Blizzard Watch is looking for new writers, as well as an artist!

We’re adding a few new writers to the Blizzard Watch team, as well as an artist to help us with new designs for merch. These are paid freelance positions available to anyone age 18 or older. Are you the person we’re looking for? Read on for details.

For writers

We’re looking for people who can help us cover news and write guides that break down complicated topics so everyone can understand what’s going on. Our biggest game remains World of Warcraft, but we need more staff who can reliably talk about Diablo, Overwatch, and WoW Classic. We’re also looking to write more about tabletop gaming, and need writers who are familiar with TTRPGs. You don’t have to be an expert in all of these things to be considered: Blizzard Watch is a team effort, and if you can help us cover one or two topics with authority, that’s great.

We’re looking for several writers who can contribute around 15 posts a month each, on a flexible schedule. (If you’re interested but 15 posts sounds like more than you can write, send in an application anyway; I’d much prefer people contributing a few articles a week, but will consider writers who can’t be around quite as often.) We prefer people who are available to write during the day to help with breaking news, but many of our writers contribute articles on evenings and weekends, between other commitments.

Here’s what we need writers to do:

• Explain complicated topics. We need writers who can clearly convey knowledge in a way that’s accessible to newbies while also being a useful reference for veterans. We write a lot of how-tos and explainers, where it’s important to be able to break down topics in a way that readers can easily understand.
• Format their own posts. Writers need to format their own posts in WordPress, as adding relevant links, videos, and images where appropriate. Not being familiar with WordPress isn’t a dealbreaker: the system isn’t difficult, and as long as you’re willing to learn we’re happy to help out.
• Adhere to our styleguide. Though we keep our style casual, we want our posts to have good grammar (we more or less follow AP style). We have guidelines for style, formatting, and images that writers need to stick to.
• Write on a deadline. We’re usually flexible on deadlines, but sometimes we need posts quickly: for example, we can’t wait a week for a breaking news post. News posts are typically 300 to 500 words, and are usually due the same day — and in the case of breaking news, we may need those posts even faster. Longer feature posts are typically around 1000 words, and are usually due within a week.
• Bring ideas to the table. We maintain a list of posts that need to be written for writers to claim, but we also need writers who will pitch their own post ideas. If you see an opportunity to write a guide covering something players are struggling with or an interesting news tidbit we should point out, please pitch it!
• Respond to feedback. Sometimes posts need edits before they’re published, and writers need to be available to make them. We need writers who are available in our staff channel in Discord so we can chat about assignments and edits. (And please don’t take feedback personally. All of us are asked to revise posts now and then.)
• Absolutely no AI use. We’re only interested in human-created articles, that include your unique opinions and insights, which AI cannot replicate. And when we run news stories and guides, we want to be sure they’re accurate rather than AI hallucinations.

If you think you fit the bill, please fill out the application linked below. And if you don’t think you fit the bill, but you’re interested, send us an application anyway. Very few of the Blizzard Watch team were professional writers before we started, so please don’t talk yourself out of the role before you try.

To apply as a writer, please fill out this form.

For artists

We’re looking to commission two pieces of art (preferably with text), suitable for t-shirts, stickers, and other merch. We’re particularly interested in finding people from the gaming community, but this is not required. We are only interested in human-created art that does not use AI.

At present, we’re just looking to commission a couple of designs, but may have more projects in the future.

To apply as an artist, please fill out this form.

If you applied in the past and are still interested in a role, please apply again or email us to inquire directly. We review all applications, but we are not necessarily able to respond to submissions individually. You will be contacted if we like your application!

Please send in your applications before March 31, 2026.

Thanks for your time, and I’m looking forward to working with you!