Maisonneuve is a Montreal-based quarterly of “arts, opinion and ideas.” They do not accept submissions that have been published elsewhere. They are looking for comment articles/opinion-driven essays of ||(1500 to 3000 words) open house articles (1500 to 3500 words), features (4000 to 6000 words), reviews (1500 to 2500 words), comics (two pages long), and letters from Montreal (700-word). According to a tweet by their editor, their standard rate is 15 cents per word. To pitch them, visit this page.
MultiLingual is a magazine, newsletter, and website that covers global business, localization, language technology, and translation. They publish opinion/perspectives, profiles/interviews, general articles, and reviews. Payment rates are not mentioned, but according to a payment report, they paid $0.09 per word. To learn more, refer to this page.
The Philadelphia Inquirer is a daily newspaper for Philadelphia. They cover business, politics, weather, life, food, entertainment, health, real estate, sports, and more. They accept submissions for op-eds, editorials, and columns. Pay rates are not mentioned, but according to an old payment report, they paid $0.13 per word. To learn more, refer to their pitch guide.
MisinfoCon is a global movement focused on building solutions to online trust, verification, fact checking, and reader experience in the interest of addressing misinformation in all of its forms. They want “pitches for original reporting or opinion pieces focused on solutions to the problem of misinformation, rumours, propaganda, and f-news.” They want stories between 700 and 1,000 words. They have previously indicated to pay an honorarium of $100 per piece, but current pay rates are unclear. To learn more, refer to this page.
National Post is a Canadian newspaper that covers politics, culture, travel, style, parenting, health, sports, and more. According to a payment report, they paid $0.33 per word for 750-word opinion, editorial, column or essay. To contact them, refer to this page.
The Bitter Southerner is an online magazine that publishes the real stories about the American South. They accept pitches for features, personal essays, poetry, reviews, profiles, and opinion pieces. Features typically range from 1500 to 5,000 words. Pay rates are not mentioned, but according to an old payment report, they paid $0.08 per word for a 6000-word feature. They previously mentioned to pay flat rates. To learn more, visit this page.
Adbusters is a Canada-based magazine that is “fighting back against the hostile takeover of our psychological, physical and cultural environments by commercial forces.” They publish 6 times a year. A payment report indicates that they paid $0.09 per word for a 1600-word opinion, editorial, column or essay. To learn more about pitching them, refer to this page.
Frieze covers contemporary art and culture. They have three publications: Frieze Masters Magazine, Frieze Magazine, and Frieze Week. According to an old payment report, they paid $0.40 per word for a 1000-word opinion, editorial, column or essay. To contact the editors, refer to their contact us page.
Broadview is an independent Canadian magazine featuring coverage of spirituality, justice and ethical living. They are interested in stories about spirituality, ethical living, social justice and the United Church, and those can be investigative features, engaging profiles, first-person narratives, reported news stories, essays, photo essays, opinion pieces, blogs, interviews or reviews of books or films. For the print issues, fees are negotiated story by story. Digital stories usually run between 400 and 600 words, and according to their pitch guide, they pay $.40 a word for opinion pieces and $.65 a word for reported ones. To learn more, refer to their writers’ guidelines.
Woman Alive is a UK monthly women’s magazine focused on Christian women. Its content includes material on faith, women’s ministry, relationships, and lifestyle. Editors seek practical articles written from a Christian perspective but without Christian or church-related terminology. Their pieces are 500-600 words long. Pay rates are not clear. To pitch them, refer to this page.
Cascade PBS is a news site that features in-depth stories about Seattle, Washington state and the Pacific Northwest. They welcome news and feature stories and opinion columns on a range of topics. They prize writing that informs and illuminates the people and problems facing the region in a clear and original way, and that highlights potential solutions. According to an old payment report (under their former name, Crosscut), they paid $0.44 per word. To contact them, visit this page.
The New Republic is a journal of opinion that is dedicated to solving today's most critical issues. They accept unsolicited submissions via email. They are looking for essays, reportages, or other nonfiction. According to payment reports, they pay an average of $0.12 per word, though previously they indicated to pay $0.16 per word. For more information, refer to their submission guidelines.
The Forward is a source of news, opinion, culture, and life through a Jewish lens. They regularly accept submissions from outside writers. Their previous pitch guide stated that editors inform the writers of the rate upon the commissioning of the work, and that if a written work accepted for publication is not used, they generally pay the writers 50% of the agreed-upon fee. According to an old payment report, they paid $0.25 per word. To contact them, refer to this page.
In These Times is a progressive magazine and website committed to covering and analyzing popular movements for economic, environmental, social, gender, and racial justice. Reported stories and investigations range from 1,200 to 4,000 words; opinion and thinkpieces range from 800-1500 words. According to their guidelines, they pay $1/word for investigative features (plus approved expenses) and for print features (3,300+ words) and $400 for a web-only story up to 1,500 words. To learn more and see all of their rates, refer to their submissions guidelines.
LiveWire Calgary is a news media organization that is committed to delivering timely, relevant, and unique Calgary-area stories. They are looking for stories (350 to 500 words), photo essays, and opinion pieces. According to their freelance guidelines, they pay a flat rate of $125 per 500-word piece.
Elegant Themes builds “beautiful premium WordPress themes coupled with advanced functionality and awesome support.” They are looking for tutorials, case studies, in-depth guides, and evidence-based opinion pieces for their blog. Their ideal word-count is 1,000 to 1,500 words. According to their pitch guide, they pay a flat rate of $250 per article. To learn more, refer to this page.
CANADALAND is a crowdfunded news site and podcast network. Their emphasis is on “media criticism and media reporting.” They previously stated to be looking for scoops, stories about the Canadian media, and opinion pieces, but they no longer have a pitch guide. They do mention receiving pitches though. According to an old payment report, they paid $0.20 per word for a 1200-word piece. To contact the editors and to pitch, refer to this page.
France Revisited is a web magazine that provides information, insights and impressions about travel, culture and life in France. The types of work that they publish include “journalism, review, analysis, experience, interview, opinion, essay, humor, vignette, video, photography.” According to their pitch guide, they pay up to 40 Euros per article.
Truthout is a nonprofit news organization that provides independent reporting and commentary on social justice issues. For authors not previously published by Truthout, they “suggest opinion submissions be limited to 750 words, news analysis to 1,200 words and straight news stories to 2,000 words.” They don't list pay rates, but according to payment reports, the average pay is $0.16 per word. You must state that you expect payment. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.
The Globe and Mail is a Canadian news media company. They cover news, politics, real estate, business, lifestyle and investing topics across multiple platforms. Their print and digital formats reach more than 6 million readers a week. According to payment reports, they paid $0.38 for a 1800-word opinion, editorial, or column. They accept essays but do not pay for them. To learn more, refer to this page.
Style Weekly is Richmond, Virginia's alternative weekly for news, events, culture, arts and opinion. Their mission is to provide a “smart, witty and tenacious coverage of Richmond.” According to an old payment report, they paid $0.25 per word for a 1000-word feature. To contribute, refer to this page.
Informed Comment is a website covering news, politics, and foreign policy, especially about the Middle East, South Asia, and the United States. Topics include religion, human rights, women’s rights, workers’ rights, and religious discrimination, and energy and climate change. Authors for Informed Comment are typically high-powered professionals with higher degrees and/or extensive publications in national, prominent venues. They seek out topical, original opinion pieces that make a single point and run 800-1000 words. According to their pitch guide, payment is $100 per article. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.
Rabble.ca is the largest progressive news website of Canada. Their aim is to represent the views and actions of progressive activists across Canada. They are looking for news and feature pieces 800 words or shorter and, occasionally, long-form writing of 2,000-2,500 words. According to their terms for freelancers, they pay $125 – $200. They do not pay for opinion, pieces that come to them fully written, or pieces that have been published elsewhere. To learn more, refer to this page.
The Armenian Weekly is an English-language newspaper for the Armenian diaspora. They publish news of general interest to the Armenian-American community. They welcome all types of submissions, but prioritize opinion pieces, coverage of local events, and commentary. According to an old payment report, they paid $0.09 per word for a 800-words news story. To learn more, refer to this page.
Metropolis is a magazine focused on architecture and design. Their “editorial scope spans design at all scales—from the smallest products to city planning.” They are interested in project stories, case studies, profiles, interviews, commentary, analytical pieces, trend stores, and opinion pieces. According to an old payment report, they paid $1.14 per word. To pitch them, refer to this page.
The Boston Globe Magazine is published weekly inside the Sunday paper of The Boston Globe (a newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts). According to their submissions page, they accept submissions for the following: op-eds; reported stories; book excerpts/adaptations; first-person essays; and Q&A features. According to an old payment report, they paid $1.00 per word. To learn more, visit this page
USA Today is a news and information media company. They are looking for columns for their opinion section, which publishes analysis, argument and essays on a wide variety of subjects. They prefer letters of 200 words or less. Their columns are usually 550 to 750 words long. They only accept pieces that are submitted exclusively to them. They don’t list pay rates publicly, but a payment report suggests they pay an average of $0.60 per word. To find out more, refer to their submission guidelines.
Cognoscenti is the opinion page of WBUR-FM (a public radio station owned by Boston University). They publish commentaries on a wide range of topics including “politics, culture, sports, law, medicine, innovation, religion, media, parenting and style.” Submissions should be between 750 and 1,000 words. According to an old payment report, they paid $0.07 for a 760-words article. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.
Homeland Security Today is a trade magazine and website for professionals in the government security field. They seek articles and opinion pieces that are detailed, narrowly focused on a homeland security priority of development, and provide unique insights based on the author’s area of expertise. Articles typically fall between 500 and 1,000 words. Pay rates are not mentioned. To learn more, refer to their editorial guidelines and visit their website.
Washington City Paper is a source for local news for D.C. natives and newcomers. Stories should be about the city and its surroundings, and narratives with a conflict of some sort at the center are preferred. They publish a variety of journalistic genres, including profiles, investigative pieces, polemical essays, stories about local institutions, and an occasional first person narrative. They have news, arts and food departments that accept shorter pieces, an arts blog, and reviews. No op-ed pieces or ‘service journalism’. The word count is 2,500-5,000 for cover stories; 900-2,000 for departments; 500-2,000 for reviews; 150-250 for City Lights. Pay rates are not mentioned, but according to a payment report, they paid $0.19 per word for a 800-word profile or interview. Details here.