences in the South — $1058 for 1,200 words

3. Leicester Gazette in the UK is looking for investigative journalism pitches related to Leicester or Leicestershire — 10p per word

4. Huck Magazine in the UK is looking for pitches on counterculture

Q & A on Freelance Writing

Q: How do you set goals at the start of the year for your freelance writing business?

A: I use a year-end review spreadsheet to track various metrics from the year. Then, I note the highs, lows, and averages and compare them to the previous year. That gives me a good idea of where I want to set my targets going forward. From there, I take note of what did (and didn’t) help me grow over the past year and make an action plan.

Here’s a free template of my spreadsheet if you want to give it a try.

Context: Even if you don’t charge per word or hour, it can be helpful to see those metrics internally.

More context: If you do several types of writing and price them differently, you may want to use separate spreadsheets for each of the different types.

That’s a wrap for this week!

Wishing you the best for 2025.

Jessica at ATFW

Other FREE helpful stuff…

• Wondering how else you can find freelance writing work? Here are 28 legit ways.

• Not sure where to set your rates? Review what 346 freelance writers charge. 

• Our 2024 income survey surpassed 500 responses. Thank you all! Stay tuned for the report in Q1 of 2025!