Pitches wanted (solutions-focused features) | ~36 cents per word

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: POSITIVE.NEWS

Deadline: 13 October 2023 (for mag-specific pitches)

Lucy Purdy, Editor in Chief of Positive News, is looking for pitches:

Call for pitches: Please submerge my inbox with unique solutions-focused feature ideas for the next print issue of Positive News magazine. We pay 30p/word and the issue will land in January. Suggestions asap please, and do read our pitching guide first: https://shorturl.at/pyzT0

There's no firm deadline as we're always now also accepting pitches for online-first articles and features. But if ideas are mag-specific, it would be great to receive them by Fri 13 at the latest.

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

• Questions/submissions: editorial@positive.news
• Website: https://www.positive.news/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Positive News is a magazine for good journalism about good things. Positive News is the first media organisation in the world that is dedicated to quality, independent reporting about what’s going right. Positive News is a pioneer of ‘constructive journalism’—a new approach in the media, which is about rigorous and relevant journalism that is focused on progress, possibility, and solutions. More information here.
• Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Society, Environment, Lifestyle, Science, Economics, World
• Review the submission guidelines here.
• Check out our collection of pitch excerpts on this page and find more sample pitches at The Open Notebook Database and at SuccessfulPitches.com.
• Do not forget to end your pitch with (1) a short introduction about yourself; (2) a paragraph 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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