The following is eleven calls for pitches directly from editors. These editors are seeking articles about social justice, human rights, and the Black Lives Matter movement.

All of these editors are offering payment; most of them offer at least $100 per article, some offer significantly more.

Please carefully study the publication before submitting a pitch. If you’re not sure how to get started with writing for publications, please watch this free webinar.

Thanks to Fatima Saif for her research on this article.

– Jacob Jans

Powder is a magazine for skiers. They are looking for pitches on “the convergence of environmental justice and racial justice.” They will pay about $200 to $300. Send pitches to sierra@powder.com. To learn more, read their editor-in-chief’s Tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.

Flood Magazine is a quarterly magazine that spans the diverse cultural landscape of film, television, music, art, and travel. They are seeking writers of color to help them cover the current protests. They are “hoping to do a story asap incorporating interviews with black artists who’ve been organizing/walking/detained in the past week.” Pay: $175. For details, refer to their associate editor’s Twitter thread and this page.

Rooted in Rights Blog is a platform that amplifies the authentic perspectives of disabled writers. They welcome pitches. They “want to amplify the perspectives of Black disabled people.” Anonymity is okay. They can pay a minimum of $100/post. Learn more here and here.

HelloGiggles is “a positive online community for women.” They are seeking personal essay pitches surrounding the upcoming celebration of Juneteenth. According to payment reports, they pay an average of $0.05 per word. Send your pitches to kristin.magaldi@meredith.com. For details, refer to their features editor’s Tweet and this page.

Liberal Currents offers “discussion, elucidation, and defense of liberal principles and institutions.” They are looking for pitches. They especially welcome pitches about criminal justice reform. They pay $50 per piece. Send your pitches to writers@liberalcurrents.com. Read their founder and editor-in-chief’s Tweet here. Learn more about them here.

Oh Reader is a print and online magazine about reading. They publish 4 times a year. They are “seeking pitches for a story on the importance of reading in antiracism education.” They pay $200 per piece. Send pitches to gemma@ohreader.com. For details, refer to this Tweet and this page.

Diabetic Living Magazine is a quarterly print publication that is dedicated to living well with diabetes. They are always seeking more voices to contribute to their magazine. They would especially like contributions from Black writers and writers of color. Their stories are divided into 3 main categories: service-oriented stories that focus on health and behavior change, inspirational profiles and feature stories, and recipes and cooking how-tos. They pay $1 to $2 per word. Send pitches to laurenl@meredith.com. To learn more, refer to their executive editor’s Tweet and their pitch guide.

Public Goods is a brand that offers well-designed, eco-friendly products to customers. Their editor is looking for a member of the Black community who wants to share “insights on recent events, preferably with angles of mental health and environmental justice.” Pay is at least $100 per post. If interested, send an email to joseph@publicgoods.com. To read their editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To visit their website, click here.

The New Humanitarian is “an independent, non-profit newsroom reporting from the heart of conflicts, disaster, and other crises.” They welcome pitches for opinion articles/columns on the intersection of humanitarianism, racism, international development, global development, and Black Lives Matter. Their base rate is $0.40 per word. To learn more, refer to their senior editor’s Tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.

International Journalists’ Network (IJNet) delivers “the latest on global media innovation, news apps and tools, training opportunities and expert advice for professional and citizen journalists worldwide.” They are seeking “pitches about covering protests/police violence/race in the U.S. + abroad and more.” They will pay $100 for 500 to 800 words. Send pitches to tmulcahey@icfj.org. Writers can send pitches even if they aren’t related to this moment of protests. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Twitter thread and this page.

RaceBaitr is a “platform created to explore the various ways race is expressed and defined with the goal of creating a world without all of its intersecting oppressions.” Their audience includes people who are committed to learning about anti-Blackness, feminism, queerness and their relationship to those subjects. They are looking for someone who is an abolitionist with a family member who’s a cop. Send pitches to hari@racebaitr.com. Pay: $100. For details, refer to their editor-in-chief’s Tweet and this page.