Orato World Media is a non-profit digital publication that publishes true stories from real people. They welcome non-fiction, first-person story ideas. According to their become a contributor page, pay for International Feature Story (minimum 2,000 words) is $200+ USD, National Feature Story (minimum 1,500 words) $100-$150 USD, Regional Feature Story (minimum 1,000 words) $50-$100 USD and Science, Sports & Entertainment Story (minimum 500 words) $25-$50 USD. For details, refer to this page.
Carefree Magazine is “a Black women's magazine dedicated to the wanderers, late bloomers, and dreamers.” They're always seeking “pitches that speak firsthand to the Black woman’s experience.” They accept pitches for personal essays, fiction, culture pieces, and for their Hair Diaries, Twelve Out of Ten, and Adventures Unknown columns. According to a tweet, they pay $100 per piece. To learn more, refer to their submissions page.
HoneyColony is a magazine and marketplace that is dedicated to saving bees and putting honesty back into our food supply. They are seeking “experienced journalists who have written about food justice, personal transformation, and our planet.” According to an old tweet by their managing editor, they pay $75 per piece. To submit a pitch, visit this page.
Offbeat Research is “committed to producing rigorous, offbeat stories which emphasize social media and open-source investigation to explore niche, novel, or otherwise unexplored ideas.” They welcome investigative pitches. According to their guidelines, they pay $200 USD for written articles up to 2,000 words and $300 USD for written articles over 2,000 words. For details, refer to this page.
Mental Floss is a media brand that offers interesting facts, quizzes, trivia, and brain teasers to the audience. They are always seeking new voices to write about the diverse verticals they cover, whether that's history, science, entertainment, language, pop culture, art, or beyond. They accept pitches for lists and features. According to their guidelines, for lists, their rates start at $150. For short features of 500 words, their rates start at $125 and for longer features, rates start at $200. To learn how to send them a pitch, visit this page.
Mynah Magazine is an annual longform print magazine about Singapore's untold stories. They are interested in profiles of notable Singaporeans, stories about forgotten chapters of history and intimate looks at Singaporean subcultures, and are primarily looking for longform feature stories, Q&As with people of interest, profiles, pieces of criticism and photo essays. According to an old tweet, they pay 250-400 SGD per story. To learn more, refer to this page.
North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) is a nonprofit organization that “works toward a world in which the nations and peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean are free from oppression and injustice, and enjoy a relationship with the United States based on mutual respect, free from economic and political subordination.” They welcome contributions from academics, activists, students, and journalists covering political and economic developments in Latin America and the Caribbean, issues affecting U.S. Latinx communities, and U.S. policy in the hemisphere. According to their guidelines, they typically pay $100 to $200 per article and $25 per original photo for career photographers. To learn more, refer to this page.
Epic publishes extraordinary true stories. Their “writers travel the world searching for encounters with the unknown. Wartime romance, unlikely savants, deranged detectives, gentlemen thieves, and love struck killers: stories that tap into the thrill of being alive.” According to an old tweet by their deputy editor, they generally pay $1 to $2 per word. Most of their stories are at least 5,000 to 6,000 words long. You can see their editor's contact information and submission guidelines here..
Cleveland Review of Books is “a regionally-focused journal of literary, cultural, and art criticism.” They welcome submissions of critical writing that prioritize formal vision and generous engagement with their subject matter, and look for writing that demonstrates a committed sense of style and perspective. According to their guidelines, their rates are $100 for online publication and $200 for print. To learn more, refer to this page.
iGeneration Youth is a “for youth, by youth” online and print magazine. They are always looking for smart-thinking teens for brilliant storytelling. Our previous research indicated their features to be 900 to 1,200 words and shorter stories are 250 to 500 words, and that they paid $0.05 per word. It's not clear whether they're still publishing. You can try to contact them through social media or send your pitch directly; both their links and the pitch forms can be found on their main page.