Tuesday, January 3rd 2023
The Texas Observer is a bimonthly (six issues/year) magazine and website that offers sharp reporting on news, politics, and culture of Texas. They are accepting pitches from freelancers. They publish short news stories (500 to 1,000 words), political commentaries and opinions (500 to 1,000 words), book reports (800 to 1,200 words), features (1,500 to 4,000 words), culture features (2,000 to 3,500 words), essays (1,000 to 1,500 words), postcards (2,000 to 3,500 words), and poems (30 lines or shorter). They pay $0.50 per word. To learn more, refer to their tweet and pitch guide.
Thursday, September 29th 2022
The Texas Observer is a
bimonthly magazine and website that offers sharp reporting on news, politics,
and culture of Texas. They are always open to pitches. They publish short news
stories (500 to 1,000 words), political commentaries and opinions (500 to 1,000
words), book reports (800 to 1,200 words), features (1,500 to 4,000 words),
culture features (2,000 to 3,500 words), essays (1,000 to 1,500 words),
postcards (2,000 to 3,500 words), and poems (30 lines or shorter). Pay is $0.50
per word. For details, read their Tweet
and pitch guide.
Monday, September 12th 2022
The Texas Observer is a bimonthly magazine and website that offers sharp reporting on news, politics, and culture of Texas. They are always open to pitches. They are especially interested in Texas disability rights stories. They are also interested in pitches on any topic from disabled writers. They pay $0.50 per word. For more information, refer to their Tweet and pitch guide.
Tuesday, April 20th 2021
The Texas Observer is a bimonthly
magazine and website that offers sharp reporting on news, politics, and culture
of Texas. Their executive editor is looking for pitches (especially from new
and emerging writers) about Texas. Rate is $0.50 per word. Pitches should be sent
to kimble@texasobserver.org. To
learn more, read their executive editor’s Tweet and
their freelance writer’s guide.
Tuesday, December 29th 2020
The Texas Observer is a bimonthly
magazine and website that is “known for fearless investigative reporting,
narrative storytelling, and sophisticated cultural criticism about all things
Texan.” They are looking for freelancers. They publish short news stories (500 to
1,000 words), political commentaries and opinions (500 to 1,000 words), book
reports (800 to 1,200 words), features (1,500 to 4,000 words), culture features
(2,000 to 3,500 words), essays (1,000 to 1,500 words), postcards (2,000 to
3,500 words), and poems (30 lines or shorter). According to payment reports,
they pay $0.50 per word. If interested, email your pitches to pitches@texasobserver.org. For more
information, read their Tweet
and freelance writer’s guide.
Sunday, December 6th 2020
The Texas Observer is a bimonthly
magazine and website that offers sharp reporting on news, politics, and culture
of Texas. They are seeking freelancers. They publish short news stories (500
to 1,000 words), political commentaries and opinions (500 to 1,000 words), book
reports (800 to 1,200 words), features (1,500 to 4,000 words), culture features
(2,000 to 3,500 words), essays (1,000 to 1,500 words), postcards (2,000 to
3,500 words), and poems (30 lines or shorter). Payment reports indicate that they pay
$0.50 per word. Send pitches to pitches@texasobserver.org.
Read their Tweet here
and their writer’s guide here.
Monday, November 2nd 2020
The Texas Observer is a bimonthly
magazine and website that offers sharp reporting on news, politics, and culture
of Texas. Their editor is accepting pitches and is “especially interested in
narrative, deeply reported Texas stories outside of major metro areas.” Payment
reports indicate that they pay $0.50 per word. Email your pitches to novack@texasobserver.org. For
details, refer to their editor’s Tweet
and their freelance writer’s guide.
Sunday, October 11th 2020
The Texas Observer is a bimonthly
magazine and website that offers sharp reporting on news, politics, and culture
of Texas. They are looking for freelancers. They want pitches that are “thoroughly
researched, timely, and tailored to the Observer.” They publish short news stories (500 to
1,000 words), political commentaries and opinions (500 to 1,000 words), book
reports (800 to 1,200 words), features (1,500 to 4,000 words), culture features
(2,000 to 3,500 words), essays (1,000 to 1,500 words), postcards (2,000 to
3,500 words), and poems (30 lines or shorter). According to payment reports,
they pay up to $0.50/word. If interested, email your pitches to pitches@texasobserver.org. For
details, refer to their Tweet
and freelance writer’s guide.
Tuesday, August 18th 2020
The Texas Observer is a bimonthly
magazine and website that offers sharp reporting on news, politics, and culture
of Texas. They are looking for freelancers. Payment reports indicate that they
pay up to $0.50 per word. For details, refer to this Tweet
and this page.
Sunday, July 5th 2020
The Texas Observer is a bimonthly magazine and website that offers sharp reporting on news, politics, and culture of Texas. They are looking for freelancers. They publish short news stories (500 to 1,000 words), political commentaries and opinions (500 to 1,000 words), book reports (800 to 1,200 words), features (1,500 to 4,000 words), culture features (2,000 to 3,500 words), essays (1,000 to 1,500 words), postcards (2,000 to 3,500 words), and poems (30 lines or shorter). According to payment reports, they pay up to $0.50 per word. Send your pitches to pitches@texasobserver.org. For details, refer to their Tweet and writer’s guide.
Tuesday, April 14th 2020
The Texas Observer is a bimonthly magazine and
website that covers news, politics, and culture of Texas. They are looking for
freelancers. The types of stories that they publish are: short news stories
(500 to 1,000 words), political commentary and opinion (500 to 1,000 words), The
Book Report (800 to 1,200 words), features (1,500 to 4,000 words), culture
features (2,000 to 3,500 words), essays (1,000 to 1,500 words), postcards
(2,000 to 3,500 words), and poems (30 lines or shorter). According to payment
reports, they pay up to $0.50 per word. For details, refer to their Tweet
and freelance writer’s guide.