Category that describes your organization: Print publications

Range of fees you pay your writers: I’m not at liberty to say but my sense is that we pay at the higher end of the per-word scale.

Types of projects you typically assign: Service journalism, usually in the range of 500-1500 words, on topics relevant to, and of interest to, Americans ages 50 and older.

Areas of expertise: Personal finance, health, home and family

Are you looking for pitches? Yes. My responsibility is personal finance, but I’m willing to listen to pitches in other subject areas and refer to other editors as appropriate. To get an idea of the types of stories I assign, *please* check out this folder, which has a description of personal finance coverage in the publications and examples of different story types we run:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19gthXnZg6V1vIANN96BNP3I1wKKMp4Xg?usp=sharing

Additional info: To channel the editor-in-chief of the publications: Your pitch should be a *story*, not a *subject*. “Things You Should Know if You’re the Executor of Your Parent’s Estate” is a subject. “Settling My Mother’s Estate Was a Two-Year Ordeal & Here Is What I Learned Along the Way” is a story. Personal finance journalism often covers the same subjects month after month, year after year. A new approach to writing about an old subject can make it fresh.

Category that describes your organization: Springer Nature

Range of fees you pay your writers: $1.65/word for three-source features and other trend stories. $1.25/word for single-source Q&As and research news pieces.

Types of projects you typically assign: I am part of a global team that produces all branded and custom content for Nature and Scientific American. I assign science stories—often on biotechnology and drug development, but sometimes also covering another field of science, including drug development, healthcare and sustainability. Typical stories include from one to three sources and range from 500 to 1000 words, although we sometimes run longer pieces.

Areas of expertise: We have regular opportunities for writers who can cover life sciences, biotech and drug development for either consumer audiences or the scientific community. We sometimes have opportunities for writers who can cover sustainability, health and healthcare, clinical medicine and many additional fields of science.

Are you looking for pitches? No — we assign all our stories.

Additional info: We are the commercial media arm of both Scientific American and Nature. Our stories typically run in one of these two publications; occasionally they run in both. Scientific American (scientificamerican.com) is the world’s leading science magazine, reaching a large audience of savvy, educated and science-curious consumers. Nature (nature.com) is a leading scientific journal that goes out the global scientific community.

Category that describes your organization: Print publication

Range of fees you pay your writers: Approximately $2/word – any expenses are estimated beforehand and included in the contract

Types of projects you typically assign: For the print magazine, we’re looking for front-of-book “Prologue” pieces of about 1,000 to 2,000 words. For features, the word count is closer to 4,000 words. Turn-around is usually months. We’ve had some stories that ran four to six months after pitching. Others have taken a year. We do pay a portion of the fee when the piece is submitted. If the story is killed, that becomes the kill fee.

Areas of expertise: We are looking for writers who can cover topics including history (world, American, ancient), archaeology, science, innovation, art, civilizations and more.

Are you looking for pitches? The 2025 editorial calendar is pretty full, but we are always open to pitches. Stories do shuffle around and change from one issue to another during the year, as needed. Also, articles may end up published online (which has a different pay scale) or possibly as an episode of our “There’s More to That” podcast.

Additional info: Please review recent online articles or print issues to learn more about our content and voice

Category that describes your organization: Digital academic/journalistic weekly longform publication

Range of fees you pay your writers: Flat fees for 1.5K, 4K and 10K word reports, 4 figures, not allowed to publish exact rate but can share in person

Types of projects you typically assign: In depth reports on the debates around issues in the news. 11 week production cycle from outline to publication; open to both pitches and assignments

Areas of expertise: Generalists are welcome as are specialists in business, tech, social justice and foreign policy. We’re pretty full up on health at the moment.

Are you looking for pitches? We do a mix of pitches and assignments, so they are welcome but not required. If pitching, please be aware that our topics are:

• broad
• must have a current news hook
• must focus on an issue to which policy solutions are being debated. These tend to be governmental but don’t have to be as long as they are at a systemic level. For example, a big association debating changing an industry standard would count.
• cannot be something we have covered in the last 4 years (you can see our past topics at https://cqpress.sagepub.com/cqresearcher/, though the full reports are behind the paywall)

Additional info: Our reports are long form journalism, with footnotes, for an audience of undergraduates. They follow a very structured format which is always the same, and we provide an outline template as well as examples.

Category that describes your organization: Health care communications.

Range of fees you pay your writers: $1 per word

Types of projects you typically assign: We are looking for writers who are comfortable writing news stories and/or press releases about institutional and scientitic achievements, all geared to the lay reader.

Areas of expertise: We are looking for general assignment writers, as well as those with expertise in covering science, including basic and clinical research, and public health.

Are you looking for pitches?: We would like to use this time to get to know writers; our team generates assignments.

Category that describes your organization: Higher Ed

Range of fees you pay your writers: $1 to 1.25/word or negotiated based on assignment

Types of projects you typically assign: We’re looking for writers to assign stories about alumni and institutional priorities. Typically, these assignments are due within a two- or three-week period. We do accept pitches for 600-1,200 word articles. Extra points for those local to Hudson Valley, NY, or can easily travel here to report on college initiatives/people.

Humanities, arts, STEM, political science, economics, sociology, international affairs, environmental studies, and pedagogy in many forms.

Are you looking for pitches? Prefer meeting journalists and adding to our stable of good writers. Open to pitches about VC alums, though. Must have “newsy” element.

Additional info: Please see back issues to note the tone of our magazine and types of coverage: vassar.edu/vq

Category that describes your organization: Digital and print publication.

Range of fees you pay your writers: $1/per word for print stories. A flat fee for online stories.

Types of projects you typically assign: With new writers we start with short assignments based on their pitches.

Areas of expertise: We are looking for pitches for corporate finance stories, and more generally for finance feature. Our audience is made of corporate executives, so we do not focus on personal finance or investments. We cover banking and finance, fintech, innovation and corporare trends.

Are you looking for pitches?: We work with many freelancers, and we can always have more. You need some experience writing on the topics we cover both in print and online. So you need prior experience. Initially we ask for pitches for short stories of a few hundred words, and eventually we move to feature. We have an editorial calendar, but the short stories are usually news related.

Additional info: at our website www.gfmag.com to have an idea of style and coverage.

Cateogry that describes your organization: We are a digital and print daily news publication

Range of fees you pay your writers: We pay between $150 and $400 depending on level of research and where story runs in print.

Types of projects you typically assign: We are looking for pitches for 600 – 1200 word articles and often give up to a month to report and write.

Areas of expertise: We’re specifically looking for travel pitches for regional Midwest or Minnesota-specific ideas. We take some national travel stories, too. In addition, we have launched a new Outdoors vertical, also accepting pitches with a wildlife/adventure/climate bent.

Are you looking for pitches? I will be representing two other editors from my publication. While I am open to pitches, I would relay them to the other editors. I’m essentially acting as a talent scout, so I appreciate the chance to get to know authors and understand their interest in our regional publication.

Additional info: We’re a traditional news organization, the largest in our area, with a code of ethics that prohibits junkets. We seek fair, accurate reporting with at least two to three sources. Note that we have a guild and seek writers to fill in gaps that our union employees aren’t covering — travel and outdoors fall into that, and some small sections of arts coverage.

Category that describes your organization: Literary Agency

Range of fees you pay your writers: We are literary agents.

Types of projects you typically assign: We represent adult fiction and non-fiction titles on a wide-range of subjects including health, history, parenting, music, how-to, popular science, business and biography.

Areas of expertise: See above.

Are you looking for pitches? I’m happy to meet with authors for informatin purposes, but preferably authors should have a project and proposal either prepared or in preparation for us to discuss.

Category that describes your organization: Ghostwriting agency

Range of fees you pay your writers: N/A

Types of projects you typically assign: Book proposals, full manuscript collaborations, book doctoring across a wide range of genres

Areas of expertise: Technology, finance, health and wellness, memoir

Are you looking for pitches? No

Category that describes your organization: Full service marketing agency (content, branding, etc.)

Range of fees you pay your writers: Depending on client and requirements, we average between $0.90 and $1.50. Exceptions are highly specialized projects, which may require more developed expertise and increase fees to $2.00+. All fees are agreed to by both parties.

Types of projects you typically assign: Articles, website copy, Ebooks (typically 2,000-4,000 words), campaigns, infographics; for some clients, we develop messaging frameworks and establish editorial pillars for campaign assets.

Areas of expertise: Financial services, healthcare/pharma/lifes sciences, technology are top areas but they do change.

Are you looking for pitches? No

Additional info: We seek talent that can be defined as having subject matter expertise. This is how we pitch our agency services and USP to prospective clients, and the writer’s ability to intelligently discuss a client’s industry is imperative.

Category that describes your organization: Literary Agency

Range of fees you pay your writers: N/A

Types of projects you typically assign: We represent a wide range of adult non-fiction titles, including self-help, memoir, science, business, history, cookbooks, pop culture, parenting, music and all other key categories.

Areas of expertise: We are looking for authors who are well-paired with their subject, either for personal or professional reasons.

Are you looking for pitches? Would like to hear pitches but am open to exploratory conversations if a project is still in its infancy.

Category that describes your organization: Hybrid book publisher

Range of fees you pay your writers: We offer anywhere between $15,000 and $100,000 for ghostwriting a full manuscript, depending on the project parameters. But most assignments for an average length nonfiction book are in the $30,000-60,000 range.

Types of projects you typically assign: We publish some 200 titles a year across all genres, including fiction and children’s books. But our primary focus (and most of our writing/editing opportunities) is nonfiction thought leadership — business books, memoirs, politics, and prescriptive nonfiction.

Areas of expertise: We are looking for experienced book ghostwriters, as well as professional developmental editors and copyeditors.

Are you looking for pitches? We’re very interested in referrals and introductions to potential authors.

Additional info: We are a hybrid publisher, meaning that our authors invest in their publication in return for greater control, retention of all rights, and the majority of any sales proceeds from their book.

Category that describes your organization: Literary agency

Range of fees you pay your writers: N/A

Types of projects you typically assign: In non-fiction, Kim represents and is actively looking for: platform- or expertise-driven cookbooks, cocktail books, investigative journalism, social justice, social science, pop science, pop culture, self-help and wellness. While she is primarily drawn to books with some level of practical elements and actionable takeaways, she is also looking for narrative non-fiction that adds nuanced perspective to broad topics or that makes niche subjects accessible and engaging for a general audience.

Areas of expertise: Your area of expertise, as relevant to your book concept

Are you looking for pitches? Yes

Additional info: Our time will be most effective if you come ready to talk about both the book concept and your platform. A complete book proposal is not necessary, but it is appreciated!

Category that describes your organization: Custom publisher of print and online pubs for largely health/hospital clients

Range of fees you pay your writers: Fees depend on the client/budget. Print is often $1/word, or a project fee for things like annual reports or web work.

Types of projects you typically assign: Articles for patient-facing hospital publications. Batches of blog posts for e-newsletters. Content for annual reports for hospital service lines.

Areas of expertise: We’re looking for writers adept at health and healthcare, and with experience in web content.

Are you looking for pitches? Not looking for pitches, but to expand our roster of writers/editors.

Category that describes your organization: We are a literary agency working in trade books.

Range of fees you pay your writers: N/A

Types of projects you typically assign: We represent narrative nonfiction books across a wide range. We look for projects that offer an engaging new take on the past or a deep dive on a topic of current interest.

Areas of expertise: I am especially looking for projects in science, history, culture, food, and philosophy.

Are you looking for pitches? I would like a project pitch and then will ask for material if I am interested.

Additional info: Here is our website for additional information about our agency: www.Nordlysetagency.com

Category that describes your organization: Literary agency

Range of fees you pay your writers: N/A

Types of projects you typically assign: We represent a full range of nonfiction for adult and juveniles, including current events, history, health, diet, crafts, parenting, business and career, management and leadership, biography, self-help and relationships, psychology, military, civil rights, law, travel, investing/money management, humor, culture, and pop nonfiction (anything from Bigfoot to UFOs to 90’s nostalgia and the secret history of anything and everything).

Areas of expertise: We’re open to both new and experienced writers. A solid platform related to your project (or the ability to develop one) is very helpful. Professional credentials or a credentialed cowriter when writing about medical, mental health, health or diet will be required.

Are you looking for pitches? I want to see that the writer has a depth of knowledge of both their subject and the market for the work, including competing titles, and can clearly detail how their book will distinguish itself on the shelf.

I like to get to know the full range of the writer’s interests and specializations. Writers may also want to indicate their interest in being contacted for WFH projects/work in established series.

Have well-developed proposals and writing samples available for specific projects you’ll be pitching. If we’re interested in a concept, we’ll want to move quickly.

Additional info: I will also consider pitches that may be appropriate for other Talcott Notch agency members so check out our website for info on them! www.talcottnotch.net

Category that describes your organization: Literary Agency

Range of fees you pay your writers: N/A.

Types of projects you typically assign: We represent every kind of book, from fiction to nonfiction, children’s books, and graphic novels.

Areas of expertise: We are open to fiction, children’s books, and graphic novels. In nonfiction, we are looking for authors with platforms.

Are you looking for pitches? I am open to pitches of all kinds.

Additional info: Our focus is on book publishing.

Category that describes your organization: Design firm with editorial strategy and content marketing needs

Range of fees you pay your writers: In the past we have worked with writers to set the fees that work for everyone. For example, for some projects where we may need, say, six 1,200-word thought leadership essays, we can pay per article. Or if writers prefer to charge by the hour (some work requires attending client meetings, for example), we can do that. We work with a variety of clients and negotiate budgets on a per-project basis so the writing rates will reflect that.

Types of projects you typically assign: Our work is very project-based. Ideally we sign editorial retainers with clients for a set amount of articles, essays, op-eds, etc. For example, we may need a dozen feature stories that delve into a brand’s philosophy on trust, transparency, and data privacy in the age if AI. We would look for a writer who can partner with us to come on client calls and help us develop those stories and write them over the course of several months. I would act as the editor/manager of this work.

Some industries and themes we will likely be covering in 2025:

• Working with a white shoe law firm to develop a series of DEI thought leadership
• Working with B2B firms on how they approach AI and digital transformation
• Working with a foundation to help them develop a series of op-eds and essays on topics related to social justice and LGBTQ+ rights

Areas of expertise: Definitely someone who has worked in the B2B space! We work with a lot of brands in these industries:

• Professional services
• Banking and financial, including private equity
• Manufacturing
• Real Estate
• Healthcare
• Big tech
• Public sector (government contracting, especially IT)

Are you looking for pitches? Not really looking for pitches right now! When we sign retainers with clients, then I and the writer will develop pitches in partnership with the client

Additional info: We’re redeveloping our brand and website, but here’s a little info on us: https://www.50000feet.com/

50,000feet bought the small firm I was working for called Long Dash, which was originally launched as a business unit of The Atlantic. So our firm has somewhat of an editorial legacy.

Here’s an example of thought leadership for a B2B company that we produced that I thought worked well: https://intact-tech.com/2024/07/15/hiring-for-eq/