Powder is a magazine for skiers. Their "mission is to come as close as possible to the expert skiing experience through words, photos, graphics, and humor." They have a circulation of 150,000. Payment is negotiated. They are interested in news, essays, interviews and profiles, travel pieces, opinion, and other pieces for their exclusive columns. Read their old contributor guidelines here.
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.
The Green Parent is a UK publication that assists parents in the pursuit of green living and other parenting goals. Word length varies; full-length articles can be around 1500 - 2000 words and short opinion pieces are 600 words. According to their pitch guide, they pay £75 per 1,000 words. To learn more, refer to this page.
Diva is a UK-based magazine for lesbian and bisexual voices. Topics include opinion pieces, news features, reviews and previews, interview features, fashion, short profiles, and British and international features. They pay for print articles only. An old payment report indicates a flat rate of £150 per 1000 words. To learn more, refer to this page.
Hyperallergic is an art blog, covering visual artists from around the world. They look for "fresh perspectives from freelance contributors, especially those who come from historically marginalized communities." They publish art reviews, reported stories, interviews, photo essays, opinion pieces, and more. According to their pitch guide, their standard base rates are $250 for short reviews, essays, and articles (400-600 words) and $500 for longer reviews, features, essays, and reported stories (800+ words).
The Washington Monthly is a bimonthly magazine covering politics, government, culture and the media. The magazine includes investigative and opinion-based feature articles (2,000 to 5,000 words), occasional short news items and humorous sidebars (500 to 1,400 words), and book reviews of recent political and cultural titles (usually about 1,500-3,000 words). Pay rates are not clear. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.
100 Days in Appalachia is a news website that covers the Appalachian region. They seek voices and perspectives to contribute to narrating the true story of Appalachia. According to their pitch guide, rates are around $50-$100 for opinion pieces, and are higher for reporting and multimedia works. To learn more, refer to this page.
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.