Updates & Calls

Sunday, April 9th 2023

Parents.com and Kindred are Looking for Pitches

Parents.com helps parents raise happy, healthy kids. Kindred by Parents is a Black family focused community. Their senior editor is looking for diverse voices. Rates begin at $200. To read their senior editor’s tweet, click here. To visit their websites, click here and here.

Tuesday, January 3rd 2023

Parents.com is Open for Pitches

Parents.com helps parents raise happy, healthy kids. Their senior editor has tweeted, “Open to essay, lifestyle, entertainment, and feature pitches at Parents.com, especially stuff on family and parenting trends and zeitgeist.” Pay: $150 and up. To read their senior editor’s tweet, click here. To visit their website, click here.

Tuesday, December 27th 2022

Parents.com is Assigning One Article for Each Week of Pregnancy

Parents.com helps parents raise happy, healthy kids. In 2023, their editorial director will be “assigning one article for each week of pregnancy.” “These will be science-backed explainers with a personal twist: the unique added perspective of YOU as a parent and/or formerly pregnant person (and writer).” Their editorial director hasn’t mentioned the rates in her tweet, but according to a tweet by the editorial director for Kindred by Parents (a Black family focused community), they pay $250 to $400+. To read their editorial director’s Twitter thread, click here. To visit their website, click here.

Sunday, September 18th 2022

Kindred by Parents is Seeking Pitches from Afro Latinx Writers

Kindred by Parents is a Black family focused community. Their editorial director has tweeted, “We're looking for pitches from Afro Latinx writers... stories that tell a family experience while resisting the white gaze. What stories about your family, families in your community, or your experiences parenting have you been looking to tell? Pitch us at kindred@dotdashmdp.com.” Rate is $250 to $400+. Read their editorial director’s Tweet here. Contact them here.

Sunday, August 14th 2022

Kindred by Parents is Seeking Reported Essays and Features

Kindred by Parents is a Black family focused community. They are seeking reported essays and reported features. Their editorial director has tweeted, “Black writers, if you have stories about kids taking risks, unique takes on step-parenting that go against the grain, losing friendships after divorce or kids, thoughts on being ‘friends’ with your kids, hit us up.” Rates are $250 to $400+. To read their editorial director’s Twitter thread, click here. To visit their website, click here.

Sunday, June 5th 2022

Kindred by Parents is Looking for Reported Essays

Kindred by Parents is “a community of support and solutions for the people raising up a generation of Black children with lives full of love and joy.” They are seeking reported essay pitches from Black mothering folks and parents. They are looking to hear from underrepresented voices especially queer/trans, disabled, and Black folks living in low Black population regions. Pay starts at $250. Email your pitches to ambreia.meadows-fernandez@dotdashmdp.com. There is no deadline for submission of pitches. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread and this page.

Tuesday, May 10th 2022

Kindred by Parents.com is Looking for Pitches

Parents.com helps parents raise happy, healthy kids. They are seeking pitches for Kindred by Parents.com. Kindred focuses on “the Black family, not just parenting and parents.” They are seeking “original reporting, fresh ideas, and Blackity Black perspectives.” They don’t want non-reported straight essays, they only want “essays that take a personal narrative and use it to put a lens on a wider issue or topic.” They pay around $250 for reported essays, entertainment roundups, and how-tos/explainers/guides and $400 for reported features. Send your pitches to kelly.glass@dotdashmdp.com. To learn more, refer to their executive editor’s Twitter thread and their website.

Sunday, February 13th 2022

Parents Magazine is Looking for Pitches from Black Fathers about their Experiences with Co-Parenting and Custody Agreements

Parents Magazine helps parents raise happy, healthy kids. Their executive editor is looking for pitches from Black fathers about their experiences with co-parenting and custody agreements. Rate is $250 to $350. Pitches should be sent to kindred@meredith.com. Read their executive editor’s Twitter thread here and their writer’s guidelines here.

Tuesday, February 8th 2022

Parents.com is Seeking Freelance News Writers

Parents.com helps parents raise happy, healthy kids. They are seeking freelance news writers to cover “daily news, new studies, entertainment news, etc. through a parenting lens.” They pay $75 and up for quick-turnaround assignments. If interested, contact melissa.bykofsky2@meredith.com. To learn more, refer to this Tweet and their writer’s guidelines

Tuesday, December 7th 2021

Parents Magazine is Seeking Pitches that Focus on Black Families

Parents Magazine (Parents.com) helps parents raise happy, healthy kids. They are launching a new subbrand which will focus on Black families. They are looking for pitches for it. They want “pitches on Black history and the power of Black families that resist the white gaze.” Their rates start at $250. If interested, contact kelly.glass@meredith.com. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread. To read Parents Magazine’s writer’s guidelines, refer to this page.

Friday, November 26th 2021

Parents wants pitches on Blackness and parenting (+ another theme)


The senior editor of Parents.com recently Tweeted, “we’re looking for pitches from black writers! we want your reported stories on everything and (almost) anything at the intersection of blackness and parenting. please, dm me for more details.” Details here.

(Also see the Tweet about pitch calls for The Financial Costs of Childcare for Parents magazine; pay is $200-300 for 800+ words.)


Sunday, September 19th 2021

Parents Magazine (Parents.com) is Seeking Pitches on Single Parent Finances

Parents Magazine (Parents.com) helps parents raise happy, healthy kids. Their deputy editor is looking for pitches on the topic of single parent finances. “How-tos, personal essays, all welcome, the more specific/unique the better.” Rate is $200 to $300 for 800+ words. Pitches should be sent to aedelman@meredith.com. Read their deputy editor’s Tweet here and their writer’s guidelines here.

Sunday, April 25th 2021

Parents Magazine is Seeking Pitches on LGBTQIA+ Topics

Parents Magazine’s contributing editor is looking for pitches on “LGBTQIA+ topics told by queer people, parents, and teens.” “It's a reported guide for parents looking to support their LGBTQIA+ kids, themselves, & the queer community.” Pay is $300 to $500. Pitches should be sent to amber.leventry@gmail.com. Read their contributing editor’s Tweet here and their writer’s guidelines here.