Here are 10 publications that we just found and added to the Litworth markets database. All of them pay freelance writers. Check it out!

1. OpenMind Magazine is a nonprofit digital magazine covering disinformation, controversy, cognitive manipulation and conspiracy theories in science. According to its guidelines, it pays journalists a flat fee of $1,500 for reported essays or features of 1,200–2,000 words, and pays experts and authors $500 for opinion pieces, cultural reviews or essays.
2. NPR Music is open to interviews, profiles, essays, criticism, reporting and analysis across all genres, especially those it could be covering better. According to its guidelines, it pays $200–$600 for reviews depending on length, $800 for short features (including interviews and obituaries) and $1,200 for longer features and essays.
3. IEEE Spectrum is the award-winning flagship magazine of the IEEE, covering developments in AI, computing, energy and climate tech, semiconductors, biomedical engineering, aerospace and more. According to its guidelines, flat-rate news stories start at $500, while fully reported news stories and features start at $1.25 per assigned word.
4. The Conversationalist is an independent nonprofit publishing global feminist journalism, with an emphasis on stories from outside the U.S. According to its guidelines, it pays $1 per word.
5. Modus is a weekly newsletter for family-office professionals that wants original reporting on investment management, family offices, asset managers and the software and service providers they rely on. According to its guidelines, it pays freelance journalists $1 per word, negotiable depending on a story’s length and the intensity of reporting.
6. GraveSite is an independent publication covering death and life in its shadow, from grief and end-of-life planning to death tech, longevity and belief traditions. According to its guidelines, it pays $1,000 for deeply reported features, $400 for quicker news and trend pieces and a $200 honorarium for personal essays, criticism and commentary.
7. BlackFlash Magazine is a Saskatoon-based arts magazine publishing critical writing on contemporary art in Canada, with a particular focus on the Prairies. According to its guidelines, it pays $1,000 for features, $750 for conversations, $600 for artist profiles and $450 for artist projects.
8. Disability Debrief is a weekly newsletter for the disability community that publishes writers from all over the world, especially disabled contributors from the Global South. According to its guidelines, the rate for directly commissioned articles starts at £500.
9. Inside the Magic covers Disney and theme park news and is looking for personal essays and reported long reads about its world. According to its guidelines, rates start at 25 cents per word, paid as fixed fees.
10. Chess Life is the magazine of the US Chess Federation, publishing general-interest, historical, humor, interview and technical nonfiction of up to 3,000 words. According to its guidelines, payment varies, with a minimum of $100 per 800 words, paid on publication.