Tricycle Magazine: The Buddhist Review is a print and digital magazine that shares Buddhist teachings. They accept article submissions for both print and web. They only accept submissions relating to Buddhism. They prefer articles of 500 to 2,000 words. According to their web editor, rates begin at $250 for basic interviews, personal reflections, and teachings. To learn more, refer to this page.

The Parliament is a monthly print magazine covering EU news, policy, politics, and culture. They welcome pitches for features, interviews, and book reviews from freelance journalists. As per this post, they pay €0.5/word for reported features. To learn more, refer to their contact page and editorial calendar.

Popverse is a modern entertainment brand that covers TV, movies, comics, creators, and conventions. They welcome pitches from freelancers. They’re seeking in-depth analyses on major projects in comics, movies, TV, and games; personal stories that would be evocative to their readership; and captivating interviews/conversations with pop culture personalities. Their standard rate is $100 per article (1,000-1,800 words). They might pay $150 or more for in-depth interviews or deeper original reporting and $50 or $75 for exceptionally short write-ups. To learn how to write for them, refer to this page.

Darklight Digital is an online platform featuring fresh voices in photography culture. They welcome feature pitches from both new and established writers. They like stories that have a strong photographic lean. As per this post, their rates begin at £125. For details, refer to their pitch guide.

Resonate is an online travel publication. They publish local stories from around the globe. The type of articles that they look for are: destination guides (1,500-2,000 words); burning issues (600-1,000 words); game changers (600-1,000 words); local stories (600-1,000 words); and travellers’ tales (600-1,000 words). They pay €100 for these pieces. For details, read their writers guidelines.

Berkeleyside is a nonprofit digital news platform that reports on Berkeley and the East Bay. They would love to work with local writers, reporters, and researchers to share the stories of Berkeley, serve local information needs, and highlight important viewpoints from across the city. They pay $100 for briefs, $250 for reviews, a minimum of $350 for complex features, and a minimum of $500 for in-depth enterprise and investigative reports. To learn more, refer to their freelancer’s guide.

Junei is a multimedia platform featuring stories about money. Their audience consists of Millennial and Gen Z citizens. They’re always open for submissions for first-person stories. The length of their stories is 800 to 1,000 words. Pay is £120 per piece. Writers can send their pitches to hello@wearejunei.com. For details, refer to this page.

Catalog is a curated music marketplace that has generated more than $3 million in revenue for independent artists. They welcome pitches for articles that have tie-ins to at least one Catalog record and/or address one of the following focus areas:

- Thoughtful essays/debates on music/web3 topics

- Profiles that highlight under-appreciated artists and music communities

- Oral histories of influential and beloved musical works

Rate is $200 per piece (around 1,200 to 3,000 words). If interested, send your pitches to editorial@catalog.works. To learn more about how to pitch them, refer to this page.

The Maple is a 100% reader-funded publication featuring Canadian news and perspectives that challenge the status quo. They have two sections: news and opinion. They accept pitches for both these sections. Rates: news stories (usually 1,500 words) pay $275 CAD, shorter opinion pieces (700-1,200 words) pay $130 CAD, and more in-depth analysis articles (1,500-2,000 words) pay $325 CAD. When a piece is assigned and rejected without any request for revision, they pay 50% of the agreed upon fee. To learn more about how to pitch them, refer to this page.

Hammer & Hope is “a magazine of Black politics and culture.” Their aim is to “build a project whose politics and aesthetics reflects the electric spirit of the protesters who flooded the streets in 2020, a project that breathes life into the transformative ideas pointing us towards the world we deserve.” They accept pitches from writers at submissions@hammerandhope.org. They pay $1.00/word for commentary, $1.33/word for reported features, and $300/25 lines or less and $6 each additional line for poems. To learn more, refer to this page.

Dollars & Sense is “a progressive economics magazine that explains in a popular way both the workings of the economy and struggles to change it.” They accept articles on a wide range of topics as long as they have an economic theme. According to their editor, they pay $250 for shorter pieces and $450 for features. For more information, refer to this page.

Open Secrets is an online magazine that publishes memorable and revealing personal essays on the topics we are taught to keep “secret.” They are open to essays (1,000 to 1,500 words) on all personal experiences. They pay authors $100 per essay. For more information, refer to this page.

Source New Mexico is a nonprofit news organization offering fresh reporting and analysis from the state of New Mexico. They accept news articles or analysis / opinion columns from writers. According to their senior reporter, rates begin at $325 for 750 to 1,000 words. To learn more, refer to this page.

The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism is a nonprofit center that offers business journalism training to journalists. They’re seeking journalists to cover business topics. They pay $500 per completed article (around 500 words with at least one illustration/photo). For more information, visit this page.

Crafted For All is “a professional development platform that fosters inclusive, equitable, and just spaces and experiences in the craft beverage sector.” They’re seeking writers: “We’re looking for thinkers and advocates who can educate, inspire, and challenge our community in ways that support our vision of an equitable and just craft beverage industry.” Rate is $200 to $500 per piece. To learn more, refer to this page.

Home & Texture is “a platform where BIPOC Millennials transform houses into homes by infusing modern individuality, warmth, and culture.” They accept pitches for stories. As per this tweet by their deputy editor, they pay $150 to $200 per piece. If you’re interested in pitching them a story then refer to this page.

Polyester is an intersectional feminist fashion and culture zine. The Dollhouse, their digital membership platform, releases weekly creative content including personal essays, creative writing, researched features, art, and photography. According to their editor, they pay £50 for 1,000 words. To learn how to contribute, refer to this page.

Ori Magazine is a twice-a-year travel magazine that publishes stories by talented local journalists. They would love to receive pitches from writers. As per their editor, features pay $0.50-$1.00/word and single page department pieces pay $200. If you want to contribute a story, then refer to their contributor inquiries page.

The Great Central Gazette is a not-for-profit local newspaper in Leicester. They’re seeking pitches for investigations, features and analysis on current affairs, arts and culture features, opinions, fiction, poetry, photo essays, etc. As they’re a local newspaper, the pieces should be about Leicester. Pay is 10p/word (£100 max). To learn more, read their guidelines.

Voxel Smash is a videogames website. They believe that reviews, news, features, and guides should be fun to read. They publish both new and established writers and offer full training and support to them. As per this tweet, their rates begin at $50 for features. If interested, get in touch with them at voxelsmash@gmail.com. To learn more, refer to this page.

Gaze is “a social app for queer safety, joy, and commerce.” They’re accepting pitches for their weekly newsletter which features 1 to 2 stories from their contributors. The pitches should be about “queer culture, friendships, community, sex, dating and relationships, identity, sex work, mental health, living online, our relationship to our bodies and the physical world, money, pleasure, and power.” They mostly publish first person essays (800-2,000 words), with an occasional reported feature (2,000-6,000 words). Rates are $150 for first person essays and $300+ for reported features. To pitch, visit this page.

TransLash News & Narrative is a personal essay and journalism platform for transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people. They’re interested in stories on government policy, bodily autonomy, navigating social services, community, identity, travel, and history. They offer a flat rate of $350 per piece (ideally 1,000 words). To learn how to pitch them, refer to this page.

Dirt is a newsletter about digital pop culture. They cover books, streaming, music, style, fashion, blockchain, and the internet. Their pieces are generally around 500 to 800 or 800 to 1,000 words. Standard rates begin at $0.50 per word, negotiable for reported pieces. Rates for Q&As are $0.30 per word. Send your pitches to editors@dirt.fyi. For details, read their pitch guidelines.

Noema is a magazine that explores the transformations sweeping our world. They publish “essays, interviews, reportage, videos and art on the overlapping realms of philosophy, governance, geopolitics, economics, technology, and culture.” According to payment reports, they pay $1.05 per word. If interested, send your pitches or drafts for essays, reported features, interviews, or fiction short stories to edit@noemamag.com. To contact them, refer to this page.

Bolts is “a digital magazine that covers the nuts and bolts of power and political change, from the local up.” They’re always seeking freelancers to report on stories related to voting rights and criminal justice across the US. Most of the stories they publish involve original reporting and pay $800. They currently do not publish personal essays or op-eds. If interested, send your pitches to pitches@boltsmag.org. To learn more about how to pitch them, refer to this page.

Magic at the Margins is a food and beverage newsletter. They publish content that explores “history, culture, nuance, and/or identity through the lens of food and beverage.” They welcome freelancers interested in creating original and relevant pieces for their newsletter. They pay $1/word, capped at $1,000/piece. Majority of the pieces are 800 to 1,000 words. For more information, refer to their guidelines.

whynow Gaming is a video games website. They’re always seeking new contributors and lively feature pitches. They publish informative and entertaining features (800 to 1,500 words) about “the making of games, the history of games, and the culture surrounding games.” They offer a standard rate of £120 per piece. If interested, email your pitches to contact@whynowgaming.com. For details, visit this page.

Food & Wine is a monthly magazine (by Meredith Corporation) about food, recipes, drinks, restaurants, and culinary travel. They’re interested in receiving pitches from writers, recipe developers, as well as photographers. As per their commerce news/deals food editor, they pay $300 for first-person sale roundups and first-person reviews. To learn more, refer to this page.