Pitches wanted (grasslands, national forests, outdoors) | ~$1 per word

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: LIGHT & SEED

Deadline: 22 April 2024 

Erin Vivid Riley, Editor for Light & Seed, is looking for pitches: 

The National Forest Foundation is looking for story pitches for its Winter/Spring 2025 issue of Light & Seed magazine, which will focus on how urban communities and interests intersect with National Forests and Grasslands.

Specifically, we’re seeking pitches for The Response, a department that uses the pillars of solutions journalism to investigate how people are responding to an issue of national importance. The solution should be on the cusp of real-world or large-scale application: it’s shown success (and there’s data to prove it), it’s actively working through its limitations, and it could very soon have significant impact.

Generally, we’re looking for pitches that exhibit a focused angle on a broad issue. Ideas can range from how a new technology that monitors watershed health on a National Forest or Grassland has the potential to address gaps in water management to how a new framework for managing the wildland-urban interface could overcome a specific conservation challenge facing a National Forest or Grassland.

Stories can feature or mention the work of other entities or nonprofits (rather than the NFF’s) but should somehow be tied to National Forests and Grasslands.  

Pitches should cover:

• A brief overview of the solution, where we are within its timeline, and the evidence/data gathered thus far that indicates its potential impact

• How the approach has been tested and what challenges remain

• The narrative thruline that will tie these elements together

After a recent redesign, the magazine now has a deeper focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We’re keen to include diverse perspectives as part of our work supporting a resilient National Forest system.

Send pitches to Erin at erinvriley@gmail.com by Monday, April 22, 2024.

Specs: 1,000 words, pay is $1,000. First drafts due July 31, 2024

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

• Questions/submissions: erinvriley@gmail.com

• Website: https://www.nationalforests.org/our-forests/your-national-forests-magazine

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Your National Forests Magazine is published twice a year by the National Forest Foundation, the nonprofit partner of the U.S. Forest Service. It aims to engage America in community-based and national programs that promote the health and public enjoyment of the National Forest System.

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

• 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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