Health.com is a source for information on fitness, nutrition, beauty, wellness, and lifestyle. The majority of their readers are female. Their previous pitch guide listed rates as $200-$1,000 for personal essays and topical service; $250-$1,000 for reports/trend pieces; $200-$500 for explainers, as told to, and social trends; and $150 to $300 for product reviews. Current pitching information is unclear, but they're actively looking for new writers. To learn more, refer to this page.

Refinery29’s mission is to help women see, feel, and claim their power. Their Canadian edition aims to shine a spotlight on the Canadian stories and issues that resonate with their Gen-Z and millennial audience. They publish everything from personal essays to reported trend pieces to features on race, reproductive rights, and pop culture. According to their pitch guide, they typically pay $150 for short market roundups and $350 for a thorough news explainer with interviews. Personal essays and shorter reported articles start at $350 and increase from there, depending on the piece. To learn more, refer to this page.

Bright Wall/Dark Room is an online magazine that is dedicated to “exploring the relationship between cinema and the business of being alive.” They publish profiles, interviews, personal essays, cultural criticism, formal analysis, and humor pieces. Their critical essays are generally 2,500-4,000 words. According to their pitch guide, they pay $50-200 per essay. To learn more, refer to this page.

Modern Love is a regular column published by the New York Times. They are “interested in receiving deeply personal essays about contemporary relationships, marriage, dating, and parenthood.” They have two submission periods, September through December and March through June. They have previously indicated to pay $300 per essay. According to a payment report, they pay an average of $0.33 per word. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.

The Floor Magazine is an online and print publication celebrating black art and their artists. They welcome pitches for reviews of art (music albums, films, books, photography exhibitions etc), commentary, interviews (Q&A or profile), personal essays, and long form essays. They pay a flat rate for 800-1200 word pieces. To learn more, refer to this page.

Economic Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP) is a nonprofit organization that produces compelling journalism about income inequality and poverty in America. They commission “news stories, narrative features, short and feature-length documentaries, nonfiction comics, illustrated works, photo essays, podcasts and radio features about economic inequality in the United States. Personal essays are welcome only if they are completed or close-to-completed. According to their pitch guide, they pay $750 to $1500 for news stories and personal essays or op-eds, and up to $2,500 for narrative features and investigative reports. They also have grants to cover travel expenses, up to $2,000.

Salon covers “news, politics, entertainment, culture, and technology through investigative reporting, commentary, criticism, and provocative personal essays.” They don’t list pay rates, but payment reports suggest that they pay an average of $0.12 per word. To pitch them, refer to this page.

Greater Good, the online magazine of the Greater Good Science Center, reports on scientific findings into the roots of individual and collective well-being, positive relationships, and compassionate behavior—what they call “the science of a meaningful life.” They are looking for experienced journalists or subject-matter experts, and don't accept articles on spec, only pitches. According to their pitch guide, their base rate is 25 cents per assigned word. For certain types of pieces, they pay a flat rate: $220 for a research brief; $300 for a Q&A with an interview subject; $200-300 for pieces originally published elsewhere that require revision, and $300 for personal essays. To learn more, refer to this page.

The Christian Science Monitor is an international news organization. They’re looking for in-depth, journalistic pieces that display “quality of thought.” They also publish personal essays in their "Home Forum" department. They have previously indicated pay of $400 for an essay and $200-$250 for poetry submissions. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.

Liguorian Magazine is a Catholic magazine, bills itself "a redemptorist pastoral publication." They publish articles (max 2,200 words), personal essays (max 1,000 words), and fiction (max 2,000 words). According to their pitch guide, they pay $0.12 to $0.15 per word. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.

YourTango is an online magazine that offers love and relationship advice to women. They seek personal essays, service pieces, and reported articles from freelancers. Their pieces are generally 500 to 1,200 words long. According to an old payment report, they paid $0.03 per word. For details, refer to this page.

Into The Spine publishes stories about video games and what they leave behind. They want contributors to talk about the stuff they love and tell stories about games, from indies to AAAs. According to their pitch guide, they pay a flat rate of $30 for shorter pieces between 150 to 300 words and $60 for personal essays, stories, and opinion articles ranging between 500 to 700 words. They are not always open to submissions. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.

Culture Eater is an online, Australian indie zine that welcomes feature submissions across these categories: the arts (e.g. music, theatre, and photography), gaming (e.g. video games and tabletop), film and TV, literature, fashion, podcasts, and personal essays. According to their pitch guide, they pay $25 to $100 per feature submission. To learn more, refer to this page.

POCIT highlights the stories of POC within the sphere of tech and startups. They primarily look for career-focused content but also accept personal essays, opinion pieces, mega-exclusive interviews, and hard-hitting investigative pieces. They are not always open to submissions. According to their pitch guide, rates begin at $100 for personal essays.

Can I Play That? is a community where disabled gamers share their stories of game accessibility. They are looking for personal essays, industry accessibility analysis, commentary/features, and more. They publish 2 paid pieces a month. According to an old tweet, they pay $100/piece. For more information, refer to their submission guidelines.

AARP The Magazine accepts submission from freelance writers on a variety of topics, including personal essays. They want “thoughtful, timely, new takes on matters of importance to people over 50.” According to a payment report, they paid $1.50 per word. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.

Cure Today explores the latest in cancer research and treatment. They accept personal essays no longer than 700 words and well-researched evidence-based articles. Writers must have medical writing and interviewing experience. Check out their guidelines here.

The Financial Diet is a cross-platform media company and a digital destination where young women can talk about money. They are always seeking new freelance writers for their website. According to an old tweet from their creative director, they pay $250 for personal essays of 800 to 1,000 words. For details, refer to their write for us page.