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.

Dilettante Army is an online journal dedicated to art writing, visual culture, and feminism. It is published quarterly, and each issue has a theme. Preferred topics center around issues of social justice, politics, and art. While they do publish pieces that are situated in lived experience, they do not publish personal essays. Word length for others vary but for essays the average length is 4000 words. According to their guidelines, they pay a flat fee of $500 per article. When we last updated this listing, they were on a brief pause. Check their website for updates. To learn more, refer to this page.

Grain is an internationally acclaimed literary journal that publishes engaging, surprising, eclectic, and challenging writing and art by Canadian and international writers and artists. They are interested in poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction. According to their guidelines, all contributors, regardless of genre, are paid $50 per page to a maximum of $250. To learn more, refer to this page.

Fairy Tale Review is an annual literary journal dedicated to publishing new fairy tales and to helping raise public awareness of fairy tales as a diverse, innovative art form. They consider prose fiction, verse fiction, nonfiction, creative scholarship, and poetry; they also welcome work that does not fall neatly into any category. According to their guidelines, they pay a $50 honorarium. To learn more, refer to this page.

Mizna presents contemporary, critical, and experimental art, writing, and film centering the work of Arab and Southwest Asian and North African artists. In general, literary works of poetry, visual poetry, fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, creative nonfiction, and comics are considered. According to one of their calls, contributors receive a $200 honorarium. To learn more, refer to the bottom of this page.

Artlink is a quarterly magazine devoted to art in the Asia-Pacific. Each issue is themed and covers the cutting edge of contemporary art. Their opportunies for writers change along with their necessities for the next issue. They welcome proposals for essays, critical reviews, interviews and co-authored submissions. They commission articles between 800–3000 words for print and digital publication. To learn about their most recent call for writers, refer to this page.

Artforum is a magazine focused on the world of contemporary art. They also focus on film, photography, music, fashion, and architecture. According to an old payment report, they paid $0.27 per word for a 750-word criticism/review article. To contact them, refer to this page.

Artsy is a platform for collecting and discovering art. It is “used by art lovers, museum-goers, patrons, collectors, students, and educators to discover, learn about, and collect art.” According to an old payment report, they paid $0.20 per word for a 1000-word feature. To pitch them, refer to their contact us page and the ''editorial'' section.

Darklight Digital is an online platform featuring fresh voices in photography culture. They like stories that have a strong photographic lean. Writer’s fees are negotiated depending on the type of feature, but that they are able to offer a higher rate for longer thought pieces than for visual essays. According to an old tweet, their rates begin at £125. To learn more, refer to their pitching guide.

Reboot is “a publication and community reimagining techno-optimism for a better collective future.” As per an old post by their editor, they pay $200 per essay. According to their most recent call for pitches, they pay $600 for short essays and $750 for long, $500 for interviews, and $150-500 for visual art, poetry, or fiction. To contact and pitch the editors, refer to this page.

Modern Drunkard Magazine is a humor magazine that is dedicated to the art and culture of drinking. They are looking for pieces about drinking. They publish fiction (1,000 to 4,000 words) and articles (1,000 to 4,000 words). According to their guidelines, they pay 10 cents per word. For details, refer to their submission guidelines.

Geist is a Canadian magazine which “represents a convergence of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, photography, art, reviews, little-known facts of interest, cartography and the legendary Geist crossword puzzle.” They aim to publish established and emerging Canadian writers. According to their pitch guide, they pay $100-300 for short nonfiction pieces (under 2000 words), and $650 for longform essays (up to 5000 words). For comics, they pay up to $650 per page (max. of 8 pages); for fiction (up to 5000 words), they pay up to $650 and for poetry, $100 per page. For more information, refer to their submission guidelines.

The Suburban Review is a quarterly digital journal of short fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry and art. They’re interested in publishing the work of writers from all over Australia and the world. According to their guidelines, they pay $450 for fiction of 2000-2500 words, $450 for creative non-fiction of 2000-2500 words, and $375 for one poem over 30 lines. To learn more, refer to this page.

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 have previously indicated to be 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.

A List Apart publishes articles about web design, development, and web content. Word count is between 600–2,500 words. They have previously indicated pay of $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 have previously indicated to pay a minimum of $200 per article. To learn more, refer to 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 have previously indicated pay of up to $1.25 per word. 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, 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 have previously indicated to pay freelancers 3 pesos (about $0.15)/word for 1,100 words maximum. 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.

The Humanist is a quarterly publication of ideas and action focusing on the philosophy of humanism—a naturalistic and progressive outlook informed by science, inspired by art, and motivated by compassion. They are interested in receiving pitches for pieces that explore specialized topics (from politics to pop culture) relevant to humanism, columns recounting life experiences or “deconversion” stories, editorials, and book and film reviews. They have a limited budget for compensating authors. To learn more, refer to this 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.

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, refer to this page.