Tuesday, September 27th 2022
Shondaland is a storytelling company founded by Shonda Rhimes. Their managing editor is “looking for a finance writer (or a writer willing to report on finance) who can do some digging into the future of crypto/NFT/blockchain.” They usually pay $500 per piece. If interested, email seth@shondaland.com. Read their managing editor’s Tweet here. Contact them here.
Tuesday, January 18th 2022
Shondaland
is a storytelling company founded by Shonda Rhimes. They are looking for
personal essays on any of the following themes: “Fairytale romance, platonic
love, or any love story you'd like to tell us.” Rate is $500. Pitches should be
sent to pitches@shondaland.com. To
learn more, refer to this Twitter
thread and to contact them, refer to this page.
Thursday, January 13th 2022
Shondaland
is a storytelling company founded by Shonda Rhimes. They are seeking “interviews
of women killing it in their careers” for their new ongoing Head Turners
series. Rate is $550+. If interested, email your pitches to britni@shondaland.com. To learn more,
refer to this Twitter
thread. To contact them, refer to this page.
Tuesday, October 5th 2021
Shondaland
is a storytelling company founded by Shonda Rhimes. Their editor has tweeted, “Are
you a culture writer who's also expert on K-dramas? Do you have thoughts on Squid
Game? If so, I'm open to your pitches on the show and the rise in popularity of
K-dramas (esp in the US).” Rate is $500+. If interested, email britni@shondaland.com. Read their
editor’s Tweet here
and contact them here.
Saturday, September 4th 2021
Shondaland is a storytelling company founded by Shonda Rhimes. Their editor is seeking pitches for October and November on the following topics:
"Author interviews/profiles (no reviews)
Entertainment profiles/interviews
Culture articles/essays about TV/Film/Music/Visual and Performing art (no reviews)
Women doing amazing things in the arts"
Rates start at $400. Send your pitches to britni@shondaland.com. Read their editor’s Tweet here and contact them here.
Friday, May 14th 2021
Shondaland is part of Hearst Digital Media. They are accepting pitches
on these themes, for publishing in June and July 2021:
“-- Author interviews/profiles (no book reviews)
-- Entertainment profiles/interviews
-- Culture articles/essays about TV/Film/Music/Art (no reviews)
-- Profiles of DOPE women doing amazing things”. The editor requests writers to
read the website for the kind of stories they publish, before pitching. Rates
start at $400. Details here (Tweet) and here (website).
Friday, March 5th 2021
Shondaland is a storytelling company founded
by Shonda Rhimes. Their editor has tweeted, “Opening my inbox for end of March
& April pitches. Looking for: author interviews/profiles (April); entertainment
profiles; culture pitches about TV/Film (no reviews); profiles of DOPE women
impacting communities.” Rate is $500+. Pitches should be sent to britni@shondaland.com. To learn more,
refer to their editor’s Twitter
thread. To contact them, refer to this page.
Friday, December 18th 2020
Shondaland is part of Hearst Digital Media. They are accepting pitches on these
themes, for publishing in January (second half) and February 2021: entertainment (commentary on films/movies/interviews); books
(author interviews for books dropping in Jan/Feb); culture (interesting stories
about art, artists, commentary about pop culture, etc.); and profiles on
interesting women. The editor requests writers to read the website for the kind
of stories they publish, before pitching. Details here (Tweet) here (website).
Sunday, September 6th 2020
Shondaland is “the pioneering
storytelling company founded by Shonda Rhimes.” Their culture editor is
accepting pitches for October and November about: entertainment (commentary on
films/TV/interviews), books (author interviews), culture, and reported election
stories. Their rates start at $500. Send pitches to britni@shondaland.com. Read their
culture editor’s Tweet here
and contact them here.
Monday, April 20th 2020
Shondaland is “the pioneering storytelling company founded by Shonda Rhimes.” Their culture editor is accepting
pitches for the months of May and June. She is accepting pitches about entertainment,
books, and culture. Send pitches to britni@shondaland.com.
Rate: $400+. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread. To contact them,
refer to this page.
Tuesday, March 17th 2020
Shondaland
is seeking ‘quarantine life’ stories. They are looking for innovative or very
fun ways to pass the time while being asked to stay indoors. These pieces will
be short (500 to 800 words) and will pay $250. Writers should send pitches to britni@shondaland.com.
For details, read their culture editor’s Twitter post.
To contact them, visit this page.