Getting Your Opinion Piece Published

How and where to submit a pitch or completed piece

General guidelines

Only submit to one publication at a time. If you don’t hear back within 3 business days, you can assume they have passed on the piece and submit to your next target publication (unless the publication specifies a different response timeline).
Some outlets prefer to receive a pitch first rather than a completed piece. If in doubt, make your first email a pitch.
When sending in a completed piece, paste the text into the body of your email — unless the submission guidelines specify that the outlet prefers a file attachment (noted below where relevant).
If your target publication has submission guidelines available online, be sure to read those thoroughly before submitting.
If you want to get a piece about federal policy published in a locally-focused outlet (ie Toronto Star), improve your chances by incorporating a local angle (ie what is the impact of this policy on a municipal or provincial level)?

Publications to consider

Outlet name	How to submit	Target word count	Notes
Globe and Mail	Email piece to Opinion Editor Natasha Hassan (NHassan@globeandmail.com) and cc Deputy Opinion Editor Mark Medley (MMedley@globeandmail.com)	750 words	2 day notification window
Toronto Star	Email piece to Jordan Himelfarb, Opinions Editor, jhimelfarb@thestar.ca and oped@thestar.ca	500 – 650 words	3 day notification window
National Post	Email piece to Carson Jerema, managing editor, comment, cjerema@postmedia.com
Ottawa Citizen	Email piece to Christina Spencer, Editorial Pages Editor, cspencer@postmedia.com and cc oped.ottawacitizen@postmedia.com”	650 words
The Conversation	Send pitch via website https://theconversation.com/ca/pitches		Will only publish pieces featuring original research that has already been published in peer-reviewed academic outlet
Policy Options	Email piece as Word document policyoptions@irpp.org	750-1,200 words	More info https://policyoptions.irpp.org/about/article-submission/
National Observer	Email piece to editor David McKie davidmckiec@gmail.com		Progressive/ social justice focus. Only accepts pieces with a climate focus
The Hill Times	Email piece to Kate Malloy, Editor, kmalloy@hilltimes.com and CC news@hilltimes.com	700 words	From https://www.hilltimes.com/submit-an-article/ All submissions must include a concise author blurb that reflects one’s relevant experience or expertise, a high-resolution headshot, email, and phone number. If applicable, please include at least one social media handle or profile. Any potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed to the editors for review to determine whether it should be cited in the author’s tagline. Please embed or link citations for attributable facts and figures in the text of the submission.
Perspectives Journal (Broadbent)	Send pitch to info@perspectivesjournal.ca	600-1000 words	Progressive/ social justice focus. https://perspectivesjournal.ca/contribute/ Opinion pieces are accepted on a rolling basis and are not subject to the timelines of journal publication
Canadian Dimension	Send piece as Word document attachment to info@canadiandimension.com	Max 1000 words	Progressive/ social justice focus. https://canadiandimension.com/about/submissions
The Tyee	Consult the list of editors at https://thetyee.ca/submissions/ and determine which one would be the most interested in your piece. Email that individual editor your piece (only approach one Tyee editor at a time)		Progressive/ social justice focus. Based in BC, so a good option for pieces focused on Western Canada — but will publish pieces with a national focus as well
CIC News	Email as an attachment to derek@canadavisa.com , Include “OPINION PIECE SUBMISSION” at the beginning of your email subject line, followed by the working headline of your article.	500 – 1000 words	Exclusive focus on immigration. From their guidelines: All objective claims made in opinion pieces must be factual and properly cited/attributed. CIC News strives to be objective and factual and not sensational. We understand that immigration is a political topic – but even at the opinion level, we strive to focus on arguments about facts rather than about feelings. We do not publish opinion pieces we consider to be moralizing. Here are examples of opinion pieces that would fit within our editorial strategy: “Newcomers can help solve Canada’s housing crisis” “Federal government has overcorrected on immigration levels.” “Cuts to student program favour public opinion over fiscal discipline” Here are examples of opinion pieces that would not fall within our purview: “Canada’s immigration system is broken” “Newcomers represent Canada’s future” “Canada should be doing a lot more to welcome newcomers” “Immigration targets aren’t high enough”
Healthing	Email piece to info@healthing.ca	None specified	Exclusive focus on health
The Resolve	Via form on https://theresolve.ca/pitch-the-resolve/	800-1000 words	Progressive/ social justice focus. BIPOC-led newsroom seeking to work with BIPOC writers who incorporate an anti-racist analysis into their work
The Breach	Via form on https://breachmedia.ca/pitch/	750 – 1200 words	Progressive/ social justice focus.
Media Co-op	Send a pitch to info@mediacoop.ca	600 – 1500 words	Progressive/ social justice focus. Be sure to read guidelines https://mediacoop.ca/pitches2021
Briarpatch	Send pitches for online-only stories to pitch@briarpatchmagazine.com, with [BLOG PITCH] in the subject line.	1500 words	Progressive/ social justice focus. Be sure to read guidelines https://briarpatchmagazine.com/submissions
Rabble.ca	Send either pitch or complete draft to editor@rabble.ca	800 word max	Progressive/ social justice focus. Read guidelines https://rabble.ca/about/submit-a-story/
The Grind	Send max 200 word pitch to info@thegrindmag.ca	Max 700 words	Progressive/ social justice focus. From an email from the editor: In terms of subjects and framing, we turn down many pitches on social policy when they are not well connected to what is happening on the ground. For example, a lawyer pitched us recently saying the Ontario government should change the Residential Tenancies Act to protect renters. While that would be nice, it’s just so far from the stated direction of the Ontario government, and the pitch wasn’t connecting the policy ask to any efforts happening in social movements to push for changes to the Act. However, we might consider novel ideas that haven’t been considered before that would provoke conversation. What this means in practice is that we end up rejecting many policy-focused op-eds. But I still encourage students to pitch and we will try to offer feedback.
Toronto Today	Send piece to Sarah Do Couto <sarah@torontotoday.ca>		Will only consider Toronto-focused pieces
Investigative Journalism Bureau – Insights	Email ijb.dlsph@utoronto.ca		Read guidelines https://ijb.utoronto.ca/insights-our-standards/