Portland Monthly is a magazine that covers
food, style, shopping, arts, culture, travel, and more in Portland, Oregon.
They are always accepting story pitches for these departments: "Dispatch, Report, Ventures, Field Notes, Habitat, Long Story Short, and Arts
& Culture, as well as for full-length feature stories on news, culture, or
lifestyle.” According to their editor,
they pay about 60/70 cents per word. To learn more, read their writer’s guidelines.
Borderless Magazine is a nonprofit
online publication that covers labor, justice, and advocacy issues affecting the
Midwestern immigrant communities. They welcome reported feature story, comics,
and as-told-to story pitches from freelance journalists. They also welcome
personal essay pitches from immigrants. They encourage pitches from immigrants,
people of color, LGBTQ community, and women. In 2020, 93% of their stories were
written, photographed/illustrated by people of color. Their rate
for reported stories starts at $250. Pitches should be sent to pitch@borderlessmag.org. To learn
more, read their pitch guidelines.
Capital & Main is a publication that
“reports on inequities related to class, race, immigration, gender, corporate
accountability, climate change and energy, education and health, both in
California and nationally.” They publish daily and accept pitches from
freelance writers all the time. They pay $250 to $500 per story. For more
information, refer to this page.
Trucha is an independent multimedia
platform that covers topics and issues that affect the Rio
Grande Valley. They publish “content about immigration, reproductive justice,
LGBTQ issues, climate justice, regional arts and culture, racial justice, and
more.” The content formats that they publish include longform feature articles
(2,000 words at $0.50/word), op-eds (600 words at $0.30/word), news blurbs (300
words at $0.30/word), and art. They only accept pitches from “people who
currently live or grew up in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas (and North
Mexican side of this border region including Reynosa, Matamoros, etc).” For
more information, refer to their call for pitches.
Art & About is an art blog and resource for Portland. They are looking for reviews and interviews analyzing relevant themes relating to contemporary art with a focus on the Pacific Northwest region. Their rates are based on industry standards set by the Working Artists and Greater Economy (W.A.G.E). For details, refer to their submissions page.
Generocity is a solutions journalism
organization that covers social impact and connects people and organizations in
Greater Philadelphia. They are always seeking “new voices to chronicle how
social impact organizations are changing Philadelphia.” They are also seeking “stories
of the people behind that change.” According to their editor,
they pay $50-$500 per story. To learn more, refer to this page.
The Frisc is an online publication that shares stories about San Francisco. They cover San Francisco’s big civic issues, for example, housing, homelessness, transportation, street safety, schools, local businesses, etc. They generally pay $0.33 per word. They pay a flat rate of $150 for Q&A conversations. To learn more, refer to this page.
Bring Me The News delivers Minnesota
news, life, and sports content. According to their editor/owner,
they pay at least $100 for freelance articles. Email your pitches to news@bringmethenews.com. To contact
them, refer to this page.
Arkansas Soul is a digital media
publication that publishes content for BIPOC by BIPOC in Arkansas. They accept
pitches from writers. “Topics can include politics, arts, music, culture,
history, fashion, business, news, personal essay, and interviews – all
centered on the Black or minority experience in Arkansas.” Pay is $150 to $300
for Reimagine
Arkansas stories and content (500 to 2,000 words), $100 to $250 for personal
essays, first-person accounts, and op-eds (750 to 2,000 words), $150 to $250
for reported news stories (500 to 1,000 words), $150 to $250 for feature
stories (1,000 to 2,000 words), and $150 to $250 for profiles and interviews
(flexible word count). To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.
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 their editor/publisher,
they pay $150 to $300 for reported features. To contribute, refer to this page.