📍 Fully Remote | Flexible Schedule | Pay-Per-Traffic Model
🧾 About the Role
FanSided is hiring freelance entertainment writers to contribute content across its network of fandom-driven sites. If you’re passionate about TV, film, music, fantasy, or pop culture, this is a solid opportunity to turn your knowledge into published articles on a national platform.
🎯 Topics Currently Hiring For:
You’ll write for one of FanSided’s entertainment verticals:
• 🎶 AudioPhix – Music (all genres, artist spotlights, trends)
• 🦸 Bam Smack Pow – Comics, superhero films, comic-based TV
• 🧙♀️ Claire and Jamie – Outlander
• ✨ Dork Side of the Force – Star Wars
• 🎥 FlickSided – General Movies
• 🚨 One Chicago Center – Chicago Fire, PD, Med
• 🔍 Precinct TV – TV Crime Dramas
• 🖖 Redshirts Always Die – Star Trek
• 🌴 Surviving Tribal – Survivor
• 🧟 Undead Walking – The Walking Dead Universe
• 🐉 Winter Is Coming – Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, fantasy
• ⚡ Wizards and Whatnot – Harry Potter, Wizarding World
• 📺 GeekSided – Broadcast TV news, recaps, think pieces
📌 You may also pitch new topics not currently listed.
📋 What You’ll Do
• Write engaging, fandom-driven articles (news, opinion, analysis, breakdowns)
• Pitch topics in advance to avoid duplication
• Publish content under your byline on a FanSided-affiliated site
• Build your writing voice with editorial feedback and support
• Write as often as you’d like (minimum: 1 article per month)
💸 Compensation
• Independent Contractor status
• Earnings based on monthly traffic to your articles
• More writing = more visibility = more income potential
• Compensation varies by site and experience
✅ Ideal Candidate
• Passionate about a specific fandom, show, or genre
• Has strong written communication skills and a clear, confident voice
• Can pitch creative, relevant article ideas
• Willing to learn best practices for SEO, headlines, and formatting
• Self-motivated and deadline-aware
✍️ Why Join FanSided?
• Get published on a professional platform with a built-in audience
• Build a writing portfolio with bylined articles
• Great for aspiring entertainment journalists, critics, and super-fans
• Flexible hours with full editorial support
• Potential long-term growth across other FanSided or Minute Media sites
📩 How to Apply
Submit a proposal through FanSided’s contributor portal and indicate the topic or franchise you want to write about.