News & Pitch Calls from Mental Floss

Saturday, December 10th 2022

Mental Floss is Seeking Pitches and Writers

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 Always Looking for Interesting Pitches

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 Looking for Entertainment Writers

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 Always Seeking Entertainment and Pop Culture Pitches

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 Always Seeking Entertainment and Pop Culture Pitches

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.