Updates & Calls

Sunday, July 9th 2023

Well+Good's Senior Lifestyle Editor is Seeking Pitches

Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. Their senior lifestyle editor is seeking pitches for sex/relationship explainers and service pieces, pieces that explore trending interpersonal and intrapersonal dynamics, pieces about getting better sleep, pieces about astrology, and pieces about zeitgeisty things in the lifestyle and well-being realm. Pay is $150 to $500+ for reported pieces and $200 to $400+ for personal essays and op-eds. Send your pitches to erica.sloan@wellandgood.com. To read their senior lifestyle editor’s tweet, click here. To read their guidelines, click here.

Friday, January 20th 2023

Well+Good is Looking for Climate, Sustainability Pitches

Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. Their deputy editor has tweeted, “Got a big climate story you want to tell tied to well-being? Want to interview someone who is making our lives better in regards to sustainability, etc.? Pitch me!” Rates begin at $200. Pitches should be sent to samantha.leal@wellandgood.com. Read their deputy editor’s tweet here and their pitching guidelines here

Deadline: January 24th, 2023

Tuesday, December 20th 2022

Well+Good is Accepting Lifestyle Pitches

Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. Their lifestyle writer is accepting tips/pitches. They will cover all facets of lifestyle including travel, wellness, sex, relationships, finance, career advice, and more. According to their pitching guidelines, they pay $150 to $500+ for reported pieces and $200 to $400+ for personal essays and op-eds. To read their lifestyle writer’s tweet, click here. To read their pitching guidelines, click here.

Friday, October 7th 2022

Well+Good Always Welcomes Pitches from Writers

Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. They always welcome relevant pitches from writers. For reported pieces, they pay $150 to $500+. For personal essays and op-eds, they pay $200 to $400+. To learn more, read their deputy editor’s Tweet and their pitching guidelines.

Thursday, August 4th 2022

Well+Good is Looking for Beauty Writers who are 40+

Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. They are looking to add experienced beauty writers who are 40+ to their stable of writers, particularly for product reviews. If interested, send your pitches or just your bio/link to your portfolio to zoe.weiner@wellandgood.com and/or gina.vaynshteyn@wellandgood.com. Their rates start at $200. For more information, refer to their deputy editor’s Twitter thread and their pitching guidelines.

Tuesday, June 28th 2022

Well+Good is Looking for Quick-Hit Health Related Items

Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. Their deputy editor is seeking quick-hit health related items. They are looking for “new study-related items and expert-led insight,” not features or big personal essays. Pay starts at $200. Pitches should be sent to samantha.leal@wellandgood.com. To read their deputy editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To read their pitching guidelines, click here.

Tuesday, March 15th 2022

Well+Good is Seeking Pitches for Earth Month

Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. Their deputy editor has tweeted, “It's almost Earth Month, and I'm looking for a few pitches for Well+Good—sustainability and well-being, along with micro vs macro actions, all come to mind.” Rates start at $200. Pitches should be sent to samantha.leal@wellandgood.com. Read their deputy editor’s Tweet here and their pitching guidelines here.

Thursday, February 17th 2022

Well+Good is Seeking Pitches about Feminism, Womanhood, and Women's History

Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. They are “soliciting pitches for a package that examines what ‘feminism’, ‘womanhood’, and ‘women's history’ means to you in 2022—be that good, bad, or complicated.” They want personal takes on these topics/terms. Rates begin at $300. Send your pitches to alexis.berger@wellandgood.com. To learn more, read their executive editor’s Twitter thread and their pitching guidelines.

Deadline: February 22nd, 2022

Saturday, May 1st 2021

Well+Good is Seeking Personal Essay Pitches for Pride Month

Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. For Pride Month, they are seeking “pitches from LGBTQ+ writers for personal essays on the theme of love in all its forms.” Rates start at $250. Pitches should be sent to james.thilman@wellandgood.com. For details, read their managing editor’s Tweet and their pitching guidelines.

Deadline: May 4th, 2021

Tuesday, March 2nd 2021

Well+Good is Accepting Pitches for Women's History Month

Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. They are “accepting a few more pitches for Women's History Month.” They are seeking “women and gender nonbinary people to write letters to the women who have inspired and influenced them.” No moms or grandmas. Teachers, mentors, friends, and historical/public figures are all fair game. Rates start at $300. Pitches should be sent to abbey.stone@wellandgood.com. To learn more, refer to their executive editor’s Twitter thread and their pitching guidelines.

Thursday, December 31st 2020

Well+Good is Accepting Pitches

Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. Their managing editor is accepting pitches and has posted their writer’s guidelines. According to their writer's guidelines, their topic areas are health and mental health, food, lifestyle, travel, beauty, and fitness.

Rates for reported pieces:

  • Tier 1: $150 to $350 (500 to 800 words, 0 to 2 sources)

  • Tier 2: $350 to $500 (800 to 1,200 words, 3 to 4 sources)

  • Tier 3: $500+ (1,200+ words, heavily reported)

Rates for personal essays and op-eds: 

  • Tier 1: $200 to $400 (600 to 1,000 words)

  • Tier 2: $400+ (1,000+ words)

Read their managing editor’s Tweet here and their writer’s guidelines here.

Friday, September 25th 2020

Well+Good is Seeking a Health-Care Worker for a Personal Essay about Election

Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. Their senior health and food editor is seeking a health-care worker (e.g. doctor, nurse, EMT) to write a personal essay about “how they feel the election will affect their lives.” They pay $200 to $400+ per personal essay. Send your pitches to jessie.vanamburg@wellandgood.com. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Twitter thread and their pitching guidelines

Friday, September 18th 2020

Well+Good is Looking for Pitches about Election

Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. Their managing editor has tweeted, “Are you someone that will be particularly impacted by this year's election? Do you want to write about why that is and how it impacts your voting? (Think: caregiver, hospital workers, DACA recipient, etc.).” Rates start at $200. Send pitches to samantha.leal@wellandgood.com. Read their editor’s Twitter thread here and contact them here.

Tuesday, August 25th 2020

Well+Good Seeks Pitches related to Latinx x Wellness for Latinx Heritage Month

Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. Their managing editor is seeking “pitches related to Latinx x Wellness for Latinx Heritage Month.” They pay $150 to $500+ per piece. Send your pitches to samantha.leal@wellandgood.com. For details, refer to their editor’s Twitter thread and their pitching guidelines.

Thursday, August 6th 2020

Well+Good is Accepting Pitches

Well+Good accepts pitches on a rolling basis. Their topic areas are health and mental health, food, lifestyle, travel, beauty, and fitness.

Rates for reported pieces:

  • Tier 1: $150 to $350 (500 to 800 words, 0 to 2 sources)

  • Tier 2: $350 to $500 (800 to 1,200 words, 3 to 4 sources)

  • Tier 3: $500+ (1,200+ words, heavily reported)

Rates for personal essays and op-eds:

  • Tier 1: $200 to $400 (600 to 1,000 words)

  • Tier 2: $400+ (1,000+ words)

To learn more, refer to their managing editor’s Tweet and their updated pitching guidelines.

Sunday, August 2nd 2020

Well+Good is Seeking Pitches about How Racism Impacts How We Understand "Healthy" Eating

Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. Their senior health and food editor is seeking pitches for a new series on Well+Good that will explore “how racism impacts how we understand ‘healthy’ eating.” Their rates usually start at $150. Send pitches to jessie.vanamburg@wellandgood.com. Read their editor’s Tweet here. Contact them here.

Tuesday, June 23rd 2020

Well+Good is Looking for Wellness Essays and Reported Pieces

Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. They are seeking wellness essays and reported pieces related to home and housing. “Wellness can be tied to mental health, COVID, self care, plants, beauty, etc.” Rates start at $150. For details, refer to this Twitter thread. To contact them, refer to this page.

Saturday, June 20th 2020

Well+Good is Looking for Food Culture/Food Justice Writers

Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. Their senior health and food editor is looking for food culture/food justice writers. Their rates start at $150. Send your pitches to jessie.vanamburg@wellandgood.com. Read their editor’s Tweet here and contact them here.

Tuesday, June 2nd 2020

Well+Good is Accepting Wellness Pitches related to BLM, Pride, and COVID-19

Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. Their managing editor is accepting wellness pitches related to Black Lives Matter (BLM), Pride, and COVID-19. The wellness pitches can be about racism, financial disparity, and more. Send pitches to samantha.leal@wellandgood.com. Rates start at $150. Read their editor’s Tweet here and contact them here.

Monday, April 20th 2020

Well+Good is Seeking Story Ideas and Essays for Mental Health Awareness Month

Well+Good covers fitness, cutting-edge nutrition, natural beauty, travel, and more. Their managing editor is seeking “surprising/weird/heartfelt/not-been-covered-a-ton story ideas and essays” for mental health awareness month. She is also accepting generalized wellness pitches. Their rates start at $150. To learn more, read their managing editor’s Twitter thread. To contact them, visit this page.