The Appeal is a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to exposing how the U.S. criminal legal system fails to keep people safe and perpetuates harm. They prioritize pitches about politics (elections, legislation, policies, and reform efforts), alternatives (critical analysis of solutions to elements of the current criminal legal system), stories reporting on, and from, the South, Midwest, or rural areas, and op-eds and personal essays written by people impacted by the criminal-legal system. According to their pitch guide, they pay $1/ commissioned word for reported and first-person pieces up to 2,000 words. Payment for longer pieces is negotiable. To learn more, refer to this page.

VinePair is a digital media company that publishes accessible, entertaining, and inspiring content about drinks culture and important trends and topics in wine, beer, and spirits. This includes personal essays, reviews, and news. Rates vary according to assignment. According to a payment report, they paid $0.27 per word for a 1500-word feature. To learn more, refer to their pitching guidelines.

Winnipeg Police Cause Harm (WPCH) is a community-centered police abolitionist group that shares "articles and personal essays that tell unique stories from across Canada related to defunding and abolishing carceral systems of policing, prisons, and migrant detention.” Their have previously indicated to accept pitches for blog posts on an ongoing basis and to be committed to publishing writers of color. Pay for BIPOC writers was listed as $100 for posts over 1,000 words and $50 for posts under 1,000 words. To contact them, refer to this page.

Bon Appétit is a magazine that features recipes, cooking tips, reviews, and more. They are seeking “mid-to-long form reported articles that reflect the food world right now; profiles of fascinating, awesome people in food; hot takes on minuscule details like folding pizza; and personal essays with a strong angle.” According to their pitch guide, their standard rates begin at $250 for stories in the 400-word range. To pitch them, refer to this page.

Allrecipes is a community-driven food brand. They are always looking for new writers, recipe developers, and equipment reviewers to join their team of contributors. They are accepting recipes, technique-driven service articles, and features (particularly personal essays and food histories). A payment report indicates they paid $0.47 for a 750-word opinion. As per an old tweet by their editorial director, their rates start at $250. To learn how to pitch them, refer to this page.

Refinery29 looks to amplify underrepresented voices and how they are impacted by policy, represented in pop culture, and forge their own paths.They want stories that are surprising, illuminate the world around us, and are written through a local lens. According to their publishing guidelines, personal essays and shorter reported articles will start at AUD$200 and go up from there depending on the piece. A thorough explainer, or something that involves multiple interviews, will start at AUD$300. To learn more, refer to this page.

Diabetes Health caters to people who have diabetes and their caregivers. They publish personal essays and medically based articles. Though pitching information is unclear, you can find contact information for their editors here.

midnight & indigo is a literary journal and publishing company dedicated to celebrating and amplifying the voices of Black women writers. They focus on short fiction and essay writing, contributing to the rich tapestry of Black literature. According to their guidelines, they pay $0.07 per word for Short Stories and $150 for personal essays. To learn more, refer to this page.

Rooted is a publication uplifting underrepresented voices in media, arts, and entertainment. They are interested in interviews and profiles, media commentary and critiques, narrative journalism, personal essays, news, and reviews. Their rates are negotiable depending on the needs of a story and are determined at the time of assignment. They pay a 50% cancellation fee. To learn more, refer to this page.

Bugle Magazine is the magazine of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. They accept submissions in a variety of categories, including conservation, natural history, wildlife management, hunting, human interest, and "women in the outdoors, " which are personal essays or stories about elk/hunting/etc. Word count is 1,000-3,500 words. Payment rate is decided upon negotiations with editors. Women and others underrepresented in hunting are encouraged to submit. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.

Established in 2009, Paper Visual Art (PVA) has been publishing journals, books, and online texts that focus on visual art, contemporary culture, and literature. Thet consider a variety of texts for publication, such as reviews, personal essays, and other forms of writing. According to their pitch guide, writers who contribute to their hardcopy journals will be paid a minimum fee of €225 per text. Review writers and interviewees will be paid a minimum fee of €175 (for both hardcopy and online). To learn more, refer to this page.

Motherwell is a blog that features personal essays and "perspective pieces" about all sides of parenting. They do not list pay rates. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.

Adoptive Families is the leading information resource for parents before, during, and after adoption. They cover various topics related to different aspects of adoption, in addition to publishing personal essays. Their guidelines have been removed. To contact them, refer to this page.

On Parenting is a parenting blog of the Washington Post. They are looking for pieces with an interesting angle to parenting. They welcome reported pieces and personal essays. They expect pieces to be not more than 1,200 words. An old payment report suggests they pay up to $0.45 per word. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.

Romper is a website for millennial moms. They accept pitches for timely essays, personal essays, pop culture articles, health reporting, investigative reports, and more. According to an old payment report, they paid $150 for a profile or interview of about 1,000 words. To learn more, refer to their how-to pitch page.

Business Insider tells the global tech, finance, stock market, media, economy, lifestyle, real estate, AI and innovative stories. They are looking for freelance articles for their business, tech, and news verticals and for their lifestyle, entertainment, health, or parenting verticals. They welcome pitches of personal essays, as-told-tos, diaries, profiles, how-tos, reported features, and more. They state that ‘’rates vary and are determined by a variety of factors including the amount of reporting and research involved, the length of the article, and the experience of the writer.’’ They do not list pay rates, but a payment report indicates pay to be around $0.40 per word. All freelance pitches must be exclusive to Business Insider. To learn more, refer to this page.

The Xylom is a media outlet that creates “personal stories of science and humanity.” They are looking for personal essays (1,200-1,500 words) that are “at least tangentially related to science”, science analysis and opinion pieces (1,200-1,500 words), narrative-driven science feature stories, and 10-ish-word stories. According to their pitch guide, they pay 250 USD per piece for reported stories and 200 USD for essays and op-eds.

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.