Your Substack Can Pay You Twice: 20 Publications to Pitch This Week
Where to pitch your best Substack posts for real money (with pitching template)
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If you’ve been publishing consistently on Substack but the income part still feels… slow, here’s a smarter move than starting from scratch.
Take a post that already performed well, sharpen the angle, and pitch it to outlets that are actively buying the exact kind of story you’re writing.
In other words: same ideas, new checks.
How to use this
Pick one outlet from the list below.
Read 2-3 recent articles from that outlet to understand their tone and angle.
Choose one of your existing posts that fits their editorial focus.
Send one pitch this week.
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Here’s what you’ll find in this article (step-by-step):
Top 5 free preview
Quick pitches (4 publications)
Strong rates, bigger lift (9 publications)
Opportunities-style outlet (1 publication)
Health lane (1 publication)
Pitch template (copy/paste)
If you already live abroad, you’re perfectly positioned to write for publications about your destination and surrounding areas.
If you’re on Substack and already writing about it, you’re miles ahead of the competition.
And if you’re anything like most of us here on Substack, you’re probably not (yet!) making a liveable income from it.
But the smartest writers on this platform create multiple income streams from their Substack work. And repurposing your most popular posts into magazine pitches for the right publications is a great way to get started with this.
In today’s post, we cover a range of different types of publications you can repurpose your Substack posts for. We’re opening with publications paying for travel guides, with big-name companies who will pay you real money for them.
Roads & Kingdoms
Best for: deeply reported stories, in-depth travel writing, and unique culinary narratives that go beyond superficial reviews. Great if your Substack already reads like narrative nonfiction and you write stories about the dynamics of a region (politics, economics, culture).
Rates: Payment varies by section: $25 for “breakfast posts,” $150+ for features, and $1,000+ for in-depth “Dispatched” series stories.
Pitch contact: pitches@roadsandkingdoms.com (you’ll receive an autoresponse with more information about rates and approval process).
Note: Do not send completed manuscripts — send only a concise paragraph or two summarizing the story, key characters, and the unique angle. Read Roads & Kingdoms first to understand their distinctive storytelling style.
They accept pitches for various sections: City Guides, Dispatched (long-form/travelogue), and “Breakfast” posts.
SELF
Best for: service-driven health and wellness (reported advice/explainers with expert input). Also open to personal-experience-based service and some timely, well-supported opinion.
Rates start at: $450 (short news); $500 (reported service); $800 (features).
Pitch contact / submit: email the best-fit editor from the guidelines with subject line “PITCH: Working Headline Here”. They aim to respond within 7 days.
Guidelines: https://www.self.com/story/how-to-pitch-a-story-to-self
Condé Nast Traveler
Best for: sharpening a Substack idea into a reported story with a clear angle and “why now” (not a destination dump or travel diary). Strong fit for destination intel, identity, food, design, and responsible travel.
Rates start at: $300 for 500–600 words.
Pitch contact / submit: email the one most relevant editor listed in their pitch guide. Keep it to 1–2 short paragraphs (headline, angle, sources/characters, why you).
Guidelines: https://www.cntraveler.com/info/how-to-pitch-conde-nast-traveler (2025 guidelines still apply for 2026)
Fodor’s Travel
Best for: turning a strong Substack angle into a headline-able travel feature with a useful takeaway (hacks, points/miles, safety, hot takes, travel blunders, weird + wonderful) — not generic roundups.
Rates: confirmed on assignment.
Pitch contact / submit: pitches are Google Form only (email pitches won’t be considered). If you hear back within ~6 weeks, it’s a yes; otherwise assume pass.
Guidelines: https://www.fodors.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Fodors-Pitching-Guidelines-2025.pdf (2025 guidelines still apply for 2026)
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