The Agenda is an online travel magazine from Tablet Hotels. They occasionally work with independent writers on a per-story basis; they accept story pitches and decide to move forward based on the strength of the submitted idea and the experience of the writer. While the Agenda is predominantly focused on travel, they don’t believe that travel writing is a genre or style of its own, or that it’s limited to any specific type of subject matter. According to their pitch guide, their sstandard compensation ranges from $400-$500 USD per story. To learn more, refer to this page.
Fansplaining is a weekly media outlet devoted to savvy writing about fans and fan culture. According to their pitch guide, they pay $300 per piece. Their articles tend to run long; around 2,000-3,000 words is normal, and some pieces are even longer. Reporting costs and incidental expenses are negotiated when the pitch is accepted. To learn more, refer to this page.
The Infatuation's mission is to bring readers the most honest and trustworthy opinions on where to eat around the world. They are on a mission to create the most trustworthy and useful restaurant recommendation platform, and are looking for pitches from freelance writers to expand their coverage throughout the US and around the world. They're looking for smaller guides that highlight particular cuisines, types of establishment, or popular neighborhoods. All of their assignments are paid; they base final rates on the length of a guide, amount of additional research required, and experience. To learn more, refer to this page.
BuzzFeed is committed to making the internet better: providing trusted, quality, brand-safe news and entertainment to hundreds of millions of people; making content on the internet more inclusive, empathetic, and creative; and inspiring their audience to live better lives. They welcome pitches for lists (with a minimum of 15 items in each list), how-to guides or explainers, super timely or trending news stories, first-person stories about trying something interesting, and more. Rates vary depending on amount of reporting or research, turn-around time, and topic expertise. To learn more, refer to this page.
Abyss & Apex is a speculative fiction magazine. According to their guidelines, they pay USD $.08/word up to 1,000 words, and a flat payment of $80.00 for longer stories. To learn more, refer to this page.
The Cincinnati Review is a literary magazine published by the University of Cincinnati. It features poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. They welcome submissions from writers at any point in their careers. According to their guidelines, they pay $25/page for prose and $30/page for poetry in the print journal. To learn more, refer to this page.
MENT Magazine is a Korean pop culture magazine that “publishes critical and creative work that engages with Korean media forms through a variety of cultural, social, and political perspectives.” According to this post, they pay $100 per contribution and accept pitches at editors@mentmagazine.com. To learn more, refer to their pitch guidelines and ‘about’ page.
China Books Review is a digital magazine on all things China and bookish. They are a literary review for all general readers interested in China and the Sinophone world, publishing reviews, essays, excerpts and more. They are interested in pitches for reviews, essays, excerpts, and profiles. According to their pitch guide, they pay a competitive flat rate for all original articles, roughly equivalent to 25c/word. To learn more, refer to this page.
Refinery29 looks to amplify underrepresented voices and how they are impacted by policy, represented in pop culture, and forge their own paths.They want stories that are surprising, illuminate the world around us, and are written through a local lens. According to their publishing guidelines, personal essays and shorter reported articles will start at AUD$200 and go up from there depending on the piece. A thorough explainer, or something that involves multiple interviews, will start at AUD$300. To learn more, refer to this page.
Rooted is a publication uplifting underrepresented voices in media, arts, and entertainment. They are interested in interviews and profiles, media commentary and critiques, narrative journalism, personal essays, news, and reviews. Their rates are negotiable depending on the needs of a story and are determined at the time of assignment. They pay a 50% cancellation fee. To learn more, refer to this page.