Tuesday, October 28th 2025
The Sask Dispatch is a Saskatchewan-focused news publication by Briarpatch Magazine. They’re accepting pitches for their Spring 2026 issue. Broadly, they’re always seeking “pitches covering provincial and municipal elections, grassroots activism, Indigenous rights, arts and culture, economic justice, ecology, gender equity, harm reduction, and more.” They pay $100 for profiles, short essays, and reviews (less than 1,000 words); $200 for feature stories (1,000-1,500 words) and photo essays; and $300 for research-based articles and investigative reportage (1,500-2,000 words). For more information, refer to this page.
Deadline: November 14th, 2025
Tuesday, May 6th 2025
The Sask Dispatch is a Saskatchewan-focused news publication by Briarpatch Magazine. They are seeking a second piece for their unthemed September/October issue and are accepting pitches until the end of the week. They pay $100 for profiles, short essays, and reviews (less than 1,000 words); $200 for feature stories (1,000-1,500 words) and photo essays; and $300 for research-based articles and investigative reportage (1,500-2,000 words). For details, refer to their post and call for pitches.
Deadline: May 11th, 2025
Tuesday, October 22nd 2024
The Sask Dispatch is a Saskatchewan-focused news publication by Briarpatch Magazine. They’re seeking Sask focused pitches for their unthemed March/April issue. They’re especially interested in “reporting on rural Sask, arts and culture, and grassroots activism.” They pay $100 for profiles, short essays, and reviews (less than 1,000 words); $200 for feature stories (1,000-1,500 words) and photo essays; and $300 for research-based articles and investigative reportage (1,500-2,000 words). For more details, refer to their post and call for pitches.
Deadline: November 10th, 2024
Tuesday, August 20th 2024
The Sask Dispatch is a Saskatchewan-focused news publication by Briarpatch Magazine. They’re seeking pitches for their unthemed January/February 2025 issue. They pay $100 for profiles, short essays, and reviews (less than 1,000 words); $200 for feature stories (1,000-1,500 words) and photo essays; and $300 for research-based articles and investigative reportage (1,500-2,000 words). For more details, refer to their post and call for pitches.
Deadline: September 8th, 2024
Tuesday, July 16th 2024
The Sask Dispatch is a Saskatchewan-focused news publication by Briarpatch Magazine. They’re looking specifically for pitches related to the provincial election in October, but are also open to pitches about arts/culture, the environment, harm reduction, and more. They pay $100 for profiles, short essays, and reviews (less than 1,000 words); $200 for feature stories (1,000-1,500 words) and photo essays; and $300 for research-based articles and investigative reportage (1,500-2,000 words). Send your pitches to amielle@briarpatchmagazine.com. For details, refer to their post and this page.
Tuesday, September 26th 2023
The Sask Dispatch is a Saskatchewan-focused news publication by Briarpatch Magazine. If you have a Saskatchewan-focused pitch or are interested in working on a story, then get in touch with their editor at tannara@briarpatchmagazine.com. As per their call for pitches (published in Dec 2022), they pay $100 for profiles, short essays, and reviews (less than 1,000 words); $200 for feature stories (1,000-1,500 words) and photo essays; and $300 for research-based articles and investigative reportage (1,500-2,000 words). For details, refer to their editor’s post.
Thursday, December 22nd 2022
The Sask Dispatch is a
Saskatchewan-focused news publication by Briarpatch Magazine. They are
accepting pitches for their unthemed May/June issue. They publish “articles
about Saskatchewan on a range of topics, including provincial and municipal
elections, grassroots activism, Indigenous rights, arts and culture, economic
justice, ecology, gender equity, harm reduction, and more.” They pay $100 for
profiles, short essays, and reviews (less than 1,000 words); $200 for feature
stories (1,000-1,500 words) and photo essays; and $300 for research-based
articles and investigative reportage (1,500-2,000 words). To learn more, read
their tweet
and call
for pitches.
Deadline: January 4th, 2023
Sunday, April 18th 2021
The Sask Dispatch is a Saskatchewan-focused
news publication by Briarpatch Magazine. They have tweeted, “Sask Dispatch is
looking for pitches for solutions journalism stories! There's a lot of despair
in the news these days. We want to hear about people who are doing the work to
turn things around.” They pay $300 for feature stories (usually under 2,000
words) and $600 for research-based articles and investigative reporting (usually
over 2,000 words). To learn more, refer to their Tweet
and this page.
Deadline: May 9th, 2021