New York Focus is a nonprofit investigative newsroom covering New York’s state and local politics. They accept pitches for stories. Their standard rate for a story is $800. They may pay more for big, intensive investigative projects and may pay less for short and newsy pieces. If interested, send your pitches to editor@nysfocus.com. For details, refer to this page.

Trans Writes is a trans-led project that aims to platform trans voices. They accept pitches on various topics, e.g., current events, sports, news, entertainment, technology, and video games. They want pitches from people from a wide range of backgrounds and writing experiences. They pay £100 per piece with a flexible word count. To learn more, refer to their pitching guide and form.

Ambrook Research offers data-driven storytelling regarding modern agriculture. They’re looking for stories about modern agriculture. They’re presently focused on U.S.-based subject matter but will consider exceptions if a story has significant impacts or teachings that can be applied in the U.S. They generally pay between $0.50 and $1.00 per word. To learn more, refer to this page.

Trails is a quarterly, print-only magazine for “backpackers and people who sleep in the dirt.” The focus of the magazine is on “backpacking and other human/naturally-powered means of sleeping outdoors: bikepacking, canoe camping, even things like rafting or mountaineering are fair game.” The main emphasis of the magazine is on North American destinations. They’re always looking for story ideas from writers, photographers, etc. They pay writers at least $0.50 per word. For more information, refer to this page.

LatinaMedia.Co is a digital publication covering “TV, film, books, podcasts, and culture from Latina and femme Latinx perspectives.” They’re always seeking more voices to add to their community. They pay $150 for 600+ word pieces. For more information, read their pitch guide.

Ride Texas Magazine is a quarterly print and digital travel magazine for Texas’ motorcyclists. Their readers and writers ride motorcycles. They publish articles about travel within Texas and the surrounding states. As per their women’s editor, they pay $100-$400 for articles and $0.10/word for blogs (300-500 words). The articles should be accompanied by quality photographs. For more information, read their editorial submission guidelines.

The Lead is a micro-mag about politics and culture. They cover “the sharp angles that define our life in the UK today: poverty, racism, climate change, corporate and government malfeasance, the breakdown of our healthcare system and the fracturing of the state.” They accept submissions for features (1,500-2,000 words), long-reads, essays, and op-eds (800-1,200 words).  As per this tweet by The Lead, they pay at least £180 for op-eds. If interested, send your pitches to pitches@thelead.uk. To learn more, refer to this page.

Vainqueur is a Canadian fashion culture and lifestyle platform. They’re looking for pitches on the following topics: fashion, beauty, living, and culture. They pay $0.75 CAD a word for articles that are over 500 words and $1 CAD a word for articles that are less than 500 words. They're not currently accepting pitches. However, you can contact them here.

Yellow Seeds Magazine is an online publication featuring “non-partisan think-pieces that question our cultural conversations to humanize our complexities as people.” As per this tweet by their editor, they pay $50 for essays of 700 to 800 words. If interested, send your pitches to yellowseedspub@gmail.com. To learn more, refer to their submissions guidelines.

Common Good Magazine is a print magazine about “faith, work, and economics — which is to say, about the seamless life.” They send out periodic calls for pitches. They then try to develop a long-term relationship with the writers they publish. According to their editor, for digital-only pieces, they generally pay $250. For print pieces, they start at $0.50/word. To sign up for their calls for pitches, click here. To learn more about them, click here. 

Teen Vogue is an online publication that offers the latest on fashion, celebrity style, entertainment, beauty, teen issues, etc. They accept pitches for reported and op-ed pieces across the following sections:

- Culture (covers TV, movies, music, internet culture, etc.)

- Identity (covers mental health, sexual health, body image, etc.)

- Style & Beauty (highlights trends, changemakers, celebrity styles, and more)

- Politics (covers social justice, politics, history, and education)

According to their news & politics editor, they generally pay $250 to $600 per piece. To learn more, read their pitching guide.

Pride Source is Michigan's LGBTQ+ news source. They cover LGBTQ+ politics, relationships, sex, health, home, pop culture, celebrities, and more. They publish features, profiles, Q&As, essays, opinions, listicles, and video interviews. Though their focus is on Michigan, they’re open to national stories, especially those with a Michigan spin. They’re interested in stories of survival and perseverance. They pay $100 to $125 for columns/essays and $100 to $250 for news features and other news/pop culture reporting. To learn more, view their pitch guide.

Distillations is a magazine by the Science History Institute. Their articles reveal the impact of science on our world, both past and present. They’re actively looking for writers who can unearth little-told history and find historical angles to contemporary topics. They pay $1.25 per word for features; a flat fee of $750 for argued essays, columns, and profiles; and $400 for interviews. If interested, email your pitches to editor@sciencehistory.org. For details, refer to this page.

The Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ) is a nonprofit print and digital magazine that educates the nonprofit sector through research-based articles and resources. They usually publish articles of 1,500-3,000 words. They especially look for articles and pitches that cover one or more of their “four justice areas—economic, racial, climate, and health justice—as well as leadership, management, and philanthropy.” According to their climate justice senior editor, they pay $300 for web pieces. To learn more, refer to their submissions page.

whynow is an online magazine and production studio that features stories from both emerging and established people in arts, music, and entertainment. They’re seeking features, interviews, stories, and reviews related to arts and culture. They pay £80 to £150 for the majority of pieces. If interested, email your pitches to editors@whynow.co.uk. For details, read their pitching guidelines.

BorderLore is a monthly digital journal that documents, shares, and elevates folklife in the US Southwest and Northern Mexico. They accept pitches from writers and photographers in the Southwest. They’re especially “interested in stories about culture and heritage outside of Tucson.” They also love “first-person narrative essays linking personal folklife to larger themes.” Rates begin at $300. To learn more, refer to this page.

BorderLore is a monthly digital journal that documents, shares, and elevates folklife in the US Southwest and Northern Mexico. They accept pitches from writers and photographers in the Southwest. They’re especially “interested in stories about culture and heritage outside of Tucson.” They also love “first-person narrative essays linking personal folklife to larger themes.” Rates begin at $300. To learn more, refer to this page.

Layered Butter is a magazine about “art, design and the movies.” They build each issue of the magazine around a particular abstract theme/genre/director/actor, and open up the submission process 2 to 3 months before the submission deadline. They also accept off-theme pitches and submissions. According to their submissions page, they don’t want reviews of movies, clickbait listicles, contrarian hot takes, and previously published works. They’re open to “other aspects of formal analysis and cultural criticism, interviews, essays, etc.” Their essays and criticism works are usually between 1,000 and 2,000 words. Rates are $100-$500. To learn more, refer to their submissions page.

The Gutter Review is a queer owned non-profit website that offers unique perspectives (through long-form essays and interviews) on lesser-known, forgotten, and unsung comics and visual media. They accept pitches for essays and opinion pieces, theories and discussions, and long-form interviews. The pieces range from 1,500 to 6,000 words. Rate: $150 per essay. Read their pitch guide here. Contact them here. 

Deceleration is a San Antonio-based environmental justice journal serving the South Texas bioregion. They welcome “proposals for short- and long-form news articles, community op-eds, personal or creative nonfiction essays, theoretical/political analysis, calls to action, multimedia content, and hybrid concepts (documentary poetry, photoessay), and more.” They pay $50 for smaller items and $0.50 per word for longer-form explanatory/investigative pieces. For more information, visit this page.

POCIT highlights the stories of POC within the sphere of tech and startups. They primarily look for career-focused content but also accept personal essays, opinion pieces, mega-exclusive interviews, and hard-hitting investigative pieces. Rates begin at $100 for personal essays. For details, read their pitching guidelines.

Climate Home News covers global climate politics. They welcome article pitches from freelance writers from around the world. They want news stories that have a climate change angle as well as an international outlook. Topics of interest include “climate finance, major energy projects, land use conflicts, loss and damage attributable to climate change, greenwash, climate diplomacy and geopolitics.” Rates begin at £0.35/word. For more information, visit this page.

The Sask Dispatch is a Saskatchewan-focused news publication by Briarpatch Magazine. They publish “articles about Saskatchewan on a range of topics, including provincial and municipal elections, grassroots activism, Indigenous rights, arts and culture, economic justice, ecology, gender equity, harm reduction, and more.” They welcome pitches from anyone with a story to tell. Rates are $100 for profiles, short essays, and reviews (less than 1,000 words); $200 for feature stories (1,000-1,500 words) and photo essays; and $300 for research-based articles and investigative reportage (1,500-2,000 words). To contribute, refer to this page.

Task & Purpose is an online news and culture publication for the next generation of American veterans. They are always seeking “stories on combat and what happens after, deep dives into the scourge of military sexual assault, or explainers on why the military is seeing an exodus of experienced military pilots.” They are also always looking for first-hand accounts and essays. They generally pay $500 per piece. To learn more, refer to this page.

Comstock’s is a monthly business magazine in California’s Capital Region. They cover business, trends, and quality of life in Sacramento and the 9 surrounding counties. They accept pitches for print as well as web-exclusive stories. Their print features are 1,600-2,200 words; Taste stories are 1,300 words; and web stories are 600-1,500 words. A tweet by their senior editor indicates that they pay $200 to $300 for web stories. For more information, read their submission guidelines. 

Long Now is a non-profit organization that fosters long-term thinking. Their pitch guide says, “Our work encourages imagination at the timescale of civilization — the next and last 10,000 years — a timespan we call the long now.” They want stories that explore the ‘long now’ of climate change, the rise and fall of civilizations, biotechnology and artificial intelligence, economics, architecture, and more. They accept pitches for essays (1,200 - 3,000 words), reported features (1,200 to 3,000 words), interviews (2,000 to 3,000 words), book reviews, shorter articles, fiction, and poems for Ideas, their living archive of long-term thinking. Rates begin at $600 for features and essays and range between $300 and $600 for interviews, reviews, science journalism, and news articles. Rates are $100 for science fiction stories and $25 for poems. For more information, refer to their pitch guide.

Voices of Disability Economic Justice Project is a commentary series by The Century Foundation’s Disability Economic Justice Team. The series discusses the economic disparities experienced by disabled people. They are seeking op-ed style pieces and personal narratives (around 750 words) by writers who identify as disabled. They pay $500 per published piece. If interested, send your pitches to voicesofdej@tcf.org. For details, refer to this page.

The Blacklight is the New York Amsterdam News’ investigative unit. They are seeking experienced freelance journalists. They primarily work with freelance journalists based in the New York City area but are also open to working with those based outside the region. They pay $250+ for fact checks (500 to 1,000 words, 1 to 2 interviews); $1/word for medium length articles (800 to 1,500 words, 2 to 4 interviews); $2/word or a flat commission fee for long form articles (1,500+ words, 4+ interviews); and $250 to $500+ for data visualizations. For more information, visit this page.

Women Who Rebrand is “a UK based lifestyle platform that champions growth, inspiring women to live authentically while navigating the challenges of modern-day life.” They are looking for first-person experiences and anon first-person experiences by women; inspirational stories; educational articles; stories from regional communities across the United Kingdom; and seasonal or trending features centering around careers, relationships, or health and wellness. According to this tweet, they pay £80 for blogs (600 words) and £150 for articles (1,200 words). To learn more, refer to this page.

Nautilus is a magazine about science, culture, and philosophy. They accept story ideas and pitches at drenwick@nexusmedianews.com. According to a Tweet by one of their editors, they pay $0.50 to $1.00 per word. To contact them, refer to this page.