Mental Health Tings is a personal blog on mental health. They are seeking 800-1200 word blog posts about first hand account experiences of living with a mental illness or neurodivergence and/or how those struggles affect the subject's faith. They also accept 400-800 word reviews of books that are written about mental illness, neurodivergence, or healing/ self-help. According to their pitch guide, blog posts are paid $50 USD and any book reviews are paid $30 USD. To pitch them, refer to this page.
Class Central is the world's leading search engine for online courses. They're open to receiving pitches for online education trends, news, analysis, listicles, and best courses guides. They accept pieces previously published on personal platforms. According to their pitch guide, they pay $250 - $500 for Best Courses Guides & Resource Lists and $500 - $1,250 for News, Analysis & Industry Journalism. To learn more, refer to this page.
Baltimore Beat is a Black-led, Black-controlled nonprofit newspaper and media outlet. They aim to serve all of Baltimore City, including those with limited internet access and those who are a part of underrepresented communities. They publish thoughtful and unique arts coverage and community-minded, solutions-oriented journalism. To pitch them, refer to this page.
Grindr is the world’s largest network for gay, bi, trans, and queer adults. They are inviting writers who can capture Grindr’s place in the world, and want bold, personal takes and think pieces on culture, relationships, and sex. They pay based on factors like length, depth, and experience level. To pitch them, refer to this page.
Italy Magazine’s team of local experts celebrates the best of the Bel Paese. Through sharp coverage that spans culture to food to current events, their aim is to help readers deepen their understanding of Italy for richer travels. They welcome pitches from freelance writers and journalists, and their preference is to work with those based in Italy. They write stories with travelers in mind. Most of the articles they publish range between 800-1400 words. According to their pitch guide, they pay between $.15 and $.20 per word, depending largely on the complexity of the topic and the format. To learn more, refer to this page.
ARCHITECT is a magazine for architectural industry news. They are interested in hearing from architecture journalists and local reporters. All writers get paid. To learn more, refer to this page.
Newcity Brazil is an English-language digital publishing operation focused on the visual art culture of Brazil, with special emphasis on São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. They are seeking art critics and journalists based in São Paulo and throughout Brazil who are familiar with artists and the gallery and museum scene, and are also looking to expand their coverage into design and architecture. They publish art exhibition reviews, art news, artist and gallery profiles, and interviews and features. Reviews and news are 500 or so words, and features or interviews are 1,000 or more words. According to their pitch guide, reviews pay $50; features $150. To learn more, refer to this page.
Refinery29’s mission is to help women see, feel, and claim their power. Their Canadian edition aims to shine a spotlight on the Canadian stories and issues that resonate with their Gen-Z and millennial audience. They publish everything from personal essays to reported trend pieces to features on race, reproductive rights, and pop culture. According to their pitch guide, they typically pay $150 for short market roundups and $350 for a thorough news explainer with interviews. Personal essays and shorter reported articles start at $350 and increase from there, depending on the piece. To learn more, refer to this page.
Fashionista is the destination for independent fashion and beauty news, recognized for spotlighting up-and-coming trends, products, brands and retailers before they hit the mainstream. Their editors regularly accept freelance contributions from writers of all levels. They accept pieces of all types, as long as the subject is discussed through a fashion or beauty lens. All freelance submissions are paid. To learn more, refer to this page.
Black Ballad is a UK based lifestyle platform that seeks to tell the human experience through the eyes of black British women. They only commission those with the lived experience of being a Black woman, Black transwoman or Black non-binary person to achieve their mission and vision. They cover a range of topics from politics and pop culture through to beauty, careers, relationships and family life which explore the multi-faceted nuances of Blackness. All writers get paid. To learn more, refer to this page.
The Breach is an independent Canadian media outlet producing critical journalism to help map a just, viable future. They welcome pitches for written journalism. According to their pitch guide, they pay $150-200 CAD for shorter opinion or analysis articles (approximately 750 to 1200 words), $250-400 CAD for longer features (1200 to 2500 words) and $400 and up for videos. Pay for investigative articles that involve more work are negotiated case by case. To learn more, refer to this page.
Escapism is a travel print magazine published by twenty-two, a Canadian publishing house and creative agency. They pay for print-first travel guides, which are then repurposed online. Their travel features are also included in the company's food magazine, Foodism. For those, features don’t have to have a food or beverage angle, but they do need a unique perspective. Escapism's travel guides are less about first-person experiences in longform, and more about what to see, eat and do in a given destination. According to their pitch guide, they pay $600 for features of 1,200 – 1,500 words and $0.40 per word for the travel guides, which should be 500 words and up. To learn more, refer to this page and visit Escapism.
Foodism is a food print magazine published by twenty-two, a Canadian publishing house and creative agency. They pay for print-first features, which are then repurposed online, and are interested in original stories that explore Toronto’s diverse and layered food scene. They also accept travel features, which must have a unique perspective. According to their pitch guide, they pay $600 for 1,200 – 1,500 words and $0.40 per word for the travel guides, which should be 500 words and up. To learn more, refer to this page.
HI USA bring travelers together in the largest hostel network in the USA. They believe in the power of travel to foster a deeper understanding of people, places, and cultures. They encourage submissions and perspectives from members of communities that are often excluded from or marginalized in the travel space. All of their writers get paid. To learn more, refer to this page.
FUSION aims to publish fresh, informed writing about politics, society, and culture. They are particularly interested in submissions that demonstrate serious (which need not mean uncritical) engagement with classical liberal, conservative, and libertarian ideas. Their formats are a Monthly Essay of 3000-4000 words and a Perspective of about 1500 words. Contributions are paid at a competitive rate. To learn more, refer to this page.
Curationist enables users and communities to seek, find, and reimagine cultural heritage through their vast archives of open access images, radical work with metadata, and editorial features shining light on marginalized histories of art and objects. They have previously indicated to be seeking proposals for their editorial features and want to hear from arts writers, artists, historians, curators, librarians, archivists, and anyone in the GLAM field. The editorial features critically investigate and contextualize the Works in open access archives. Pay was listed as $1500, aiming for ~1500 words. To contact them, refer to this page.
TechCabal is Africa’s leading technology publication, dedicated to covering Africa’s vibrant technology industry, particularly its players, its human, and economic impact. They are looking for writers who can produce fact-checked, deeply reported, engaging and nuanced narratives on innovative startups, the business of tech, policymaking, and human interest stories. They are open to writers who reside in any part of the continent but particularly those based in Johannesburg, Nairobi, Cairo, Dakar, and Tunis. According to their pitch guide, they pay $175 for features that are between 1,000-1,200 words. To learn more, refer to this page.
Psyche is a digital magazine dedicated to helping readers to better understand themselves and live well. Psychology and philosophy are central to Psyche, and many of their writers are clinical or research psychologists, philosophers, as well as historians, literary critics and other disciplinary experts. Among the articles they are interested in are Ideas, articles of 1,000-1,800 words by academic and clinical experts, and Guides, articles of approximately 2,000 words that provide sophisticated, expert-written self-help for overcoming a specific problem or succeeding at a particular challenge. For writers whose principal income is from their writing, they pay a freelance fee, and for all others, they pay an honorarium. To pitch them, refer to this page.
Public Source is Pittsburgh’s home for impactful journalism and community-driven storytelling. They are mostly looking for first-person essays and local stories. According to their rate sheet, they pay $300 to $1,000. To learn more, refer to this page.
The Land, Food, and Freedom Journal is a 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. According to their rate sheet, they offer an honorarium of $350 to $750 per piece. For details, refer to this page.
Governing provides news, analysis and insights for the people making government work. It is a trusted source of record for people who lead, manage and direct public agencies as they work towards well-managed, vibrant and resilient communities. They welcome pitches from journalists for stories and features on issues of interest to state and local government, including the effects of dramatic changes in technology, demography, climate and the economy that are driving societal transformation, as well as explorations of politics, policy, public management, infrastructure, public finance, social issues and economic development. They pay freelancers competitively. To learn more, refer to this page.
Good Tape is a magazine and creative studio based in Los Angeles and Brooklyn. They aim to elevate both cultural and critical coverage of the podcast industry. According to their most recent pitch guide, rates range from $175 to $1,050 for digital and $250 to $1,500 for print.
The Floor Magazine is an online and print publication celebrating black art and their artists. They welcome pitches for reviews of art (music albums, films, books, photography exhibitions etc), commentary, interviews (Q&A or profile), personal essays, and long form essays. They pay a flat rate for 800-1200 word pieces. To learn more, refer to this page.
Jamhoor is a Left media platform focusing on South Asia and its diasporas. They welcome pitches for short commentaries/op-eds (500-1000 words), long-form essays (1000-3000 words), book reviews (for which they can supply free review copies), and creative writing: poetry and prose (any length). According to their pitch guide, they pay 100 Canadian dollars per contribution. To learn more, refer to this page.
AFM is the magazine of Feeld, a dating app for the curious; those open to experiencing people and relationships in new ways. They are looking to publish new work from contributors of all kinds—whether that’s essays, art, fiction, poetry, photography, or any medium you can think of. According to their pitch guide, they pay $800USD for fiction, $500USD for poetry, and $1/word for essays, features, profiles, interviews, with a typical word count of 1500-2000 words. To learn more, refer to this page.
The Dispatch publishes thoughtful, rigorous, independent journalism about Birmingham and the West Midlands more generally. They are looking for work which is engrossing, exciting and fun to read. According to their guidelines, they pay around £200 for a quick-hit and approximately £300 for something more reported. They also have the budget to pay significantly more for highly investigative stories that take months of work and can cover reporting expenses. To learn more, refer to this page.
The Bell is a newspaper for Glasgow, delivered via email. Their mission is to cover Glasgow with rich, deeply reported journalism – including fantastic narrative long reads, thoughtful political analysis and stories that portray the variety, drama and fun of the city’s life. They welcome pitches which will tell engrossing, exciting and fun stories. According to their pitch guide, they pay around £200 for a quick-hit and approximately £300 for something more reported. They have the budget to pay significantly more for highly investigative stories that take months of work and also cover reporting expenses. To learn more, refer to this page.
Rhizome champions born-digital art and culture through commissions, exhibitions, scholarship, and digital preservation. They publish writing by artists and specialists for an art-interested audience. They accept pitches for articles that offer new research and perspectives on works in two of their categories: ArtBase and #Artist Profiles. According to their guidelines, rates are $250 for Artist Profiles and $0.50-$0.75/word (up to 1500 words) for articles about works in the Rhizome ArtBase. When we last updated this listing, they were not accepting pitches. To learn more, refer to this page.
The Cap Times is a local news organization delivering authoritative journalism focused on Madison, Wisconsin, and beyond. They welcome pitches from freelance journalists. According to their pitch guide, typical rate for a freelance story ranges from $100 for short assignments like reviews to $150 for news articles with several sources. The rate for more in-depth reporting, such as a 2,000-word cover story, can range from $500 to $700. Rates are determined by assigning editors on a case-by-case basis. To learn more, refer to this page.
Balls & Strikes is “a site for critical, progressive, and bullshit-free commentary about courts, judges, and the legal system they uphold.” They’re always seeking new voices. Their coverage focuses on “the real-world consequences of what judges do, and not on parsing the precise jurisprudential philosophy they did or did not apply in order to arrive at a given result.” According to their pitch guide, rates are $500 for essays of around 1,000 words. If interested, send your pitches to pitches@ballsandstrikes.org. For more information, refer to this page.