The Armenian Weekly is an English-language newspaper for the Armenian diaspora. They publish news of general interest to the Armenian-American community. They also publish editorials, regular columns, political analyses, short stories and poems. According to payment reports, they pay $0.09 per word. To learn more, refer to this page.
Gizmodo is a website about technology, science and culture. They publish reported features, experiential pieces, profiles, consumer tech reviews, interviews and recurring series. According to payment reports, they pay up to $0.33 per word. To learn more, refer to this page.
Americas Quarterly is a publication on business, politics and culture in Latin America. They have a print circulation of 15,000. Their readers include senior government officials, thought leaders, CEOs and a general audience interested in Latin America. Payment reports suggest that they pay up to $0.40 per word. To learn more, refer to this page.
Harper’s Magazine is America’s oldest general-interest monthly magazine. The magazine provides its readers with a unique viewpoint on “politics, society, the environment, and culture.” Reports suggest that they pay $0.25 to $1.33 per word. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
Foreign Policy is an award-winning magazine of international politics, economics and ideas. The ideal Foreign Policy article “strikes a balance: it is a reference for debate among specialists, but it also engages and informs a general-interest reader.” Our sources suggest that they pay their writers an average of 35 cents per word. To find out more, read their writer’s guidelines.
Reader’s Digest is a general interest family magazine. They usually assign original articles to the magazine’s regular contributors. They do, however, accept queries that detail the article idea. They “look for dramatic narratives, articles about everyday heroes, crime dramas, adventure stories.” According to our sources, they pay $0.06 to $1.50 per word. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
USA Today is a news and information media company. They publish letters and columns in their opinion section. They prefer letters of 200 words or less. Their columns are usually 550 to 750 words long. Payment reports suggest that they pay up to $0.50 per word. To find out more, read their submission guidelines.
Cognoscenti is the opinion page of WBUR-FM (a public radio station owned by Boston University). They publish commentaries on a wide range of topics including “politics, culture, sports, law, medicine, innovation, religion, media, parenting and style.” They do not consider submissions that exceed 1,000 words. 750 is the ideal word count for them. They pay a $50 honorarium upon request. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.
Undark is a digital magazine that explores the “intersection of science and society.” They seek to publish various types of projects including blog posts, book excerpts or reviews, op-eds, short features and long-form projects. Our sources suggest that they pay an average of $0.61 per word. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.
New Scientist seeks feature articles. They want "science and technology stories from around the world that will intrigue, entertain and inform the widest possible audience, be they physicists, biologists
or people with no science background at all." Payment is negotiated, but reports indicate over $1 a word. To learn more, read their submission
guidelines.