40 calls for journalism/writing pitches (January 8, 2024)
How’s dry January going? How’s your resolution to hit the gym thrice a week, write 500 words a day and drink only on days that contain the letter D? How’s that sense of a new year being a new beginning and a chance to restart and redo? How’s the novel coming along? How’s the veggie patch? How do you come up with your ideas? How do you plan to make the most of this microscopically small sniff of existence before falling headlong back into the abyss? How’s the hip? How do you describe that feeling that you forgot something? How DID they build the pyramids? How do you define success? How do turtles find their way back to the beach? And why?
Calls for pitches below.
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Happy New Year! We're looking for a talented policy writer to join the Social Finance Institute's growing team. Know anyone who might be a good fit? Please send them my way!
https://twitter.com/Karen_Anderson2/status/1742582094335762470
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Applications for @chronicle's 2024-25 fellowship are due soon! Student journalists, join us on Zoom on Monday to learn more.
https://twitter.com/meganzahneis/status/1742944056328573180
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Submissions are now open for poems in translation!
Writers submitting translations - please share them with us on submittable. We require that you have the copyright-holder's permission for your translations.
More info: https://poetrynw.org/about/submissions-info/
https://twitter.com/poetrynw/status/1742674732435284021
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Journalists! Looking for an exciting project for 2024?
@restofworld just launched a new fellowship looking for writers with story ideas at the intersection of tech and religion. Really interesting one. All info, including eligibility, here: https://restofworld.org/about/hiring/tech-x-religion-feature-reporting-fellowship/
https://twitter.com/VickiTurk/status/1738127836316139708
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I was a 2023 fellow in The Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship program and highly recommend it! My project is still in the works but the program is accepting a new wave of applicants. Submit your story idea by Jan. 31:
https://fellowships.journalism.berkeley.edu/bcsp/
https://twitter.com/tineywristwatch/status/1743057362695413842
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The JBLC Poetry Fellowship application is open! The 2024 Poetry Fellow will receive a $2,500 stipend, one month of free lodging in one of Buffalo’s most vibrant neighborhoods, & will read at the acclaimed Silo City Reading Series.
Click the link in bio to learn more and apply
https://twitter.com/justbuffalolit/status/1741912356702044530
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The data team at @BaltimoreBanner is hiring a fellow for this summer!
Not only are we a great newsroom filled with nice people, but we also cover a fantastic community where stuff is always going on.
Come tell some great stories with us.
https://twitter.com/Invisibae/status/1742999536753131836
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We’re starting 2024 with a very exciting WRITER CALLOUT
We are thrilled to be presenting Louder: A Project for New Writers at the @traversetheatre in May 2024 (the sequel to ‘Home’ for those who have been following us since 2021 )
https://twitter.com/frameworktc/status/1742955090430861496
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Queer freelancers with something to say about queer sex/love, I'm looking for your pitches (reported features, sexy/sweet essays, thirst trap-y lists) and will be commissioning stories asap. Stories pay $100-$250ish, deadline Jan. 9. chris(a)pridesource(dot)com.
https://twitter.com/chrisazzopardi/status/1742972288834605193