Write For US
Want to write for Matts Babes? Great! We’ve put together a guide on how to pitch to us and the types of pieces that we publish.
The Matts Babes exists because we want women and people to be able to access better content about their health, that is accurate, genuinely useful, trustworthy, and inclusive.
We know that health is more than the physical symptoms we experience — it’s affected by everything that makes up our world, including emotional, social, cultural, lifestyle, and even political factors. We think it’s essential that health content addresses and understands this complete picture.
That’s why we have many content streams:
What we publish?
If you are a qualified professional and would like to write for us, please send an email introducing yourself to: publishmyguestpost@gmail.com
Our Editorial stream covers all aspects of health that are non-clinical in nature. This includes social and political factors, identity, culture, discrimination, gender, lifestyle, and sharing particular experiences. This content is usually issue and experience-led and does not require clinical knowledge or expertise to investigate.
If you would like to add references to your piece, we use the Oxford system (footnotes).
How to pitch
Get to know us
We are not a mainstream publication. Our work is challenging, thorough, and feminist, which always seeks to “fill the gaps” in the mainstream.
Familiarise yourself with our tone and what’s already been published. It’s a good idea to search our site for any existing pieces on your topic, to make sure you’re not pitching us something we’ve already published. You can do this by typing the topic into the search function on our website, on the top right-hand side of our main navigation (to the right of our logo!). We’d also suggest checking out our Instagram for a broader idea of issues and topics that are important to us.
Get pitching
Once you’ve got your story idea down, it’s time to craft it into a pitch. Your pitch should include:
- A suggested or working headline. This should be attention-grabbing and summarise your piece — readers should get a sense of what they can expect when reading
- A brief summary explaining what your article will be about
- Details of any interviews you will do for the piece. You don’t necessarily need to say someone’s name (unless this is relevant) — just their specialism or expertise is fine. We want to understand what this voice will add to your story
You should also include no more than three clips or writing samples.
There is no one correct way to write a pitch — as long as it’s clear, succinct, and compelling.
Please do not send us a completed article or an article that has already been published elsewhere.
Email your finished pitch to: publishmyguestpost@gmail.com. We are a *very* small team and will generally only respond to pitches that we are interested in commissioning. If you do not receive a response from us within two weeks, please assume that your pitch has been unsuccessful on this occasion — but please don’t let that deter you from trying again!