Southwest Contemporary is “the leading resource for contemporary arts and culture in the Southwest.” They’re seeking pitches for their Fall-Winter 2026-27 print issue—themed “Alien”:

“We seek writers based in or closely connected to the North American Southwest to submit story ideas for our Fall-Winter 2026-27 issue, Volume 14: Alien. Pitches should be focused on contemporary artists working in the region who are grappling with political, social, psychic, and cosmic dimensions of the alien.”

They’re looking for studio visits/artist profiles (800 words); reporting (1,200 to 2,000 words); features (1,200 to 2,000 words); creative essays (400 to 700 words); interviews (500 to 2,000 words); cultural criticism (1,200 to 2,000 words); travel writing / field reports (1,200 to 1,500 words); and reviews (300 words). The fee ranges from $100 to $500. To learn more, refer to their call for pitches.

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 of articles, series and industry interviews for Freelance, their magazine on the craft and business of writing. They pay 20¢ per word for articles of 1,500 or 800 words. If interested, send your pitches to swgmedia@skwriter.com. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.

The BREAK—DOWN explores “the political economy of climate and ecological crisis.” They’re accepting pitches for Issue #4: China.

“For Issue #4 of our print journal, we are looking for pitches that examine the complexity of China’s role in climate and ecological crisis. How has the Chinese state managed to hold apparently contradictory positions together? What role has the rise of Chinese renewable technology had in decentering hubristic assumptions about Western leadership or in accelerating the rise of a new Cold War? How does China’s current role in global environmental politics relate to its historical and developmental trajectory? And how does Chinese environmental politics and power play out on the ground, whether in China itself, or through its extended network of debt and investment?”

Rate is £650 for pieces of around 3,000 words. If interested, send your pitches to pitching@break-down.org. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.

Bisnow is a B2B platform for the commercial real estate industry. They’re seeking a Denver Freelance Reporter. The selected candidate will write 3-5 articles per week and produce daily morning briefs. The candidate should have great writing skills and excellent news judgment. This position must sit in Denver remotely. Pay is $3,000 per month. To learn more, refer to this page.

Channel Kindness is a digital platform created by the Born This Way Foundation. They’re looking for stories in honor of Transgender Day of Visibility:

“In honor of Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31), Channel Kindness is inviting our community, including trans and gender expansive young people to submit powerful stories for a special series, Trans Visibility Stories: ‘Visible and Proud.’ Ten (10) storytellers will be selected to share their essays that integrate their lived experience with relevant research on the experiences of trans and gender expansive young people. Your story may be used to help inform future research, resources, and initiatives designed to support trans and gender expansive young people.”

Each selected author will be paid a $100 stipend. For details, refer to their post and call for stories.

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.

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.

Fox News Digital is seeking a Part-Time Freelance Reporter, US and Crime. The applicant should have 3+ years of professional newsroom experience, as well as experience covering crime, courts, and investigations. The job is remote. The pay range is $30 to $44 per hour. To learn more, refer to this page.

The Motley Fool is a financial and investing advice company. They’re seeking a Freelance Writer/Stock Analyst. The selected applicant will collaborate with editors to produce insightful stock analysis (their articles typically range from 600 to 800 words). This position is 100% remote, with a pay range of $50 to $150 per article. For more information, click here.

CBSNews.com is seeking a Freelance Senior Editor. The selected candidate will “write and edit content for the website across a wide range of topics, including politics, health, crime and entertainment.” Rate is $55 per hour. To learn more, refer to this job description.

Green European Journal is a political ecology magazine. They’re seeking pitches for their next print edition which will explore Europe’s new demographic reality. They’re looking for essays, interviews, photo essays, graphic journalism, comics, and more. Below are some topics and angles you could cover:

- Demographic adaptation

- Cultural divides and representation

- Movement of people

- The reactionary tide

- Global, technological, geopolitical aspects

According to a post by their editor-in-chief, rates are usually €300-€400. Find more details here and here.

A global leader in animal health—dedicated to advancing care for dogs, cats, horses, cattle, and livestock through innovative vaccines, medicines, and diagnostics—is looking for a Freelance Copywriter to support their Petcare and Livestock portfolios. The selected applicant will “play a critical part in ensuring marketing materials are compliant, accurate, and aligned with brand and regulatory standards that support the health and well-being of animals worldwide.” The applicant should have 3+ years’ work experience with Adobe Creative Suite and 2+ years’ copywriting experience. This is a remote, 10 to 20 hour per week freelance opportunity. The pay rate is $20 to $25 per hour. For details, click here.

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, email your pitches to editor@planetizen.com. For more information, refer to their post and this page.

The Stacks is “a blog for writing on unconventional games and software, their surrounding material, and the ongoing process of documenting history.” They’re open for pitches and are seeking writing on “obscure games history, art history, sex/gender, and more.” Rates are $50 CAD for shorter essays/articles of approximately 600-1,000 words and up to $150 CAD for larger scale research essays/articles/projects of approximately 2,000 words or more. Rates are higher for very large research essays/articles/projects of approximately 4,000 words or more. If interested, send your pitches to contact@thestacks.ca. For details, refer to this post and their submissions page.

Live Science covers groundbreaking developments in science, technology, space, health, environment, and history. They’re always open to pitches, but next month, their health vertical will be in particular need of news pitches. Rates are $250 to $400 for news stories. To learn more, refer to their health channel editor’s post and their 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 Republic is “a Nigerian publication committed to rigorous, reflective and forward-looking journalism about Nigeria and wider African diaspora.” They’re accepting pitches for their next issue themed 'Nigeria in the World.' They’re interested in “stories that examine how Nigeria performs on the global stage and how that performance reverberates internally, in policy choices, electoral politics, economic priorities, civil liberties, and popular imagination.” Rate is $150 to $350 per accepted story. To learn more, refer to their post and call for pitches.

National Geographic’s editor is looking for pitches: “As always, I’m open to health pitches that challenge what we think we know. Surprise me with strong science, a clear ‘why now,’ and fresh reporting. If it makes readers see their bodies or the world differently, lmk.”

They’re interested in the following:

- “A new or newly synthesized body of research”

- “A smart angle on a long-running scientific debate”

- “A study that complicates conventional wisdom”

Pay is around $1 per word. If interested, send your pitches to starlight.williams@natgeo.com. To read their editor’s post, click here. To visit their website, click here.