Cake Zine is an independent print magazine that explores society through sweets. They’re open to pitches for their eighth issue, Spoiled Rotten, exploring extravagance, excess, and decay: “Tell us what you think is stale, overripe, and curdled—in the fridge, on the menu, or in our culture. Or extend your gaze from the trash to the compost pile to share how new life can come from rot or how culinary ingenuity can be borne from ingredients past their prime. We're looking for both what's lost and what’s gained when things go bad.” To learn more, refer to their post and call for pitches.

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 Urbanist's mission is to “tell stories that inform and influence the public and their leaders — and win them to our vision of people-centered communities in the Puget Sound region.”

They’re looking for pitches: “We publish many different forms of pieces related to our mission of improving cities and quality of life through the tradition of advocacy journalism. While we are based in Seattle and focus the majority of our coverage on the Puget Sound area, we are open to publishing work that extends beyond that geographic area in instances where the topic aligns well with our vision and values.”

For original reporting using primary sources, they have a limited budget to pay freelance writers. If you’re seeking compensation for a reported article, please specify this in your pitch. They currently use a tiered compensation system that factors in the depth of research, originality of sources, and timeliness. Deeply reported long articles could earn up to $400 in their current compensation system. To learn more, refer to this page.

OutKick is a multimedia platform that covers sports, media, and political news. They’re seeking an experienced Freelance Writer to cover “sports, sports culture, and pop culture stories.” The writer should have 2+ years of experience. This is a remote position with a pay range of $23.25 to $36.06 per hour. For details, refer to this job description.

Revenue Rulebreaker produces “stories and events about how microentrepreneurs actually make a living online.” For May, they’re looking for pitches related to parenthood and entrepreneurship. The deadline to send your pitches is March 31. For June, they’re looking for pitches from queer and transgender writers about their experiences with entrepreneurship. The deadline to submit your pitches is April 30. The current rate is $200 per story. To learn more, refer to their post and contributor guide.

This Magazine is a Canadian progressive magazine of politics, arts, and culture. They’re looking for pitches for online exclusives—monthly stories that will appear digitally only on this.org.

Online exclusive news pieces cover “Canadian news from a social justice perspective, looking at regional or national issues.” Some topics they cover are: “housing/homelessness, reproductive rights, race/racism, LGBTQ2S+ issues, harm reduction, labour, immigration, prisoner justice, food security, and more.” They pay $75 for online exclusive news pieces (350 to 500 words).

Online exclusive column and opinion pieces cover “current events in other areas such as pop culture, arts, places, ideas, concepts, etcetera.” They assign both 500 to 600-word and 1,000 to 1,200-word columns at a rate of $100 per piece.

Please note that they only publish work by Canadian residents. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.

Refractor is a soon-to-be-launched science and health publication. Their founding editor is inviting science writers to pitch. The editor is “open to a spectrum of stories, from short, focused news pieces to longer, exploratory features.” “Everything in the spectrum of science is fair game (biology, geology, history, psychology, space, medicine).” Rates are 30c to 80c per word. If interested, email rich@refractor.io. For more information, refer to their founding editor's post.

AimHi Earth is “a sustainability training organisation established by experts to drive transformative action on climate and nature.” They’re looking for Freelance Climate & Nature Researchers & Writers. The selected applicants’ role will be to help ensure their “material is meaningful and valuable for corporate and institutional audiences whilst remaining high-integrity, hard-hitting, up-to-date and as engaging and moving as the scale of this global emergency demands.” This is a remote, project-based contractor role (1 to 2 days per month). Pay is £250 per day (negotiable based on experience). For details, refer to this post and this job description.

The Londoner is a publication that aims to reinvent local journalism in London through high-quality features, dispatches, and investigations. They’re seeking great pitches from freelancers. They pay from around £300 for a quick-hit and about £500 for something more reported. They pay significantly more for highly investigative stories that require months of work. To learn more, refer to this post and their ‘write for us’ page.

The Public Source is “a Beirut-based online magazine dedicated to in-depth, uncompromising journalism in the public interest.” They’re looking for pitches and full-length drafts from writers from Lebanon, Palestine, and the Global South on the latest escalation of the ongoing imperial war on the region. They accept submissions in both English and Arabic. Pay ranges from $400 to $700 for investigations, $300 to $400 for reported pieces, $200 to $300 for features, $175 for interviews and commentary, $100 for testimonies, and $100 to $300 for photo blogs. For more details, refer to their post, call for submissions, and submission guidelines.

The Alliance for Downtown New York provides service, research, and visitor information for the Lower Manhattan business improvement district. They’re seeking a freelance writer to research, produce, and publish web content surrounding the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The selected applicant will write short articles (300 to 500 words), guides, and roundups on FIFA-related events and businesses in Lower Manhattan. This is a four-month contract role that involves approximately 10 to 15 hours of work per week from April through July, with the possibility of an extension. The applicant must be based in the New York City area as the role requires one day per week in the Lower Manhattan office and may involve some on-the-ground reporting in the neighborhood. The position pays $1,800-$2,500 per month, totaling $7,200-$10,000 for the four-month contract. If interested, email rfishbein@downtownny.com. To learn more, refer to this post.

Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their deputy editor of lifestyle and entertainment freelance writers is seeking freelancers who fit one (or multiple) of the following categories and are interested in writing about their trips/experiences:

- “People with 6+ hour Amtrak rides coming up + you've upgraded from coach (one way or both)”

- “People with plans to take an Amtrak Auto train (or other train where your car travels with you)”

- “People with upcoming business-class or first-class flights”

- “People with upcoming cruises (especially Carnival)”

- “Former employees of Costco, Trader Joe's, or Dollar Tree (within the past 5 years)”

- “Individuals who used to work on cruise ships (within the past decade)”

Rates begin at $230 for 600 words. To learn more, refer to their deputy editor’s post and this form.

Psyche is “a digital magazine dedicated to helping you know your self and live well.” They’re accepting pitches for "Turning Point" pieces:

“Letting you know that at Psyche we are again open to pitches for ‘Turning Point’ pieces, 1400-2100 word essays on life transitions and changes across a range of issue and experiences. We look to either first person or as-told-to, with fee to the writer. I will look at already-written spec essays (as pitches) but also consider straight pitches accompanied by links to other work. The genre is literary nonfiction. The fee for these is $550.”

If interested, send your pitches to pamela.weintraub@aeon.co. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and Turning Point stories.

Maisonneuve is a Montreal-based quarterly of “arts, opinion, and ideas.” They’re seeking pitches for their summer 2026 issue. What they’re looking for:

“Well-researched, narrative-driven stories that balance a sense of storytelling with thoughtful analysis. We like lyrical, literary scene-setting that draws the reader in, and pieces must have a strong point of view, argument or 'so what' principle. Stories can be locally specific, but need to be connected to broader ideas that are interesting to a general audience. We work primarily with writers based in Canada. We are also open for fiction and comic submissions.”

Pay is $0.20 per word for features (4,000 to 6,000 words) and $0.15 per word for open house (1,500 to 3,500 words), comment (1,500 to 3,000 words), and review (1,500 to 2,500 words) sections. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.

Chicago Reader is Chicago's alternative nonprofit newsroom. Their editor is looking for news stories from people who live in Chicago. Their rates are generally $200 to $500. For more information, refer to their editor’s post and their pitch guidelines.

Apartment Therapy Media is “the only media company dedicated to life at home.” Their Lifestyle team is accepting pitches for “stories tied to holidays, events, and observances happening in April, May, and June — think Easter, Mental Health Awareness Month, and Father’s Day.” They’re seeking personal, original, and timely ideas across their Lifestyle verticals:

- Life

- Cleaning

- Organizing

- Real Estate

They want “personal essays, unique perspectives, reported features, profiles of brands and people, or history deep dives tied to upcoming holidays, celebrations, observances, and other timely events.” Rates start at $150. To learn more, refer to their post and pitch form.

The Metropole is the Urban History Association’s official blog. They’re seeking submissions for their next theme month: Cities at Play. “We welcome submissions about any aspect of play, recreation, or leisure in the urban environment. How have cities uniquely shaped the way their inhabitants play, and how has play in turn shaped the built environment, the social dynamics, and the politics of cities? Please send pitches to themetropole@urbanhistory.org by Friday, March 20th.” Rate is $200 per post (1,000 to 1,500 words). To learn more, refer to this post and this page.

Inspire the Mind is a digital magazine focused on mental health, art, and science. They’re interested in “lived experience pieces that respond to current sociocultural discussions about victimhood” for their digital magazine. Rate is £200 for pieces of 1,000 to 1,200 words. To read their post, click here. To submit your pitch, click here.

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.

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.