Friday, August 5th 2022
Mic is a digital news company that caters to millennials. Their contributing editor is looking for pitches for their life/identity sections. They are looking for both features and timely stories which can be turned around quickly. Their features are usually 1,200-2,500 words, with rates beginning at $400 for short essays and $0.50/word for reported features. To learn more, refer to their contributing editor’s Twitter thread and their features pitch guide and series pitch guide.
Sunday, May 8th 2022
Mic
is a digital news company that caters to millennials. They are always accepting
freelance pitches. The pitches should fit into these areas: culture, impact,
life, and identity. Their features are usually 1,200 to 2,500 words. Rates
start at $400 for short essays and $0.50/word for reported features. For more
information, refer to their editor’s Twitter thread
and their features
pitch guide.
Sunday, January 23rd 2022
Mic
is a digital news company that caters to millennials. They are currently
seeking culture story pitches “specifically (but not limited to) the series
Hits Different and Good Ones.” They are also seeking other culture ideas. Their
rates start at $400 for most essays (800-1,500 words). For more information,
read their editor’s Twitter thread
and their pitch
guide.
Tuesday, January 4th 2022
Mic
is a digital news company that caters to millennials. They chronicle “our
generation’s most compelling stories at the intersection of culture, impact,
and identity." They are accepting pitches for feature-length stories as
well as entries to their ongoing series. Features are typically 1,200 to 2,500
words. Rates start at $400 for short essays and $0.50 cents per word for
reported features. Send your pitches to features@mic.com.
To learn more, refer to their Tweet, features
pitch guide, and series
pitch guide.
Tuesday, August 17th 2021
Mic is a digital news company that caters to millennials. They chronicle “our generation’s most compelling stories at the intersection of culture, impact, and identity." They are seeking pitches for their new collection of series:
How I’d Fix It
Our Space
Hits Different
Call Me By My Name
Next to Normal
Decolonize This!
Their rates start at $400 per essay (800 to 1,500 words). Pitches should be sent to features@mic.com. For details, refer to their editor’s Twitter thread and their pitching guide.
Tuesday, August 3rd 2021
Mic is a digital news company that "chronicles our generation’s most compelling stories at the intersection of culture, impact, and identity." They are gearing up for a re-launch, and seeking pitches for featured articles. Rates start at "$400 for short essays and 50 cents a word for reported features, depending on a writer’s experience and expertise." To learn more, read their pitching guide, and the editor's Tweet.
Thursday, November 12th 2020
Mic is a digital news company that
caters to millennials. Their innovation editor is always seeking “pitches on
all things climate/sustainability/activism/the future, and the ways those
things intersect with culture.” According to one payment report, they
paid $0.13 per word. If interested, email jonathan.smith@team.mic.com. To
learn more, refer to their innovation editor’s Tweet.
To contact them, refer to this page.
Saturday, July 4th 2020
Mic is a digital news company that caters to millennials. Their innovation editor is seeking feature pitches “surrounding tech, sustainability/climate change, and cities, and how those things are adapting (or not!) to our new future.” He is also seeking stories about “the future.” According to one payment report, they paid $0.13 per word. Send pitches to jonathan.smith@team.mic.com. Read their editor’s Tweet here and contact them here.
Tuesday, March 10th 2020
Mic is seeking pitches on anything related to sustainability/technology/environment.
They are “particularly looking for timely pieces on how coronavirus intersects
with those things.” According to one payment report, they paid $0.13 per word.
Writers can DM the editor or email him at jonathan.smith@team.mic.com. Learn
more about how to contact them here.
Read their editor’s Twitter post here.