In 2026, Talking Shorts will launch a new annual print publication focused on “short film and moving image culture.” Each issue will be thematised, with the first issue exploring “filmmaking and writing in crisis?” They’re open to pitches for this inaugural issue. You can send them essays, (reported) features, and/or (conducted) interviews. A flat fee of €275 to €550 will be offered per piece (1,500 to 3,000 words). If interested, send your pitches before September 8, 2025, 00:01 AM. For details, read their call for pitches.

Turn It Up! Staying Strong Inside is a publication for incarcerated individuals by the Sero Project. They’re accepting pitches for this year's issue: "Aging on the Inside." They’re seeking contributors of all backgrounds but are prioritizing incarcerated individuals. Rate is $150 per article (400 to 600 words). Pitches can be emailed to tiu@seroproject.com. To learn more, refer to their managing editor’s post. To contact them, refer to this page.

The Scottish BPOC Writers Network (SBWN) provides “advocacy, literary events, and professional development opportunities for BPOC writers based in or from Scotland.” We Are Here Scotland (WAHS) is “a space aimed at supporting and raising the voices of Black and Global Majority creatives & cultural professionals across Scotland.” They’re partnering with an open call for WAHS’s Creative Balance program on the theme “Defining Our Space: Literary Explorations of BPOC Creative Environments.” They’re looking for “pitches from BPOC writers exploring what constitutes nurturing, safer, and generative creative spaces for BPOC individuals, interrogating the physical, psychological, and/or cultural dimensions of space.” They will pay selected writers £150 each. To learn more, refer to this post.

To-Go Zine is an LA-focused charity food zine. They’re looking for nonfiction and fiction content related to Los Angeles and the region’s food scenes. They’re especially interested in “undercovered and overlooked stories of people, organizations, and businesses affected by January’s wildfires and recent immigration raids.” They also seek “stories that represent Indigenous perspectives (this land’s original residents).” They pay $50 for short form content (around 500 words or fewer) and $100 for long form content (around 1,000 words or more). To learn more, refer to this post and their call for written submissions.

Play the Game: Sports integrity and governance
Play the Game is an initiative run by the Danish Institute for Sports Studies (Idan) that promotes democratic values in world sports with an emphasis on freedom of expression, transparency, and open dialogue. You can read about them here. With a grant from the Danish government, they have issued a pitch call. They have detailed guidelines, including, “Play the Game invites journalists, writers, and investigative reporters worldwide to submit pitches for individual articles or investigations into topics related to sports integrity and governance.” The pitch deadline is 4th September 2025. Details here.

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.

The McGraw Fellowship provides editorial and financial support to journalists who need the time and resources to produce a significant investigative or enterprise story that provides fresh insight into an important business, financial or economic topic. They accept applications for text, photo, audio, or short-form video pieces, and they encourage proposals that take advantage of more than one storytelling form to create a multimedia package. This is not a residency Fellowship. All Fellows work from their own offices. It is open to anyone with at least five years professional experience in journalism (you do not have to be a business journalist to apply; many of their many of their previous Fellows have been generalists, or cover beats such as health care, education, environment, corporate accountability or inequality). Freelance journalists, as well as reporters and editors currently working at a news organization or a journalism non-profit, may apply. The application includes a story proposal. Generally, they do not accept book proposals. They consider proposals of interest to U.S. readers from both foreign and American journalists based abroad, as long as the work is published in English in a U.S.-based media outlet. They accept applications twice a year. The October deadline is for the Fall fellowship. They will also consider time-sensitive projects on a case-by-case basis outside of the deadline periods. Also see their FAQ.
Value: Grants of up to $15,000
Deadline: 2025-10-13
Open for: Anyone with at least five years of experience in journalism
Details here.

Mountains Magazine is a quarterly consumer magazine that celebrates our planet's peaks. They publish personal experiences of destinations by writers who have expertise in their region and/or field. For a piece in their Winter (December) issue, they’re looking for writers with direct experience of snowsports in Japan. They will pay £110 for 850 to 1,100 words. If interested, send your pitches to info@mountains-magazine.com. For details, refer to their post and pitch guidelines.

Digital Frontier magazine explores the intersection of tech and humanity. Their magazine editor is seeking pitches from freelance tech journalists. They’re especially interested in hearing from any journalists who were recently laid off from TechCrunch or Business Insider. Their rates for online pieces start at £350 for 1,200 to 1,500 words. If interested, send your pitches to sophia@digitalfrontier.com. To read their magazine editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.

GamesRadar+, a part of Future US Inc., is a website about games, movies, TV, and comics. They’re open to freelance pitches. They haven’t mentioned the rates, but according to a previous post (now deleted) by their U.S. managing editor, rates begin at $125. You can send your pitches to pitches@gamesradar.com. To learn more, refer to their U.S. managing editor’s recent post and this page.

The Flytrap is “a media collective focused on feminist cultural criticism that responds to and engages with cultural phenomena, rejecting algorithmic editorial strategies.” They’re accepting freelance writer pitches from July 1 to 5. They’re looking for deep evergreen cultural analysis. They pay $0.50 per word for written pieces. If they choose to kill an assignment, they pay a 50% kill fee. For details, refer to their cofounder’s post and this page.

A creative studio is building out its roster of Freelance Copywriters. They’re looking for writers with some beauty/skincare experience. They would love to connect with emerging talent. Rate is £300. For more information, refer to this post.  

Clarify Digital Marketing is a creative digital marketing agency. Their founder is seeking a freelance content writer for some work during August and September. They’re looking for someone who doesn't use AI. Niche is email marketing. Pay is $200 per post (700 to 900 words). To learn more, refer to their founder’s post.

Studio Magazine is a national publication about contemporary craft and design in Canada. They publish twice a year and have an ongoing web presence. They’re currently accepting “pitches for editorial articles, portfolio spreads, interviews, and review essays of craft exhibitions/archives/movements, on the theme of RESONANCE.” They accept pitches in both English and French. Rates for articles are $0.30/word or higher. For more details, refer to their post and submission guidelines.

SAD Mag is an independent, non-profit magazine covering Vancouver’s stories, art, and design from the perspective of local and emerging creatives. They publish a print issue twice a year and are currently accepting pitches and submissions for their 39th issue: TASTE. They posted this on Instagram: “From haute cuisine to corner store snacks, synaesthesia to style, we want your sharpest takes on what it means to have (or lack) taste—in food, fashion, music, culture and more. Give us something to sink our teeth in that’s between 300-1,200 words.” They pay $100 to $300 for writing submissions. To learn more, refer to their Instagram post and submissions page.

Stop Caring is “a publication about video games focused on the ways they evoke unique cultural conversations as well as the personal lessons we can learn from them as artistic media.” They’re accepting pitches. Pay is $100 to $200 per article. As they’re a small publication, they can only pay for 1 to 2 articles a month. For details, refer to this post and their contact page.

Lifebar Magazine is seeking pitches for the following games and events: “Wizard of Legend 2, FBC: Firebreak, Hellclock, Rematch, I Am Your Beast Death Stranding 2, Farland Saga 1 & 2, System Shock 2, Patapon 1 & 2, Tony Hawk 3 & 4, Games for Change Festival 2025, Summer Games Done Quick.” They would also love to hear about anything that’s going in your hood that they don’t know about. They’re seeking interviews/non-standard reviews/op-eds/vibes. Floor rate is $50 for pieces under 1,000 words. To learn more, refer to this post and their website.

Remezcla is an independent media brand that covers emerging Latin music, entertainment, and culture. Their music editor is looking to assign a music listicle to a Puerto Rican writer *en la isla*. They’re seeking someone who is knowledgeable about the music scene. They’re hoping to assign this listicle before the end of the week. Their rates begin at $200. To read their music editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.

Negation Magazine is a communist publication committed to contributing to “the real movement that abolishes the present state of things.” They’re accepting pitches. They publish any writing that aligns with their purpose of “challenging and developing communist thought in service of societal transformation.” Pay is $70 per piece. To learn more, check out their post and submission guidelines.

Great Lakes Now is a monthly TV show and website that covers the science, ecology, history, culture, economy, and industry of the Great Lakes region. Their news editor is always seeking pitches. Rate is $0.50 per word. If interested, email your pitches to lrogers@detroitpbs.org. To read their news editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.