Pitch Writer

Attention all writers — a new call for pitches is here for Q2! 🌷

Apartment Therapy’s Lifestyle team is now accepting 2026 pitches for stories tied to holidays, events, and observances happening in April, May, and June — think Easter, Mental Health Awareness Month, and Father’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 some questions to generate thought staters) and submit your ideas here

📅 Deadline: Pitches will be accepted until March 13.
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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Apartment Therapy Lifestyle Holidays, Events, & Observances Freelance Pitches (April-June 2026)

The Apartment Therapy Lifestyle team — which includes the Life, Cleaning, Organizing, and Real Estate verticals — is looking for pitches centered on holidays, events, and observances that occur during the months of April, May, and June. Rates start at $150, but vary based on assignment. We'll be accepting pitches until March 13.

These should be: personal essays, unique perspectives, reported features, profiles of brands and people, or history deep dives tied to upcoming holidays, celebrations, observances, and other timely events and fit comfortably into any of our Lifestyle verticals. We're not looking for listicles on how to celebrate or commemorate these holidays/observances, rather personal perspectives on how these intersect with you and your life at home.

Examples of stories we're looking for: I Finally Bought a Green Velvet Couch — Then, I Found a Community of Black Women Just Like Me, I Moved to a Thriving LGBTQ+ Neighborhood in Chicago. Here’s How It Changed My Life, The “Japanese Goodbye” Ritual That Brings Me So Much Joy, Why Taking Your Shoes Off is More Than Just a Clean Habit — It’s a Sign of Respect, “Extreme Cleaning” Took Over My Life — Here’s How I Reined It In, What Modern Buildings Can Learn from Indigenous Architecture, A Trip to Mexico Changed the Way I View My Hispanic Heritage — and My Approach to Home, I Did Dry January and I’m Actually Keeping these 5 Lifestyle Changes

What Makes a Good Pitch?

Successful pitches for these moments should fall neatly into one of these Lifestyle verticals. Life vertical is all about our relationship to our homes, whether it's a way you celebrate or embrace your personality or identity there, something that changed the way you live at home, or connects you to your culture. The Cleaning and Organizing verticals can touch on your relationship with keeping a clean and organized home as it intersects with your identity and culture. Real Estate handles buying, selling, and living in our homes and can include your own personal journey to homeownership (any ties to identity, family history, and anything else that makes you, you.) 

How to Structure Your Pitch

Please include a working headline, brief description of the pitch (few sentences to two paragraphs at most), and what holiday/observance/event you are pitching about. Share if this is a personal piece or will require sources (and if you already have them in mind). If there is a holiday that is missing from this list, feel free to pitch that as well.

Holidays, Events, & Observances in April, May, and June

April: National Minority Health Month, National Stress Awareness Month (and Day, on April 16), Arab Heritage Month, World Health Day (April 7), International Day of Pink (April 8), Black Maternal Health Week (April 11-17), Easter (April 20), Passover, (April 12-20), and Earth Day (April 22). 

May: Mental Health Awareness Month, Jewish-American Heritage Month, Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Met Gala (May 5), Cinco de Mayo (May 5), Mother's Day (May 11), National Women's Health Week (May 12-18). 

June: Pride Month, Father's Day (June 15), Juneteenth (June 19), the Summer Solstice (June 20) and the BET Awards (June 29). 

Some Questions to Help Generate Thought Starters

• Is there something in your home that connects you with your broader heritage that is being celebrated in one of these months? 
• Is there an at-home celebration connected to an upcoming holiday or event that you feel deserves a special spotlight and that you and your family observe?
• Are there any heroes or trailblazers in your community who have changed your relationship with your home that's connected to one of these holidays or observances?
• How does your home reflect your identity? Did moving into your own space change your relationship with yourself, or helped you feel more like you in relation to one of these holidays or observances?
• Is there a setup or routine in your home/life that is connected to your overall health, maternal health, mental wellness, stress, or your journey with these things?
• Are there celebrities whose homes you love who will be at the Met Gala or BET Awards? 
• Have you recently learned something significant about yourself, your heritage, your culture, or your background in connection to one of these events or observances?

Below, please include your full name, email, and relevant clips/website, along with up to three pitches maximum. Got any questions? You can submit them via this form. If we're interested in your pitch, we'll reach out to you via email.