Pitches wanted (home, kitchen, bath, money) (worldwide) | 50 cents to $1+ per word

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: DWELL

Deadline: 30 November 2022 (March/April: The Money Issue, with a focus on Kitchen/Bath)

Kate Dries, Executive Editor of Dwell, is looking for pitches:

Dwell has updated pitch guidelines, with details on all our verticals/editors, the print magazine, and contracts/rates. We would love to hear from you!

Open to international writers? Yes!

Dwell promotes good design for everyone. We publish home tours, reported pieces, interviews, and essays, all focused on the power of smart design and new ideas about where and how we live. To give us the scoop on a new project, pitch an original idea, or simply say hello, get in touch at edit@dwell.com. We’re always looking for new voices and perspectives from writers, photographers, illustrators, and videographers. Browse our latest stories to see our full range of topics.

THE MAGAZINE

Our print magazine comes out six times a year. If you have a story that you think would be particularly suited for an issue’s theme, note that print schedules require a long lead time, so please reach out at least three months in advance—issues go live the first few weeks of each month they’re pegged for. The themes for 2023 are:

• January/February: Survivability [pitches for this issue are closed]
• March/April: The Money Issue, with a focus on Kitchen/Bath
• May/June: Cities, with a focus on the outdoors
• July/August: Travel
• September/October: Dwell 24, our annual celebration of the best up and coming designers working today
• November/December: American Design

CONTRACTS AND RATES

The details of our contracts vary depending on medium, but most include copyright for the creator following a period of exclusivity, mutual indemnification, and graduated, guaranteed kill fee rates consistent with the point in the process the story is cut. We pay within 30 days of receipt of your invoice.

For written pieces, our rates start at 50 cents per assigned word for web, and $1 for print, and increase with the complexity of the story and amount of reporting required. Some Design franchises have set rates, such as: Dwell+ Exclusive (Digital home tour published exclusively on Dwell+), Budget Breakdown, Out There, Tiny Homes/Small Spaces, Prefabs, Before and After, Rental Revamp: $400 for 600-800 word pieces

Design News: $350

Fact checking and copyediting rates are $35 an hour.

Read the complete submission guidelines here.

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

• Questions / submissions: edit@dwell.com
• Website: https://www.dwell.com/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Dwell aims to champion home design that improves people’s lives. From its daily content on Dwell.com to its social media and its print, Dwell features new ideas about what a home can and should be and offers expert advice for making your own space a better place to live. More information here.
• Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Home Tours, Guides, Magazine Issues
• Review the submission guidelines here.
• 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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