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, excerpt, and profiles. They have previously indicated to pay $400 for essays, $1000 for longer longer review-essays, and $1000 for literary profiles. 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.
Brigids Gate Press is an indie press that seeks to be a forge where new and underrepresented talents are refined and developed, and their stories shaped and tempered into tales that will delight readers. The anthologies the publish have specifc themes for which they are looking for submissions, and they only accept them during the submission window. According to their submissions page, they pay 10¢ per word and $50 for poems. To learn more, refer to this page.
Oestrogeneration is a magazine platform highlighting the voices of trans women and transfeminine writers in the UK. They publish essays, opinion pieces, first-person stories, arts and culture content, pop culture reviews, think-pieces and other forms of journalistic writing with a word limit of 1200. According to their pitch guide, they pay a flat rate of £50 per piece. 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.
GamesRadar+ is a games, movies, TV, and comics website. They accept pitches for original reporting, op-eds, and features from contributors of all backgrounds and experience. All accepted stories are paid at competitive rates, based on the access, word count, and type of work. To learn more, refer to this page.