Got an idea for a Guest Post to contribute to Pregnant Chicken? Great! I’m always on the lookout for great contributors and I appreciate your interest in the Burd!
What We’re Looking For
Our mission at Pregnant Chicken is to be an engaging online resource for expectant and new parents of all backgrounds, races, and gender identities.
We feature advice, information, and tips to help keep your pregnancy and transition into new parenthood informed, empowered, and fun.
We’re interested in funny or emotionally relatable posts about experiences with pregnancy, childbirth, adoption, and being a new parent.
We have covered a lot of bases over the years, so we encourage people to consider topics that are outside the box. Stories that discuss things like TTC, stories from a dad’s perspective, experiences with specific medical conditions, or risks or challenges faced for reasons including SES, race, or gender identity - things we all haven't seen on other sites a bunch of times. We will happily consider anything that might resonate with our diverse audience, especially if the tone is a fit.
Take a poke around the site to get a sense of the tone and topics of guest posts we typically accept. If you feel you have something that can either fill a gap or complement something we already have on the site, send it over.
Notes:
- Paid guest posts need to be more than 300 words. Upper word limits aren’t firm, but keep ’em reasonable.
- We can find a stock photo to accompany your post, but you’re welcome to include your own photo if you have one.
- We do accept previously published posts if they were on your own personal blog, but not on another large site (Scary Mommy, HuffPost, etc.).
- Have something that’s on the shorter side, but really speaks to the masses? Send it over to be considered for a long form social media post. Here’s a great example of what we’re looking for here. These ones currently aren’t paid, but it showcases your own website or social media page if you want a shout out. And if you’d rather go the anonymous route, that’s cool too.
What We’re NOT Looking For
- Freelance writers who write custom content in exchange for payment or a link back
- Sponsored posts pretending to be guest posts
- A list of pitches
- Straight-up birth stories that read like journal entries
Compensation
We compensate $100 for each accepted full guest post. Social media long form posts are currently not paid.
How to Submit
If you have a completed piece that you feel matches the tone and topic range for our site, please read and agree to the licensing terms below and then e-mail your piece to contribute@pregnantchicken.com.