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The Women's Media Center publishes articles written by a diverse group of journalists on our website every week, distributes them by email to our subscribers and promotes them on social media. Our goal is to increase women’s influence in the media and shape the way news is reported and issues are discussed.

In order to value the work of women writers and out of respect for your writing, we offer an honorarium for articles published on the site.

Here’s what we are looking for:

WMC Features:

We look for timely stories and commentaries that provide a missing feminist perspective on news events, underreported topics, stories that analyze the media’s treatment of women, and stories about women in the media industry. Personal perspectives are welcome. We avoid straight profiles, celebrity interviews, and reviews unless the reporting/commentary is in a context of investigating issues of concern to women in such areas as women and work, the environment, human rights, choice, and women as leaders and peacemakers.

Send ideas to: features@womensmediacenter.com

Examples of Women's Media Center Features

WMC Women Under Siege:

We accept story pitches on women and violence around the world. Please first make sure we have not recently covered the article you are pitching, and that you are pitching a story, not a topic. We also accept pitches from freelancers who want to write new conflict profiles. Send ideas to: frances@womensmediacenter.com.

WMC FBomb:

The WMC FBomb seeks pitches and/or full submissions from teen and college-age feminists. The WMC FBomb publishes responses to current events, personal essays, and interviews—all from a young, feminist perspective. Please submit to fbombsubmissions@gmail.com.

WMC Speech Project:

WMC Speech Project welcomes pitches for stories about online harassment, feminism and freedom of expression, digital security and media and tech diversity.Please sent pitches to info@womensmediacenter.com

To submit a pitch, please follow these guidelines:

· Pitches should be 1 or 2 paragraphs in length

· Final articles should be 600 to 800 words (although we are flexible on this)

WMC IDAR/E:

At IDAR/E, we encourage focused stories and commentaries by Latinx women that make connections people don’t see. Reported stories, opinion pieces and personal perspectives are welcomed. Latina writers can send a two-paragraph pitch and should keep in mind that published pieces generally run between 600 to 800 words. We recommend taking a look at content on IDAR/E before sending your pitch to egonzalez@womensmediacenter.com

En IDAR/E solicitamos historias con enfoques específicos y comentarios por mujeres Latinx que hacen conexiones aún no vistas por la gente. Acogemos historias reportadas, comentarios y perspectivas personales. Escritoras latinx pueden enviar una propuesta en dos párrafos. Por favor tome en cuenta que los artículos publicados generalmente tienen entre 600 y 800 palabras. Recomendamos echar un vistazo al contenido de IDAR/E antes de enviar su propuesta a egonzalez@womensmediacenter.com

WMC Climate:

Pitch us stories on how climate change is affecting people’s lives around the world. How are women and other diverse communities dealing with the consequences of the morphing atmosphere? What about their role in policymaking and advocacy? How is the media shifting on climate and these communities (or is it)? Think globally and creatively — this is an issue that is under-reported and needs attention. Final articles are usually between 600 and 1500 words. Please send us a story idea, not a topic.

Pitches should be sent here.

NOTE: We rarely reprint articles that have already been posted on other sites.

Please note: The Women's Media Center receives many more pitches than we can publish. We will make every effort to contact you quickly if we are interested.