Tuesday, September 30th 2025
New Lines is an American magazine that features best writing from around the globe. Their politics editor is seeking pitches for “a review-essay on boys and men, connecting the Netflix series Adolescence; Richard Reeves’s work; Scott Galloway’s new book Notes on Being a Man; ‘To Be A Boy’ podcast; Centre for Policy Research on Men and Boys (UK); Michael Smerconish’s CNN special; and related stuff.” Their politics editor hasn’t mentioned the rates but according to a post by their North Africa editor, they pay $800 for regular essays. If interested, send your pitches to dpostel@newlinesmag.com. To learn more, refer to their politics editor’s post and their pitch guidelines.
Tuesday, September 23rd 2025
New Lines is an American magazine that features best writing from around the globe. Their North Africa editor is seeking pitches for two verticals to run in November, December and January: “As ever, I'm looking for hard-hitting & enlightening reportage that touches on topics & places traditional outlets ignore. My primary beat is NORTH & FRANCOPHONE WEST AFRICA. This round I’m especially interested in stories from Algeria, Morocco, Burkina Faso, Mali & Mauritania." "I’m also looking for pitches for Spotlight, a newsletter about underreported news & cultural trends from around the world. These short (~1500-1800 word) pieces tackle the upswell of ideas/events before they go mainstream, or they untangle a hot topic in a new and fascinating way.” Rates are $600 for a spotlight and $800 for regular essays. If interested, send your pitches to ebrown@newlinesmag.com. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and their general pitch guide.
Deadline: October 3rd, 2025
Tuesday, April 29th 2025
New Lines is an American magazine that features best writing from around the globe. Their politics editor is looking for pitches: “Zombie categories, Ulrich Beck argued, ‘are dead but somehow go on living, making us blind to the realities’ of the world. What are some zombie ideas today that should be consigned to the rubbish bin of history? DM or e-mail: dpostel@newlinesmag.com.” As per a previous post by this editor, they pay $800 per article. For more information, refer to this post and their pitch guidelines.
Monday, March 17th 2025
New Lines is an American magazine that features best writing from around the globe. Their editor is accepting pitches for two verticals. They’re seeking “hard-hitting & enlightening reportage that touches on topics & places traditional outlets ignore.” Their editor’s primary beat is North and West Africa and the diasporas of those places. They’re particularly interested in “stories from Algeria, Morocco, Burkina Faso, Mali & Mauritania.” They’re also accepting pitches for Spotlight, a newsletter focused on underreported news and cultural trends from across the globe. Rates are $600 for a spotlight and $800 for a regular essay. If interested, send your pitches to ebrown@newlinesmag.com. To read their editor’s post, click here. To view their general submissions page, click here.
Deadline: March 31st, 2025
Tuesday, October 15th 2024
New Lines is an American magazine that features best writing from around the globe. Their editor is seeking pitches for two verticals. Their editor’s primary beat is North and West Africa and the diasporas of those places. They’re particularly interested in “stories from Algeria, Morocco, Burkina Faso & Mauritania.” They’re also seeking pitches for Spotlight, a newsletter focused on underreported news and cultural trends from across the globe. Rates are $600 for a spotlight and $800 for a regular essay. For details, refer to their editor’s post and their submissions page.
Deadline: October 31st, 2024
Sunday, September 22nd 2024
New Lines is an American magazine that features best writing from around the globe. They’re looking for pitches on US election. They’re seeking “genuinely original stories, political/cultural reportage, personal essays, think pieces & historical takes on America from fresh, unexpected angles.” Rate is $800 per article. If interested, DM their politics editor on X or email dpostel@newlinesmag.com. For details, refer to their politics editor’s post and their pitch guidelines.
Tuesday, April 16th 2024
New Lines is an American magazine
that features best writing from around the globe. Their politics editor is
looking for someone who would be interested in writing an in-depth profile of
Achille Mbembe. The politics editor hasn’t mentioned the rates, but according
to this post
by their North Africa editor, their standard rate for stories of around 2,500
words is $800. If interested, DM their politics editor on X or email dpostel@newlinesmag.com. To read
their politics editor’s post, click here. To
read their pitch guidelines, click here.
Tuesday, February 27th 2024
New Lines is an American magazine that features best writing from around the globe. Their North Africa editor is seeking pitches for two verticals:
- “First, I’m looking for pitches
for Spotlight, a newsletter about underreported news and cultural trends from
around the world. These short (~1500 words) pieces tackle the upswell of
ideas/events before they go mainstream, or they untangle a hot topic in a new
and fascinating way.” “I'm particularly looking for spotlights from across
North and West Africa, or from the diasporas of those places.”
- “Next, I’m looking for pitches for insightful, complex and provocative stories that tackle the CULTRE and INTELLECTUAL LIFE of North Africa, the Sahel and Francophone West Africa.”
As per this post by their editor, they pay $800 for most of their essays. Details here and here.
Deadline: March 22nd, 2024
Sunday, February 25th 2024
New Lines is an American magazine that features best writing from around the globe. Their global news editor is seeking pitches for stories about reproductive rights. They pay $800 for most of their essays. If interested, direct your pitches to aferrisrotman@newlinesmag.com. To read their global news editor’s post, click here. To read their guidelines, click here.
Wednesday, October 4th 2023
New Lines is an American magazine that features best writing from around the globe. Their North Africa editor is seeking pitches for long form reportage or compelling first-person stories from reporters in North Africa and the Sahel. They’re particularly interested in pitches from these countries: “Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Morocco/Western Sahara, Algeria, and Libya.” They’re especially interested in investigative stories. They pay a standard rate of $800 for stories of about 2,500 words. If interested, send your pitches to ebrown@newlinesmag.com. Read their North Africa editor’s post here. Learn more about them here.
Monday, April 10th 2023
New Lines is “an American magazine for
the best ideas and writing from around the world.” Their MidEast and newsletters
writer/editor is seeking pitches on the gulf region. Pitches can be on a wide
range of topics including history, science, archeology, religion, politics, and
pop culture. The editor hasn’t mentioned the rates in their tweet, but
according to this tweet
by their North Africa editor, they pay $800 for most of their essays. To read
their MidEast editor’s tweet, click here. To
learn more about them, click here.
Monday, January 30th 2023
New Lines is “an American magazine for the best ideas and writing from around the world.” Their North Africa editor is seeking long form, in-depth reportage from contributors across North Africa and the Sahel: “Got a story that goes deeper than the news cycle or upends conventional narratives about the people, places, culture and politics of the region? Pitch me. I'm especially keen to get pitches from writers in Morocco, Algeria, Mali and Niger — areas that in general are under-covered in the English-speaking world.” They pay $800 for most of their essays. They encourage women and local writers to pitch. To read their North Africa editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To learn more about them, click here.