Pitches wanted (environment, adventure, social justice) | up to $1.50 per word

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: SIERRA MAGAZINE

If you have a burning Sierra Magazine story idea to pitch, send it over. Note that the magazine largely focuses on US issues, with more limited international stories.

We’re looking for reported stories on a wide range of environmental and social justice issues from writers who can bring to our audience a broad array of perspectives and writing styles. Our contributors have a demonstrated ability to write smart, fun, incisive, and well-researched stories for a diverse and politically informed national readership. Successful pitches will reflect a familiarity with the Sierra Club’s motto—“Explore, enjoy, and protect the planet.” When covering Black, Indigenous, and Latino and other people of color communities, we prioritize working with writers who come from within those communities.

For our print edition, our fees start at $1/word for our departments, and in some cases raise to $1.50/word for more demanding features. For our online edition, we usually pay a flat fee of $350 per article, though we sometimes pay more for especially involved assignments.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

• Submissions: Via the webform
• Website: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Sierra is the storytelling arm of the Sierra Club, a grassroots environmental group. It is a national print and digital magazine that publishes journalism, photography and art dedicated to protecting the natural world. Sierra combines features on green living and outdoor adventure with reporting about threats to the environment. More information here.
• Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Climate & Energy, Lands & Waters, Adventure, Culture
• 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 Database.
• 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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