Saturday, December 10th 2022
Mental Floss is a media brand
that offers interesting facts, quizzes, trivia, and brain teasers to the
audience. Their editor (who handles entertainment and pop culture) is seeking
new pitches and writers. Rates start at $75 to $100 for short "news"
posts (250 to 300 words) and go up for lists and features. If interested, email
jmwood@mentalfloss.com. For more
information, read their editor’s Twitter thread
and their general pitch guide.
Sunday, August 29th 2021
Mental Floss is a media brand that offers interesting facts, quizzes, trivia, and brain teasers to the audience. They are always seeking interesting pitches. Rates start at $150 for lists, $125 for short features of 500 words, and $200 for longer features. To learn more, refer to their managing editor’s Twitter thread and their pitch guide.
Sunday, February 14th 2021
Mental Floss is a media brand that
offers interesting facts, quizzes, trivia, and brain teasers to the audience.
Their managing editor is always looking to add new writers to their entertainment
roster. She currently has some assignments (10 facts on famous person/movie/TV
show), but is always open to interesting pitches. Rates start at $150 for
lists, $125 for short features of 500 words, and $200 for longer features. They
don’t publish essays or first-person pieces. If interested, email jmwood@mentalfloss.com. Read their managing
editor’s Twitter thread here and
learn how to pitch them here.
Sunday, July 19th 2020
Mental Floss is a media brand that offers interesting facts, quizzes, trivia, and brain teasers to the audience. Their managing editor is always seeking great entertainment and pop culture pitches. For lists, their rates start at $150. For short features of 500 words, their rates start at $125 and for longer features, rates start at $200. Send your pitches to jmwood@mentalfloss.com. To learn more, refer to their managing editor’s Tweet. To learn how to pitch them a story, refer to this page.
Friday, June 19th 2020
Mental Floss is a media brand that offers interesting facts, quizzes, trivia, and brain teasers to the audience. Their managing editor is always seeking great entertainment and pop culture pitches. She is accepting anything related to film, TV, music, or pop culture. She is also accepting little-known stories as well as “retro ideas and stories that break down the truth behind big- and small-screen accounts of real people and events in history.” For lists, their rates start at $150. For short features of 500 words, their rates start at $125 and for longer features, rates start at $200. Send pitches to jmwood@mentalfloss.com. For details, refer to this Twitter thread. To learn how to send them a pitch, refer to this page.