Liberal Currents offers “discussion, elucidation, and defense of liberal principles and institutions.” According to their founder and editor-in-chief, they pay $50 per piece. If you want to write for them, contact them at writers@liberalcurrents.com. To learn more about them, visit this page.
Via Magazine is a magazine and website that serves AAA (American Automobile Association) members in nine western states. They offer travel tips and inspiration. They also offer practical life advice about managing your money, living well at home and away, and taking care of your house and car. They pay $200 to $500 per piece. To contact them, refer to this page.
The New Humanitarian is “an independent, non-profit newsroom reporting from the heart of conflicts, disaster, and other crises.” According to their senior editor, their base rate is $0.40 per word. To contact them, refer to this page.
AskMen is a lifestyle website for men. They cover dating, grooming, fitness, sex, style, entertainment, and more. They pay $250 per piece. To contact them, visit this page.
What To Expect is a pregnancy and parenting brand. They offer preconception, pregnancy, and parenting advice. According to their managing editor, they pay $250 to $400 per piece. To contact them, refer to this page.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, or JTA, offers news and analysis on issues of Jewish interest and concern. According to reports, payment starts at $250 for an 800 word op-ed. To contact them, visit this page.
TripSavvy is “a travel site written by real experts, not anonymous reviewers.” They are always seeking experienced and qualified digital travel writers. According to their editorial director, they pay $150 to $400 per story. They don’t accept unsolicited guest-authored articles. To learn more, visit this page.
Cosmopolitan is a women’s magazine for dating tips, sex advice, beauty tutorials, fashion trends, and celebrity news. Payment reports indicate that they pay an average of $1.05 per word. To learn more about them and to contact them, visit this page.
Mundane Magazine is a Nashville-centric digital publication about music, fashion, art, culture, and sex. According to their executive editor, they pay $75 to $300 per piece. To contact them, refer to this page.
Mynah Magazine is an annual longform print magazine about Singapore's untold stories. They accept story pitches. It is not necessary for the contributors to be based in Singapore or be Singaporean. They pay 250-400 SGD per story. To learn more, refer to this page.
North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) is a nonprofit organization that “works toward a world in which the nations and peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean are free from oppression and injustice, and enjoy a relationship with the United States based on mutual respect, free from economic and political subordination.” They welcome contributions covering “political and economic developments in Latin America and the Caribbean, issues affecting U.S. Latinx communities, and U.S. policy in the hemisphere.” They typically pay $75 to $125 per article plus $25 for photos. To learn more, refer to this page.
Epic publishes extraordinary true stories. Their “writers travel the world searching for encounters with the unknown. Wartime romance, unlikely savants, deranged detectives, gentlemen thieves, and love struck killers: stories that tap into the thrill of being alive.” According to their deputy editor, they generally pay $1 to $2 per word. Most of their stories are at least 5,000 to 6,000 words long. To submit a story, visit this page.
GenderIT.org is “a groundbreaking resource site that provides feminist reviews and commentary on internet policy and culture.” They pay $0.12 per word for pieces of 1,000 to 1,500 words. Contact them at genderit@apcwomen.org. To learn more, refer to this page.
Level is a new platform for independent musicians. They are always seeking new voices to write about music topics that matter to their artist community. According to payment reports, their rates start at $250. They pay more for longer pieces. To become a contributing writer for their blog, refer to this page. To read their blog, refer to this page.
Sisters From AARP is a weekly newsletter that celebrates Black women. They cover style, health, relationships, culture, work, money, and more. According to their contributing editor, they generally pay $500 per post. To contact them, refer to this page.
Cleveland Review of Books is “a regionally-focused journal of
literary, cultural, and art criticism.” They pay about $50 per book review
(1,000 words). To learn more, refer to this page.
Observer covers the latest in news, politics, business, lifestyle, health, arts, and entertainment. They welcome “pitches with an emphasis on power players, cultural trends and smart, unique takes that offer something new.” According to this Tweet, they pay $150 and up per piece. To pitch, visit this page.
JustGetOut.net is a data-driven assistance tool for online shopping research. They are looking for high quality articles (1,500-2,000 words) that “provide the readers the full accurate information in many different fields related to the kitchen, outdoor and home and garden.” They pay $100 per article. Details here.
Broccoli is a print magazine for cannabis lovers. The magazine is created by an all-women team and published 3 times a year. They usually pay $0.40 to $0.50 per word, with flat rates of $75 to $100 for shorter pieces. To receive calls for pitches from their editorial team, sign up here.
OkayAfrica is a media company that connects a global audience to Africa. They cover culture, music, dance, style, visual art, politics, and health. The general formats that they would like for stories are: interviews, service journalism, opinion pieces/personal essays, short features, longer features, and video/photo/socials. According to their director of editorial operations, in the past, they have paid $150 to $200 for straightforward pieces but they want to change things up a bit and are happy to discuss rates for more ambitious projects. Send pitches to contribute@okayafrica.com. To learn more, refer to this page.
The Juggernaut is a publication that features untold and smart South Asian stories. They accept stories on culture, politics, business, and technology. A few common formats that they publish are: features (1,000 to 2,000 words), Q&As/profiles (500 to 1,000 words), and essays (500 to 2,000 words). According to one payment report, they paid $0.26 per word for a 2,700-word piece. To pitch, visit this page.
China Dialogue is a bilingual website that covers global environmental issues, with a special emphasis on China. They welcome unsolicited submissions. They publish “articles by journalists, academics, experts, policymakers, activists and concerned citizens.” They want writers to keep their articles to about 1,200 words in English or 2,000 characters in Chinese. According to their editor, their base rate is around $300. For details, visit this page.
Phenomenal World is a publication that features research, analysis, and commentary on social sciences. The publication is managed by staff of the Jain Family Institute (JFI). They publish content by JFI staff and fellows, as well as by external researchers and writers. They “welcome submissions on any topic in the social sciences, particularly economics, history, philosophy, sociology, economic history, and kindred fields.” Their interests are very broad. According to this Tweet, they pay $500 for longform pieces and $250 for interviews. Details here.
Ours to Save is a new journalism initiative that focuses exclusively on the climate crisis. Their interactive map shows “crowdsourced, breaking climate news from all over the world.” They pay £50 per article. To learn more, refer to this page.
Rest of World is a new international nonprofit journalism organization that is focused on “the impact of technology beyond the Western bubble.” They are seeking narrative magazine pitches (1,000-5,000 words) that “report on the interplay of digital technology with cultures around the world, with nuance and detail.” This includes profiles (around 1,500 words), mid-length features (less than 2,000 words), and longer features (3,000 words and above). They don’t want stories set in the United States, Canada, Western Europe or Australia. According to their editor, their rates start at $1 per word. Contact them here.
Future of Good covers “stories, innovations, and trends shaping social impact in Canada.” They want writers who have experience in journalism and are interested in covering social impact. They welcome writers from all over the world. Their rates start at a minimum of $0.50/word. To learn more and to pitch, refer to this page.
iGeneration Youth is a “for youth, by youth” online and print magazine. They are always looking for smart-thinking teens for brilliant storytelling. Their features are 900 to 1,200 words and shorter stories are 250 to 500 words. They pay $0.05 per word. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines and this page. To submit a pitch, refer to this page.
UploadVR is a news organization that offers news, original articles, guides, reviews, and interviews on Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). According to their senior editor, their rates vary a lot based on the assignment but they usually pay $125 per 800 words. To contact them, refer to this page.
The Content Strategist is a publication about content strategy and content marketing. It is run by Contently, a platform with the goal of bringing "brands and freelancers together to do great work." They will pay a flat rate of $500 to $1000 for a story. They pay $350 for "quick-hitters", on new industry research. For details, visit this page.
Increment is a quarterly “print and digital magazine about how teams build and operate software systems at scale.” Each issue of the magazine focuses on a new theme. They welcome pitches from writers. Right now, they are especially interested in APIs. According to one payment report, they paid $1.00 per word for a 3,000-word piece. Read their Tweet here. Pitch them a story here.