Pitches wanted (lifestyle, organizing, real estate) | $150+ per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: APARTMENT THERAPY

Deadline: 17 November 2025

Calling all writers — a new call for pitches has just dropped!

Apartment Therapy’s Lifestyle team is now accepting 2026 pitches for stories tied to holidays, events, and observances happening in January, February, and March — think Dry January, Mardi Gras, and St. Patrick’s Day.

We’re looking for personal, original, and timely ideas across our Lifestyle verticals:

• Life

• Cleaning

• Organizing

• Real Estate

Bring us your pitches for:

• Personal essays with a strong point of view

• Unique perspectives or reported features

• Profiles of inspiring people or brands

• History deep dives that connect to the season

Find full details (including examples of successful stories and pitching tips) and submit your ideas here.

Deadline: Pitches will be accepted until November 17.

Please note: The form may close earlier if we receive a high volume of submissions, so it’s best to send in your ideas early!

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CONTACT INFORMATION:

• Submissions: Via the webform

• Website: https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Apartment Therapy is a lifestyle blog and publishing company that publishes content focused on home design and decor. It covers topics such as house tours, design ideas, organizing, cleaning, and home projects, featuring articles, how-tos, and shopping guides. The publication aims to help people create beautiful, organized, and healthy homes. More information here.

• Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Travel, Entertaining at Home, Holidays, Decorating, Home Projects

• Review the submission guidelines here. Note that these are the publication's general guidelines to help you refine your pitch. You must still follow the editor's specific instructions above.

• Check out our collection of pitch excerpts on this page and find more sample pitches at The Open Notebook Database and at SuccessfulPitches.com.

• Do not forget to end your pitch with (1) a short introduction about yourself; (2) a paragraph 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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