Sanuk US is a footwear company. They’re seeking a Freelance Copywriter to bring their brand voice to life across all touchpoints. The candidate should have 3+ years’ copywriting experience. The role is part-time (20 to 30 hours per month) and remote (California-based preferred). Pay is $50 to $55 per hour. For details, read this job description.

The Deadlands is a speculative fiction magazine. They’re currently open to nonfiction submissions. They want critical, academic, and personal essays (1,000 to 4,000 words) on all things death. Rate is $100 per essay. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.

COYOTE Media Collective is accepting pitches from freelancers in the Bay Area. Their pitch guide states:

“COYOTE roams the Bay Area widely and has three main verticals: Power, which covers politics, money, immigration, and all the other forces that rule our lives; Culture, which includes sports commentary, film reviews, event recaps, style stories, and restaurant highlights; and Life, our home for advice, how-tos, weird histories, and nature stories.”

“We’re looking for the following:

- Smart, nuanced, and compassionate pieces.

- Surprising, behind-the-scenes information about things people think they already know about.

- Useful, unexpected information about how to navigate our region, especially on the cheap.”

Rate for written pieces is $150 to $400. To learn more, refer to this post and their pitch guide.

MENT Magazine is a Korean pop culture magazine that features critical and creative work about Korean media. They’re seeking pitches for Issue 003. They will pay $100 per contribution. If you’re interested, email your pitches to editors@mentmagazine.com. For more information, refer to their post and pitch guidelines.

The BREAK—DOWN explores “the political economy of climate and ecological crisis.” They welcome submissions for digital-only pieces, published on their website and in their bi-weekly newsletter, at any time. Payment is 20p/word, to a maximum of £400 for online essays. If interested, email your pitches to pitching@break-down.org and include 'ONLINE' in the subject line. For more information, 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). They’re interested in commissioning original reporting and interviews; community-driven features; and reviews, impressions, and previews. They pay $50 for news (200–300 words), $150 for previews/impressions (500–700 words), $250 for reviews (minimum 900 words), and at least $175 for features. To learn more, refer to this page.

Observer is a website about business, arts, and entertainment. They’re seeking a Freelance Finance Reporter to “cover economic policy, banking news and major tech stocks.” The applicant should have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in business or financial journalism. Their standard rate is $200-$300 per article (600-800 words). If interested, email your resume to business@observer.com. This opportunity is limited to US-based candidates. To learn more, refer to their business news editor’s post and this job description.

Minority Africa is a digital publication that reports on African minorities using data-driven multimedia journalism. They’re seeking writers, journalists, and filmmakers who are interested in reporting stories about minorities within the African continent. They pay $100 to $200 for standard multimedia features and also reimburse transportation costs up to $50. For details, refer to this post and their pitch guide.

The Objective is a nonprofit newsroom that publishes articles on communities journalism in the United States has typically ignored. They’re looking for media critique/criticism. Rate is $0.50 per word. For more information, refer to their copy editor’s post and this 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 looking for 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, send your pitches to editor@planetizen.com. For details, refer to their post and this page.

Next City is a nonprofit news organization that covers urban policy, planning, transportation, and design. They’re open to pitches for solutions-oriented reporting on urban policy. They’re prioritizing reported news stories that focus on:

“- Strategies cities, local governments, nonprofits, and service providers are using to deal with federal cuts or attacks

- Transportation and mobility innovations

- Indigenous-led development initiatives”

They pay a flat rate of $400 for reported news stories.

They’re always open to op-ed submissions. At the moment, they’re “particularly interested in commentary and analysis on how local governments, service providers, nonprofits and philanthropic funders can effectively deal with federal cuts and uncertainty.” They offer a small honorarium of $100 to $200 for published op-eds (700 to 1,200 words).

To learn more, refer to this page.

Cosmos Institute is “an academy to develop philosopher-builders and equip them to develop AI that expands human autonomy, enables truth-seeking and resists central control.” They’re seeking articles on how AI can support human flourishing, organized around 5 core themes:

“- Truth-seeking: the ability to inquire openly and correct our errors

- Human autonomy: the cultivated capacity for self-direction

- Decentralization: systems that resist coercion, capture, and control

- History: the intellectual origins of technology, especially AI

- Philosophy and AI: applying philosophical ideas to AI development”

They will pay $1,000 for essays of around 2,000 words. To learn more, refer to this post and their website.

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. For their upcoming print issue, they’re looking for pitches on the theme of Crime. They’re seeking longer pieces: “narrative features, compelling investigations, essential profiles, and super-sharp essays.” While this pitch call is aimed at journalists, experts with strong ideas are also encouraged to reach out. Rate is $1 to $2 a word. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and this page.

Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their deputy editor of lifestyle and entertainment freelance writers is commissioning stories on tiny living. They’re looking for “people who live in ‘micro apartments’ (under 350 square feet) or tiny homes — or used to live in one of these set-ups but left in the past 2~ years.” Rates begin at $250 for around 600 words. To learn more, refer to their deputy editor’s post. To pitch, refer to this form.

Asterisk is a quarterly magazine that covers “science, emerging technologies, economics, politics, culture, global health, threats to human development and flourishing.” They’re looking for pitches for their next issue: “Issue 13 Asterisk is doing Hard Science. Science, meta-science, public epistemics. Biology, energy, the environment, drugs, clinical trials. CRISPR, cancer, consciousness. How do we best fund science? How do we best communicate science? How do we do science better? How do we do science faster?” Pay is $2,000 for pieces of 3,000 to 4,000 words. Drafts are due in October. If interested, send your pitches to submissions@asteriskmag.com. To read their post, click here. To learn more about them, click here.

MENT Magazine is a Korean pop culture magazine that features critical and creative work about Korean media. They’re accepting pitches for Issue 003. They will pay $100 per contribution. For details, refer to their post and pitch guidelines.

Design Observer is “a leading platform offering thought-provoking content on design, culture, and social innovation.” As Spooky Season creeps ever closer, they’re looking for “pitches from design practitioners and journalists on The Design of Horror | The Horror of Design.” Their pitch call states: “Whether you’re seduced by the scary or shy away from it, we want your take on the most chilling and thrilling ways that horror and design intersect. What cursed objects, theories, trends, policies, or people are haunting today’s designers? What horrors from history, and harbingers of frights still to come, should we be paying attention to? How can we dredge up enough final-girl energy to confront these resident evils? We welcome art-eds, op-eds, criticism, reported articles, and multimedia work from professional designers and journalists.” They offer a $150 honorarium for art-eds, op-eds, and essays (around 800 to 900 words). Rates begin at $1.50/word for commissioned short pieces that include original reporting and sourcing (usually 500 to 900 words). To learn more, refer to their editor’s post, their call for pitches, and this page.