Freelance Writing Jobs: Wanderlust, RIBA, New Humanist
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Hello! How are you doing today? My RSI has been playing up for a few weeks now, so I’ve been trying to write with pen and paper as much as possible instead of typing at my desk. It’s not necessarily productive in terms of word count, but it has been brilliant for keeping my ideas and stories flowing, without the distraction of email or stopping mid-flow to quickly research something and falling down an internet rabbit hole. It’s a different kind of progress, I think. Hopefully things will right themselves soon but until then I’ll keep going slowly, page by page.
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It’s so nice to start the week with a couple of new publications. Folding Rock – publishing the best writing from Wales and beyond – is open for submissions from writers with a connection to Wales. For the first issue, 'Roots', send your best creative non-fiction or short fiction by midnight on 1st December. There’s a £360 fee for each selected piece.
Mill Media’s new capital-based publication, The Londoner, is now live. Editor Miles Ellingham would love your pitches.
Jess Abrahams at New Humanist is looking for pitches ‘around the themes of our shared humanity/bridging divides and the future of democracy’.
RIBA is taking on journal sub-editors. This one’s paid per page.
The BBC is hiring a senior politics reporter based in Oxford to work on a part-time basis. This is part of the Beeb’s EXTEND programme for deaf, disabled or neurodivergent journalists.
Travel writers, Wanderlust is looking for a new sustainability editor and the role can be part-time or freelance.
MailOnline needs freelance sports reporters.
Know your stuff when it comes to personal finance topics? Financial Interest is hiring a freelance writer.
With Intelligence need a product copywriter for a three-month contract.
Martin Keaveney Creative Writing in Northern Ireland is hiring a new tutor.
Food writers, next year’s Sophie Coe Prize is open for entries on any aspect of food history.
If you’re more interested in the future of food as a theme, make sure you apply for next year’s Humboldt Residency.
Here’s a nice one for women poets: the Rebecca Swift Foundation is taking on three creative associates. This one’s via Katrina Naomi’s poetry newsletter.
The Writers & Artists Short Story Competition is open for submissions. You must be registered on their website, but that’s free.
The Scottish Book Trust has launched its Gaelic New Writers Award and it’s free to enter.
Deptford Literature Festival has shared an open call for literary events pitches.
Another book festival gig: Paisley Book Festival has put out an events call on the theme ‘The Lives We Live’.
This is really exciting: applications are open for Lewisham-based writers, poets and spoken word artists to apply for the Lewisham, Borough of Literature Commissions, on the theme ‘To All the Places I Have Read’.
Need some money to get a creative project off the ground? The Morning People Fund is open for its next round of grant applications. Be quick, this one closes tomorrow.
The Playwrights’ Studio Scotland mentoring programme which comes with a bursary. There’s a stand-alone mentoring opportunity for disabled playwrights.
If you’d rather work solo but could still do with the cash, Playwrights’ Studio Scotland is also offering financial support for self-led projects.
While you’re polishing up your second act, the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting is open for submissions.
Last one of the week before I go and make enough pesto to fill a small swimming pool: literary agent Ariella Feiner at United Agents is open for submissions.
And finally: currently reading | dinner plans | this exhibition is fantastic | all the books I’ve loved this year.
I'm Sian Meades-Williams. I'm a freelance writer, author and poet and I was the winner of the Yeovil Literary Prize. My book The Pyjama Myth: the Freelance Writer's Survival Guide will make you a better, happier freelancer and it’s out now.
Best of luck with your pitches this week!