Five women in business magazine sections publishing as of October 2026 are ForbesWomen, Fortune’s Most Powerful Women, Inc.’s Female Founders, Entrepreneur’s Women Entrepreneur section, and the Women section of Black Enterprise. Ms., a feminist magazine, also covers women’s issues. To get featured in one, read the section you want, find the editor who covers it, and pitch a story its readers would value, timed to the outlet’s lead time and sent the way its own guidelines ask. Hearing nothing back after a pitch can be discouraging, and aiming the next one at a specific section and the editor who covers it gives you a better place to start.
Where to Pitch: Five Women in Business Magazine Sections and Ms.
We checked each outlet on its own site on October 7, 2026, and they appear in no particular order. Five of them cover women in business from their own angle, and Ms. covers feminist news, policy, and culture. Lists and submission rules can change after that date, so look at each outlet’s own pages before you pitch.
ForbesWomen sits inside the Forbes leadership coverage, and our guide on how to get featured in Forbes explains its 50 Over 50 list and the other ways into Forbes.
Fortune’s Most Powerful Women section reports on women in senior business roles, and on October 6, 2026, it ran stories on Chevron CFO Eimear Bonner’s new role and on pay for women who are top lawyers at America’s biggest companies. Fortune released its 29th annual Most Powerful Women in Business list on May 27, 2026, and half of the women on that list represent Fortune Global 500 companies.
Inc.’s Female Founders hub hosts the 2026 Female Founders 500, which recognizes founders from 500 public companies, private companies, and nonprofits, and for the first time includes founders from outside the United States. Inc.’s editorial team reviewed and scored each founder, and the hub groups its profiles under headings such as Trailblazers and Fundraising Phenoms.
Women Entrepreneur is the section of Entrepreneur for women founders and leaders, and recent stories include a profile of Poppi co-founder Allison Ellsworth along with career advice for high-performing women. Entrepreneur’s help page describes its contributor route, the Entrepreneur Leadership Network, which is free to apply to and asks accepted members to pay, so treat it as a separate decision from pitching an editor.
The Women section of Black Enterprise covers Black women in business, careers, wealth, and health. Recent stories include two founders who raised $1 million without venture capital and five business lessons from a woman building a luxury glassware brand.
Ms. covers feminist news, politics, and culture, and it published new articles through early October 2026, including pieces on state supreme court elections and the Equal Rights Amendment. It accepts pitches and completed pieces, so it fits a founder whose expertise connects to policy or equity.
How to Get Featured in a Magazine, Step by Step
These steps work for a print title or an online women entrepreneur magazine section, and for general business magazines as well as magazines for women entrepreneurs.
Begin by reading the section you want to appear in. The Ms. submissions page asks writers to reference its recent content, in print and online, to learn its voice and approach, and that habit works at any outlet. Note which formats the section runs, such as founder profiles, lists, advice columns, or reported features, and where a story like yours would sit.
Next, find the editor who covers that section and address your pitch to her by name.
Then pitch a story angle. Give the editor a story her readers can learn from, so lead with the trend or result your experience shows, and let your company appear inside that story. Ms. asks every query to state the writer’s expertise and qualifications, and asks pitches to describe what the finished article will look and sound like.
Time your pitch to the outlet’s lead time. Monthly consumer print magazines typically work three to six months ahead, according to The Writer, which also notes that a media kit often includes the editorial schedule for the coming year. Ms. publishes in print quarterly, and its guidelines say that schedule means it cannot take timely submissions, while online sections may run on shorter schedules.
Finally, follow each outlet’s instructions closely. Ms. asks for two or three published clips and a bio of one to three sentences, and it asks writers to skip phone follow-ups. Lists have their own entry routes, such as the Apply link on Inc.’s Female Founders hub, and our guide to awards for women in business lists its fees and deadlines.
Finding reporters and following up after a pitch belong to a bigger process, and Mariya lays out each stage in her guide on how to get press coverage.
How to Find the Right Editor for Your Story
Before you write the pitch, learn who covers your subject. In a print issue, the masthead lists editors by title, and online, a staff page often does the same. Match a title such as features editor to the section you have been reading, and note the spelling of her name.
Recent bylines give you a second check. Open the newest stories in the section, follow each byline to its author page, and look at what that writer has covered in recent months. When one name keeps appearing on stories close to yours, that person is a sensible first contact.
Some outlets also route pitches through a dedicated address. Ms., for example, lists one email address for print submissions and another for digital submissions on its submissions page, so a pitch for the website and one for the quarterly print issue go to different inboxes.
What Editors Look for in a Pitch
If you have never written for a business magazine, published guidelines take some of the guesswork out of a first pitch. Harvard Business Review publishes its contributor guidelines, and the questions they ask are a useful test for any pitch to business magazines. HBR asks writers to state the central message of the proposed article, explain what is “new, important, or counterintuitive” about the idea, and say why senior leaders need to know it. It also asks for the source of the writer’s authority and the research or examples that will support the idea.
You do not need to be well known to write for HBR, though its guidelines say a contributor needs demonstrated expertise in the subject. They name evidence, originality, usefulness, and good writing as the other qualities HBR looks for.
The idea is only part of the decision. In The Writer, M.T. Schwartzman notes that editors often ask new writers to submit completed stories for review, because a seasoned editor judges even an intriguing idea by its execution. It helps to write your pitch in the voice of the section you are pitching, so an editor can picture the finished piece. When you have no published clips yet, you can also offer a completed draft to an outlet that accepts finished work, as Ms. does.
As a founder, you can open with an insight from your own work and back it with figures you can share on the record. Both HBR and Ms. say they may not respond to every submission because of the volume they receive, so a lack of reply does not always mean an editor read and rejected your idea.
Before You Pitch: Have a Press Page an Editor Can Check
An editor may search your name before she replies, and once she says yes, she may ask for your bio or photos on short notice. A press page on your website keeps those pieces ready, and our guide on how to create a press kit covers what to put on it, from bio lengths to photo crops.
A recorded conversation about your field could be one more thing to send an editor who wants to know your work. If we feature you in Season One of Pink Fins Media, you will receive a full episode on our YouTube channel and a written feature on this site, and you can link both from your press page and your bio. To put your own name forward, or another woman’s, use the Nominate a Woman button at the top of this page.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Is the Best Women in Business Magazine to Pitch?
The right outlet depends on your story and your stage. Fortune’s Most Powerful Women reports on women in senior roles at large companies, while Inc.’s Female Founders 500 includes founders of public companies, private companies, and nonprofits. Read a few recent stories in each section and pitch the one where your story would fit beside them.
How Far Ahead Should I Pitch a Monthly Magazine?
Monthly consumer print magazines typically work three to six months ahead, according to The Writer. Ms. publishes in print quarterly and says it cannot take timely submissions, and online sections may run on shorter schedules, so check each outlet’s guidelines or media kit for its schedule.
How Do I Find the Right Editor at a Magazine?
Check the masthead in a print issue or the staff page online, and match a title such as features editor to the section you have been reading. Then open recent stories in that section and follow the bylines to see who covers subjects close to yours. Some outlets, such as Ms., list separate addresses for print and digital pitches.
Can I Pay to Be Featured in a Business Magazine?
Some outlets run paid contributor programs, such as the Entrepreneur Leadership Network, which is free to apply to and asks accepted members to pay. Editorial lists and features are chosen by editors, and Inc. says its editorial team reviewed and scored each founder on its Female Founders 500.
What Should a Magazine Pitch Include?
Include a clear story angle, a line on why you have the expertise to speak on it, and the evidence or examples that support your idea, which Harvard Business Review asks every proposal to describe. Ms., for example, also asks for two or three published clips, a short bio, and an estimate of when a finished piece could be ready.
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