News & Pitch Calls from Maisonneuve

Tuesday, May 20th 2025

Maisonneuve is Seeking Pitches for Fall 2025 Issue

Maisonneuve is a Montreal-based quarterly of “arts, opinion and ideas.” They’re looking for pitches for their Fall 2025 issue. They want “well-researched, narrative-driven stories that balance a sense of storytelling with thoughtful analysis; a strong point of view, argument or ‘so what’ principle; lyrical, literary scene-setting that draws the reader in.” They usually work with Canadian contributors, but are not opposed to working with others, provided their stories are relevant to a Canadian readership in some way. Rates are 0.15/word for long-form writing. If interested, email your pitches to rosie@maisonneuve.org. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.

Deadline: June 2nd, 2025

Tuesday, February 25th 2025

Maisonneuve is Seeking Pitches for the Summer Issue

Maisonneuve is a Montreal-based quarterly of “arts, opinion and ideas.” They’re seeking pitches for their summer issue. They’re looking for “well-researched, narrative-driven stories that balance a sense of storytelling with thoughtful analysis; a strong point of view, argument or 'so what' principle; lyrical, literary scene-setting that draws the reader in.” They pay 0.15/word for long-form writing. If interested, email your pitches to nour@maisonneuve.org. For more information, refer to this post and this page.

Deadline: March 5th, 2025

Sunday, August 18th 2024

Maisonneuve is Looking for Pitches

Maisonneuve is a Montreal-based quarterly of “arts, opinion and ideas.” They’re seeking pitches for their unthemed winter issue. They usually work with Canadian contributors, but are not opposed to working with others, provided their stories are relevant to a Canadian readership in some way. Pay is $0.15 per word for long-form writing. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.

Deadline: August 23rd, 2024

Sunday, May 12th 2024

Maisonneuve is Accepting Pitches

Maisonneuve is a Montreal-based quarterly of “arts, opinion and ideas.” They’re accepting pitches for their unthemed fall issue. They’re seeking reported features with refreshing and urgent angles. They’re currently only interested in long-form journalism. Rate is $0.15 per word for most articles. Send your pitches to nour@maisonneuve.org. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.

Deadline: May 20th, 2024

Tuesday, February 20th 2024

Maisonneuve is Looking for Solution Stories

Maisonneuve is a Montreal-based quarterly of “arts, opinion and ideas.” They’re open for pitches for their summer issue. They would love to hear “ideas for solutions stories that delve into a response to a specific social issue.” The stories should have a Canadian connection. Rate is $0.15 per word. If interested, send your pitches to tobin@maisonneuve.org. To read their post, click here. To read their guidelines, click here.

Deadline: February 26th, 2024

Tuesday, November 14th 2023

Maisonneuve is Seeking Pitches for their Spring 2024 Issue

Maisonneuve is a Montreal-based quarterly of “arts, opinion and ideas.” They have a brand new Editor in Chief, Nour Abi-Nakhoul. They're currently seeking pitches for their spring 2024 issue. According to their editor, their standard rate is 15 cents per word. Their articles range in length from 700 to 3500 words. To contact them, visit this page.

Saturday, August 26th 2023

Maisonneuve is Looking for Freelance Canadian Journos

Maisonneuve is a Montreal-based quarterly of "arts, opinion, and ideas." Their associate editor is looking to increase their roster of freelance Canadian journalists. Their standard rate is $0.15 per word. To read their associate editor’s post, click here. To read their general contributor guidelines, click here.

Tuesday, August 8th 2023

Maisonneuve is Looking for Pitches

Maisonneuve is a Montreal-based quarterly of "arts, opinion, and ideas." They’re looking for pitches for their Winter 2023 issue which has no theme. They’re open to everything. They publish comment articles (1,500-3,000 words); open house articles (1,500-3,500 words); features (4,000-6,000 words); reviews (1,500-2,500 words); comics; and Letters from Montreal (700 words). Their standard rate is 15 cents per word. Writers can send their pitches to lucy@maisonneuve.org or nour@maisonneuve.org. To learn more, refer to their tweet and this page.

Deadline: August 22nd, 2023

Friday, May 12th 2023

Maisonneuve is Looking for Pitches

Maisonneuve is a Montreal-based quarterly of "arts, opinion, and ideas." They’re seeking pitches (with some kind of Canadian connection) for their next issue. The issue is unthemed but some things their editor-in-chief would love to see in her inbox include:

- “Reporting on LGBTQIA+ issues

- Exhibition reviews

- Labour coverage, whether through a personal or reported lens

- Writing from outside of Canada's urban centres

- Spicy cultural takes”

The editor-in-chief hasn’t mentioned the rates in her tweet, but as per this tweet by Maisonneuve, their standard rate is 15 cents per word. To learn more, refer to their editor-in-chief’s Twitter thread and this page.

Deadline: May 23rd, 2023

Tuesday, March 14th 2023

Maisonneuve is Looking for Pitches for its Tech Issue

Maisonneuve is a Montreal-based quarterly of "arts, opinion, and ideas." Their newly appointed associate editor is looking for pitches for their upcoming tech issue. They’re seeking “reported features/essays about tech with a strong Canadian angle, compelling narrative elements, and hot take/fresh perspective.” As per this tweet by Maisonneuve, their standard rate is 15 cents per word. Pitches can be sent to nour@maisonneuve.org. To read their associate editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To read their guidelines, click here.

Monday, February 20th 2023

Maisonneuve is Seeking Pitches about Tech

Maisonneuve is a Montreal-based quarterly of "arts, opinion, and ideas." They’re seeking pitches (for reported features, essays, comment pieces, and comics) about tech for their next issue. The pitches should have some kind of Canadian connection. Their standard rate is 15 cents per word. Pitches can be sent to lucy@maisonneuve.org. To learn more, refer to their Twitter thread and guidelines.

Deadline: March 5th, 2023

Tuesday, November 1st 2022

Maisonneuve is Accepting Pitches for Spring 2023 Issue

Maisonneuve is a Montreal-based quarterly of "arts, opinion, and ideas." They are accepting pitches for their unthemed Spring 2023 issue. They publish “reported features, essays, memoir and cultural reviews with some kind of Canadian connection.” Their standard rate is 15 cents a word. If interested, email your pitches to lucy@maisonneuve.org. For more information, read their Tweet and pitch guide.

Deadline: November 8th, 2022

Thursday, July 14th 2022

Maisonneuve is Seeking Pitches for Winter 2022 Issue

Maisonneuve is a Montreal-based quarterly of arts, opinion, and ideas. They are seeking pitches for reported features, essays as well as cultural reviews for their Winter 2022 issue. Their standard rate is 15 cents per word. Email your pitches to madi@maisonneuve.org. Read their Tweet here and their pitch guide here.

Deadline: July 21st, 2022

Tuesday, January 25th 2022

Maisonneuve is Accepting Pitches and Complete Submissions

Maisonneuve is a Montreal-based quarterly of arts, opinion, and ideas. They are accepting pitches as well as complete submissions for their unthemed Summer 2022 issue. They are looking for reported features, essays, and memoir that have some kind of Canadian connection. Their standard rate is 15 to 20 cents per word. If interested, email madi@maisonneuve.org. To learn more, refer to their Twitter thread and this pitch guide.

Deadline: February 14th, 2022

Sunday, April 25th 2021

Maisonneuve is Accepting Pitches

Maisonneuve is a Montreal-based quarterly of “arts, opinion and ideas.” They are accepting pitches for their fall 2021 issue. The issue is unthemed but they will be running a couple of solutions journalism stories. That means they are “especially interested in pitches that explore practical solutions to social and environmental issues in Canada.” Their standard rate is $0.10 per word but for solutions features, they will be paying $0.15 to $0.25 per word. Pitches should be sent to madi@maisonneuve.org. To learn more, refer to their Twitter thread and this pitch guide.

Deadline: May 5th, 2021