The Land, Food, and Freedom Journal is a nonprofit publication that curates “interdisciplinary conversations about Black food sovereignty, land justice, and art.” They publish work within the categories of “Land, Food, Freedom, and Culture.” They welcome essays, prose, poetry, reviews, recipes, multimedia pieces, visual art, and more. They offer an honorarium of $350 to $750 per piece. For details, refer to this page and their rate sheet.
The Public Eye Magazine is published by the Political Research Associates, a social justice research and strategy center devoted to supporting organizations, civic leaders, journalists, and social sectors that are building a more just and inclusive democratic society. They oublish original, long-form features, research-based analysis, and commentary on the U.S. and Global Right. They welcome pitches for long-form features, commentaries and short articles, interviews and reviews. According to their guidelines, they pay $350-$1,500, depending on the type of article. To learn more, refer to this page.
EachOther is a UK-focused charity that uses independent journalism, storytelling and filmmaking to ''put the human into human rights.'' The digital content they produce is grounded in the lived experience of ordinary people affected by human rights issues. They are looking for stories for their Inspired Source series, which is part of their work to amplify voices that are underrepresented in the media and marginalised by society. According to their pitch guide, they pay aspiring writers based in the UK £100 to produce a 400-600 word opinion piece. To learn more, refer to this page.
The Liberalist is “a pro-freedom magazine promoting individual liberty, free markets, and limited government.” They aim to enlighten Africans about their rights. They seek thought-provoking articles and op-eds that engage with themes central to their values, such as economic freedom, political freedom, and human rights. According to this post, they pay $100 per essay. To pitch them, refer to this page.
The Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ) is a nonprofit print and digital magazine that educates the nonprofit sector through research-based articles and resources. Short-form pieces are 750-1,500 words, and long-form pieces are 1,500-2,500 words. They especially look for articles and pitches that cover one or more of their “four justice areas—economic, racial, climate, and health justice—as well as leadership, management, and philanthropy.” According to their guidelines, rates are $300 for articles up to 1,000 words and $500 for articles more than 1,000 words. To learn more, refer to their submissions page.
Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) is a quarterly print magazine and website that covers “cross-sector solutions to global problems.” They are based at Stanford University’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. They aim to inform leaders of social change. For the print magazine, they accept 6 types of editorial articles: book review (1,700 words), case study (4,000-6,000 words), feature (4,500-6,000 words), field report (1,700 words), viewpoint (1,500 words), and what's next (700-800 words). For the website, they look for shorter works (1,200-2,000 words). According to an old tweet by their editor, they pay $600 for 800-word articles and $1,500 for 1,700-word articles. They pay $600 for 1,700-word book reviews. For more information, refer to their submission guidelines.
Type Investigations is a nonprofit investigative newsroom. They cover the “most urgent issues of our time, including racial and economic justice, climate and environmental health, and civil and human rights.” Their written features are generally 4,000-5,000 words and, according to their pitch guide, they typically pay $3,000-$6,000 (including travel and reporting expenses). For more information, refer to their pitch guide.
Skin Deep makes “space for Black creatives and creatives of colour to work towards justice through cultural production.” They publish slower work, which is less reactive to the short news cycle, but still considers our social contexts, and like stories that go below the surface, exploring the social, political, and economic forces shaping our world. They prefer pieces of around 1,200 words. According to their guidelines, they pay £150 to £300 per piece. To learn more, visit this page.
Lacuna is “an online magazine that exposes injustice and promotes human rights.” They specialize in environment, equality, politics, migration, food poverty, and conflict. They welcome unsolicited submissions and proposals from both new and established writers. Their focus is on skilled storytelling rather than academic essays and they welcome styles including journalism, comment, fiction, interviews, and reviews. They publish deeply reported features of up to 3,000 words and shorter features of 1,000 to 2,000 words. Payment rates are not mentioned. For details, refer to this page.
Yopp! is a social justice blog that is devoted to civil rights education, raising the voices of marginalized groups, and reducing oppression. Topics include issues related to the LGBTQIA+ communities, autism, ADHD, or cognitive-based disabilities, native and Indigenous communities, body positivity movement/fatphobia, among others. According to their guidelines, they pay $150 for articles that are over 2,000 words and $125 for articles between 1,200 and 2,000 words. To learn more, visit this page.