The Progress Network is “a movement that speaks to a better future in a world dominated by voices that suggest a worse one.” They would love to receive substantive good news, solutions journalism stories, constructive opinions on current affairs, and “progress-oriented takes on historical, psychological, philosophical, and cultural themes.” They accept reported articles, opinion essays and think pieces, interviews, reviews, and listicles. According to an old tweet, their rates fall somewhere between $250-$650 "depending on length, whether it will include original reporting or not, etc.". For details, refer to their submission guidelines.
KneeDeep Times is a digital magazine about climate resilience. They focus on the SF Bay Area and beyond. They welcome submissions on a wide range of climate resilience topics. They prefer solution-driven stories about the greater San Francisco Bay Area, but welcome stories about California, the West Coast, or even elsewhere in the country as long as you can add information about what it has to do with our region. Preferred lengths are 500 or 1000 words. According to their submission guidelines, they generally pay $1 per word.
Give Me Astoria covers Astoria's culture, dining, events, lifestyle, fashion, art, music, and more. According to an old tweet by their editor, they pay around $100/article. To contact them, refer to this page.
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.
Verywell Mind is a resource for mental health information. They are always looking for experienced and qualified writers with expertise and credentials in health, medicine, and wellness. According to an old tweet by their senior editor, they pay a flat rate of $200/piece. They don’t accept unsolicited guest-authored content. To learn more, refer to this page.
The Drift is “a magazine of culture and politics.” They want “socially engaged cultural criticism; class-sensitive analysis; pieces that point out what’s being avoided or talked around in politics, media, arts, or even academia; upbeat cynicism; un-self-serious screeds; generous takedowns; entries from the margins; fiction; poetry; 1-3 sentence book/ movie/ TV/ art reviews.” According to their guidelines, they pay $2,000 for essays, $500 - $1,000 for short stories, $150 for poems, and $25 for Mentions. To learn more, refer to this page.
CBC Saskatchewan is a source for news stories, breaking news, and viewpoints from Saskatchewan. They are looking for opinion and first person pieces (500 to 700 words) from the people of Saskatchewan. According to an old tweet by their features producer, they pay $250 per piece. For details, refer to their pitch guide.
LoginRadius is “a cloud-based consumer identity and access management (CIAM) solution.” LoginRadius blog is a publication that shares emerging trends, how-tos, and other content that makes the jobs and careers of developers and industry professionals better. They are looking for guest writers with blog entries between 800-1,000 words. They previously indicated to pay $200 for each blog shortlisted for their Engineering Blog, but current pay rates are not clear. To learn more, click here.
The Abundant Artist (TAA) offers online courses and training to artists on how to sell their art online. They are looking for skilled writers and/or video creators. They are interested in articles/videos about what’s working in sales right now, stories of artists transitioning from offline to online sales, how to sell on Instagram, emerging platforms (e.g. Clubhouse, TikTok), etc. Our previous research indicated rates to be $150-$300/article, but current pay rates are not clear. They are not always open to submissions. To learn more, visit their write for us page.
Knock LA is a community journalism project that is committed to telling the real story of Los Angeles. They are seeking pitches with a strong focus on Los Angeles. They strongly encourage writers who have been historically marginalized and excluded from mainstream media. According to their guidelines, they pay on a sliding scale ranging from $200 to $500 per article depending on factors such as article length, research effort, costs involved, and need. To learn more, refer to this page.
Eos is a science news magazine by the American Geophysical Union (AGU). They publish “news and features reported by science journalists” and “research updates, opinions, and features written by scientists.” News articles word length is (500-800 words) and features (2000 words). According to a payment report, they paid $1/word for an 800-word news story. For more information, refer to their submission guidelines.
New Humanist is “a quarterly magazine of culture and science.” They welcome feature pitches on culture, ideas, science, and philosophy. They also welcome poems, book reviews, and in-depth reportage. They also accept pitches for their website. According to an old tweet, they pay £350-£500 for features and about 10p/word for reviews and online-only. To pitch them, refer to this page.
Unbias the News is “a feminist cross-border newsroom that actively fights against the perpetuation of racist, sexist, and ableist stereotypes.” According to an old tweet by their editor-in-chief, they pay a flat rate of €500 for reported pieces and €250 for personal narratives/opinions. They accept pitches at pitch@unbiasthenews.org. To learn more about them, refer to this page.
Pipeline Artists focuses on “education, empowerment, and elevating authentic voices in film, publishing, and beyond.” They are seeking “pieces that highlight unspoken truths, provide honest advice, and profile ‘emerging’ creatives or those deserving of a platform they may not find in mainstream publications.” They are also seeking ridiculous humor pieces. They are accepting pitches for articles, including interviews (they especially need articles that focus on the publishing industry), short stories of any length, and poetry. According to an old tweet, they pay $75 to $350+ per piece. For details, refer to their submission guidelines.
Chron is Houston’s daily news source for the latest in sports, culture, food and drink, music, entertainment, weather, and politics. They are seeking feature pitches as they increase their culture and lifestyle reporting. They are looking for profiles, first-person essays, cultural commentaries, listicles, trend coverage, and more. According to an old tweet, rates start at $0.50 per word. For more information, refer to their guidelines.
BBC Worklife is “a BBC.com features site about the way we work, live and think in a rapidly shifting world, where the boundaries between the professional and the personal are increasingly blurrier.” They publish reported, narrative features of 1,200 to 2,000 words. According to an old tweet, they pay $600 for around 1,200 words. To learn more, refer to their author brief.
1843 is a digital magazine that features narrative journalism. The magazine is The Economist’s sister publication. They are eager to support ambitious journalism which can sometimes take months to research and write. They provide substantial space for these features (some of them are 3,000 to 6,000 words long). They also commission original illustrations or photos for these features. They do not list pay rates publicly, but according to a payment report, they paid $0.98 per word for a front-of-book article of 214 words. To learn more, refer to their pitching guidelines.
Inspire the Mind is a mental health blog. They discuss the effects of mental health on the brain and the body. They only accept pitches for articles on lived experience and for short stories. According to a deleted tweet by one of their editors, they pay £85 for 700 words. To submit a pitch, refer to this page.
Pit is a magazine with roots in pit barbecue cooking. They don't mind straying from the barbecue focus, however. They've published work by food historians, psychologists, musicians and, recently, an original short story from a writer of non-food fiction. They are flexible with words but their pieces range between 1000 to 2500 words. According to their pitching guidelines, they pay £150-£200 per piece.
NUNAR Magazine is a DMV-based youth culture magazine. They connect readers to “powerful human stories and raw emerging talent within the DMV.” They “pursue expressions and perspectives that offer a refreshing narrative in the world of music, visual arts, fashion, athletics, community involvement, and the web.” According to a deleted tweet by their editor-in-chief, they pay $100 flat for 2 pages. To pitch them, refer to their contact page.
Epicurious is a resource for home cooks. They publish “stories about cooking better, faster, and more creatively, sustainably, and affordably.” They are interested in pitches about cooking tips and techniques, recipes, affordable cooking, sustainability, cooking and equipment trends, tabletop/design, tools and ingredients. According to a deleted tweet from their senior editor, they pay about $400 per piece (700 to 800 words). For details, refer to their pitching guidelines.
The Sun is one of Britain’s largest newspapers. (It was the largest, at one point.) They cover news, politics, business, lifestyle, sports, celebrities, showbiz, and travel. According to old payment reports, they paid $0.25 per word. To contact them, refer to this page.
Jacobin is a socialist print magazine (published 4 times a year). They welcome unsolicited essays from writers. They welcome completed manuscripts. Most of their articles are under 2,000 words. Pay rates are not mentioned, but according to a payment report, they paid $0.07 per word for a 1800-word feature. To learn more, refer to this page.
Fodor’s Travel is a source for expert travel advice. They love buzzy, zeitgeist-y, and newsworthy stories that are told with a bold voice. According to an old tweet by their editor, they pay $300 to $375 per story. To read their pitching guidelines, click here.
Inkcap Journal is a publication on nature and conservation in Britain (England, Wales, and Scotland). They publish a small number of stories contributed by journalists and writers. They look for reported features, interviews, and essays about the environment in Britain. Our previous research indicated pay of £100 to £300 per story. They are not always open to pitches. To learn more, refer to this page.
The Dance Current is a Canadian dance magazine. They publish 4 times a year. They invite writers and dance artists either from Canada or living in Canada to pitch them. They accept pitches for reviews, Q & A’S, personal essays, body columns, tips columns, poetry, feature profiles, feature stories, and photo essays, both for print and online. According to their contributor guidelines, they pay $125 to $400 per piece.
The Order of the Good Death is “a group of funeral industry professionals, academics, and artists exploring ways to prepare a death phobic culture for their inevitable mortality.” Their pitch guide says, “Most of our advocacy centers on the ways we think about, remember, and interact with our dead, as well as ensuring that all people have access to a good death, and the resources needed to achieve it, so the articles we publish will reflect this.” They previously indicated that rates started at $150+ per article (about 800-1,000 words), but curent rates are unclear. For more information, refer to their pitch guide.
A Girls Guide to Cars is a car website for women. They invite writers, influencers, and content creators to join them as a regular Community Contributor. Their Community Contributors are “not car enthusiasts, but regular women who spend time in cars, make car buying decisions, and think about how women are changing the automotive world.” A Community Contributor will write at least 12 posts a year including car reviews (at least 800 words) and general stories. According to an old tweet by their managing editor, they pay $50 for stories and $100 for car reviews. For more information, refer to their contributor’s guide.
Economic Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP) is a nonprofit organization that produces compelling journalism about income inequality and poverty in America. They commission “news stories, narrative features, short and feature-length documentaries, nonfiction comics, illustrated works, photo essays, podcasts and radio features about economic inequality in the United States. Personal essays are welcome only if they are completed or close-to-completed. According to their pitch guide, they pay $750 to $1500 for news stories, and up to $2,500 for narrative features and investigative reports. They generally pay $1.00 to $1.25 per word. They also have grants to cover travel expenses, up to $2,000.
Can I Play That? is a community where disabled gamers share their stories of game accessibility. They are looking for personal essays, industry accessibility analysis, commentary/features, and more. They publish 2 paid pieces a month and according to an old tweet, they pay $100/piece. For more information, read their submission guidelines. The last time we checked (on July 8th, 2025), they were not taking pitches.