Official information
Overview
- Publication
- NACLA
- Eligibility
- Official: academics, activists, students and journalists. No country list. Coverage is Latin America, the Caribbean, US Latinx communities and US policy in the hemisphere.
- Writing
- Online reported analysis
- Payment
- $100–$200 honorarium if writing is your primary income
- Currency
- USD
- Payment conditions
- Official: limited budget. Currently they offer a small honorarium to contributors who depend on writing as their primary source of income, including freelance reporters and graduate students. The honorarium ranges from $100–$200 depending on the type of piece. Original photos: $25 each for contributors who make a living from photography. Currency is not labelled on the page; figures are recorded here as USD. Do not treat every accepted piece as paid.
- When paid
- Not publicly stated
- Word count
- Typically 1,200–1,500 words online; longer considered case by case
- Response time
- They aim for quick turnarounds
- Status
- Open
- Deadline
- Not publicly stated
- How to submit
- Email a short query to the web editor
- AI policy
- Not publicly stated
What they want
- A short query: the story, why you, the reporting process, why unique and timely, plus clips.
- Journalistic narrative with sociocultural or political-economic context — more analysis than straight news.
- Hyperlinks for verifiable facts. Pitches and drafts in Spanish are welcome.
What they don't want
- Completed drafts or manuscripts for the web.
- Footnotes instead of links.
- Assuming payment if writing is not your primary income.
Requirements
- Pitch only, to editor@nacla.org
- Latin America / Caribbean / Latinx / US hemispheric policy
Rights
Web articles are available for republication with “Originally published in NACLA” and a link. Print magazine articles are copyrighted.
How to submit
- Read https://nacla.org/write-for-nacla/.
- Email editor@nacla.org. Investigations/grant ideas: jchandler@nacla.org.
Official source
NACLA — Write for NACLA (official)
Last verified 2026-08-19. Always re-read the official page before you send work.
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