Pitches wanted (cannabis) (worldwide) | 40 cents to $1 per word

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: BROCCOLI MAGAZINE 

Deadline: 21 April 2021

The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things, but let’s skip the cabbages and move on to another leafy green. Broccoli Issue 13 is in the works, and it’s time to commission stories.

This round of pitches is due by 9:00 a.m. EST Wednesday, April 21. All stories will be assigned by Friday, April 23. First drafts will be due by Friday, May 28. Any features assigned for Issue 14 will have later deadlines. Keep in mind that there is a three-month lead time between issues, so this is not the place for timely news stories. Issue 13 will hit stands in Fall 2020.

If you have a lot of story ideas (wonderful!), please put them all in one email. Take your time to craft your pitch, there's no advantage to being first to submit. We’ll try and get you an answer quickly, and we will let you know whether or not we can commission your piece.

Now, for the pitch prompts.

PITCH PROMPTS

WORLD VISIONS: Writers outside of North America, Broccoli wants cannabis-related culture and human-interest stories specific to your localities. Introduce Broccoli readers to your corner of the world: What’s happening in Sri Lanka? Are people vaping in Oman? How do you find weed in Belarus? We’re looking for human-centered tales of how specific people in specific places engage with weed, not capsule histories of legalization policy. Since we have a three-month lead time between issues, these pitches should not center on breaking news or reporting events, unless they can be framed in a way that transcends the moment. Length and format flexible.

INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES: Reporting from Indigenous writers who can speak to how legal (or illegal) cannabis impacts their communities. Length and format flexible.

CONVERSATIONS WITH FASCINATING FOLK: Jarina De Marco, Jessamyn Stanley, Mennlay Golokeh Aggrey, Claire L. Evans—this is a sampling of some of the interesting people writers have interviewed for Broccoli. Pitch the person you’d like to talk with for Issue 13 or 14; stories featuring people of color or people outside of North America are especially welcome. Q & A format; assignments range from 800 to 1,000 words.

CLIMATE AND CANNABIS: Reported feature rooted in the story of a specific place or person offering an in-depth look at an unexpected intersection of climate and cannabis, either positive or negative. Up to 1,000 words.

RITUAL: Seeking a practicing Rastafarian to write a compelling 350- to 500-word essay illuminating the importance of cannabis to their spiritual practice.

THEME: A 1,000-word essay on something worth obsessing over—examples include an exploration of seashells by Dana Covit in Issue 04 and a meditation on mood rings by Ellen Freeman in Issue 03. These semi-deep dives should incorporate some element of history and research; communicating a sense of wondering discovery is essential. Please include links to any relevant published work in your pitch, as well as a short gloss on how you’d approach your theme. One note—if it's something a lot of people are writing about already, we aren’t interested.

POTLUCK: Want to pitch us something else? Please do. Broccoli is a magazine for cannabis lovers, but only some of what we publish directly references weed. We love fresh, informed writing that is thoughtful, curious, smart and funny.

CONTACT INFO & EXTRA DETAILS

Send all pitch emails to editors@broccolimag.com. Concise pitches are preferred, and please don’t send attachments; keep it all in the body of the email. Include links to the writing that best captures your voice and perspective. Click here for our full pitch guidelines.

We pay all contributors. Rates are negotiated when a piece is commissioned. We’ll do our best to match your standard rate. Rates usually hover somewhere between $.40-$.50/word, with flat rates for shorter pieces in the $75-$100 range. We’ll go up to $1/word for the right story, but it depends on our budget capacity. Writers are asked to submit an invoice after their piece clears fact-checking.

Questions? Reach out to editors@broccolimag.com

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ABOUT BROCCOLI

Broccoli explores and shapes modern stoner culture by looking at cannabis through an art, culture, and fashion lens, giving the plant a dedicated space to be discussed in a fresh, stylish, and approachable new way. In each issue, Broccoli explores everything from ambient music to screenprinting nuns to the latest CBD products with humor and style. Broccoli is published three times each year.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions / submissions: editors@broccolimag.com

Website: https://broccolimag.com/