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Pitches wanted (working class) | ~30p per word
🕑 Added 2025-07-18 22:05:12 +0000 UTCCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: THE BEE
Deadline: 11 August 2025
We’ve just opened our first open submissions window for working-class writers. We’re looking for stories that capture something about being working class in Britain in 2025. Can be fiction or non-fiction, and 500-3000 words long. Please pitch us. Details below.
OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Between Monday 14th July and Monday 11th August (deadline 4pm) we’ll be considering suggestions for new pieces of writing for the Bee. If you’re a writer from a working-class background and have an idea for something you would like to write for the Bee, we’d love to hear from you.
We are looking for fiction (any genre), narrative non-fiction, non-fiction and journalism that captures something about being working class in Britain in 2025. This could be a feeling, or something you observe, or an experience. We’re particularly interested in stories about joy, community and hope. Your story can be any length from 500 to 3,000 words. It could be anything from a description of something to a short story.
If we select your story for publication you’ll work with the Bee’s editor Richard Benson to write your piece, and it will be published on the Bee website. We’ll pay you according to our pay rates. We’ll also consider your piece for our print magazine.
We know that there are a diverse range of working-class experiences across the UK and we are keen to hear from all working-class identities. You don’t need to have been published anywhere before to submit, and you can be at any stage of your writing career.
If you have an idea you would like to write about, you should submit it via our Airtable form. We will ask you to send us:A pitch of up to 300 words for what you would like to write about for the Bee, and why you think it would be right for us. There’s some advice on writing pitches in the FAQs below.
A 500-word sample of writing you’ve done before, so we can see what your work is like. This doesn’t have to have been published anywhere, and doesn’t need to be the same style or topic as your pitch.
A brief biography of yourself of a maximum of 100 words, mentioning any previous writing experience.
Everyone who sends us an idea will hear back from us with a decision by Friday 7th November.
Please read the FAQs carefully before you submit.
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Submissions: Via the webform
Website: https://thebeemagazine.com
TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:
Learn more about the publication: The Bee is a literary magazine and media platform that publishes fiction, essays, commentary, interviews, and podcasts centered on working-class writing and culture. It features contributions from writers, artists, and podcasters with working-class backgrounds, championing personal narratives and critical perspectives. The publication seeks to elevate underrepresented voices by nurturing, publishing, and promoting new and established working-class creators through community-driven storytelling. More information here.
Read through a selection of recent articles/stories on its website.
Review the submission guidelines here.
Check out our collection of pitch excerpts on this page and find more sample pitches at The Open Notebook and at SuccessfulPitches.com.
Do not forget to end your pitch with (1) a short introduction about yourself; (2) a few lines highlighting your writing experience, relevant credentials and publication credits; and (3) links to your strongest work or portfolio, and online profile.
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