Sunday, January 9th 2022
Verywell
Health is an online resource for health and wellness information. They are seeking
pitches from Black writers for their Black History Month series. They are
seeking reported stories and health-related reported essays. Some of the
topics/ideas they are interested in: “anything related to COVID, how family and
community influences healthcare decisions, delays and barriers to care, timely
stories, potential Q&As with innovative health orgs addressing Black health.”
Rates start at $250. Email your pitches to pdevarona@verywell.com. For details,
refer to their news editor’s Twitter thread
and their pitch
guide.
Tuesday, September 14th 2021
Verywell
Health is an online resource for health and wellness information. They are
looking for freelance writers to “take complicated health topics and present
them in an understandable, approachable, and SEO-friendly way (not a news
position).” Their articles focus on disease, conditions, and treatments. They
will pay a flat rate of $250/article. To learn more, refer to this Twitter
thread. To apply, refer to this page.
Sunday, September 5th 2021
Verywell Health is an online resource for health and wellness information. Their editor is seeking reported story “pitches on health trends that have emerged or become wildly popular since the pandemic (e.g. telemedicine, zoom therapy, Yoga w/ Adriene, etc).” Rates start at $250. Send your pitches to dlee@verywell.com. Read their editor’s Twitter thread here and their pitch guide here.
Thursday, October 15th 2020
Verywell Health is an online resource
for health and wellness information. They are looking for freelancers. Their
articles focus on disease, conditions, and treatments. They want “writers to
take complicated health topics and present them in an understandable, approachable,
and SEO-friendly way.” They will pay $125 to $500. If interested, send an email
to writeforus@verywell.com. To
learn more, refer to their associate news editor’s Twitter thread
and this page.
Friday, October 9th 2020
Verywell Health is an online resource
for health and wellness information. They are seeking freelancers to
pitch/cover news stories for their Fit/Family/Mind brands. They are “not a
breaking news site but do require same-week turnaround w/expert interviews (2+
per story) to respond to current news while providing context and actionable
steps.” They pay $200 for 700-1,000 words, $250 for 1,001-1,500 words, and $300
for 1,501+ words. If interested, contact them at writeforus@verywell.com. To learn
more, refer to their senior editor’s Twitter thread
and this page.
Saturday, September 26th 2020
Verywell Health is an online resource
for health and wellness information. They are looking for freelancers to cover
health news stories. They are not a breaking news site. They “add context
and/or actionable steps in response to health news.” They pay $200 for 700-1,000
words, $250 for 1,001-1,500 words, and $300 for 1,501-2,000 words. If
interested, send an email to writeforus@verywell.com.
To learn more, refer to their associate news editor’s Twitter thread
and this page.