Sliced is a monthly food journalism magazine by Fed (a food startup that offers nutrition-focused meals for specialized diets). They provide thought-provoking takes on the food industry and “explore food from all angles — its production, marketing, and consumption — to empower healthy and ethical eating.” Their issues are themed. They pay CD$0.15/word for around 1,200 words. They accept pitches at editor@fedfedfed.com. To read their previous issues, click here.

The Xylom is a media outlet that creates “personal stories of science and humanity.” They are looking for personal essays (1,200-1,500 words) that are “at least tangentially related to science”, science analysis and opinion pieces (1,200-1,500 words), narrative-driven science feature stories, and 10-ish-word stories. They pay every storyteller at least $200. To learn more, refer to their submissions page.

Outrider strives to be “an online source of hard-hitting commentary and journalism that calls for the end of nuclear weapons and action against the existential threat of climate change.” They are seeking new voices to produce climate and nuclear non-proliferation journalism. Their standard rate is $1,000/story. Their stories are usually 1,000-1,200 words. If interested, send your pitches through their online submission form. You don’t need to be an expert to contribute. To learn more, read their writer guidelines.

Perspectives on History is the news magazine of the American Historical Association (AHA)-an organization that serves historians in all fields and professions. They publish 9 times a year in print and online. They welcome “pitches on all aspects of the practice of history—from the public square to the private study.” They want articles of about 1,500 words. They pay authors an honorarium of $100. To learn more, refer to their submissions page.

Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) is a quarterly print magazine and website that covers “cross-sector solutions to global problems.” They are based at Stanford University’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. They aim to inform leaders of social change. For the print magazine, they accept 6 types of editorial articles: book review (1,700 words), case study (4,000-6,000 words), feature (4,500-6,000 words), field report (1,700 words), viewpoint (1,700 words), and what's next (700-800 words). For the website, they look for shorter works (1,200-2,000 words). According to their editor, they pay $600 for 800-word articles and $1,500 for 1,700-word articles. They pay $600 for 1,700-word book reviews. For more information, refer to their submission guidelines.

The Progress Network is “a movement that speaks to a better future in a world dominated by voices that suggest a worse one.” They would love to receive substantive good news, solutions journalism stories, constructive opinions on current affairs, and “progress-oriented takes on historical, psychological, philosophical, and cultural themes.” They accept reported articles, opinion essays and think pieces, interviews, reviews, and listicles. Their rates fall somewhere between $250-$650 "depending on length, whether it will include original reporting or not, etc.". For details, read their pitch and submission guidelines.

insideWaterloo is a publication that amplifies the stories of BIPOC residents of Waterloo Region. They welcome unsolicited submissions but want writers to send them a pitch first. For unsolicited articles, their rates are: $80 for short articles (1,500 words or less) and $120 for feature stories (1,500 to 2,500 words) and photo essays. They also announce themes every 2 to 3 months. For articles based on a theme, their rates are: $150 for short articles (1,500 words or less) and $500 for feature stories (1,500 to 2,500 words) and photo essays. Pitches should be sent to newsroom@insidewaterloo.ca. For more information, refer to their guidelines.

KneeDeep Times is a digital magazine about climate resilience. They focus on the SF Bay Area. They welcome story, art, and other submissions on a wide range of climate resilience topics. They generally pay $1 per word. To learn more, refer to this page.

Give Me Astoria covers Astoria's culture, dining, events, lifestyle, fashion, art, music, and more. According to their editor, they pay around $100/article. To contact them, refer to this page.

Type Investigations is a nonprofit investigative newsroom. They cover the “most urgent issues of our time, including racial and economic justice, climate and environmental health, and civil and human rights.” Their written features are generally 4,000-6,000 words and they typically pay $3,000-$6,000 (including travel and reporting expenses). For more information, refer to their pitch guide.

Verywell Mind is a resource for mental health information. They are always seeking experienced and qualified writers. According to their senior editor, they pay a flat rate of $200/piece. Interested writers should email writeforus@verywell.com. Please note that they don’t accept unsolicited guest-authored content. To contact them, refer to this page.

The Flock is a digital space for “smart, enquiring women who want to lead a good life.” They publish news, views, and interviews from a feminist and conscious perspective. They pay £100 per feature. If interested, email your submissions to hello@flockmag.com. To contact them, refer to this page.

The Drift is “a magazine of culture and politics.” They want “socially engaged cultural criticism; class-sensitive analysis; pieces that point out what’s being avoided or talked around in politics, media, arts, or even academia; upbeat cynicism; un-self-serious screeds; generous takedowns; entries from the margins; fiction; poetry; 1-3 sentence book/ movie/ TV/ art reviews.” They pay:

- $2,000 for essays
- $500 - $1,000 for short stories
- $150 for poems
- $25 for Mentions

To learn more, refer to this page.

CBC Saskatchewan is a source for news stories, breaking news, and viewpoints from Saskatchewan. They are looking for opinion and first person pieces (500 to 700 words) from the people of Saskatchewan. They pay $250 per piece. If interested, send your pitches to sask-opinion-grp@cbc.ca. For details, refer to their pitch guide.

LoginRadius is “a cloud-based consumer identity and access management (CIAM) solution.” LoginRadius blog is a publication that shares emerging trends, how-tos, and other content that makes the jobs and careers of developers and industry professionals better. They are looking for guest writers with blog entries between 800-1,000 words. They will pay up to $200 for each blog shortlisted for their Engineering Blog. To learn more, click here.

LoginRadius is “a cloud-based consumer identity and access management (CIAM) solution.” LoginRadius blog is a publication that shares emerging trends, how-tos, and other content that makes the jobs and careers of developers and industry professionals better. They are looking for guest writers. They will pay up to $200 for each blog shortlisted for their Engineering Blog. To learn more, click here.

The Abundant Artist (TAA) offers online courses and training to artists on how to sell their art online. They are looking for skilled writers and/or video creators. They are interested in articles/videos about what’s working in sales right now, stories of artists transitioning from offline to online sales, how to sell on Instagram, emerging platforms (e.g. Clubhouse, TikTok), etc. Rates are $150-$300/article. Rates for videos are on a per-project basis. For details, refer to this page.

Knock LA is a community journalism project that is committed to telling the real story of Los Angeles. They are seeking pitches with a strong focus on Los Angeles. They pay up to $125/article. Interested writers can send their pitches to pitches@knock.la. To learn more, refer to this page.

Eos is a science news magazine by American Geophysical Union (AGU). They publish “news and features reported by science journalists” and “research updates, opinions, and features written by scientists.” According to a payment report, they paid $1/word for a 900-word news story. For more information, refer to their submission guidelines.

New Humanist is “a quarterly magazine of culture and science.” They welcome feature pitches on culture, ideas, science, and philosophy. They also welcome poems, book reviews, and in-depth reportage. They also accept pitches for their website. Rate is £350-£500 for features and about 10p/word for reviews and online-only. To learn more, refer to this page.

Unbias the News is “a feminist cross-border newsroom that actively fights against the perpetuation of racist, sexist, and ableist stereotypes.” According to their editor-in-chief, they pay a flat rate of €500 for reported pieces and €250 for personal narratives/opinions. They accept pitches at pitch@unbiasthenews.org. To learn more about them, refer to this page.

Clerestory Magazine publishes essays, articles, poems, interviews, photo stories, and audio stories on “subjects at the intersection of action and contemplation.” Most accepted pieces are 1,000 to 3,000 words. Rate is $50 per accepted submission. To learn more, refer to their submissions guide.

Pipeline Artists focuses on “education, empowerment, and elevating authentic voices in film, publishing, and beyond.” They are seeking “pieces that highlight unspoken truths, provide honest advice, and profile ‘emerging’ creatives or those deserving of a platform they may not find in mainstream publications.” They are also seeking ridiculous humor pieces. They are accepting pitches for articles including interviews (they especially need articles that focus on the publishing industry), short stories of any length, and poetry. They pay $75 to $350+ per piece. If interested, send your ideas to stories@pipelineartists.com. For details, read their submission guidelines.

Chron is Houston’s daily news source for the latest in sports, culture, food and drink, music, entertainment, weather, and politics. They are seeking feature pitches as they increase their culture and lifestyle reporting. They are looking for profiles, first-person essays, cultural commentaries, listicles, trend coverage, and more. Their rates start at $0.50 per word. For more information, refer to their guidelines.

BBC Worklife is “a BBC.com features site about the way we work, live and think in a rapidly shifting world, where the boundaries between the professional and the personal are increasingly blurrier.” They publish reported, narrative features of 1,200 to 2,000 words. They pay $600 for around 1,200 words. To learn more, refer to their author brief.

Pluto Press is an independent, radical political publishing house. They are accepting pitches from journalists and activists for their blog. The pitches should be relevant to the current political climate and should be suitable for their radical readership. Rate is £150 per piece (1,000 words maximum). If interested, send your pitches to blogsubmissions@plutobooks.com. For details, refer to their guidelines.

1843 is a digital magazine that features narrative journalism. The magazine is The Economist’s sister publication. They are eager to support ambitious journalism which can sometimes take months to research and write. They provide substantial space for these features (some of them are 3,000 to 6,000 words long). They also commission original illustrations or photos for these features. According to one payment report, they paid £3,500 for a feature of 5,000 words. To learn more, read their pitching guidelines.

Inspire the Mind is a mental health blog. They discuss the effects of mental health on the brain and the body. Their blogs are usually around 1,200 words. According to a now deleted Tweet by one of their editors, they pay £85 for 700 words. To submit a pitch, refer to this page.

Med-Surg Nurse Life Magazine is a lifestyle magazine (published 6 times a year) by the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN). They are always accepting submissions. They publish human interest stories, stories on nurses making a difference, profiles on innovators and leaders, product reviews, lists, etc. They pay $50 to $450 per article (600 to 1,000 words). For details, refer to this page and their writer’s guidelines.

Pit is a magazine with roots in pit barbecue cooking. They don't mind straying from the barbecue focus, however. They've published work by food historians, psychologists, musicians and, recently, an original short story from a writer of non-food fiction. They generally pay £150 per piece. To learn more, read their pitching guidelines.