ThisIsMenopause is “a free community for women navigating perimenopause and menopause — the confusing parts, the clarifying parts, and everything in between.” They’re sourcing writers to help them launch regular ongoing columns on ThisIsMenopause.com: “We are looking for women willing to tell their stories and experiences with wit, candor, and transparency. Ideal candidates have a background in writing and have an established online presence.” Rate: $150 to $400 per column, or negotiable monthly or quarterly retainer. To learn more, refer to this post and their ‘about’ page.

Canberra Disability Review is “a free, online quarterly where you can find articles that look at issues about inclusion, disability justice, and lived experience perspectives on disability rights and where progress is happening.”

They’re seeking pitches: “Are you an Australian with #disability with a story to share about how easy / challenging it is to travel? Do you have an #NDIS experience to share, a story about housing, an experience that has changed your life?”

Rate is $200 per article (800 words). If interested, send your pitches to CDR@advocacyforinclusion.org. To learn more, refer to this post.

Arts Midwest supports, informs, and celebrates Midwestern creativity. They’re seeking writers and community documenters in Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois to pitch them “story ideas about creative people, artistic projects, or cultural programming.” They will pay $350 for short videos and $500 for web stories (500 words). For more details, refer to this page.

Narratively is a media company that publishes original and untold human stories. They’re looking for pitches:

“This fall, we’re looking to test a handful of new columns, series and storytelling formats, and we want writers, journalists, videographers, audio storytellers — really, anyone with a creative mind — to help us produce them.

Your idea could be a recurring first-person column. A reported series you’d guest-edit, bringing in different contributors for each installment. Short self-recorded videos. Bite-size audio stories. Interviews. Illustrated narratives. A storytelling game or experiment. Or, best of all, something we haven’t thought of yet!”

Rates range from $100 to $1,000. To learn more, refer to this page.

Sixty Inches from Center is a non-profit arts publication and archiving initiative that promotes art and writing in Chicago and the Midwest. They’re seeking ideas for their first publishing theme: RECIPES.

“Inspired by our ancestors and caretakers who pass down knowledge across generations, we ask you to consider what ‘recipes’ you want to pass down to future generations. We urge you to interpret this theme broadly. For example, what cultural practices bring you and your community together, or disrupt the status quo? What are the ingredients needed to bring people together to move us to to build something new, steward something along, or tear something defunct apart? If the recipe is the inquiry, then what needs to be brought together for us to find an answer? We invite creative approaches to these questions that explore them literally or conceptually.”

Rate is $150. Details here and here.

QueerAF is “a platform funding queer creatives and changing the media.” For Trans+ History Week 2026, they’re seeking pitches for history articles (700 to 1,000 words) from early talent Trans+ writers and journalists. They will pay £175. To learn more, refer to this post and this page.

New Scientist is a weekly science and technology magazine. Their features editor is looking for freelance journalists who write about health and medicine. They’re interested in “big idea stories that change our understanding of a condition.” The features editor hasn’t mentioned the rates, but according to a post by their news editor, they pay 51p per word. If interested, email olivia.goldhill@newscientist.com. To learn more, refer to their features editor’s post and their general guide for freelancers.

The Oxford American is “a national magazine dedicated to featuring the very best in Southern writing while documenting the complexity and vitality of the South.” They’re accepting pitches for their upcoming Spring 2026 Food Issue. They’re seeking “stories that explore how food preserves a legacy, crosses borders, and creates connection.” They pay $300 for online articles. For more information, refer to their post and this page.

SFGATE is a digital publication that covers news and entertainment from the Bay Area and beyond. Their senior culture editor is seeking “Bay Area stories on venues, characters, trends and historical stories, TV/movies/music with SF ties.” Rates are $250 to $400+. Send your pitches to dan.gentile@sfgate.com. To read their senior culture editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.

The Land, Food, and Freedom Journal curates “interdisciplinary conversations about Black food sovereignty, land justice, and art.” They’re accepting pitches and submissions for their next issue, which is centered on land. Topics that could be explored include “Black and Indigenous solidarity efforts around land; Climate resilience, land defense, and disaster recovery led by Black communities; Land as a site of political education and resistance; and much more.” They welcome “essays, poetry, prose, art, visuals, playlists, multimedia pieces, research, case studies, and more.” They offer an honorarium of $350 to $750. To learn more refer to this post and this page.

The Bold Italic is an online magazine that celebrates the free-wheeling spirit of the Bay Area. They’re always seeking freelance reporters interested in contributing reported or personal articles to their magazine. You don’t have to be a professional writer to contribute a story. Rate is $200 to $300 per story. If interested, direct your pitches to info@thebolditalic.com. To learn more, refer to 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 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, send your pitches to editor@planetizen.com. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.

Migrant Women Press is “an independent media organisation led by migrant women, told by migrant women.” They’re inviting women journalists from migrant and racialised backgrounds in Scotland to pitch investigative features for their Special Series, part of the Fellowship Programme. They’re seeking two investigative feature stories (approximately 1,500 words with a 2 to 3 minute multimedia element). They will pay £440. To learn more, refer to their post and form.

New Lines is an American magazine that features best writing from around the globe. Their South Asia editor is seeking pitches on a rolling basis for “long-form magazine stories on South Asian politics, culture, and history.” “Essays from all India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and its global diaspora are welcome.” The South Asia editor hasn’t mentioned the rates but according to a post by their North Africa editor, they pay $800 for regular essays. If interested, send your pitches to sgupta@newlinesmag.com. To learn more, refer to their South Asia editor’s post and their general pitch guide.

Gutfeld! is “an American conservative news and political satire talk show on Fox News Channel.” They’re looking for a Freelance Comedy Writer. The selected candidate will be responsible for researching and crafting stories in a humorous way that connects with their viewers. The candidate will also be responsible for writing unique, sharp, funny copy for their show. The applicant should have 3+ years’ professional and comedy writing experience. The role is part-time and located in New York, NY. The pay range is $35 to $45 per hour. For details, refer to this job description.

Indiepocalypse is “a monthly anthology of video and/or physical games.” If you’re interested in writing about the games and developers featured in Indiepocalypse, send your pitches via form or email indiepocalypse@gmail.com. They will pay $200 for approximately 2 pages or 1,000 words. For more information, refer to this post.

Heat Death is “a newsletter about yesterday, tomorrow, and all the crises in between.” They’re always looking to commission guest essays and pieces that fit with their “primary ethos – weird deep dives into history, ecology, culture, and the unexpected intersections between them.” They offer an honorarium of $50 to $75 per piece. The sweet spot for finished pieces is between 2,000 and 4,000 words, though they have commissioned longer pieces when the idea calls for it. If interested, send your pitches to aelbein@gmail.com. To learn more, refer to this post and this page.

Noema is a magazine that explores the transformations sweeping our world. They’re seeking pitches for essays that offer original and compelling ideas and arguments on/around the following:

“- The future of crisis-afflicted political, economic and other systems (democracy, capitalism, etc)

- The ways humans relate to the nonhuman world (in light of damages wrought)

- The evolution of AI (and our evolving relationship with it)

- The climate crisis (and ways of addressing it at a systems level)

- The durability of the nation-state system (and what comes next)

- Other topics that touch on the profound transformations shaping the 21st century.”

They will pay $3,000 for published essays. If interested, email your pitches to francis@noemamag.com. To learn more, refer to their commissioning editor’s post. To contact them, refer to this page.

Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their editor is seeking pitches: “I'm looking to connect with freelancers (or regular sources) who are part of the sandwich generation who have an interesting, one-of-a-kind story to tell.

- Do you have three generations living under one roof?

- Has your mother or father just moved into your already crowded house?

- Did your adult child move back home?

- Did you have to make a drastic change to your life so you could support three generations?

- Are you struggling to make ends meet?

- Are you concerned about placing your parents in a care home?

- Is there a side of the sandwich generation that people don't know about?

Pitch me at folito@businessinsider.com.”

Rates are about $260+. To read their editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.