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This week's bulletin full of direct calls for pitches from editors.

Pitchwhiz is relaunched.
>> https://pitchwhiz.com/

For Freelancers:
- Daily calls for pitches from editors
- Slick and easy to use portfolio pages
- Pitch Packets -share your story idea and all associated extras (clippings, bio etc) with a single link
- Directory - get discovered by editors looking for freelancers
- Free to use

For Editors/content buyers:
- Pitch calls - get pitched by vetted freelancers
- Pitch manager - take pitches out of your inbox, easy to scan and sort
- Directory - find contributors with the skills, experience, and in the places you need
- Free to use

Last day to get into Travel Writing Skool for just $19 per month… massive value inside, from a community of writers who have bylines with NatGeo, BBC, CNN, NYT, T+L and many more. https://www.skool.com/mediamatrix/about

Went to Primrose Hill in London, saw an elegant oak, did a tiny bit of research and it turns out this is 'Shakespeare's Oak' which the old bard used to sit by to get inspired by lovers who met beneath its branches.

In case you missed it- my big huge list of travel publications just got bigger and huger - 259 entries now, with nearly 100 that pay $1 per word or more. Get it here: https://travelwriteearn.com/259-travel-publications-that-want-to-buy-your-stories/

Last call for anyone who wants to join our most excellent Travel Writing Skool for just $10/month before it goes up to $24 tomorrow:
- calls for pitches every day
- million-dollar travel blogging masterclass
- resources and training
- awesome group of travel scribes
- prizes and rewards every month
- pitch and story critiques/feedback
- much more...
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The Travel Writing Skool

I'm collecting 25 years of travel writing career knowledge in my new hangout - the Travel Writing Skool. There's courses, resources, games, challenges, prizes, interviews, and most importantly a bunch of great people helping, sharing and getting stuff done. Come join:

The Travel Writing Skool How to become a paid travel writer. Everything you need to make $10k/month writing about your travels.

I have reincarnated Pitchwhiz - a place for freelancers to find work and for commissioning editors/buyers to find contributors.
>>> https://pitchwhiz.com/
It's pretty empty at the moment, and no doubt a little bit buggy, so if you would like to be an early adopter and let me know about any issues you discover, please feel free to sign up and click around.

Pitchwhiz – Where media professionals meet For professionals involved in journalism, media and content creation. Pitchwhiz is where publishers and editors can find contributors and where creators can find work.

Whoa, this page is still live?? And so is the website?? Full of useful, free info on selling travel articles??? Why didn't you say so!!

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Now that the Pitchwhiz newsletters are no more, I started a Substack that curates 50+ calls for pitches every week. Take a look here:

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