News & Pitch Calls from Vice

Saturday, August 6th 2022

Vice is Seeking Life and Culture Pitches

Vice is a digital media and broadcasting company. Their newly appointed US editorial director is looking for life and culture pitches. Rates start at $0.50/word and are higher for features. If interested, email your pitches to amyrose.spiegel@vice.com. To read their editor’s Tweet, click here. To visit their website, click here

Sunday, June 19th 2022

VICE UK/Noisey is Looking for Music Bloggers/ Content Creators

The senior commissioning editor of VICE UK/Noisey is seeking 18 to 25 year old freelance music bloggers/content creators who can tiktok + write for them. According to payment reports, they pay up to 30p per word for features. To read their editor’s Tweet, click here. To visit their website, click here.

Thursday, April 7th 2022

Vice UK's Culture Editor is Accepting Pitches

Vice UK’s newly appointed culture editor is looking for culture ideas. Their editor is also “commissioning a few pieces on LIFE, internet culture, queerness, sex / relationships, etc.” According to payment reports, they pay up to 30p per word for features. Email your pitches to daisy.jones@vice.com. To read their culture editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To visit their website, click here.

Sunday, January 9th 2022

Vice UK is Looking for Feature Pitches

Vice UK’s commissioning editor is seeking unique stories on “internet culture, queerness, weird trends, nightlife, sex, pop culture, style, LIFE.” They are interested in features as well as pieces where you go out and try a theory for yourself. They are not interested in op-eds. According to payment reports, they pay up to 30p per word for features. If interested, send your pitches to daisy.jones@vice.com. To read their commissioning editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To visit their website, click here.

Tuesday, September 14th 2021

Vice UK is Seeking Stories about Getting Into – and Out of – Debt

Vice UK’s commissioning editor is seeking “stories about getting into – and out of – debt” for The Debt Collection column. According to payment reports, they pay up to 30p per word for features. Pitches should be sent to ryan.bassil@vice.com. To learn more, refer to their commissioning editor’s Tweet. To read The Debt Collection column, refer to this page.

Sunday, September 12th 2021

VICE UK wants pitches for The Debt Collection column

VICE UK is looking for pitches for their ‘The Debt Collection’ column. This is a collection of stories of getting into – and out of – debt. Details in their commissioning editor’s Tweet here.


Tuesday, July 20th 2021

Vice Culture is Looking for Hip-Hop Writers in Atlanta

Vice Culture’s editorial director is seeking hip-hop writers in Atlanta. They will pay $600. If interested, email leslie.horn@vice.com. To learn more, refer to their editorial director’s Tweet and their pitch guidelines.

Sunday, May 2nd 2021

Vice is Looking for Personal Essays from Young Writers in Asia

Vice is a digital media and broadcasting company. They are seeking personal essays from young writers in Asia: “Blood may be thicker than water but let’s not kid ourselves, families can be HARD (wwyd if your parents passed racist comments?) — looking for writers who don’t think twice about calling out their families.” According to their features editor, their baseline rate is $0.50 per word. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread. To contact them, refer to this page.

Sunday, April 25th 2021

Vice UK is Looking for Stories for The Debt Collection Column

Vice UK’s associate editor is seeking stories about getting into – and out of – debt for The Debt Collection column. According to payment reports, they pay up to 30p per word for features. If interested, email your pitches to ryan.bassil@vice.com. Read their associate editor’s Tweet here and The Debt Collection column here.

Tuesday, January 5th 2021

Vice UK is Seeking Pitches

Vice UK’s associate editor is looking for new pitches and fresh ideas, especially “anything relating to: queerness, sex, the internet, mental health, style, subculture.” According to payment reports, they pay up to 30p per word for features. If interested, send pitches to daisy.jones@vice.com. Read their associate editor’s Twitter thread here and visit their website here.

Saturday, November 7th 2020

Vice UK's Features Editor is Looking for Pitches

The features editor of Vice UK has tweeted, “Hey if you have any ideas for reported news features, investigations etc. that could work for Vice World News then send me a pitch. Mainly UK stories but with one eye beyond these borders too.” For reported pieces, the rates of Vice World News start at a minimum of 50 cents/word. If interested, email your pitches to simon.childs@vice.com. To learn more, refer to this Tweet and this page.

Tuesday, October 6th 2020

The Culture, Life, and Magazine side of the Vice Features Team has posted their Pitch Guidelines

The Culture, Life, and Magazine side of the Vice Features Team has posted their pitch guidelines and would love to hear from writers. Some topics that they are particularly interested in are:

“On the culture side: profiles of up-and-coming and established artists, performers, and celebrities; smart investigations into celebrity culture; interrogations into the world of fame; nuanced food stories not being tackled elsewhere. On the life side: stories about college and academic life, and of the lives of people that age not in school; coverage of the underbelly of influencer and wellness culture. In both: lighter fare, investigations, and thoughtfully reported essays, personal and otherwise.”

For digital pieces, their rates start at about $0.50 per assigned word. For magazine pieces, they pay $0.50 per word for pieces of under 3,000 assigned words, and $1 per word for pieces of 3,000 to 5,000 assigned words. To learn more, refer to this Tweet and their pitch guide.

Monday, September 28th 2020

Tipping Point by Vice is Accepting Environmental Justice Stories

Tipping Point is a series by Vice that covers “environmental justice stories about the people and communities experiencing the stark reality of our changing planet.” They are accepting pitches for stories. They are especially looking for stories from people from underserved communities. They pay $300 to $700 per story. Send pitches to tippingpoint@vice.com. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread. To read Tipping Point’s stories, refer to this page.

Friday, September 18th 2020

The Senior Features Editor of Vice is Looking for Pitches

Vice is a digital media and broadcasting company. Their senior features editor has tweeted, “We are going to be commissioning ambitious international features and investigations on gender, inequality, development, colonialism, religion, security, health, misconduct, extremism, climate change, and more. We’re interested in stories from all over the world, and though stories can touch on issues and people in the U.S., they must have an international component. Countries and areas of particular interest right now (and this list is not exhaustive): Chad, South Sudan, Sudan, Burundi, Mozambique, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Brazil, Iran, China, Antarctica, and the Arctic.” Their baseline rate is $0.50 per word. Pitches should be sent to leah.feiger@vice.com. Read their editor’s Twitter thread here and learn more about them here.

Tuesday, September 8th 2020

Vice UK is Seeking Stories for The Debt Collection Column

Vice UK has launched a new column called The Debt Collection which features “stories from young people about getting into – and out of – debt.” Their associate editor is looking for pitches for this column. According to one payment report, they paid 20p per word. To learn more, refer to their associate editor’s Tweet. To read The Debt Collection column, refer to this page.

Tuesday, August 4th 2020

Vice Life Desk’s Senior Editor is Accepting Freelance Pitches

Vice Life Desk’s senior editor is accepting freelance pitches specifically about “relationships, sex, money, work, identity, and health,” and she always wants to read essays of all stripes. They usually pay $0.50 per word. Send your pitches to amyrose.spiegel@vice.com. Read their senior editor’s Tweet here and their pitch guidelines here.

Tuesday, July 14th 2020

VICE World News is Looking for Narrative Features and Investigations

VICE World News is looking for narrative features and investigations that have an international scope. They are particularly interested in stories that overlap with the core coverage areas of VICE: “extremism, nationalism, climate change, inequality, drugs, and sex.” Their rates for reported pieces start at a minimum of 50 cents. Writers can send their pitches to maxwell.strachan@vice.com and tim.marchman@vice.com. To learn more, refer to their senior features editor’s Tweet and this page.

Monday, April 20th 2020

Vice Life Desk is Accepting Pitches

Vice Life Desk covers wellness, health, self-care, relationships, sex, drugs, alcohol, work, and money. Their senior editor is accepting pitches. They are “primarily focused on mid-length (700-1,500 word) original reports and reported essays, as well as shorter, bloggier, voicier pieces with a quick turnaround time.” They usually pay $0.50 per word. Send pitches to amyrose.spiegel@vice.com. For details, refer to their senior editor’s Tweet and their pitch guidelines.

Tuesday, March 10th 2020

Vice is accepting coronavirus/economy pitches

The senior editor of Vice is accepting coronavirus/economy pitches. According to payment reports, they pay an average of $0.25 per word. The pitches should be sent to maxwell.strachan@vice.com. To read their senior editor’s Twitter post, visit this link. To contact them and to learn how to pitch them, visit this link.