News & Pitch Calls from The Maple

Monday, October 23rd 2023

The Maple is Open to Opinion Pieces

 The Maple is a 100% reader-funded publication featuring Canadian news and perspectives that challenge the status quo. The opinion editor of The Maple is open to opinion pieces, which you can submit via Twitter/X DM or via email.  Rates: news stories (usually 1,500 words) pay $275 CAD, shorter opinion pieces (700-1,200 words) pay $130 CAD, and more in-depth analysis articles (1,500-2,000 words) pay $325 CAD. When a piece is assigned and rejected without any request for revision, they pay 50% of the agreed upon fee. To learn more about how to pitch them, refer to this page.

Thursday, September 7th 2023

The Maple is Looking for an Article for Missed Information Series

The Maple is a 100% reader-funded publication featuring Canadian news and perspectives that challenge the status quo. For their Missed Information series, their opinion editor is “looking to run an article by a member of a group whose country of origin has been targeted in the ‘foreign interference’ obsession (such as China or Russia) about how the witch hunt has impacted them/their community.” Rates: shorter opinion pieces (700-1,200 words) pay $130 CAD while more in-depth analysis articles (1,500-2,000 words) pay $325 CAD. When a piece is assigned and rejected without any request for revision, they pay 50% of the agreed upon fee. To read their opinion editor’s post, click here. To learn how to pitch them, click here.