News & Pitch Calls from Belt Magazine

Sunday, August 28th 2022

Belt Magazine is Reading Pitches for Commentary and Essays

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 Accepting Pitches

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 Accepting Pitches

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 seeking COVID-19 related story pitches

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.