Pitch a personal essay to Newsweek via D&D DirectAccess

We’re excited to offer you an exclusive opportunity to pitch an article idea for Newsweek’s personal essays section via our direct connection to their Essays Editor. 🎉

This is an exclusive chance to pitch a high-profile publication and get in front of a major national audience! 🙌🏽

Note: This opportunity offers direct access to a major outlet, but keep in mind it’s a HIGHLY SELECTIVE process (unlike our PR Hype Machine Exclusive Community Media Placement opportunities—our signature offering crafted by our in-house editorial team—which offer you as a highly vetted membera close-to-guaranteed chance of getting featured). That said, the more compelling and unique your pitch, the higher your chances of being selected! 💫

📝 Newsweek is interested in first-person stories related to:

• Parenting

• Health

• Relationships

✨ What makes a great personal essay pitch? 

Newsweek looks for stories with strong emotional resonance, and even a little shock value. (If there are ways to up the drama in your pitch, please do it!) These should be deeply rooted in a personal experience, but if you can relate your story to a major news theme or prominent trend on social media, there’s a stronger chance they’ll be interested.

Examples of this type of article:

• My Body Sent Me Warning Signs—I Didn’t Listen Until It Was Too Late

• I’m a Therapist Who Escaped the LA Fires. Healing Has No Roadmap

• I Faced a Humiliating Condition After Giving Birth—Then It Inspired Me

• My Son Was Defined by His Autism’s ‘Nevers’—a Trip Shows How Far We’ve Come

• A ‘Glass Cliff’ Job in a Toxic Workplace Put Me in Hospital—I Had to Change

💥 Special bonus: If your pitch is accepted, you’ll not only get to work with the editorial team at Newsweek, but also with our Editorial Director Erin Greenawald to make sure your essay is absolutely top-notch. Trust me, this is a huge perk—Erin’s editorial magic can take your piece from great to extraordinary! #VIPTreatment

➡️ Pitch your Newsweek essay idea(s) via D&D.

⏰ This is an ongoing opportunity, feel free to submit a pitch anytime (including new ideas you come up with). We will be submitting pitches roughly monthly. Note that for this opportunity you will only hear back if your pitch is selected.

Here’s to getting your incredible stories out into the world. 🌍 We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

This is a D&D-exclusive opportunity—please don’t share outside of Dreamers & Doers. Thank you!