ION Group, a financial data and software company, is seeking a Freelance Reporter/Legal Analyst. The selected applicant will research and write articles of various types – including their feature thematic, Q&A, analysis, and webinar/panel coverage articles – based on extensive interviews of and other interactions with industry experts. The applicant should have at least 3 years’ paid, long-form reporting/writing experience. Rate is $750 to $1,000 per article. Details here and here.

Static Media, a fast-growing digital media company, is looking for Freelance Military Tech News Writers. They’re specifically seeking “writers with expertise in one or more of the following areas to contribute to either BGR, Jalopnik, or SlashGear: military vehicles and hardware (with a focus on the machines themselves, rather than the nature and history of their deployment), emerging and next-generation defense technologies (including AI, DARPA, and General Dynamics), and the broader evolution of military technology in both modern and historical contexts.” The role is fully remote. Compensation is $21 to $25 per hour. To learn more, click here.

Opportunity to Write for a Publication about Autonomous Marketing:

“Call for pitches!

One of my clients ActiveCampaign is about to launch something fun and big and I am accepting pitches for it. Big picture:

- It's a branded publication about autonomous marketing. There is a lot of nuance in what that means, read the doc please!

- You will be read, we have 75k+ email subscribers and an established distribution plan that works

- Posts start at $800 and I pay very quickly.”

If interested, email sblanda@activecampaign.com. This opportunity is only available to writers based in the U.S. and Canada. To learn more, refer to this post.

Metro.co.uk covers news, lifestyle, fashion, health, food, entertainment, travel, sports, and more. They’re seeking queer and trans people to tell their positive stories for their Real Life section. They want stories about “love, dating, euphoria, hobbies, family - just really nice stories.” They’re looking for more PoC, faith, disabled, and working class voices. First time writers are welcome. Rates are £120 per piece. To learn more, refer to this post and their ‘about’ page.

Pareto Publishing is a media agency that helps US financial brands grow through smarter audience engagement. They’re seeking a Freelance Financial Content Writer to support their brands focused on financial content, with a strong emphasis on small caps. This role is remote. Compensation is $1,200/month base ($60 per piece + 2 promotional shares). To learn more, refer to this job description.

Writer’s Digest is a magazine that helps writers improve their craft and achieve their goals. They publish six times a year. According to their editorial calendar, they’re accepting pitches for the following issues:

- November/December 2026 (Theme: Harness Your Creativity)

- January/February 2026 (Theme: Write Your Book in 2027)    

As per their submission guidelines, rates are 50 cents per word for manuscripts. To learn more, refer to their editorial calendar.

SELF is “a service-driven health and wellness brand.” They’re always seeking new writers to work with. Since they’re a health and wellness brand, they’re “looking for stories that explore personal, community, or public health, ideally with a service element.” Their core verticals and areas of focus include health, fitness, food, love, and life. Their rates currently begin at $250 for short and quick news stories, $500 for reported service stories, and $750 for features. To learn more, refer to this page.

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 looking for 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. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.

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.

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. Rates range 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 $250 for photo blogs. To learn more, refer to their call for submissions and submission guidelines.

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.

Opportunity to Write a Retrospective on The Pokémon Anime:

“Calling all Pokemon fans! For an upcoming project we are looking for someone to write a paid retrospective on The Pokémon Anime, specifically the first season and/or the Orange Islands series.

We are after love-letters, pieces detailing why the anime was so iconic and/or important, or simply why you loved it.

You have free licence with your ideas, anything that captures your imagination. How the anime is used as a vessel to showcase next generation Pokémon, the banned episodes leading to confusion (like how Ash got so many Tauros), the continuing story on Ash’s journey, how Charizard was a jackass. Basically, if you’ve got a story to tell about your love for the anime, we want your pitches.

There will be separate features for Pokémon: The First Movie, so any feature would need to be contained to that first season – but we will also take features for his continued journey into the orange islands.”

You will be paid £100 on completion for approximately 800-1,000 words. If interested, email your pitches to pitches@nintymedia.net. To learn more, click here.

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.  

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 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.