Wednesday, April 23rd 2025
Scalawag is a Black-led, woman-run website and magazine dedicated to the American South. They’re seeking pitches for their “Dirty Energy, Dirty South Series on environmental (in)justice, and the green transition's + American reindustrialization's path through The South.” They pay $0.40 per word for long and short form essays, photo essays, op-eds, and reported pieces. They pay $300 per submission for poetry. If interested, send your pitches to pitches@scalawagmagazine.org. To read their post, click here. To visit their website, click here.
Tuesday, January 21st 2025
Scalawag is a Black-led, woman-run website and magazine dedicated to the American South. With the Super Bowl fast approaching, they’re looking for “coverage of the event that contextualizes it in the legacy of previous Super Bowls and mega events in NOLA.” Submissions should “emphasize the connection between mega event tourism and gentrification and displacement in NOLA, especially in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.” They will give priority to NOLA natives/current residents. Rates are $0.40 per word, with a maximum of 2,000 words. If interested, direct your pitches to tea@scalawagmagazine.org. To read their editor’s post, click here. To visit their website, click here.
Deadline: January 31st, 2025
Tuesday, October 15th 2024
Scalawag is a Black-led, woman-run website and magazine dedicated to the American South. They’re seeking pitches for electoral coverage: “Scalawag’s coverage of the 2024 Presidential Election seeks pitches from organizers, advocates, and activists doing influential movement work across the South to reflect on the election.” They will pay $0.40 per word for essays. If interested, send your pitches to tea@scalawagmagazine.org. To read their post, click here. To visit their website, click here.
Sunday, September 10th 2023
Scalawag is a Black-led,
woman-run website and magazine dedicated to the American South. They’re
accepting pitches for their Haints of the Black South series. They want to “explore
the things that still haunt the South, both in a literal and figurative sense.”
“Alongside regional stories of haints and hauntings—from Appalachian
apparitions to Gullah Geechee Boo hags and other folklore—we are also seeking
critical and personal essays, poetry, short fiction, photography, video, and
other multimedia exploring personal, historical, and spatial hauntings
connected to and within the Black South.” Pay is $500 to $1,200 depending on
the type of submission. To learn more, refer to their post and form.
Deadline: September 28th, 2023
Saturday, July 29th 2023
Scalawag is a Black-led, woman-run website and magazine dedicated to the American South. They’re seeking “essays, poetry, art, songs, photography, etc. about personal experiences on Death Row and abolitionist analyses on capital punishment.” They will pay $800 to $1,000. To learn more, refer to this tweet and this page.
Deadline: August 1st, 2023
Sunday, March 19th 2023
Scalawag is a Black-led, woman-run website and magazine dedicated to the American South. They’re looking for submissions for their fourth-annual Abolition Week, during which they exclusively publish the work of incarcerated folks. This year, they’re expanding their focus to include folks affected by open-air prisons. They will offer a base rate of $800 to $1,500. To learn more, refer to this tweet. To pitch, refer to this page.
Deadline: April 9th, 2023
Tuesday, July 19th 2022
Scalawag is a Black-led, woman-run website and magazine dedicated to the American South. They are commissioning reviews about Emmy-nominated shows for their new series, pop justice (the series explores copaganda in pop culture). They want reviews about:
“-Copaganda
(or lack thereof) in storylines
-The
sanitization of white scammers/capitalists (Inventing Anna, The Dropout, White
Lotus)
-Intersection of police state and Drag Race”
They already have Abbott Elementary and Euphoria taken care of. They pay $800 for reported stories, $500 for personal essays or long media reviews (1,000 words+), and $300 for short media reviews (under 500 words). To learn more, refer to their race & place editor’s Twitter thread and their pitch/tip form and pop justice archives.
Tuesday, March 22nd 2022
Scalawag
is a Black-led, woman-run website and magazine dedicated to the American South.
They are accepting pitches. They are “interested in untold stories, fresh
perspectives, and original thought covering the nuances of life, politics, and
culture in the American South.” They are also accepting pitches for their “grief
& other loves” series. Their base pay rate is $500 to $1,200. To learn
more, refer to their Tweet. To
pitch a story, refer to this page.
To submit an idea to their “grief & other loves” series, refer to this page.
Sunday, November 14th 2021
Scalawag
is a Black-led, woman-run website and magazine dedicated to the American South.
They are always seeking opinionated arts writers. They are also always seeking
poets. Their base pay rate is $500 to $1,200. If interested, email your pitches
to alysia@scalawagmagazine.org.
For details, refer to their art & soul editor’s Twitter
thread and their submissions
page.
Monday, August 30th 2021
Scalawag
is a Black-led, woman-run website and magazine dedicated to the American South.
They are “interested in untold stories, fresh perspectives, and original
thought covering the nuances of life, politics, and culture in the American
South.” They are particularly interested in hearing from BIPOC and queer
Southerners. They pay $400 to
$600 for reported stories. To learn more, refer to their Tweet and
submissions page.
Sunday, March 7th 2021
Scalawag is a Black-led, woman-run website
and magazine dedicated to the American South. Their editor is looking for
contributors in Alabama and Mississippi. She has tweeted, “If you're a
journalist — or wanting to do some journalism — from those states, drop your
name below. Also, national media can peep this too for Jackson & Bessemer. You
don't need a journalism degree (I don't have one) or experience to work, write
for Scalawag. We're looking for people rooted in community: Black, brown,
Indigenous, queer, trans, disabled, working class & rural writers.” Pay is
$400 to $600 for reported stories. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Twitter thread
and this page.
Sunday, August 16th 2020
Scalawag is a website and magazine
dedicated to the American South. Their editor wants pitches about politics in
the South. Their rates for short reported stories start at $400+ and non-reported
stories start at $300. Send your pitches to kwebb@scalawagmagazine.org. For
details, refer to their editor’s Twitter thread
and this page.
Tuesday, June 30th 2020
Scalawag is a website and magazine dedicated to the American South. They are seeking “reviews and criticism from Black writers and reporters.” They want interesting stories that celebrate Southern culture, art, and creativity. Payment reports indicate that they pay up to $0.25 per word. Send your pitches to alysia@scalawagmagazine.org. For details, refer to their Tweet and submissions page.