Saturday, June 14th 2025
Briarpatch is a Canadian magazine of politics and culture. They’re accepting pitches for their annual Labour Issue. They’re seeking “articles, investigative reporting, historical analysis, photo essays, timelines, personal essays, reviews, profiles, recommendations, lists, humour, comics, and art for the issue.” Their rates are $150 for profiles, short essays, reviews, and parting shots (typically 1,500 words or less); $250 for feature stories (usually 1,500 to 2,000 words) and photo essays; and $350 for research-based articles and investigative reporting (usually 2,000 to 2,500 words). If interested, send your pitches to pitch@briarpatchmagazine.com. For more information, refer to their post and call for pitches.
Deadline: July 7th, 2025
Sunday, August 18th 2024
Briarpatch is a Canadian magazine of politics and culture. They’re accepting pitches for their unthemed January/February 2025 issue. They’re particularly curious about the following:
- “Inflation and what the Left should/could be doing about it
- Organizing elders in POC communities
- Skilling people up for autonomous organizing”
They pay $150 for profiles, short essays, reviews, and parting shots (typically 1,500 words or less); $250 for feature stories (usually 1,500 to 2,000 words) and photo essays; and $350 for research-based articles and investigative reporting (usually 2,000 to 2,500 words). For details, refer to their post and call for pitches.
Deadline: September 8th, 2024
Tuesday, June 18th 2024
Briarpatch is a Canadian magazine of politics and culture. They’re seeking pitches for their annual November/December Labour Issue: “Do you have a piece of juicy labour history or lessons from the picket line to share?” They pay $150 for profiles, short essays, reviews, and parting shots (typically 1,500 words or less); $250 for feature stories (usually 1,500 to 2,000 words) and photo essays; and $350 for research-based articles and investigative reporting (usually 2,000 to 2,500 words). If interested, send your pitches to pitch@briarpatchmagazine.com. Details here and here.
Deadline: July 1st, 2024
Tuesday, April 16th 2024
Briarpatch is a Canadian magazine of politics and culture. They’re seeking pitches for their unthemed September/October issue. If you’re “eager to share a juicy piece of labour history or investigate a suspicious institution,” then email them your pitches at pitch@briarpatchmagazine.com. They pay $150 for profiles, short essays, reviews, and parting shots (typically 1,500 words or less); $250 for feature stories (usually 1,500 to 2,000 words) and photo essays; and $350 for research-based articles and investigative reporting (usually 2,000 to 2,500 words). To learn more, refer to their post and call for pitches.
Deadline: May 1st, 2024
Sunday, March 31st 2024
Briarpatch is a Canadian magazine of politics and culture. They’re accepting pitches for their unthemed September/October issue. If you’re “eager to share a juicy piece of labour history or investigate a suspicious institution,” then send them your pitches at pitch@briarpatchmagazine.com. They pay $150 for profiles, short essays, reviews, and parting shots (typically 1,500 words or less); $250 for feature stories (usually 1,500 to 2,000 words) and photo essays; and $350 for research-based articles and investigative reporting (usually 2,000 to 2,500 words). For details, refer to their post and call for pitches.
Deadline: May 1st, 2024
Tuesday, January 30th 2024
Briarpatch is a Canadian magazine of politics and culture. They’re seeking pitches for their unthemed July/August issue. They want investigative journalism, interviews, features, narrative reporting, project profiles, comics, book reviews, and photo essays rooted in anti-colonial, anti-capitalist, and feminist struggle. They pay $150 for profiles, short essays, reviews, and parting shots (typically 1,500 words or less); $250 for feature stories (usually 1,500 to 2,000 words) and photo essays; and $350 for research-based articles and investigative reporting (usually 2,000 to 2,500 words). To learn more, refer to their post and call for pitches.
Deadline: March 1st, 2024
Sunday, June 18th 2023
Briarpatch is a Canadian magazine of politics and culture. They’re seeking pitches on work and the labor movement for their November/December issue. They pay $150 for profiles, short essays, reviews, and parting shots (typically 1,500 words or less); $250 for feature stories (usually 1,500 to 2,000 words) and photo essays; and $350 for research-based articles and investigative reporting (usually 2,000 to 2,500 words). For details, refer to their Twitter thread and this page.
Deadline: July 3rd, 2023
Sunday, December 4th 2022
Briarpatch is a Canadian magazine of politics and culture. They are accepting pitches for their unthemed May/June issue: “Ask a burning political question, share an experience with grassroots activism, or dig into an urgent investigation.” They pay $150 for profiles, short essays, reviews, and parting shots (usually 1,500 words or less); $250 for feature stories (usually 1,500 to 2,000 words) and photo essays; and $350 for research-based articles and investigative reporting (usually 2,000 to 2,500 words). To learn more, read their tweet and call for pitches.
Deadline: January 2nd, 2023
Sunday, February 6th 2022
Briarpatch
is a Canadian magazine of politics and culture. They are accepting pitches for
their unthemed July/August issue. They are seeking “investigative journalism,
interviews, feature articles, narrative reporting, project profiles, comics and
graphic texts, book reviews, and photo essays that are rooted in anti-colonial,
anti-capitalist, feminist struggle.” They pay $150 for profiles, short essays, reviews,
and parting shots (usually 1,500 words or less); $250 for feature stories
(usually 1,500 to 2,000 words) and photo essays; and $350 for research-based
articles and investigative reporting (usually 2,000 to 2,500 words). For more
information, refer to their Tweet
and call
for pitches.
Deadline: March 1st, 2022
Tuesday, December 28th 2021
Briarpatch
is a Canadian publication and they are looking for pitches. “We are looking for
investigative journalism, interviews, feature articles, narrative reporting,
project profiles, comics and graphic texts, book reviews, and photo essays that
are rooted in anti-colonial, anti-capitalist, feminist struggle.” Pay is CAD150
for profiles, short essays, book reviews, and parting shots (generally 1,500
words or less), CAD250 for feature stories (generally 1,500-2,000 words) and
photo essays, and CAD350 for research-based articles and investigative
reporting (generally 2,000-2,500 words). The pitch deadline is 3 January 2022.
Details here.
Deadline: January 3rd, 2022
Tuesday, December 14th 2021
Briarpatch
is a Canadian magazine of politics and culture. They are seeking pitches for
their unthemed May/June issue. They are accepting pitches for “investigations,
essays, narrative reporting, interviews, etc. relevant to grassroots social
movements in so-called Canada.” They pay $150
for profiles, short essays, book reviews, online-only articles, and parting
shots (1,500 words or less); $250 for feature stories (1,500 to 2,000 words)
and photo essays; and $350 for research-based articles and investigative
reporting (2,000 to 2,500 words). For details, refer to their Twitter
thread, submission
guidelines, and pitching
guide.
Deadline: January 3rd, 2022
Friday, April 16th 2021
They publish writing and artwork on a
wide range of topics, including current events, grassroots activism, electoral
politics, economic justice, ecology, labour, food security, gender equity,
indigenous struggles, international solidarity, and other issues of political
importance. They read completed submissions, but prefer pitches. Pay is CAD100 – profiles, short essays,
reviews, blog posts, and parting shots; CAD200 – feature stories, photo essays;
and CAD300 – research-based articles and investigative reportage with extensive
primary research. They are reading for a
Labour themed issue; the deadline for pitches is 1 July 2021. They are also
reading work for unthemed issues. Details here.
Pitch deadline: 1 July 2021
Sunday, February 14th 2021
Briarpatch is a Canadian magazine of
politics and culture. They are accepting pitches for their unthemed July/August
issue. They are looking for “investigative journalism,
interviews, feature articles, narrative reporting, project profiles, comics and
graphic texts, book reviews, and photo essays that are rooted in anti-colonial,
anti-capitalist, feminist struggle.” They pay $100 for profiles, short essays,
book reviews, and parting shots (1,500 words or less); $200 for feature stories
(2,000 to 2,500 words) and photo essays; and $300 for research-based articles
and investigative reporting (2,500 to 3,000 words). To learn more, refer to
their Twitter
thread, call
for pitches, and submission
guidelines.
Deadline: March 1st, 2021
Sunday, December 13th 2020
Briarpatch is a Canadian magazine of
politics and culture. They are accepting pitches for their unthemed May/June
issue. They are looking for “investigative journalism, interviews, feature
articles, narrative reporting, project profiles, comics and graphic texts, book
reviews, and photo essays that are rooted in anti-colonial, anti-capitalist,
feminist struggle.” They pay $100 for profiles, short essays, book
reviews, and parting shots (1,500 words or less); $200 for feature stories (2,000
to 2,500 words) and photo essays; and $300 for research-based articles and
investigative reporting (2,500 to 3,000 words). They are committed to
publishing more writers of color, especially Black and Indigenous writers. Email
your pitches to pitch@briarpatchmagazine.com.
For details, read their Twitter
thread, call
for submissions, submission
guidelines, and pitch guide.
Deadline: January 4th, 2021
Tuesday, October 27th 2020
Briarpatch is a Canadian magazine of
politics and culture. They are accepting pitches for their unthemed March/April
issue. They are looking for “investigative journalism, interviews, feature
articles, narrative reporting, project profiles, comics and graphic texts, book
reviews, and photo essays that are rooted in anti-colonial, anti-capitalist,
feminist struggle.” They are committed to publishing more writers of color, especially
Black and Indigenous writers. They pay $100 for profiles, short essays, book
reviews, and parting shots (1,500 words or less); $200 for feature stories (2,000
to 2,500 words) and photo essays; and $300 for research-based articles and
investigative reporting (2,500 to 3,000 words). Send pitches to pitch@briarpatchmagazine.com.
Read their Tweet here
and call for submissions here.
Deadline: November 9th, 2020
Friday, April 10th 2020
Briarpatch is a Canadian magazine of politics
and culture. They are accepting pitches for their special issue (Land Back) for
September/October 2020. The special issue is about Indigenous peoples
reclaiming their land. They pay $100 for profiles, short essays, and parting
shots (less than 1,500 words). They pay $200 for feature stories (1,500 to 2,000
words) and $300 for research-based articles and investigative reportage (2,000
to 2,500 words). Pitches are due on May 4, 2020. Details here.
Deadline: May 4th, 2020