Backpacking Light offers information and education on ultralight backpacking. They pay an honoraria of $25-$75+ for first looks reviews (600+ words with 3+ photos) and $50-$150+ for standard gear reviews (1,200+ words with 7+ photos). For details, visit this page.
Rod & Rifle is a magazine dedicated to “hunting, fishing and related outdoor sports in New Zealand and overseas.” They are looking for articles of 2,000 to 3,000 words. The articles should have one photo per 300 to 400 words. They generally pay $100 per published page. To learn more, refer to this page.
Dive Magazine is a scuba diving magazine that features gear reviews, diving destinations, great writing, and awesome photography. They are looking for stories where something happened to you while diving that you think other people could learn from. They pay £75 per story. To learn more, refer to this page.
Survivalist 101 is a website that offers survival, hunting, camping, and hiking gear, gear reviews and survival tutorials. They pay $25 for survival themed articles (600 words), $30 to $50 for product reviews and comparisons with pictures (over 500 words), and $40 to $100 for video product reviews or survival skills. To learn more, refer to this page.
LocalAngler is a digital publication by NextFish (a media resource for anglers around the world) that features specific areas within the United States and aims to support tourism to the local businesses in those areas. They publish articles of two categories: locally based and statewide based. For locally based articles, they offer a base payment of up to $50. For statewide based articles, they offer a base payment of up to $42. For details, read their contributor guidelines.
Climbing is a rock climbing magazine based in US. They cover bouldering, trad climbing, alpine climbing, and sport climbing. They publish feature stories (1,500 to 3,500 words) with strong photographic component. They also publish shorter department pieces. According to payment reports, they pay up to $0.35 per word. To learn more, read their writer contribution guidelines.
Active Weekender is a website about making the most of the weekend by travelling and doing active outdoor activities like cycling, hiking, rock climbing, camping, stand up paddle boarding, and diving. They are looking for articles of at least 1,000 words on anything related to being an active weekender. They pay $0.05 per word. To learn more, visit this page.
American Wild Magazine is “America's only national publication focused exclusively on our state and national forests, parks and protected wild areas.” They are always looking for feature ideas and destination stories. Their standard rate for manuscripts is $0.35 per word. To learn more, refer to this page.
Dive New Zealand and Dive Pacific are dive magazines. Dive New Zealand is the local version, while Dive Pacific is the international version and also the title of the online version. They are looking for less text heavy (600 to 800 words) articles that are accompanied with high quality photographs. They pay up to NZ$250 for unsolicited articles. To learn more, refer to this page.
Woods Reader is a quarterly magazine for people who love woodland areas. They are looking for stories on experiences and observations in the woods. They do not publish hunting stories. They consider stories of any length, but their ideal word count is 500 to 1,000 words. Their “payments range from $25 for short poetry to $150 for longer articles.” For details, visit this page.