Friday, July 24th 2026
This news organization accepts pitches from freelancers and writers, and submissions of essays (750-950 words) and poetry for The Home Forum, which “aims for a broad expression of home, an idea our founder described as including friendship, love, and pure humanity.
The Home Forum offers a haven in which to anchor readers amid the currents of daily news. We strive to stay abreast of the times by tracking important trends in thought, particularly those that relate to, affect, and support home and home life. … We invite you to submit essays and short poems that bring a higher tone, such as those that are ethical or educational. We particularly welcome wit, humor, and vivacity. We don’t publish work presenting people in helpless or hopeless states, or deal with topics of death, aging, medicine, or disease.” They want finished work only for this section, not pitches. They pay $200 for poems, and $400 for these essays. Details here.
Monday, January 30th 2023
This news organization accepts pitches
from freelancers and writers, and submissions for The Home
Forum, where they want “upbeat personal essays of from 600
to 800 words. … For time-sensitive material (seasonal, news-related, holiday-
or event-themed), you must submit at least SIX WEEKS in advance.” Also, “These
are first-person, nonfiction explorations of how you responded to a place, a
person, a situation, an event, or happenings in everyday life. Tell a story
with a point; share a funny true tale. Describe a self-discovery. The humor
should be gentle.
We accept essays on a wide variety of subjects and encourage timely, newsy
topics. However, we don't deal with the topics of death, aging, medicine, or
disease. We do not publish work that presents people in helpless or hopeless
states.” They pay $250 for The Home Forum essays. Details here.
Tuesday, August 31st 2021
The
Christian Science Monitor is an international news organization. They are looking
for “upbeat personal nonfiction essays from a diverse pool of writers: life
experiences big and small told in 650-800 words.” They usually pay
around $500 per story. For guidelines, email homeforum@csmonitor.com. For more
information, refer to their Tweet and
this page.
Tuesday, June 30th 2020
The Christian Science Monitor is an international news organization. They are seeking a regular London-based stringer. They are especially looking for pitches from journalists of color. Payment will be $500 per story with “possibility of eventually moving to a contract with guaranteed monthly stipend.” If interested, email their Europe editor at brighta@csmonitor.com. For details, refer to this Twitter thread and this page.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2020
The Christian Science Monitor (also known as The Monitor) is an international news organization. They are looking to “hire Black freelance reporters in NYC, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Houston, LA for reporting on current Black Lives Matter/anti-police brutality protests.” They will pay $500 per story. For details, refer to this Tweet and this page.