FWI is now a collective!

We are so excited to have you on this journey with us.

In the past year, Freelance Writers India has since grown to become a supportive and engaged community. We apologize for the break we took! But we were busy building towards Syaahi, a home for meaningful, radical, and disruptive narratives. We put out our first pitch call (now closed) and are so excited to bring out more intriguing and thought-provoking in the future!

We are eager to grow our small independent publication- both digitally and in print! Syaahi hopes to encourage both prose and reportage.

As part of our vision of empowering writers, we present to you our latest Resource Newsletter! We have packed this mail with pitch calls, job opportunities, and more!

PITCH CALLS

• 101 Reporters Collective wants pitches on rural maternal health. Pays INR 2500 - 4000 per article. Link here.
• Wasafiri Magazine has initiated an Essay Prize for early career researchers of International Contemporary Literature that pays GBP 250. Link here.
• Sharjah Art Foundation announces an open call for the fourth edition of the Publishing Grant. Up to USD 15,000. Details here. Apply here.
• Electric Literature's Both/And essay series for trans and gender non-conforming writers is open. Fee is USD 500. Details here. Submit here.
• Article14 wants pitches on legal stories. Details here.
• Rumpus is accepting fiction submissions! Apply here.
• Ladies Compartment is looking for pitches, Rs 1 per word. Details here.
• Input Mag wants stories at the intersection of tech and culture. Link here. Pays USD 0.50 to 1 per word.
• New Scientist pays for science and technology stories. Pitch guide here.
• Unearth Women wants profiles of unique women or feminist city guides. Details here. Pays USD 125 - 250.
• Nurall is seeking travel and remote work pitches. USD 100 for 500 words, 200 for 1000 words and 400 for 2000 words. Details here. Email here.
• SafetyWing Media wants pitches on building remote start-ups, remote founder profiles, city guides for digital nomads, and internet policy. USD 0.50 per word. Guide here.
• Unbias The News is open to international reportage. Call here. Details here. Pitches can range from general reportage, climate change, tech, health, human rights, and more. Pays GBP 250 - 500.
• DAME Magazine is commissioning pieces on law, economy, news, politics, science, culture, and more. USD 350 - 750. Guide here.

OPPORTUNITIES

• Ala is offering a free writing workshop! Call here. Details here.
• National Foundation for India is offering Media Fellowships for journalists writing in Marathi or English. Link here.
• Indian Foundation for the Arts (IFA) is looking for filmmakers to work with IFA. Details here.
• India is looking for a Digital Marketing Officer. Details here.
• One Future is looking for a Social Media Manager. Details here.
• New India Foundation has a cycle-based fellowship for authors and translators. The compensation is INR 18,00,000. We are unsure of when it opens next but keep this page bookmarked!
• Chegg Life has open positions in India for its creative media management, content support, and SEO departments. Multiple roles. JDs here.

RESOURCES

• Ankur Paliwal is a queer journalist based in Delhi who is building QueerBeat a collaborative journalism project focused on covering LGBTQIA+ issues.. He is conducting a survey to understand what people think about the coverage of LGBTQIA+ persons in India's mainstream media. Fill the survey here!
• Browse LinkedIn for copywriting, copyediting, writing, and editing gigs.
• Society of Professional Journalists maintains an automated database of open calls and pitch guidelines.
• Check out Poets&Writers' comprehensive database of lit mags you can submit to. Filter for those that do not have entry fees and are paid by clicking on 'More specific filters'.
• Bound India and ACRI regularly upload opportunities for workers in creative industries.
• Visit our Resource page!