Bustle seeks to publish joyful, inclusive, and relatable stories for real women. They generally seek pitches for timely first-person pieces and personal essays, experiments and trials, and interviews and profiles. According to a payment report, they paid $0.25 for a 800-word opinion, editorial, column or essay. To learn more, refer to their submissions guidelines.
Autostraddle is an online sphere for lesbian, bisexual, and queer women. They cover everything from TV shows to activism to queer history, always from a progressive feminist perspective. According to a payment report, they paid $0.15 for a 1000-word opinion, editorial, column or essay. To submit, refer to this page.
BUST seeks to bring a feminist perspective to a wide array of topics, from fashion to pop culture to personal stories. They have different categories in which your story idea can fall such as Broadcast (250-350 words), Real Life (250-350 words), You Go, Girl (Travel) (1000-1500 words) and more. Pay rates are not mentioned, but according to an old payment report, they paid $0.07 per word. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.
Ms. Magazine was the first national feminist magazine to make feminist voices widely available to the public. They publish articles on policy, politics, popular culture, arts, education, environment, violence, abortion and more. They do not generally pay for digital content but do pay for print articles. According to a payment report, they paid $0.50 per word. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.
Women in Higher Education (WIHE) is a monthly newsletter designed “to help smart women on campus get wise about how gender affects their being successful in the men-dominated world of higher education.” They offer a variety of departments to accommodate your submissions, each with specific word count requirements: "In Her Own Words" (800-1100 words), "Moveable Type" (800-1100 words), "Interview" (800-1100 words), and "Features" (800-1500 words). According to their guidelines, payment is $150 for solicited articles only. To learn more, refer to their writers’ guidelines.
HerStories Project is a website for Gen X women. They publish personal essays "about what it’s like to be a Gen-X woman at midlife”. They are seeking personal essay submissions for their ‘Midstory Magazine’ on topics ‘life, love, loss, and friendship at midlife.’ They take completed drafts, not pitches. The preferred word count is 750-2000 words and, according to their guidelines, pay is $75 for accepted essays. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.
Anime Feminist publishes articles based on ‘feminist critique’ and ‘diverse opinions’ combined with Anime, Manga and other forms of Japanese Pop Culture. Your proposals should fit into one of the following categories: Analysis (Features), Creator Spotlight, Interview, History, My Fave is Problematic, Perspectives, Versus. They encourage pitches from contributors aged 21 or older. Word count is between 1,200 and 2,000 words. According to their guidelines, they pay $75 per article. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.
Lilith is a magazine for Jewish women. Their tagline is "Independent, Jewish, & Frankly Feminist." They publish reporting, analysis, opinion pieces, memoir, fiction and poetry with a feminist take on subjects of interest to Jewish feminists. Features run 2,000 words, news clips 500 words, and fiction up to 3,000 words. Payment rates are not mentioned. To learn more, refer to their pitch guide.
Dame is a website "For Women Who Know Better." They are "smart, quick-witted, opinionated and unapologetic." They publish essays, news, analysis, and unique takes on relationships, gender politics, sex, race, entertainment, the arts, business, politics, Internet culture, health and everything in-between. According to their pitch guide, they pay $350 to $750 for reported stories.