35 publications paying for love & relationships writing!
Earn as much as $2/word for your writing about love, relationships & sex.
Hello!
Today I’m sharing an updated list of 35 publications currently accepting pitches and submissions for writing about love, relationships, and sex.
Looking for a home for your story? This list is for you.
Just keep in mind: these publications vary widely in tone, style, and editorial process. Always read a few pieces and review the guidelines before submitting!
If you have any insight into specific pay rates, or you have been paid/offered something different to what I have shared here, please let me know via email (thefreelancewritingnetwork@gmail.com) or by messaging me on Substack.
Publications paying for love & relationships writing!
Business Insider welcome pitches relating to love and relationships year round. Personal essays, interviews and more are welcomed. Their best advice for deciding what to pitch: “Read the site. Get a feel for the types of stories we run. Don't pitch stories we've already written. Be creative, and use a Business Insider-style headline in the subject line of your email.” Business Insider generally pays in the $200-$300 range for this kind of work. Guidelines here.
The New York Times has a column called ‘Modern Love’. The editors of Modern Love are interested in receiving deeply personal essays about contemporary relationships, marriage, dating, parenthood...any subject that might reasonably fit under the heading. Submission details here and pay is usually $300. Note that they open again for submissions in September.
Bustle delivers joyful, inclusive, and relatable stories for real women. They consider timely first-person pieces and personal essays, experiments and trials, and interviews and profiles. They have a relationships section specifically that they publish. A writer I know who recently wrote a piece for Bustle was paid £400 for 800 words, though I understand their rates do vary. Check out their submission page.