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News & Pitch Calls from Scientific American

Wednesday, September 30th 2026

Scientific American’s Claire Cameron is commissioning science pitches

Scientific American is commissioning science realted stories. Editor Claire Cameron particularly wants enterprising or newsy pitches in health, mind and brain, technology, and archaeology. Past pay has been anywhere from $150 per article to $2.00 per word. To learn more, refer to her Bluesky post.

Friday, August 8th 2025

Scientific American: Psychology and Neuroscience

Scientific American: Psychology and Neuroscience
Scientific American “welcomes ideas for news, features, opinion and analysis articles on recent scientific discoveries, social and policy issues, technical innovations and overviews of impactful research.” An editor has issued a pitch call: “I edit mind & brain news at @sciam.bsky.social and I'm looking for psychology and neuroscience stories. I'm especially interested in consciousness science and linguistics.” See the pitch call here and their general pitch guidelines are here.

Saturday, September 26th 2020

Scientific American is Seeking Opinion Pieces

Scientific American is a popular science magazine that covers science discoveries and technology innovations. They are looking for opinion pieces (700 to 800 words). According to payment reports, they pay up to $1.50 per word. To learn more, refer to this Tweet and their submission instructions.