Article Pitches that Sold to Magazines & Newspapers

Pitching an article is an art-form. Make sure the topic you’re pitching checks one or more of these boxes: Is the topic new, or treated in a new way? Is the topic relevant to readers of that specific publication? Is the topic surprising? Here are three of my pitches that recently sold. Sold to The

Raccoons, Raptors & Girls on the Run

How Volunteering Deepens your Characterization, Setting & Sensory Details First, a shout-out to my dear sister-in-law, poet Amanda Smith-Hatch. April is National Poetry Month; Amanda’s poetry centers me and renews my gratitude for small, lovely actions like making my bed in the morning (see her “Paean to Morning” in Plants and Poetry) and challenges me