Motley Bloom is “a curated collective focused on Neurodivergent First living.” They’re looking for short first-person narratives and articles (500 to 800 words) on “travel, beauty, home design, work and career, product reviews–anything that falls under the umbrella of Neurodivergent Living.” They’re also seeking longer first-person narratives (1,000+ words) that “showcase the diversity of opinion and experience with neurodivergence.” According to their submissions page, rates begin at $300 for short articles and $500 for longer pieces. If interested, email your pitches to pitch@motley-bloom.com. To learn more, refer to their submissions page.

New Naratif is a multimedia website focused on Southeast Asian journalism, research, and art. They are looking for “content that is evidence-based, rich in context, and grounded.” According to their pitch guide, they pay USD 150~200 depending on word count. Details here.

Elephant is a magazine about contemporary art and visual culture. They welcome submissions by writers and artists. According to an old payment report, they paid $0.14 per word. To learn more, refer to their write for us page. 

Places Journal is a resource for “contemporary architecture, landscape, and urbanism.” They are looking for lively and original writing. They publish interdisciplinary scholarship, essays, narrative journalism, criticism, multimedia work, and photography. Most of their articles are 1,000 to 6,000 words long. According to a payment report, they paid $0.30 per word for a 4,000-word feature. For details, refer to their submission guidelines.

Archinect is a website for “progressive-design oriented students, architects, educators, and fans.” They are a source for news, event listings, discussions, and job opportunities. According to a payment report, they paid $0.15 per word. To contact them, refer to this page.

Architectural Record is a print and digital magazine that offers news, commentary, criticism, and continuing education articles on architecture and design. They are always looking for good content for the regular sections of their magazine e.g. record news, building types study, practice issues, and technology sections. According to an old payment report, they paid $0.71 per word. To learn more, refer to this page.

Soshace is “a recruitment platform that connects IT professionals and companies.” They are looking for articles (2000 words minimum) that are targeted towards developers, designers, data scientists, or software engineers. The articles should preferably be targeted towards developers. Their submissions page is no longer available, but you can contact them here.

Java Development Journal is a technical site that publishes in-depth tutorials on Java, Spring Boot, Spring, Spring MVC, and Security, Other Spring Modules, REST, Data structure, Junit, Tools and Libraries, Design Patterns and any other Java based framework. They also take guest posts. Payment rates are not mentioned. For details, refer to this page.

A List Apart publishes articles about web design, development, and web content. Word count is between 600–2,500 words. They previously stated to pay $200 per article, but current rates are unclear. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.

Crikey is an Australian news website that covers politics, government, business, technology, media, culture, language, arts, and sports. They publish analysis, reportage and humor writing. The average length of their freelance articles is 600-800 words. They previously indicated to pay a minimum of $200 per article, but current rates are not clear. To learn more, visit this page.

California Magazine is Cal Alumni Association’s editorially independent general-interest magazine that covers ideas and innovations from the University of California, Berkeley. They seek pitches from both new and established writers. They want writers to query them “with stories, not topics—ones that have a strong UC Berkeley connection but that would interest readers no matter where they went to school.” Broadly speaking, their stories generally fall into these categories: profiles/human interest; science and scholarship; history; arts; and news and events. They previously indicated pay of up to $1.25 per word. Current rates are not clear. For more information, refer to their submission guidelines.

COOL HUNTING is a publication that “uncovers the latest intersections of design, culture and technology.” They publish stories about creativity and innovation in technology, design, culture, food, travel, and style. According to a payment report, they have paid $0.19 per word. To pitch them, refer to this page.

Cowboys & Indians is an international magazine that is a source for Western art, photography, music, travel, history, food, ranch life, and more. According to an old payment report, they paid $0.75 for a 900-word profile or interview. To contact them, refer to this page.

Variety covers entertainment news, awards, film reviews, film festivals, box office, and more. According to a payment report, they paid $0.15 per word for a 1000-word criticism, review, or arts/entertainment coverage. To contact them, visit this page.

Vancouver Boulevard Chinese Magazine is a west coast luxury lifestyle magazine serving the Chinese-speaking communities of Metro Vancouver. With 11 issues annually, it features the latest trends in home decor, high fashion, travel, real estate, arts, entertainment, food and drink, and more. They previously indicated pay of 25 to 30 cents for features, which are generally 850 words. Current rates are unclear. To contact the editors, refer to this page.

Mexico News Daily is an English-language news source for Mexico. They accept pitches and submissions (800 to 1,100 words) on travel, culture, history, the arts, and lifestyle. They previously indicated they pay freelancers 3 pesos (about $0.15)/word for 1,100 words maximum. Current rates are not clear. For details, refer to their submission guidelines.

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.

GamesIndustry.biz is a website about the games industry. They cover “every facet of the games industry, from design, development, publishing, marketing, distribution or retail, all the way through to media, freelance and studying.” They are looking to expand their freelance roster. They accept pitches for investigative pieces, interviews with industry figures, academy articles, and editorials. They encourage pitches from writers of diverse backgrounds. According to their pitch guide, their standard rate is £250 per article. To learn how to pitch them, visit this page.

Videodame features “writing and artwork about and inspired by video games, produced by women and other marginalized groups in the gaming industry.” They invite pitches for “essays, fiction, poetry, comics, art, videos, and/or soundscapes (or anything else you can think up) about or inspired by games and gaming culture.” They encourage everyone to pitch but give particular encouragement to “women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities, and any members of other groups typically marginalized in the gaming industry.’’ According to their pitch guide, they pay $50 per piece. To learn more, refer to this page.

Tone Madison is a website that covers music and culture in Madison, Wisconsin. They are looking for story pitches about “visual art, music, games, books, comedy, film, media, and broader cultural issues in Madison.” According to a deleted tweet by their editor/publisher, they pay $150 to $300 for reported features. To contribute, refer to this page.

Culture Eater is an online, Australian indie zine that welcomes feature submissions across these categories: the arts (e.g. music, theatre, and photography), gaming (e.g. video games and tabletop), film and TV, literature, fashion, podcasts, and personal essays. According to their pitch guide, they pay $25 to $100 per feature submission. To learn more, refer to this page.

lock-on is a gaming journal by Lost in Cult (an indie publisher and design studio). They focus on long-form explorations of a range of industry topics, essays that delve into personal experiences in relation to gaming, and discussions on games, narrative themes, hardware, etc. According to an old tweet, their rates start at around £165 for 2,250 words with the possibility of increased pay based on the length and complexity of the piece. To submit your pitches, refer to this page.

Commonweal is “a journal at the intersection of faith and contemporary politics and culture, edited by lay Catholics.” They publish 11 times a year. They welcome “original manuscripts dealing with topical issues of the day on public affairs, religion, literature, and the arts.” Their articles fall into 3 categories: Short Takes (1,000 to 2,000 words), Features (2,500 to 5,000 words), and Last Word (750 words to 1,500). Our previous research indicated they may pay $150 per article, but current pay rates are not clear. To learn more, visit this page.

The Arkansas Advocate is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization dedicated to tough, fair daily reporting and investigative journalism that holds public officials accountable and focuses on the relationship between the lives of Arkansans and public policy. They invite independent journalists to pitch their ideas, whether they have decades of journalism experience or next to none. They seek ideas that are fresh and fulfill their mission to influence the conversation in Arkansas with groundbreaking reporting on issues of importance to Arkansans. Every pitch should include a plan for art. According to their guidelines, they pay $250-$750 depending on the type of piece, and an additional $25 for each photo they run. To learn more, refer to this page.

The New York Times covers politics, business, technology, science, health, sports, arts, style, movies, travel, books, education, jobs, real estate, and more. They accept opinion essays (800 to 1,200 words). They do not list the pay rates for the essays publicly, but according to a payment report, they pay an average of $1.00 per word. Details here.

The Christian Courier is a bi-weekly publication that speaks from a Reformed perspective (although writers do not need to be Reformed). They describe their content as “an eclectic boutique of styles, opinions and flavors,” and it falls under three categories: News, Features, Reviews and Art & Poetry. According to their pitch guide, they pay $50 for editorials and columns, $30 for short reviews and $70 for long, $70 for features and news stories and $45 for original poetry. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.

Religion Unplugged is a news organization that covers religion stories around the world. They publish at least one story each day on their website. According to their pitch guide, their pay rates vary by department: News features (over 1,000 words): $300, Opinion and essays: $200, Film and TV reviews: $200, Art reviews: $200, Book reviews: $200. For more details, check out their submission guidelines.

The New York Amsterdam News is NYC’s oldest Black newspaper. They’re primarily, but not exclusively, seeking New York based freelancers to cover the following areas: general assignment, public safety, religion/church, education, environment, arts, photography. According to their pitch guide, they pay $80/story and $30/photograph. To learn more, refer to this page.

Ancient History is a bi-monthly magazine focused on the politics, society, culture, art, literature, language, religion, and economics of the ancient world. They want writers to send proposals (of about 250 words) for articles. The exact word count of the articles will be decided by their editor in chief, but they should roughly be about 2,000 to 4,000 words long. According to their pitch guide, they pay 10 euro cents per word.