Friday, February 21st 2025
Carefree Magazine is “a Black women's magazine dedicated to the wanderers, late bloomers, and dreamers.” They’re seeking feel-good personal essays from Black women writers about life, love, and adventure. They pay $100 per piece. If interested, send your pitches to hello@carefreemag.com. To learn more about this pitch call, click here. To visit their general submissions page, click here.
Tuesday, January 23rd 2024
Carefree is “a weekly newsletter from Black female voices around the world on life, love, adventure and everything in-between.” They’re always accepting new pitches from Black women writers. They want “personal essays with strong narratives and voice on life, love, adventure and everything in-between.” They’re currently trying something new and focusing on monthly themes. Following are their themes for the next few months:
- February: "How To Love"
- March: "Blooming Unconventionally"
- April: "Letting Go"
- May: "On Beauty"
They publish one story a week (usually 1,000 to 1,800 words) and pay a flat rate of $100/story. To read their post, click here. To visit their website, click here.
Friday, September 11th 2020
Carefree is “a weekly newsletter from
Black female voices around the world on life, love, adventure and everything
in-between.” They are looking for stories from Black womxn writers. They want “personal
essays on life, love, adventure and everything in-between, especially on:
identity, hair, travel, beauty, Black joy, hobbies you love, marijuana, &
body image.” They pay $100 per essay (1,200 to 1,400 words). They accept essays
on a rolling basis. Send your pitches to hello@carefreemag.com.
To learn more, refer to this Twitter
thread and this page.