Pitch, Bitch!

Pitch, Bitch! is an exhortation and a resource. We wanna close the gender "confidence gap" and the disparity in pitching and getting published. Here you will find advice, enthusiasms and conversations about being a female writer. Non-binary and genderqueer writers welcome too! Go forth heartened and equipped and encouraged. The first Wednesday of every month is #pitchbitch day. Use it to work on a pitch, research a pitch, or send a pitch.

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Express Media : Pitch Perfect: Your Guide to Writing the Perfect Pitch

You're a young writer, looking to get some more experience and exposure. You're thinking of submitting your work to a publication. What do you do?You pitch of course! Here are our tips and tricks for pitching:

Thanks, EWF, for linking back to us and adding some great examples!

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Pitching Shark

Sulagna Misra is starting a TinyLetter about pitching, called Pitching Shark. In particular, it’s aimed at young and diverse writers. Sign up here: http://tinyletter.com/pitchingshark

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#pitchbitch day!!!

'Tis that time again: PITCHBITCH day. Use today to research, write or send a pitch, and use the hashtag #pitchbitch to share your progress!!

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I pitched something and then I wrote something and then I sent it off? Wish me luck. A new start.

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PITCHBITCH DAY!!!!!!

Heyyyyyyy, it is Pitchbitch Day! Use today to write, work on, or send a pitch. Use the tag "PITCHBITCH" on Tumblr or Twitter to share your progress (not necessarily your ideas, you can keep those secret for now!)

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Wider than just pitching advice, but great!

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FOOL PROOF AND SO DETAILED.

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Sample pitches for This American Life!

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How to pitch Racked!

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A crowdsourced resource about magazine and newspaper freelance rates.

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Do ittt

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Jessica Reed is incoming features editor at The Guardian US. THIS IS WHAT SHE WANTS TO SEE FROM WRITERS

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Successful pitch: Rachel Hills for The Cut

The wondrous Rachel Hills has written for The Atlantic, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, and many more publications (you can find out more about her here). Rachel has kindly shared a successful pitch with us, one that turned into this The Cut article about "ugly selfies". Thank you, Rachel!

Hi [NAME],

In an era where almost every image we see online (celebrity or otherwise) is carefully posed, curated and photoshopped, is posting an ugly photo a radical act?

I’m a London-based writer on gender, sociology and tech, whose work has been published in The Atlantic, Vogue, Cosmopolitan and many more. I also have a book deal with Simon & Schuster New York. You can find out more about what I do at www.rachelhills.net.

I was hoping you might be interested in a researched analysis piece on the rise of the “ugly selfie”: that is to say, people (usually women) who upload the worst of the 15 photos they take of themselves to Facebook or Instagram, instead of the usual best.

It’s a trend that is manifesting itself in multiple ways: from the “Bad Picture Monday” project in the 15,000-strong Facebook group The Body Is Not an Apology (in which people post the pictures they’re ashamed of), to the Reddit group and Tumblr blog Pretty Girls, Ugly Faces, which is starting to get traction in the blogosphere.

I’m interested in how these projects (and people who are doing the same acts independent of said projects) represent a small, but significant act of rebellion against the perfectly angled, contrast-enhanced photos that dominate Pinterest, Instagram and, well, most of our Facebook display pictures.

I’d like to offer The Cut a researched feature, drawing upon interviews with the people behind Bad Picture Monday and Pretty Girls, Ugly Faces, as well as individual women who post intentionally “ugly selfies”. The feature would look at why they do it, why it’s emerged at this particular moment (the aforementioned deluge of perfectly angled “hot” pics), and its strengths and limitations as an act of rebellion against a culture that demands we be forever "photo-worthy."

The feature would run to 800-1200 words. I’ve already done the bulk of the interviews for a shorter, front-of-book piece that will be published in [OTHER PUBLICATION] in April (who have given me permission to pitch the story elsewhere before they publish), so could have it to you on a fairly tight turn around – say next Tuesday or Wednesday?

Are you interested?

I hope to hear from you soon.

Best,

Rachel

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Pitchbitch day

It has been a difficult month for many, so just a sombre note that today is #pitchbitch day. Raise your voice and be heard.

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To all of you, Smarties! 

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IT'S #PITCHBITCH TIME!!!!!!!!!!!

As a new month rolls around (November, wut), let us celebrate #pitchbitch day by:

Writing a pitch

Researching a pitch

Sending a motherlovin' pitch.

Let us know what you're pitching! Use the hashtag #pitchbitch on Twitter and Tumblr. And if you have any successful pitches to share, let us know that, too!

(Sorry, I know it's not Wednesday, but for some reason my scheduled post didn't post.)

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How to Write a Killer Magazine Article Pitch

Who is this class for? This class is for WRITERS who want to get their articles published in magazines. No professional writing experience required. Please note, this class is NOT for those seeking PR tips. What will I learn?   Curious about writing for publication or landing better bylines? Sign up now, and discover: how to come up with irresistible article ideas how to get the attention of busy editors how to ta...

Grace Bello has a Skillshare class on how to write magazine pitches!