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How To Pitch: Fashionista.com
From designer Q&A's to tips on launching your styling career, this fashion-forward site seeks dishy and devoted freelance pieces.
How To Pitch: Technology Review
Earn up to $2.50 per word penning reported features for this tech book geared toward intellectually curious consumers.
How To Pitch: Details.com
Editors at this digital outlet are on the hunt for cutting-edge stories on people, places, and things that matter to the modern man.
How To Pitch: Mariner
Cruise to a byline at Holland America Line's signature mag with destination-based travel pitches and stories with a literary bent.
How To Pitch: The New York Observer
Opening the door to more freelancers, this New York City weekly paper seeks timely, narrative stories with a distinct point of view.
How To Pitch: The Root
Raising the profile of black voices in media, this Slate sister site wants smart takes on everything from the economy and politics to sports and pop culture.
How To Pitch: Wynn Las Vegas
Luxury's the name of the game at this hotel-centric pub, so highlight the best of the Las Vegas strip with stories on dining, style, entertainment, and more.
How To Pitch: Inside Jersey
Get inside the pages of this regional mag with gutsy, Jersey-centric pitches for the front-of-book and feature well.
How To Pitch: Milwaukee Magazine
Rooted in Wisconsin's largest city, this mag boasts big opportunities for writers who can churn out stories with a strong local angle.
How To Pitch: Edible Queens
This local food mag is entirely freelance-written, so dig in with distinctive profiles, appetizing features, and neighborhood news.
How To Pitch: Associations Now
Encompassing the world of associations, this pub wants news and features on business, leadership, and problem-solving.
This women's mag about 'living the affluent lifestyle' seeks freelancers to pen inspiring stories that go beyond standard female fare.
How To Pitch: Filter
To make the cut at this musical mag's roster of freelancers, rock out an entertaining and witty CD review.
How To Pitch: Food Network Magazine
This star-studded foodie sensation seeks 'newsy, quirky' ideas from talented freelancers.
How To Pitch: Delish.com
Pitch recipes, news, and seasonal food stories with an inventive spin to this delicious digital outlet.
How To Pitch: Lexus
Pitch stories and slideshows on travel, cuisine, and adventures to this luxury outlet focused on 'rich, experiential, but responsible living.'
How To Pitch: Philadelphia
More than a city pub, this glossy seeks short and long-form writing tailored to its affluent, educated readers.
How To Pitch: Uptown
Pitch features and in-depth profiles of tastemakers, business leaders, and bold-faced names to this luxury lifestyle mag for African-Americans.
How To Pitch: Latina
You don't have to be Latina to pitch this pub, but your lifestyle pitches need to hit the right cultural notes.
How To Pitch: Wine Enthusiast
Uncork your best travel and food stories for this wine aficionados' magazine and website.
How To Pitch: Washingtonian
This regional pub seeks capital coverage of news and prominent figures with a Washington angle.
How To Pitch: Hemispheres
This in-flight mag is prime for feature pitches that depart from typical travel fare.
How To Pitch: Popular Science
Tech lovers who can distill complex science stories into an engaging, human piece can earn up to $3 per word at this magazine.
How To Pitch: Better Homes And Gardens
Known for its shelter content, this mag boasts a wealth of other byline opportunities, from health features to fresh takes on evergreen women's issues.
How to Pitch: VegNews
This bimonthly's editors cultivate newsy features from freelancers, whether they're green or experienced.
How to Pitch: Running Times
You won't break a sweat pitching this pub open to service-y features targeted to hardcore runners.
How To Pitch: Paper
Avoid pulling ideas from the trap of trendiness when pitching this underground-influenced culture mag.
How To Pitch: Draft
This lager lover's pub looks to freelancers for more than half its pages, so pitch a front-of-book or feature with a 'beer angle.'
How To Pitch: Glamour
Test the waters at this glossy with fresh front-of-book ideas before pursuing under-the-radar features and profiles.
How To Pitch: Every Day With Rachael Ray
With a renewed lifestyle focus that extends beyond the kitchen, this celeb chef's eponymous mag has more opportunities than ever for freelancers.
How To Pitch: Family Circle
Freelancers fluent in family interests and issues can pitch an array of features to this service-oriented mag.
How To Pitch: Details
All sections of this irreverent men's mag are open to pitches that deliver sophisticated social commentary with a sense of humor.
How To Pitch: Women's Health
'Tap into the zeitgeist' of women's health, emotional, and social issues with a reported feature, news item, or timely blog post.
How To Pitch: Wired
This 'guidebook to the modern world' wants imaginative, timely pitches that will resonate on the page, iPad and beyond.
How To Pitch: Bust
Unleash honest, funny stories of style and substance for this atypical women's mag.
How To Pitch: O, The Oprah Magazine
Stellar writing, juicy ideas, and personal narratives that tackle broader social issues will help freelancers cut through the competition at this popular women's mag.
How To Pitch: Teen Vogue
Tailor stories for teens when pitching fashion scoops, culture news and reported features to this Vogue descendant.
How To Pitch: Nerve.com
Work up the nerve to pitch personal essays, sex stories and interviews to this irreverent website.
How To Pitch: Working Mother
Work-life balance is the primary focus of this advice-driven magazine, which lends plenty of feature space to freelancers in each issue.
How To Pitch: AARP The Magazine
Cater to the 50-plus crowd with a service piece or inspiring profile to earn a spot in this widely-read magazine.
How To Pitch: Slate
Driven by ideas, not trends, Slate.com is looking for smart commentary to lend a new perspective on culture news.
How To Pitch: Mother Jones
This hell-raising progressive pub seeks compelling stories on politics, the environment, human rights, and more.
How To Pitch: Parade
Freelancers based beyond New York stand the best chance of impressing editors with a pitch about an under-the-radar topic.
How To Pitch: Wired.com
This tech site seeks skilled writers who can rapidly pitch and publish stories on technology, science, business and culture.
How To Pitch: Travel + Leisure
The 'premier chronicler of world travel' seeks practical tips, global trend pieces, and local perspectives.
How To Pitch: Spin
Editors seek everything from capsule reviews to features for the mag's 'voracious' music consumers.
How To Pitch: Mad
America's longest-running humor magazine seeks wise-cracking writers, social satirists, and snarky pop culture critics for its mostly freelanced pages.
How To Pitch: National Geographic Traveler
This renowned travel mag 'eschews fashion and fluff' in favor of compelling stories.
How To Pitch: Men's Journal
With nearly two-thirds of the magazine penned by freelancers, there's plenty of room for new ideas for the health, gear, and travel departments.
How To Pitch: Health
Pitch cleverly packaged service stories, investigative features and first-person essays to this health mag and website.
How To Pitch: Foreign Policy
Full of 'endless debate, inquiry, and storytelling,' this mag and its robust website seek freelancers with serious reporting chops.
How To Pitch: Fitness
Exercise your mind, body, and spirit with pitches on everything from toned triceps and beauty tips to wellness and motivation.
How To Pitch: Marie Claire
This glossy women's mag seeks personal essays, in-depth features and trend pieces with an irresistible news hook.
How To Pitch: Smithsonian
Craft lively, topical stories on art, science, and culture to break into this historic mag's freelance-friendly departments.
How To Pitch: Budget Travel
Highlight an undiscovered experience in a crowd-pleasing destination for this travel book.
How To Pitch: Ladies' Home Journal
This women's mag wants fresh, well-packaged service pieces that help its readers live better lives.
So What Do You Do, Gail Simmons, Host of Top Chef: Just Desserts?
The TV host and brand ambassador shares her path to the top of the media food chain and dishes on what's next.
So What Do You Do, Dennis Crowley, Co-Founder and CEO of Foursquare?
Foursquare's CEO talks about innovating in the location-based space, competing with Twitter and Facebook, and the key to entrepreneurial success.
So What Do You Do, Rick Bayless, Celebrity Chef and Cookbook Author?
Bayless dishes on building a local fan base, the difference between filming a scripted vs. reality show, and his take on food bloggers snapping photos in restaurants.
So What Do You Do, Samir Husni, Mr. Magazine?
As his Guide to New Magazines celebrates its 25th edition, Mr. Magazine discusses what it takes to succeed in print today -- and what publications must do to make it to tomorrow.
So What Do You Do, Alan Richman, Food Writer?
Ahead of the 2010 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards, the 14-time winner discusses his unique approach to reviewing restaurants and gives advice for writing with humor.
So What Do You Do, Sunny Anderson, Food Network Host?
Food Network star Sunny Anderson reveals what it's like to jump from radio to TV, and the one thing she'd never change about herself.
So What Do You Do, Maile Carpenter, Editor-In-Chief, Food Network Magazine?
The growing foodie title's EIC dishes on launching a print iteration of an established brand and working with a cadre of celeb chefs.
Pitching an Agent: Dystel & Goderich Literary Management
This agency's hungry for new writers, so find a spot on the diverse client list with an eloquent proposal.
Pitches That Worked: Continental
With a strong story proposal and smart pitching etiquette, this freelancer scored a 2,000 word travel assignment.
Pitches That Worked: American Way
Confident he had a strong story to sell, this freelancer targeted his idea wisely and won over his editor with a 'spot-on,' well-crafted email pitch.
Pitches That Worked: Pregnancy
This writer's humorous, on-target and on-spec pitch was perfect for Pregnancy, but another pub bought it first. We chronicle the initial pitch and the graceful rebound.
Pitches That Worked: Men's Journal
Convinced a local news story was worth a full-length feature treatment, this writer scored an ambitious 6,000-word story from one captivating pitch letter.
Pitches That Worked: Draft
After two pitches and two drafts, this food and travel writer broke into Draft with a focused, well-researched travel story on an Argentinian microbrewery.
How To Pitch For PR: VegNews
Focused on more than just food, this veg-friendly title has room for anything that speaks to its 'think, eat, thrive' slogan
How To Pitch For PR: Upscale
From beauty and hair care products to pitching celebs, publicists with a strong track record can tap into this mag's key demo of African-American women living the luxe life.
How To Pitch For PR: Latina
Reach the rapidly growing Latina market with timely, exclusive pitches for this mag and its website.
How To Pitch For PR: Fashionista.com
Fashion lovers flock to this site for industry insiders, so pitch designers, stylists, products, and more to reach this trendsetting audience.
How To Pitch For PR: VegNews
Focused on more than just food, this veg-friendly title has room for anything that speaks to its 'think, eat, thrive' slogan
How To Pitch For PR: Upscale
From beauty and hair care products to pitching celebs, publicists with a strong track record can tap into this mag's key demo of African-American women living the luxe life.
How To Pitch For PR: Latina
Reach the rapidly growing Latina market with timely, exclusive pitches for this mag and its website.
How To Pitch For PR: Fashionista.com
Fashion lovers flock to this site for industry insiders, so pitch designers, stylists, products, and more to reach this trendsetting audience.
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2010 James Beard Foundation Winners Announced - Posted May 3, 2010
As this GalleyCat editor prepares to go home for supper, reading about the winners and losers at this year's 2010 James Beard Foundation Media & Book Awards for cookbooks and food writing is tough. We missed the glitzy awards ceremony, but ... [GalleyCat]
Insider Secrets to Pitching Washingtonian - Posted December 11, 2009
Online, Washingtonian says two best areas for writers to break into the magazine are "Spotlight" (snapshot people pieces in about 250 words ) and "Capital Comment" (political gossip, personalities, etc.).
Mediabistro's Blake Gernstetter delves deeper in an interview with ... [FishbowlDC]
Parents Exec Ed. On Post-Layoff Success: "Work On The Sympathy Factor -- And Work Fast" - Posted February 25, 2009
Freelancer Beth Roehrig From left: Parents executive editor Chandra Turner, and Meredith Corp. human resources manager Jill Peter... [FishbowlNY]
