LOTL Studio brings you “queer conversations, culture, podcasts, and stories from women shaping identity, community, and lived experience.” They’re accepting pitches for commissioned stories and podcast segments. They’re seeking “original ideas that celebrate, explore, challenge, document, and amplify the diverse experiences of LGBTQIA+ communities across Australia.” Commissioned contributors receive $150 to $200 for stories of up to 1,200 words, including participation in the accompanying podcast segment. To learn more, refer to their post and website.

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.

Briarpatch is a Canadian progressive magazine of politics, activism, and culture. For Winter 2027 they want pitches on AI Resistance; the pitch deadline is September 18, 2026. They pay $150 to $350, depending on the category. To learn more, refer to their submissions guidelines and website..

Fisher & Farmer  publishes writing about food, land, and water  "across three editions: Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the American South." The core of their publication is about fishing, farming, foraging, and hunting as procites with ecological/cultrual/ and economic consequences. They pay $0.40/word. To learn more, read their pitching guidelines.

This Magazine is a Canadian progressive magazine of politics, arts, and culture. They’re open for pitches for their next print issue. The issue is unthemed, and they’re seeking “features, opinion and memoir columns, news and arts pieces.” Rates are $150-$300 for features, $60-$100 for columns, and $75 for online exclusive news pieces. Please note that they only publish work by Canadian residents. For more details, refer to their post and this page.

The Sunday Long Read is a newsletter that shares the week’s best longform journalism with readers every Sunday. They publish 5 to 10 original longform articles per year and welcome pitches from writers interested in working with them. Their floor for reported longform stories (over 2,000 words) is $2,000. If interested, send your pitches to originals@sundaylongread.com. To learn more, refer to this post and this page.

Design Room is “a subscription-based website producing oral histories and behind-the-scenes coverage of the video game industry.” They’re accepting pitches:

“We're open for freelance pitches! Have any ideas for oral histories, roundtables, Q&As, or other stories that feel in line with what we've published so far? Feel free to DM.”

Rates range from $250 to $750. For more information, refer to their post and website.

Lazo is “an unbiased, apolitical website that sheds light on underreported stories, people, and places from around the globe.” They’re seeking quirky international stories and essays with a multicultural angle. Rates are $200-$300. If interested, send your pitches to lazomag@proton.me. To learn more, refer to this post and their website.

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.

Poynter is a school that teaches and inspires journalists and media leaders. They’re always open to pitches. They’re excited to hear from “writers with smart, original, nuanced pitches about journalism and the people who make it happen.” They publish “reported stories, analysis and essays that help readers better understand how news works — and how it sometimes doesn’t.” Their general rates are 50 cents/word for reported articles and 25 cents/word for nonreported opinion or analysis. If interested, send your pitches to pitch@poynter.org. For details, refer to this page.

BrainFacts is “an editorially independent source of brain and nervous system information presented by the Society for Neuroscience.” They’re seeking freelance science writers, journalists, and multimedia creators with a strong portfolio in science communication to pitch them story ideas about the brain and nervous system. Here's a list of the thematic topics they're interested in throughout 2026, but they will be open to all neuro-related pitches:

“- Music & The Brain

- Vaccines & The Brain

- The Aging Brain

- Psychedelics & The Brain”

They offer a flat rate for assignments based on approximately a dollar per word. For details, refer to this page.

The Wave is “a newsletter about climate litigation and climate justice.” They’re commissioning features:

“I'm looking for stories on climate litigation from around the world. These could be a deep-dive into a particular lawsuit or protagonist, a climate litigation trend or an exploration of what's happening in climate law in a particular country. They could even explore why climate litigation ISN'T taking off in a particular field or jurisdiction.

I'm particularly interested in pitches from the Global South and places that have not been covered well, although if you have a strong and novel idea elsewhere do send it over. If you haven't written about this specific subject before please do send over links demonstrating that you can report on complex policy/legal topics for a general audience in an accurate and clear way.”

Rate is $0.50 per word. If interested, send your pitches to newsletter@the-wave.net. To learn more, refer to this post and their website.

The Last Straw magazine was “founded in 1992 and is focused on natural building and alternative design.” They’re looking for pitches for their next issue:

“For the next issue of The Last Straw, we’re looking for explorations and proposals of reusing the buildings we have. Reuse, repair, and retrofit; in a time with an insatiable appetite for concrete and glass and profitmaxxing five-over-one yuppie dorm extrusions, these maneuvers offer a way out of the 50-year-lifespan (if you’re lucky) build/raze/repeat cycle. Sometimes the best choice is not to build at all: vacant and underutilized structures abound. Send your pitches to editors@thelaststraw.org by September 16th!”

They will pay contributors an honorarium of $100. For details, refer to their call for pitches.

Cake Zine is an independent print magazine that explores society through sweets. They’re seeking pitches for their next issue, Ice Cream Time, which will explore the relationship between ice cream and time:

“As the name suggests our summer issue, Ice Cream Time, will explore the relationship between ice cream and time. Ice cream is ephemeral. Your only responsibility is to eat it before it melts.

We’re interested in stories that use frozen dessert to think about time: the historical, the futuristic, the seasonal, and the ephemeral. Nostalgia is fair game but don’t give us anything saccharine. Think: A review of the ice cream counter at Berghain after 12 hours of dancing, an oral history of the violent NYC soft serve truck turf wars, a whirlwind tour of discontinued ice creams (looking at you Choco Taco). Delve into the tools and technology that are reshaping the industry to predict what we’ll be tasting in 2050. Ask a flavor scientist: Why does melted ice cream never become ice cream again?”

They pay $175 to $225 for shorter pieces (350 words or less), poems, and recipes; $250 for mid-length pieces (500 to 1,000 words); $350 for longform pieces (around 2,000 words); and $250 for visual art. Details here and here.

Mile Marker is “a modern omnichannel agency uniquely connecting data, creative and media to accelerate results for growth marketers.” They’re looking for a Freelance Copywriter to join their creative team. The selected applicant will “write conversion-focused copy across paid ads, landing pages, and email/CRM for a roster of clients, partnering closely with strategists, designers, and account leads to turn briefs into copy that performs.” This is a contract position with an expected commitment of 15 to 30 hours per week. Rate is $40 to $50 per hour. To learn more, refer to this job description.

BFI Sight & Sound is the British Film Institute’s film and TV magazine. They’re open to pitches for features, reviews, and related culture writing. They pay £120 per 1,000 words. To learn more, refer to their pitching guidelines.

Grain Magazine is a Canadian literary journal. They’re seeking pitches for short book reviews, interviews, and craft essays. They pay $50 CAD per printed page. To learn more, refer to their submissions page.

Film Stories is a mainstream UK film magazine (print and web). They’re always looking for new writers and aim to give at least two writers their first paid print work each issue. They pay £25–£30 per page in print and £25 for web. To learn more, refer to their pitching guidelines.

ArchiGen AI is a publication for architects designing with AI tools. They’re accepting pitches for field notes, essays, tutorials, and comparisons. They pay $0.40–$1.00 per word. To learn more, refer to this page.

Acacia is a magazine of politics and culture for Muslim and left-aligned readers. They’re accepting pitches for news, reported essays, cultural criticism, interviews, and more. They pay from $150 for interviews to $700 for reported essays. To learn more, refer to their submissions page.

Experience Life is Life Time’s healthy-way-of-life magazine. They’re taking pitches for the July/August 2027 print issue (due November 15, 2026). Who Pays Writers has a 2017 report of $1/word; guidelines don’t list a rate. To learn more, refer to their writer’s guidelines.

LOOKOUT News is an LGBTQ+ newsroom covering Arizona and the Southwest. They’re accepting freelance pitches for reported features and investigations. They pay $250 for articles of about 800–1,000 words, plus $50 for photos. To learn more, refer to their careers page.

Green Central Banking covers the green transition through monetary and public policy. They’re accepting pitches on central banks, insurance and pensions, fiscal policy, disclosures, and nature loss, focused on Asia and the EU/UK (not the US right now). They pay $350 for 800–1,000 words. To learn more, refer to this LinkedIn post and their website.

The Honest Talk is a Canadian publication focused on women’s stories and perspectives. They’re looking for freelancers to pitch Canadian politics, policy, and the women affected by both. They pay $300 per story. To learn more, refer to their LinkedIn callout and their website. (Also listed on FWW Sep 2.)

The New Transsexual is a reader-supported publication opening a paid opinion section. They’re accepting essays and op-eds from trans and allied writers on culture, media, and politics (about 800–1,500 words). They pay $150 per published essay. To learn more, refer to their write-for-us page.

Christian Citizen is an online publication for American Baptists and other diverse voices on faith, politics, discipleship, and citizenship. They’re accepting original exclusive articles of about 700–1,000 words. They pay $150 per article. To learn more, refer to Write for Us.

Haaretz’s English Jewish World section is accepting timely reported features on Jewish, Israeli, and Palestinian diaspora communities. They pay about $250–$400 for reported features. To learn more, refer to this commissioning editor’s post.

Civil Eats is an award-winning news site on the American food system. They’re accepting pitches for features, news analysis, profiles, op-eds, and related formats on food policy, farming, and food justice. Pay depends on the assignment. To learn more, refer to How to Pitch Civil Eats.

ON THE HOU(S)E is a Houston art, culture, and nightlife newsletter. They’re opening paid submissions for original reported or essay-driven pieces of 500–800 words. They pay $100 per published piece. To learn more, refer to their pitch page.

The San Francisco Standard is paying creators for original video and audio reporting about San Francisco. Short videos (under 5 minutes) pay $300–$1,000; long-form video and podcast episodes pay $1,000–$3,000. To learn more, refer to their Open Call for Creators.

UChicago Magazine is the University of Chicago’s alumni magazine. They’re open to feature pitches with a University connection; fees often start in the low hundreds. To learn more, refer to the write for us page and the Freelancer FAQ.

Notre Dame Magazine is the University of Notre Dame’s alumni magazine. They’re open to feature queries and CrossCurrents submissions at fees comparable to some national publications. To learn more, refer to Writers' Guidelines.

Wellth, from Hue, covers culture, leadership, and wellbeing for rising-majority marketers. They’re accepting story pitches; rate is not stated on the submit page. To learn more, refer to their submit-a-story page.

Women in Urbanism Canada is accepting blog pitches with an honorarium (amount not stated) on housing, mobility, accessibility, and placemaking through an intersectional feminist lens. To learn more, refer to their LinkedIn call.

Stylist is accepting first-person essays for Learn From My Mistakes. They pay about £243 per article. To learn more, refer to this editor’s LinkedIn post.

New Lines Magazine’s North Africa desk is seeking underreported stories from North Africa and Francophone West Africa, plus Spotlight newsletter pieces. Confirm pay on assignment. To learn more, refer to their submissions page. (Publisher already on Litworth.)

Vittles is a UK and India food-and-culture magazine. Features are closed, but they’re open to restaurant coverage and timely opinion. They pay £800 for reported newsletter pieces, £600 for opinion, £500 plus expenses for reviews, and £100 for Six of One. To learn more, refer to their about page.

The North-Eastern covers Tamil North-East Sri Lanka and diaspora life. Pay is $100 for op-eds, essays, features, investigative work, and interviews, and $50 for reviews and poetry. Next-issue consideration is September 15, 2026. Pitch via their website. To learn more, refer to their pitching guidelines.

Off-Field wants ground-reported longreads on niche sport subcultures (2,500+ words) plus photo essays. Print longreads pay £500; photography from £500. Volume #2 pitches close October 23, 2026. Pitch via their website. To learn more, refer to their pitching guidelines.