Pitch Calls

A pitch call is an editor publicly asking freelancers to pitch story ideas on a theme or beat — you send a short pitch for an unwritten piece, and the editor commissions the ones they want. It's the fastest route to a freelance byline because the demand is explicit.

Calls listed here state their rates — commonly $100–$500 for essays and reported shorts, and $0.50–$1.50+ per word at larger publications. CozyJobs rejects calls that don't pay.

Clips help but many editors running open pitch calls explicitly welcome new and underrepresented writers — that's often why the call is public instead of going to their existing roster. A sharp, specific pitch matters more than a long CV.

Opportunities are aggregated daily from publishers' and organizations' own submission pages and portals, plus curated editorial sources. Filters remove explicitly unpaid calls and automatically reject contests whose entry fee outweighs any stated prize, and our curators investigate listings readers report. We can't verify every organization, so confirm the details on the organizer's own page before you apply or pay an entry fee.

Browsing titles, deadlines, award amounts, and entry fees is free. The hosting organization and direct submission link are unlocked with a paid CozyJobs membership — that curation is what the subscription funds. Plans start at $25/month; see cozyjobs.com/pricing.

Continuously. New opportunities are ingested throughout the day, deadlines are monitored, and listings are removed automatically when their submission window closes.