Pitches wanted (food insecurity) | $200 per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: OPEN SECRETS MAGAZINE

Personal essays on current food insecurity, including loss of SNAP benefits, wanted. Pays $200/essay. Authors retain all rights. Rolling deadline until all 5 essays are commissioned.

Essays should be 1,000–2,500 words and focus on the writer’s current lived experience with food insecurity—how it affects daily life, relationships, health, work, and identity. Priority will be given to pieces that explore the impact of recent SNAP cuts in the United States, though stories from anywhere in the world are welcome. Submissions must be original, unpublished, and non-AI-generated, accompanied by a short bio and a horizontal photo or Unsplash image link. Send entries to opensecretsmag@gmail.com with “Food Insecurity submission” in the subject line. Payment of $200 will be made upon finalization via Venmo, Zelle, or PayPal.

See full writing guidelines here: https://opensecretsmagazine.com/p/food-insecurity-essay-writing-guidelines

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CONTACT INFORMATION (please do not share the email address publicly):

• Questions/submissions: opensecretsmag@gmail.com

• Website: https://opensecretsmagazine.com

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Open Secrets Magazine is an online magazine that publishes personal essays and reflections on topics typically kept hidden. It covers original submissions including memoir-style narratives, columns such as “The ADHD Diaries” and “Radical Pleasure,” and hosts book-club events tied to its essays. Its mission is to create a community for intimate, revealing writing and to support essayists through paid publication and reader engagement.

• Read through a selection of recent articles/stories on its website.

• Review the submission guidelines here.

• Check out our collection of pitch excerpts on this page and find more sample pitches at The Open Notebook and at SuccessfulPitches.com.

• Do not forget to end your pitch with (1) a short introduction about yourself; (2) a few lines highlighting your writing experience, relevant credentials and publication credits; and (3) links to your strongest work or portfolio, and online profile.

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