Sunday, March 9th 2025
The Xylom is a “Gen-Z-led nonprofit exploring the communities influencing and shaped by science.” They publish personal essays (1,200 to 1,500 words), science analysis and opinion pieces (1,200 to 1,500 words), and narrative-driven science feature stories. They love taking pitches from “early-career, immigrant, and nontraditional science writers.” They pay at least $200 per piece. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
Saturday, September 2nd 2023
The Xylom is a “Gen-Z-led nonprofit exploring the communities influencing and shaped by science.” They accept pitches on a rolling basis. They publish personal essays (1,200 to 1,500 words), science analysis and opinion pieces (1,200 to 1,500 words), and narrative-driven science feature stories. They also publish 10-ish-word stories. They pay at least $200 per piece. For more information, refer to their editor’s post and their submissions page.
Friday, September 23rd 2022
The Xylom is a “student-led newsroom exploring the communities influencing and shaped by science.” They are open to pitches. They publish personal essays (1,200 to 1,500 words), science analysis and opinion pieces (1,200 to 1,500 words), and narrative-driven science feature stories. They also publish 10-ish-word stories. They pay at least $100. For details, refer to their Twitter thread, pitch form, and submissions policies.
Sunday, July 31st 2022
The Xylom is a “student-led newsroom exploring the communities influencing and shaped by science.” They are interested in:
-Narrative-driven, data-driven science features, ideally with a local angle
-First-person essays (1,500 words)
-"Stories behind the stories"
They pay $100 per piece. To learn more, refer to their Tweet, pitch form, and submissions page.
Sunday, March 20th 2022
The
Xylom is a media outlet that creates “personal stories of science and
humanity.” They are looking for science stories of 1,500 words. They pay a flat
rate of $100. For details, refer to their editor’s Tweet and
their pitch
form.
Tuesday, December 7th 2021
The
Xylom is a media outlet that creates “personal stories of science and
humanity.” They are accepting 1,500-word personal essays and 10-ish-word
science stories. They will pay every storyteller at least $100. They are
accepting pitches on a rolling basis. For details, refer to their Tweet, pitch
form, and submissions page.
Thursday, April 1st 2021
The Xylom is a media outlet that creates “personal stories of science and humanity.” They are accepting pitches for stories (1,200 to 1,500 words). The topics that they are interested in are: “Energy: Stories of getting supercharged; Home: Stories of making space; Covid-19: Stories of solitude, soul-searching, and self-discovery (open to non-scientists); Climate: Stories of change, action, and resilience (open to non-scientists); brack•ish: Stories of being in between (open to Black and Indigenous scientists only).” They pay $25 to $60 USD for personal stories. The rate is negotiable for feature stories. To learn more, refer to their Tweet and pitch call.
Tuesday, December 29th 2020
The Xylom is a media outlet that creates
“personal stories of science and humanity.” Their “stories are long-form,
first-person narratives of 1,200-1,500 words, in addition to a mix of thought
pieces, ‘experiments with words’ and original reporting at the intersection of
science and society.” They are accepting pitches. Their honoraria starts at $25
or $60 (for BIPOC). To learn more, refer to their Tweet, form,
and submissions page.