Pitches wanted (Saskatchewan politics, activism, culture, etc.) | $100 to $300 per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: SASK DISPATCH

Deadline: 14 November 2025

The Sask Dispatch is accepting pitches for our Spring 2026 issue. Pitches are due November 14, 2025.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Broadly, we're always looking for pitches covering provincial and municipal elections, grassroots activism, Indigenous rights, arts and culture, economic justice, ecology, gender equity, harm reduction, and more. This editor would like to increase reporting on rural Saskatchewan, arts and culture, and grassroots activism.

HOW TO PITCH

Your pitch should include a brief synopsis of what your piece will cover, an estimated word count, and your relevant experience or background in writing about the issue. Please send pitches to amielle[at]briarpatchmagazine.com.

Before pitching, take a look at some of the work published on our website to see what we have recently covered. Please review our submission guidelines to improve your pitch.

If you have not written for Sask Dispatch before, please provide a brief writing sample.

If your pitch is accepted, first drafts are due December 22, 2025, with an intensive collaborative editing process lasting until early February . We reserve the right to edit your work (with your active involvement), and cannot guarantee publication.

We aim to reply to every pitch – including those we reject. However, because of time constraints, this isn’t always possible. If you don’t hear back from us within three weeks following the pitch deadline for the issue that you submitted to, please assume that we won’t be accepting your pitch. Feel free to pitch us again, though!

Our standard rates of pay for articles are as follows:

$100 – Profiles, short essays, and reviews (generally <1,000 words)

$200 – Feature stories (generally 1,000-1,500 words), photo essays

$300 – Research-based articles and investigative reportage with extensive primary research (generally 1,500-2,000 words)

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

• Questions/submissions: amielle@briarpatchmagazine.com

• Website: https://saskdispatch.com/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Sask Dispatch is an independent, nonprofit publication based in Saskatchewan, Canada. It focuses on covering issues related to social justice, Indigenous rights, labor, and the environment, with a particular emphasis on stories from Saskatchewan and the Prairie provinces. The magazine aims to provide investigative journalism and thoughtful commentary on topics often overlooked by mainstream media, amplifying the voices of marginalized communities. More information here.

• Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Environment, Politics, Action, Culture, All

• 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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