Pitches wanted (MENA) | 15 cents per word
Added 2024-04-05 17:12:02 +0000 UTCCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: GENDERIT
Deadline: 30 April 2024
Hija Kamran, Editor at GenderIT, is looking for pitches:
I am commissioning stories from the region on corporate accountability, connecting with technology, gender and sexuality for GenderIT. Only interested in MENA folks' pitches. We pay 0.15 USD/word. Please email with subject "PITCH: MENA Corp Accountability" to genderit@apc.org by April 30.
Tips:
Please check the kind of stories we publish.
Check that the story you're pitching has not already been published.
Connection with multiple genocides and authoritarian violence is appreciated.
Send your pitch as copy of the email, not attachment. 250-300 words explaining what you intend to write about is great.
Introduce yourself and why you should be writing this story.
Any relevant writing sample is appreciated but not necessary.
CONTACT INFORMATION (please do not share the email address publicly):
Questions/submissions: genderit@apc.org
Website: https://genderit.org/
TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:
Learn more about the publication: GenderIT.org is a project of the Women's Rights Programme of the Association for Progressive Communications. The site is a think tank of and for women's rights, sexuality, sexual rights and internet rights advocates. It carries articles and news on internet policy and cultures from a feminist and intersectional perspective, privileging voices and expressions from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Arabic-speaking countries and Eastern Europe. More information here.
Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Indepth, Feminist Talk
Review the submission guidelines here. Note that these are the publication's general guidelines to help you refine your pitch. You must still follow the editor's specific instructions above.
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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