Pitches wanted (home design, service, profiles, etc.) (WORLDWIDE) | $200+ per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: CLEVER

Sydney Gore, Digital Design Editor at Architectural Digest, is looking for pitches:

I'd love to collaborate with more BIPOC writers on Architectural Digest assignments. If you're interested in writing (digital) stories for us please review the pitch guide and then drop me an email at Sydney_Gore@condenast.com

While we're all here, my inbox is wide open to pitches for the following topics: Native American Heritage Month, Black History Month (+ Juneteenth), National Disability Awareness Month, housing crisis, sustainability, color trends, new "core" content, hot takes.

AD is global so writers can be based anywhere.

Our rates for Clever start at $200 and the majority of commissioned stories hit the 700 word mark unless otherwise specified. Home tours have a flat rate of $300 which include 600 words of body copy, photo captions, and the two lists at the end.

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

• Questions / submissions: sydney_gore@condenast.com
• Website: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/clever

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Clever is a digital extension of Architectural Digest that covers design advice for real life in the form of actionable service. Its content is packaged in a way that comes across as aspirational, accessible, and attainable. It has four sections within the vertical—Decoration, Renovation, Conversation, and Shopping.
• Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Decoration, Renovation, Conversation, Shopping
• 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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