The Frisky is looking for freelance pitches and submissions!

Please direct all pitches to Amelia McDonell-Parry () and Catherine Strawn () via e-mail ONLY.  Please include a copy of your resume with your pitch.  If we’re interested in your story, we will contact you, but if you haven’t heard back within two weeks of submitting your proposal, feel free to follow-up via e-mail.

Pay is negotiated upon assignment, though rates are highly competitive with other online blogs/webzines.

Please, oh please, read The Frisky thoroughly before sending us your pitch so you can make sure your idea and the tone you intend to take is in line with our editorial mission (i.e. hilarious, irreverent, sexy, and smart, obviously).

What To Pitch:

Dealbreaker: A first person column detailing the writer’s dealbreaker in a relationship. Past examples include ”The Bad Speller”, ”The Guy Who Doesn’t Believe In Global Warming”, and ”The Manorexic”. Typical Column Length: 500 Words

First Time For Everything: A first person story about the writer’s first time doing something related to sex and relationships. Past examples include: ”Losing My Virginity”, ”The Great Twentysomething Breakup” (link!), and ”The Great Twentysomething Moveout”. Typical Column Length: 500 Words

Debate: We need writers to pitch debate topics for which they either have two “experts” with opposing viewpoints on the subject to interview or a totally unique way of conducting the debate. These topics should have something to do with sex, relationships, women’s health, etc. Past Debate topics include: ”Do You Have To Return The Ring If The Engagement Ends? and ”Should Guys Help Pay For Birth Control?”

Features: We’re open to anything and everything for feature pitches so long as they are in the sex and relationships arena AND are different from something you might have seen in a women’s magazine recently. Topics that are timely are especially of interest, as are list-based feature ideas. Sample features include “The Other Woman”, “Pathetic Male Movie Leads, Get Lost!”, “Leave It To My Beaver”, “A Not-So-Innocent Email Affair”.

Mind Of Man: We need male writers to write for this column, which exposes our female readership to man’s perspective on a variety of sex and relationship topics. Past topics include “How We Say ‘I Love You’ Without Actually Saying ‘I Love You’”, “Five Things About Pregnancy That Will Eff You Up”, and “Why Dudes Love To Play The Trumpet Of Fleshy Delights (And Other Sex Secrets)”.

The Frisky Guidebook: Are you an expert on a certain city? We’re looking for writers to do mini-guidebooks on the sexier side of cities around the U.S. and in certain international destinations. You must really know the city well though – we don’t need someone recommending visiting the Statue of Liberty in New York City. Past cities we’ve covered include New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Miami. Please don’t pitch us a city we’ve already covered!

What Not To Pitch:

Branded Columns: Those written by a single writer (i.e. ”The Monogamist”, ”So I’m Engaged”, ”Dating Don’ts”, etc.) are closed to freelancers. The only exception is “Mind Of Man”, which is written by multiple people.

Blog posts: The regular daily blogging on The Frisky is already covered.  If there’s a topic you’d like to suggest we cover, please don’t hesitate to tips us at .