8 pitch call sources for writers
The internet is a "Where's Wally" of writing jobs
Finding pitch calls in the Twitter and wide-web sea is tough, right!
Thankfully some writers enjoy the hunt.
They collate editor’s requests and writing jobs into neat weekly newsletters.
(Yay for them, because I wouldn’t want to)
Here are some of the (many) pitch call newsletters.
Sign up to some and take a squiz at what editors are wanting.
Paid pitching newsletters:
Some of these have free shorter versions
A Bunch of Paid Writing Opportunities by Ashley Broadwater (I’m a paid subscriber to this one).
Opportunities of the Week by Sonia Weiser
Free pitching newsletters:
Journo Resources —Huge weekly job list sorted by experience level
The Writer’s Job Newsletter—I just subscribed to this, so we’ll see what it’s like.
Funds for writers—not jobs, but MONEY so could be interesting…
Authors Publish Magazine—sends out mostly fiction and creative opportunities.
Kelly, I don’t know how to PITCH?
All good. I’ve got you covered there too.
Pitching is just putting your best ideas forward to editors. There’s an easy way to do this:
The Ultimate Guide to Pitching Editors (pay what you can afford or have it free)
I managed on Saturday to post two stories (one on ADHD, one on audio dramas) to my Medium acct. The second one was more of an update from an earlier post on my personal blog. The ADHD one is the first writing I’ve really done in years.