Bisnow is a B2B platform for the commercial real estate industry. They’re seeking a Denver Freelance Reporter. The selected candidate will write 3-5 articles per week and produce daily morning briefs. The candidate should have great writing skills and excellent news judgment. This position must sit in Denver remotely. Pay is $3,000 per month. To learn more, refer to this page.

Channel Kindness is a digital platform created by the Born This Way Foundation. They’re looking for stories in honor of Transgender Day of Visibility:

“In honor of Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31), Channel Kindness is inviting our community, including trans and gender expansive young people to submit powerful stories for a special series, Trans Visibility Stories: ‘Visible and Proud.’ Ten (10) storytellers will be selected to share their essays that integrate their lived experience with relevant research on the experiences of trans and gender expansive young people. Your story may be used to help inform future research, resources, and initiatives designed to support trans and gender expansive young people.”

Each selected author will be paid a $100 stipend. For details, refer to their post and call for stories.

The National Forest Foundation is an organization that restores and enhances National Forests and Grasslands. They’re seeking story pitches for Winter/Spring 2026 issue of Light & Seed magazine, which will focus on how tech and innovation intersects with National Forests and Grasslands in the U.S. Specifically, they’re seeking pitches for “The Response,” a department that “uses the pillars of solutions journalism to investigate how people are responding to an issue of national importance.” Rate is $1,000 for 1,000 words. If interested, email your pitches to erinvriley@gmail.com. To learn more, refer to their call for pitches.

The Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild (SWG) is a not-for-profit cultural organization that “acts as an advocate to improve the status of Saskatchewan writers; encourages the development of writers at all levels; and strives to improve public access and awareness to Saskatchewan writers and their work.” They’re seeking pitches for articles, series, and industry interviews for Freelance, their magazine on the craft and business of writing. Rates are 20¢ per word. To learn more, refer to their call for pitches.

Film Daze is “an independent publication and media outlet that provides a platform for the unheard, and underrepresented voices of the film community.” They’re accepting pitches for their Issue 01. There is no theme. Payment is $120 for Issue 01, $150 for Issues 02-03, and $200 for Issue 04 and beyond, based on the paid subscriber base at the time. The submission deadline for the first issue is June 1st. Interested writers should send their pitches to editorial@filmdaze.net. To learn more, refer to their submissions page.  

Shadowbanned Magazine is “unapologetic media for the next generation of the political left — independent, people-powered, and rooted in the worlds of politics and culture.” They’re accepting pitches for their Issue 05:

“Share with us your boldest essays, reviews, interviews, reports, articles, poems, features, and whatever else would never get a mainstream media editor’s approval. Work that challenges the status quo and pokes at the machinery behind it.”

“We’re looking for work whose ideology sits somewhere within the framework of the political left… and no, that doesn’t mean liberal. We’re not interested in critiques of dicktatorsheeps halfway across the world unless it’s our own in the so-called land of the free.”

They pay $50 for 800-1,000 words, $75 for 1,100-1,500 words, $100 for 1,600-2,000 words, and a flat rate of $60 for poetry and artwork. To learn more, refer to their post and submission guidelines.

The Contrapuntal is “an independent non-profit publication devoted to delivering rigorously researched, accessible, and factually accurate journalism from a ground-up perspective.” They’re accepting pitches for a new project, Post-Panoptics: Embodied Surveillance and the Architectures of Control. They invite “investigative journalists, academics, artists, and practitioners to map how power concentrates through the surveillance gaze — and how we might analyse and understand it.” They’re commissioning deep-dive investigative features (5,000 words, €1,000), visual essays (€1,000), illustrated graphic essays (€1,000), analytical op-eds (2,500-3,000 words, €500), and artistic features (€200 honorarium). If interested, send your pitches to submissions.thecontrapuntal@protonmail.com. For details, refer to their post and call for submissions.

Motley Bloom is “a curated collective focused on Neurodivergent First living.” They’re looking for a writer who identifies as neurodivergent for their issue 2. The writer will “execute the issue's anchor article, which will be a deep dive into the intersection of neurodivergence and nature.” Rate is $1/word for 2,000 to 2,500 words. Send your pitches to pitch@motley-bloom.com. To learn more, refer to this post and their general submissions page.

Planetizen is “a fiercely independent platform that creates, curates, and amplifies stories and resources to inform planning and people passionate about planning.” They’re always seeking feature article pitches that offer an expert lens to the key planning issues of today. They offer professional writers a flat rate of $500 for a feature or career-related article. If interested, direct your pitches to editor@planetizen.com. For details, refer to their post and this page.

Antics is a quarterly music magazine aimed at a Gen Z readership. They are open for pitches for issue 4. They already have some interviews in the works and are mostly looking for essay pitches. They will pay $50 for reviews, $150 for Q&As, $150 for essays, $200 for profiles, and $250 for longform reported features/oral histories. If interested, email your pitches to pitches@anticsmag.com. To learn more, refer to their editor-in-chief’s post and their call for pitches.

JamiiAfrica is “an East African nonprofit and social network with a vision that sets it apart from its global counterparts: ‘Netizens making informed decisions.’” They’re seeking great pitches and better writers for their newsletter. They’re interested in the following topics: “community stewardship, local online groups, alternative social media, civic health and clubs, or the intersection of journalism and social media.” Rate is $500 for a complete newsletter draft. If interested, email hello@newpublic.org. To learn more, refer to this post and this page.

Sojourners is a magazine and an online publication that covers faith, politics, and culture from a biblical perspective. They’re seeking some thoughtful pitches on queerness and Christianity. Rates: Opinion pieces and culture reviews pay $150 to $300, while reported articles pay $300 to $500. Send your pitches to huckabee@sojo.net. To learn more, refer to their managing editor’s post. To contact them, refer to this page.

100 Days in Appalachia is a news website that covers the Appalachian region. They’re seeking pitches from students or early-career journalists (ages 13 to 25) in the region on “politics, work, education, cultural trends and the arts, life + identity, and more!” Rates begin at $100 for opinion and $200 to $400 for reporting. To learn more, refer to this post and their call for pitches.

Briarpatch is a Canadian magazine of politics and culture. They’re accepting pitches for their annual Labour Issue. They’re seeking “articles, investigative reporting, historical analysis, photo essays, timelines, personal essays, reviews, profiles, recommendations, lists, humour, comics, and art for the issue.” Their rates are $150 for profiles, short essays, reviews, and parting shots (typically 1,500 words or less); $250 for feature stories (usually 1,500 to 2,000 words) and photo essays; and $350 for research-based articles and investigative reporting (usually 2,000 to 2,500 words). If interested, send your pitches to pitch@briarpatchmagazine.com. For more information, refer to their post and call for pitches.

Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their deputy editor of lifestyle and entertainment freelancers is seeking first-person pitches on:

- “Thank you card (didn't write them for wedding...) and wedding hot takes (weekday weddings rock, etc)”

- “Best advice from older relatives (retiring early, lasting marriage...)”

Rates begin at $230 for 600 words. To learn more, refer to their deputy editor’s post and this pitch form.