Sunday, August 28th 2022
Belt Magazine is “an independent digital magazine by and for the Rust Belt and greater Midwest.” Their incoming editor-in-chief is “reading pitches for commentary and essays (can include criticism).” They pay $500 per feature, $250 per essay, $200 per commentary piece, and $25 per poem. Email your pitches to ed@beltmag.com. For details, refer to their incoming editor-in-chief’s Tweet and their guidelines.
Sunday, August 28th 2022
Belt Magazine is “an independent digital magazine by and for the Rust Belt and greater Midwest.” Their incoming editor-in-chief has tweeted, “Midterms! The environment! Local politics! You have opinions, I want to read them! Rust Belt writers, please send me pitches at ed@beltmag.com for 1k words of commentary.” Rate is $200 for commentary and editorials. Read their incoming editor-in-chief’s Tweet here and their guidelines here.
Sunday, December 13th 2020
Belt Magazine is “an independent digital
magazine by and for the Rust Belt and greater Midwest.” They are accepting
pitches. Their “readers love stuff related to regional history, architecture,
housing and development, music, nature/environment, and movements of any kind
(social, labor, justice).” They pay $300 to $1,000 for features (1,200 to 3,000
words), $100 to $200 for essays, $25 to $50 for poems, and $250+ for photo
essays. Send pitches to editorial@beltmag.com.
For details, refer to their editor’s Twitter
thread. To learn how to pitch and submit, refer to this page.
Sunday, March 29th 2020
Belt Magazine is looking for story pitches
about “how COVID-19 is affecting vulnerable people/groups in the Rust Belt, and/or
how regional communities are coming together to support each other.” According
to payment reports, they pay up to $0.42 per word. For details, refer to their
editor’s Tweet
and this page.