Pitches wanted (cats) | 50 cents per word
Added 2025-02-18 21:04:47 +0000 UTCCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: CATNIP MAGAZINE
Deadline: 26 February 2025
Ask a cat, and they’ll tell you: any time is the right time for more catnip. And here at Broccoli, we’re listening. It’s time to make Volume 2 of Catnip—our joyful, sweet, sometimes silly but always smart celebration of all things cat—and we’re looking for your cat tales.
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The best way to understand the type of work we’re looking for is to read Catnip volume 1. If it has yet to cross your path, here’s a recap of some of the fiction, essays, interviews, profiles, and cat facts in it:
Cattitude Adjustment: A Q&A with cat behaviorist Kristiina Wilson reveals why cats do the things they do
Pawparazzi: How Terry deRoy Gruber strayed into becoming “the cat photographer.”
Catnap: The subversive art of sleeping
On the Cat Walk: Chris Watson of @catluminati on how to make friends with your neighborhood cats.
LOLcats: Before there was Grumpy Cat, Maru, or Oh Long Johnson, there was diabellalovescats dot com.
Fiction: “Cat Pictures, Please”
Claws of a Viper, Feet of Cloudberries: Cats in folklore
Do Robot Cats Dream of Wireless Mice?: On the ineffable embodiment of divine grace that is a cat's love
From Catpricorn to Pawsces: What does your cat's astrological sign reveal about their purrsonality?
Cough it Up: Antidotes, jewels, and talismans; a hair-raising history of hairball
Caturday Night Fever: On dressing up like a cat.
ASMeowRRR: The soundtrack of life with a cat
Legal Claws: Codifying cats in medieval Celtic laws.
Kitty Corners: Catty locations around the world
Cat Calls: Ways to say cat in many different languages
Kuroneko: Crossing paths with Japan’s black cats
The Year We Became Cats: On transforming into someone else and being yourself
Jardin du Chat: Plant a pleasure garden for a cat
Wings of Desire: A brief history of winged cats
My Cat’s Other Family: The story of a cat living a dual life
Ghost Cat: Remembering a beloved pet
A brief history of notable cat ladies
Round-ups of cat-themed books and films
Please note: We aren’t looking to repeat stories or themes in volume 02, so please don’t pitch us something we’ve already covered. Scratch a different part of the sofa!
Some helpful notes about Catnip to keep in mind as you think through your pitches:
It’s fun! Catnip is a magazine of joy and appreciation, so stories exploring challenging themes that skew sad or problematic (think ethical quandaries around domestication, big cats in cages, etc) are not a good fit.
While we may include product or brand features written by our in-house team, we’re not accepting pitches about brands or brand founders from writers or PR agents. If you are a brand interested in appearing in Catnip, please write to Jessica, our director of partnerships, about an advertising package (jessica@broccolimag.com).
Pitches for Catnip vol. 2 are due Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at 9:00 A.M. Eastern Time.
Stories will be assigned by March 4, 2025, and first drafts will be due April 4, 2025.
HOW TO PITCH US:
Send all pitches to editors@broccolimag.com.
Use the pitch email to convey your voice and tone, and be sure to include a suggested format and proposed length. Here are some of our tips for crafting pitches.
If you pitch, be willing to embark on a collaborative and involved editing process with Broccoli’s editorial team (there will be edits!).
Rates will be $.50/word, negotiated as a flat fee upon commission.
This means that we will set the rate based on the expected length of the piece. We do not recalculate the fee based on the final word count of your piece.
Extra questions? Email editors@broccolimag.com.
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See you in the cardboard box,
Stephanie Madewell
Broccoli Editor
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CONTACT INFORMATION (please do not share the email address publicly):
Questions/submissions: editors@broccolimag.com
Website: https://www.instagram.com/catnip_mag/
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