3/28 Freelance Writing Jobs Newsletter

Hi ,

Happy Friday! Can you believe Q1 is coming to a close already? Time is just flying right by.

🎉I’m excited to share a win from the All Things Freelance Writing community this week! 🎉

ATFW subscriber, Elizabeth Spencer, recently spotted a pitch call from Business Insider in this newsletter. They were looking for feel-good personal essays and she had one top of mind. She pitched a story about recently reconnecting IRL with an old internet friend and the rest is history!

You can read it here: I reached out to someone I knew on LiveJournal and had never met in person. Reconnecting made me feel 19 again.

Spencer said, “It was a nice win for me, as I'm just getting back into freelancing after 5 years in a FT writing job.” 🎉

Have you landed a gig from this newsletter? I’d love to hear about it — hit reply and share your story!

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31 freelance writing/editing opportunities

Now, for this week’s opportunities:

Freelance Content Writing Gigs

1. Laptop Mag in the US is looking for a freelance technology news writer to pitch and write two news stories each weekday

2. DotDash Meredith in the US is looking for a contract news witer to write quick-turn news stories each morning (ET) for Martha Stewart

3. Superprof in the US is looking for a bilingual freelance writer (English/Spanish) who is familiar with the US school system and education landscape and has a solid understanding of basic math concepts

4. Compose.ly in the US is looking for a freelance journalistic content writer to create educational content for construction professionals — $25 to $35 per hour

5. Travel Lemming in the US is looking for freelance travel creators to write 1-3 travel guides for their local areas (no AI) — $250 to $500

6. Sustainable Travel International in the US is looking for freelance content writers to craft engaging and educational blogs

7. Hims and Hers in the US is looking for a US-based, experienced freelance blog writer to cover hair health — $38 to $50 per hour

8. The Good Information Foundation in the US is looking for a freelance lifestyle/culture content writer in Iowa, North Carolina, Wisconsin, or Texas to write localized listicles — $300 per article

9. Eide Bailly LLP in the US is looking to grow its list of freelance finance/technical/business content writers (preferably with experience in healthcare, manufacturing, and construction)

10. Glamour in the US is looking for freelance writers with experience covering style, particularly leggings and shoes

11. Glamour Germany in Germany is looking for freelance writers fluent in German to cover fashion, beauty, lifestyle, and travel

12. RG in Israel is looking for freelance online sports gambling writers to join its editorial team

13. First Step Method in Israel is looking for freelance journalists interested in early childhood, baby development, or special education/needs to write stories and educational content

Freelance Copywriting Gigs

1. DISCO in the US is looking for a freelance digital copywriter with direct legal experience to write copy for emails, ads, and webpages

2. A creative consultant in the UK is looking to connect with freelance lifestyle and parenting copywriters

3. Compose.ly in the US is looking for an experienced US-based freelance B2B SaaS copywriter for a six-month contract — $25 to $35 per hour

4. Access 2 Insight in the US is looking for a freelance copywriter to write email copy for large, well-known brands

5. Keep Left in Australia is looking for midweight to senior freelance copywriters to help with projects in the NFP and Behaviour Change space

6. Square Australia in Australia is looking for an Australian mid-level freelance copywriter

7. Hypergene in Sweden is looking for a freelance Finnish B2B copywriter

Freelance Editing Gigs

Hopefully more next week!

Accepting Pitches from Freelance Writers

1. Business Insider in the US is looking for essays related to adolescence

2. Business Insider in the US is looking for a few personal essays from parents that discuss low-stakes challenges that led to a larger revelation

3. Business Insider in the US is looking for personal essays on interesting differences between working in corporate in the US vs. in other countries — $230 for 600 words

4. Business Insider in the US is looking for stories from writers who have recently tried (or plan to try) Amtrak’s USA rail pass

5. MIT Technology Review in the US is looking for pitches for longer pieces: narrative features, compelling investigations, essential profiles, and super-sharp essays, deadline April 4th — $1 to $2 per word

6. Type Investigations in the US is looking for in-depth investigations of 3,000-5,000 words — $3,000 to $6,000

7. Fodor’s in the US is looking for riveting travel stories that excite, inspire, and make their readers want to get out there

8. Discover Magazine in the US accepts pitches for stories that enlighten, inform, and get readers excited about science — $1/word for print of $300/story for web articles of 600 to 1,000 words

9. AARP in the US accepts pitches from writers in North America on a wide range of topics for their audience of people over 50

10. WIRED in the US is always accepting pitches from freelancers for long-form features and stories for the business, science, gear, and service sections — starts at $2,500

11. SELF in the US is always accepting pitches, mostly health and wellness stories that give people info they need to take action — Start at $500

That’s a wrap!

I hope you found a good fit or two.

See you next week — same time, same place?

To your success,

Jessica at ATFW

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Reminder: If the gigs shared have posted rates, they must be above $100 per project, $25/per hour, or $0.10 per word. If you get offered less than that, please let me know. Also, gigs are vetted according to a variety of factors. For example, posters can’t ask for unpaid tests, require full-time employee hours, pay for “exposure,” or have a public history of not paying freelancers. If you encounter problems of any sort from a company shared here, please let me know and I’ll add them to my blacklist.