Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE) is a professional membership association that is committed to providing educational, advocacy, and networking resources to the credentialing community. They are currently accepting white paper abstracts. White papers are 6 to 12 pages long publications that inform, educate, and maybe persuade the audience on a particular topic. Upon publication, they pay an honorarium of $750 to the author. For details, refer to this page.

Screeps is an “open-source sandbox MMO RTS game for programmers, wherein the core mechanic is programming your units’ AI.” They are looking for articles for their documentation repository. They pay $50 per article. To learn more, refer to this page.

L.A. Weekly is a source of information for news, culture, music, movies, events, restaurants, and reviews in Los Angeles. According to payment reports, they pay an average of $0.14 a word. To contact them, refer to this page.

Lutheran Science Institute (LSI) provides “resources to churches, pastors, teachers, and individual Christians in areas of science, especially in matters relating to creation and evolution.” They want single articles to be kept below 4,000 words. They prefer articles of 1,200 words. They pay $0.04 a word for the first 1,000 words, and $0.02 a word thereafter, up to a maximum of $120 for an article. To learn more, refer to this page.

The Forward is a source of news, opinion, culture, and life through a Jewish lens. They regularly accept submissions from outside writers. The editors inform the writers of the rate upon the commissioning of the work. Payment reports indicate that they pay an average of $0.26 per word. If a written work accepted for publication is not used, they generally pay the writers 50% of the agreed-upon fee. For details, refer to this page.

O Gauge Railroading is a print and digital magazine for O Gauge model train hobbyists. They are always looking for layout articles and how-to feature articles. High quality photos accompanying the articles are a plus. The layout features should be 1,200 to 1,500 words long. They pay $400 for layout features and $200 for how-to features. For details, visit this page.

Unwinnable is a digital magazine and website dedicated to the intersection between life and culture. They seek stories that help their “readers find things that are underground, indie, cult and lesser known.” The length of the stories for their magazine (Unwinnable Monthly) should be 1,500 words. They pay $0.05 per word, up to $150, for stories accepted to their magazine. For details, visit this page.

The Avery Review is a digital journal that is “dedicated to thinking about books, buildings, and other architectural media.” It is a project of the Office of Publications at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. They are looking for reviews and critical essays about books, buildings, and other architectural media. Their essays are usually 2,500 to 4,000 words long. They pay $400 for essays. To learn more, refer to this page.

LIVESTRONG.COM is a website that offers diet, nutrition, fitness, and wellness tips for a healthier lifestyle. According to payment reports, they pay up to $0.67 per word. To contact them, refer to this page.

Learningandviolence.net is a Canadian website that seeks to “engage all people to recognize the impacts of violence on the joy of learning in formal and informal settings.” They want writers to submit dispatches of 500 to 750 words. They offer an honorarium of $50 Canadian for writing the dispatch, and $50 for demonstrated promotion on social media platforms, and/or through personal networks. For details, refer to this page.

Bay Area Parent is a media company that provides parenting news and information to Bay Area families. They are always seeking “articles with strong local perspective filled with names, references and issues of particular interest and relevance to parents and children in Marin County, San Francisco, the Peninsula, the East Bay, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties.” Their departments are 600 to 1,200 words long and features are 1,200 to 1,800 words long. They pay 25 cents per word. For details, read their writer’s guidelines.

North Dakota Horizons is a quarterly magazine focused on the people, places, events, and culture of North Dakota. They are looking for short, nonfiction articles or essays of 1,000 to 1,200 words, and feature articles of 1,500 to 2,000 words. They want writers to send photographs or illustrations with manuscripts whenever possible. They pay an average of 20 cents per word for articles, and $125 to $300 for photography for major layouts. To learn more, visit this page.

New African is an English-language pan-African magazine. They provide “unparalleled insights and analysis on African politics and economics, via an African perspective.” According to payment reports, they pay up to $0.18 per word. To contact them, refer to this page.

Alaska Bride & Groom is Alaska’s premier wedding guide. They offer inspiring ideas, advice, and information to help couples plan their wedding, reception, and honeymoon. They welcome pitches, especially from local freelancers. They want the completed articles to be 300 to 1,100 words long. They generally pay $75 to $200 for original articles. For details, refer to their writer guidelines.

Software Testing Help (STH) is a software testing blog. They want tutorials on any topic that would be of help to quality assurance testers. They usually pay $200 to $600 for a tutorial. To learn more, refer to this page.

In These Times is a progressive magazine and website committed to covering and analyzing popular movements for economic, environmental, social, gender, and racial justice. According to payment reports, they pay an average of $0.22 per word. To learn more, refer to this page.

Native Journal is the “best resource to find business related blogs on a wide range of topics from home improvement to shopping services.” They are always looking for writers in all parts of Canada. They accept stories (of up to 600 words) on a wide range of subjects. They encourage writers to send photos with their stories. They pay 15 cents per word and $15 per photo. For details, visit this page.

Wired is a magazine that covers the current and future trends in technology. Payment reports indicate that they pay an average of $1.52 per word. To contact them, refer to this page.

Barista Magazine is a trade journal for coffee professionals around the world. They cover coffee shops, equipment, extraction methods, customer service, events, and profiles. According to payment reports, they pay up to $0.07 per word. For details, visit this page.

Harvard Medical School CME Online is a “learning center for postgraduate online medical education.” They are accepting guest posts from credentialed health care professionals for their two blogs, Trends in Medicine and Lean Forward. The posts should be at least 400 words long. They pay $200 per post. To learn more, refer to this page.

Auth0 provides a “universal authentication & authorization platform for web, mobile and legacy applications.” They are looking for technical articles for their blog. The technical articles should show readers how to get things done using new technologies like Java, Ruby on Rails, Python, Node, ASP.NET Core, Go, Modern JS, and Authentication. They pay up to $300 per article. To learn more, visit this page.

J-Source is a publication of Canadian Journalism Project. They are a source of news, research, commentary, advice, and discussion on Canadian journalism. Payment reports indicate that they pay up to $0.19 per word. To contact them, refer to this page.

MFractor is a “productivity tool for Visual Studio Mac.” They are looking for technical content about Xamarin, including “beginner tutorials, deep dives into the latest Xamarin developments and MFractor how-tos.” They pay $250 AUD for a blog post. To learn more, refer to this page.

The Feminist Globetrotter gives solo travel tips to empower women who are traveling alone. They are looking for content that explores “the intersection of travel and identity; be it gender, race, class, disability, sexual orientation, religion, or otherwise.” They pay $50 per article. To learn more, read their contributor guidelines.

The New Inquiry is an online magazine and website of cultural and literary criticism. They are always seeking sharp pieces of criticism. Payment reports suggest that they pay an average of $0.03 per word. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.

The Open Notebook is a “non-profit organization that provides tools and resources to help science, environmental, and health journalists at all experience levels sharpen their skills.” They welcome pitches for brief guides, story-behind-the-story interviews, and reported features. They pay $1,200 for interviews (1,500 to 2,000 words), and $2,000 for reported features (1,500 to 2,000 words). For details, read their submission guidelines. Also, read this interview with the editor.

City Limits is a non-profit website that offers in-depth reporting and commentary on the most pressing issues of New York City. According to payment reports, they pay up to $0.33 per word. To contact them, refer to this page.

American Wild Magazine is “America's only national publication focused exclusively on our state and national forests, parks and protected wild areas.” They are always looking for feature ideas and destination stories. Their standard rate for manuscripts is $0.35 per word. To learn more, refer to this page.

Ancient History is a bi-monthly magazine focused on the politics, society, culture, art, literature, language, religion, and economics of the ancient world. They want writers to send proposals (of about 250 words) for articles. The exact word count of the articles will be decided by their editor in chief, but they should roughly be about 2,000 to 4,000 words long. They pay 10 euro cent per word. For details, visit this page.

Distinctly Montana is a quarterly published life-style magazine. They are looking for writers who have the ability to write 750 to 1,500 words aimed at the residents and the visitors of Montana. According to one payment report, they pay $0.17 per word. To learn more, refer to their guidelines.