Pitches wanted (Southwestern US) | 50 cents to $1.50 per word
Added 2023-07-20 18:17:40 +0000 UTCCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: HIGH COUNTRY NEWS
Nick Bowlin, Contributing Editor at High Country News, is looking for pitches:
Paging all Southwestern writers: For a few months, I'll be a contributing editor at High Country News, overseeing our SW desk along with Raksha Vasudevan and Kate Schimel. If you have a likely HCN story in AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, UT, or the borderlands, please pitch one or all of us.
Guidelines and pay rates here: https://www.hcn.org/about/submissions
CONTACT INFORMATION (please do not share the email address publicly):
- Questions/submissions: nickbowlin@hcn.org
- Website: https://www.hcn.org/
TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:
- Learn more about the publication: High Country News is an independent non-profit media organization that covers the important issues and stories that define the Western United States. Its mission is to inform and inspire people to act on behalf of the West's diverse natural and human communities. More information here.
- Read through its selection of recent stories/articles, categorized into: Features, Public Lands, Indigenous Affairs, Water, Climate Change, Wildfire, Arts and Culture
- 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 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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