10/4 ATFW Jobs Newsletter

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🎃 Happy October! 🎃 I don’t know about you but I always find it easier to write once October hits. The days get shorter (and colder) where I live which makes cozying up inside with my laptop sound much more appealing.

Anyhoo, it’s time for another roundup. Here are 31 new opportunities from the last few days. I hope you find a good fit or two!

1. RetailWire is looking to build its roster of freelance writers

2. Classic Gems Entertainment is looking for a freelance YouTube scriptwriter who can handle politics and big ideas with finesse while injecting humor

3. A professor at UC Santa Cruz is looking for a freelance science writer with expertise in anthropology, genetics, and statistics to write press releases

4. The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company is looking for a bold and irreverent freelance copy editor and creative writer to write for the Devise theatre magazine

5. Center for an Urban Future is looking for experienced NY-based freelance researchers/writers for deep-dive reports

6. Agaya Consulting is looking for a freelance technical writer to write a user manual for a nonprofit client’s new CRM system

7. Healthmine is looking for a freelance writer with experience writing website pages in the healthcare and/or SaaS space 

8. Active Sussex is looking for a freelance copywriter to write a series of how-to guides for its Children and Young People program 

9.  Shook Digital is looking for freelance creative copywriters/scriptwriters to write TikTok ads for global brands

10. The Social Craft is looking for freelance copywriters

11. IMA is looking for freelance copywriters with agency experience who are comfortable working on campaigns

12. Clarion Events/Enlit Europe is looking for a Europe-based experienced freelance journalist to write about the European energy transition (must be open to covered travel)

13. Become Recruitment is looking for freelance gaming copywriters

14. Creative Crowd is looking for a senior freelance copywriter to help with a campaign for a vaping client

15. Red Ventures has 10 open freelance writing/editing/reviewing positions

16. Somnio is looking for a senior-level freelance interactive writer with B2B and/or agency experience

17. NCOD is looking for a US-based freelance health/science blog writer with a passion for mental health who has worked as a freelance or staff writer for health or science publications

18. The Globe and Mail is looking for life and culture pitches from experienced freelance writers on hobbies, quirky curiosities, and timely relationship trends

19. Wanderlust Magazine is looking for a travel writer who specializes in accessible tourism to write an accessible travel guide to Chicago

20. The I Paper is looking for writers who swapped their dream job for a corporate job and ended up much happier

21. The I Paper is looking for male writers who have lowered their cholesterol without medication through lifestyle changes 

22. Time Out is looking for feature pitches on culture, lifestyle, and travel stories relating to the UK 

23. Slate is looking for pitches for personal and reported essays (1k to 1.5k words) with a tech angle — $500 to $750

24. Grammy.com is looking for pitches about diverse artists, genres, and musical communities with national relevance — $250 to $500

25. Discover is looking for stories that enlighten, inform, and get readers excited about science — $300 per story for web, $1/word for print

26. Conde Nast Traveler is looking for a freelance travel writer based in Quebec City 

27. A publisher is looking for pieces about specific books, guides to specific writers/film/TV, and women’s history travel guides

28. NME is looking for pitches on music and pop culture 

29. The Drift Magazine is looking for long-form essays on culture and politics that make clear, surprising arguments 

30. Men’s Journal is assigning liquor op-ed and essay pitches (on whiskey) — $250 for 600 to 800 words

31.  Nat Geo is looking for pitches on interesting history that’s relevant today, smart takes on news moments, rising health concerns, and more — Typically $1/word

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That’s a wrap!

Thanks for reading, good luck applying, and I’ll see ya next Friday,

Jessica at ATFW