YourTango is an online magazine that offers love and relationship advice to women. They seek personal essays, service pieces, and reported articles from freelancers. Their pieces are generally 500 to 1,200 words long. According to an old payment report, the paid $0.03 per word. For details, refer to this page.
Smart Home Beginner is a website about home automation, home server, home media, and more. They previously indicated paying 3 to 6 cents per word depending on the experience of the author, and the length and the quality of the article, but current rates are not clear. To learn more, refer to this page.
Gifts for Card Players is a curated shopping page that is designed to help people find links to stationery, playing cards, card novelties and gifts, card supplies, party supplies, and card accessories. They have previously indicated to be accepting articles of 600 to 2,000 words and that pay was $40 per 500+ words. Their guidelines have been removed, but you contact them through the form at the bottom of their main page.
Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) is a magazine for professional journalists published by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. They “monitor the press in all its forms, calling attention to its shortcomings and strengths in order to ensure that the standards of honest and responsible journalism remain the bedrock of our profession.” They welcomes pitches for critical essays, profiles, and investigative features. According to an old payment report, they paid $0.63 per word. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.
Aurora is University of Alaska Fairbanks’ magazine for alumni and friends. They strive to “publish writing of the highest quality, driven by clear prose, accurate facts and references, and approved subject quotes.” They previously mentioned paying 50 cents a word for the original word count assigned, but current rates are unclear. For details, refer to their contributor guidelines.
Black Youth Project is a “platform that highlights the voices and ideas of Black millennials.” They are looking for content on pop culture, feminism, LGBTQIA+ issues, politics, and many other topics. They also accept republished content. According to their guidelines, they pay $100 for original pieces of 800+ words. For details, visit this page.
Zoning Practice (ZP) is a monthly publication that is dedicated to helping its readers “write and administer smarter development codes.” Each edition of ZP has one long-form feature article of 4,000 to 4,500 words. According to their guidelines, standard pay for a lead article is $750. To learn more, refer to this page.
Unemploymentville.com is a supportive and friendly place for people who are out of work. They are looking for contributions for their blog. They want personal stories about being unemployed, stories about earning a living by getting gigs, advice on dealing with the challenges of being unemployed, and unique job search techniques. The length should be at least 350 words and they prefer that you supply one or more free images that can be used with your post. According to their guidelines, pay is $25 – $75 per piece. For details, refer to this page.
Leatherneck is a magazine of the United States Marine Corps. They are looking for articles focused on Marine Corps. They encourage articles on current events, history, personality profiles, and Marine units. Our previous research indicated the articles should be 1,200 to 2,500 words long and have a minimum of 10 to 12 photos. They previously mentioned paying $100 per laid out page. For details, refer to the guidelines on their faq page.
Damn Interesting is a “project dedicated to the dissemination of fascinating-yet-obscure true stories from science, history, and psychology.” They want verifiable, evergreen, interesting non-fiction, obscure stories rather than well-known, and stories that deserve to be long-form, without padding. According to their guidelines, their base rate for long-form articles is $400. To learn more, refer to this page.