Wednesday, September 30th 2026
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 “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 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.