The National Forest Foundation is an organization that restores and enhances National Forests and Grasslands. They’re seeking story pitches for Winter/Spring 2026 issue of Light & Seed magazine, which will focus on how tech and innovation intersects with National Forests and Grasslands in the U.S. Specifically, they’re seeking pitches for “The Response,” a department that “uses the pillars of solutions journalism to investigate how people are responding to an issue of national importance.” Rate is $1,000 for 1,000 words. If interested, email your pitches to erinvriley@gmail.com. To learn more, refer to their call for pitches.

Carla is a quarterly print magazine by Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles. They’re welcoming pitches for their 45th issue: “We are looking for writing that is pointed and pertinent to our time and place in arts and culture. Join our conversation, and submit pieces that you feel are vital to the fabric of L.A.’s art community and the contemporary moment.”

Rates are $375 for feature essays (1,500–2,000 words); $350 for interviews (1,200–1,500 words); $375 for photo essays; and $200 for reviews (650–850 words). To learn more, refer to their post and pitch submission form.

Earth Island Journal is “a print and online magazine dedicated to thoughtful journalism about the environment and other intersectional issues.” They’re looking for pitches for an upcoming special edition on education and the environment: “Know of an incubation of environmental innovation? Censoring  content that's threatening the climate movement? Surprising impact of global heating on learning? Message us!”

They’re seeking on-the-ground reports as well as personal essays, reflections, and think pieces of various lengths. They pay a $500 flat fee for shorter pieces under 1,000 words; $750 to $1,500 for longer reports and essays of 1,500 to 3,000 words; $500 for interviews; and $400 for book reviews. If interested, email your pitches to submissions@earthisland.org. For details, refer to their post and call for pitches.

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They’re looking for pitches for their upcoming print issue. The theme is Kids. They’re seeking pitches for longer pieces: “narrative features, compelling investigations, essential profiles, and super-sharp essays.” Please note they cast a wide net with these themes.

While this pitch call is aimed at journalists, experts with strong ideas are also encouraged to reach out. Rates are $1 to $2 a word.

To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and their pitch guide.

The Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild (SWG) is a not-for-profit cultural organization that “acts as an advocate to improve the status of Saskatchewan writers; encourages the development of writers at all levels; and strives to improve public access and awareness to Saskatchewan writers and their work.” They’re seeking pitches for articles, series, and industry interviews for Freelance, their magazine on the craft and business of writing. Rates are 20¢ per word. To learn more, refer to their call for pitches.

Film Daze is “an independent publication and media outlet that provides a platform for the unheard, and underrepresented voices of the film community.” They’re accepting pitches for their Issue 01. There is no theme. Payment is $120 for Issue 01, $150 for Issues 02-03, and $200 for Issue 04 and beyond, based on the paid subscriber base at the time. The submission deadline for the first issue is June 1st. Interested writers should send their pitches to editorial@filmdaze.net. To learn more, refer to their submissions page.  

Shadowbanned Magazine is “unapologetic media for the next generation of the political left — independent, people-powered, and rooted in the worlds of politics and culture.” They’re accepting pitches for their Issue 05:

“Share with us your boldest essays, reviews, interviews, reports, articles, poems, features, and whatever else would never get a mainstream media editor’s approval. Work that challenges the status quo and pokes at the machinery behind it.”

“We’re looking for work whose ideology sits somewhere within the framework of the political left… and no, that doesn’t mean liberal. We’re not interested in critiques of dicktatorsheeps halfway across the world unless it’s our own in the so-called land of the free.”

They pay $50 for 800-1,000 words, $75 for 1,100-1,500 words, $100 for 1,600-2,000 words, and a flat rate of $60 for poetry and artwork. To learn more, refer to their post and submission guidelines.

The Contrapuntal is “an independent non-profit publication devoted to delivering rigorously researched, accessible, and factually accurate journalism from a ground-up perspective.” They’re accepting pitches for a new project, Post-Panoptics: Embodied Surveillance and the Architectures of Control. They invite “investigative journalists, academics, artists, and practitioners to map how power concentrates through the surveillance gaze — and how we might analyse and understand it.” They’re commissioning deep-dive investigative features (5,000 words, €1,000), visual essays (€1,000), illustrated graphic essays (€1,000), analytical op-eds (2,500-3,000 words, €500), and artistic features (€200 honorarium). If interested, send your pitches to submissions.thecontrapuntal@protonmail.com. For details, refer to their post and call for submissions.

The Flytrap is “a media collective focused on feminist cultural criticism that responds to and engages with cultural phenomena, rejecting algorithmic editorial strategies.” The Flytrap is partnering with the National Writers Union (NWU) on freelancer policies. They will pay a minimum of $0.50 per word for written pieces, at least $400 per day for audio and podcast work, at least $300 to artists for illustrations, and at least $300 to roundtable panelists. To read their post, click here. To learn more about the partnership and the rates, click here and here.

Mommy Poppins, a family events and kids activity site, is seeking freelance writers (remote) in and around the Boston area. The selected applicants will contribute 3 to 6 posts focused on family-friendly activities. Compensation is $50 per post. To learn more, refer to this page.

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. Rate is $100 to $200 for standard multimedia features. To learn more, refer to this post and their pitch guide.

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. For their print magazine, they’re seeking feature pitches on the theme of Breakthroughs. According to their pitch guide, the feature well of their magazine is devoted to “narrative features, investigations, big profiles, and reported essays (generally between 2500-4000 words).” Rate is $1 to $2 a word. For details, refer to their editor’s post and their pitch guide.

The Black Ordinary is “a multimedia publication, online resource hub, and national database of community archives dedicated to preserving Black-American history and culture.” They’re currently looking for pitches for the first edition of their upcoming digital magazine. They welcome pitches from “artists, archivists, historians, researchers, and writers of all backgrounds and experience levels to pitch ideas for writing topics relevant to the preservation of Black-American histories and culture.” All contributors will receive a $250 stipend. The word count should be 750 words. To learn more, refer to their post and call for pitches.

Broad Sound is “a journal of arts and culture.” They publish work on film, music, literature, visual art, and more. They’re currently seeking pitches for broadsoundmag.com. Pay is $100 per piece. If interested, email your essay pitches to broadsoundmag@gmail.com. To learn more, refer to their post and call for pitches.

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, direct your pitches to editor@planetizen.com. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.

More to Her Story is a newsroom dedicated to “improving the odds for women and girls.” They're currently accepting pitches. They publish investigative pieces, “day-after” pieces, and breaking news. They’re particularly interested in underreported stories. Rate is $300 per story. To learn more, refer to their founder and editor-in-chief’s post and this page.

Freelancing With Tim is a newsletter for freelance journalists. They’re doing “a month-long theme about getting into freelance journalism and what it’s really like.” If you have an idea for a newsletter/post, send them your pitches at tim@freelancingwithtim.com. They’re seeking “ideas around what it's really like being a freelancer, what it's like to do it coming from a FT/staff position, what new challenges are emerging, mistakes to avoid, strategies that work, and just interesting (service-y) ideas about the freelance life.” They pay $100 per piece (around 600 words). To learn more, refer to this post and their website.

UploadVR is a news organization that offers news, original articles, guides, reviews, and interviews on Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). Their senior editor posted an update on Bluesky stating that the review rate has gone up from $240 to $250. To read their senior editor’s post, click here. To learn how to pitch them, click here.

Opportunity for freelance writers who specialize in sports, music, and entertainment. Rate is at least £100. For more information, refer to this post.

100 Days in Appalachia is a news website that covers the Appalachian region. They’re seeking pitches from student and early career journalists in Appalachia. They want pitches on “politics, labor, education, cultural trends, life + identity, etc.” Rates begin at $100 for opinion and $200 to $400 for reporting. For details, refer to this post and their call for pitches.

The Scientific Inquirer is “dedicated to exploring the junction where science and life meet, whether it’s in the lab or the studio or the diamond.” They’re looking for “sportswriters who blend data, science, and smart storytelling." They pay $50 for 750 to 1,000 words. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.

The European Correspondent is an English-speaking, community-funded online medium featuring the stories of Europe. They publish stories that matter to European citizens. They’re currently accepting pitches for stories from freelance journalists across the European Union. They’re particularly interested in:

“- How EU (in)decisions impact people’s lives

- Cross-border trends shaping the future of Europe

- Surprising stories that challenge assumptions or reveal the overlooked”

They pay €15 to €22.50 per hour. To calculate your rate, click here. To read their editor-in-chief's post, click here and to read their pitch guide, click here.

Heat Death is “a newsletter about yesterday, tomorrow, and all the crises in between.” They’re commissioning guest essays. They want to “showcase your weird deep dives into history, ecology and culture, and intersections between them.” They pay an honorarium of $75 per piece. If interested, send your pitches to aelbein@gmail.com. To learn more, refer to this post and their ‘about’ page.