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.

Carla is a quarterly print magazine by Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles. They’re welcoming pitches for their 45th issue: “We are looking for writing that is pointed and pertinent to our time and place in arts and culture. Join our conversation, and submit pieces that you feel are vital to the fabric of L.A.’s art community and the contemporary moment.”

Rates are $375 for feature essays (1,500–2,000 words); $350 for interviews (1,200–1,500 words); $375 for photo essays; and $200 for reviews (650–850 words). To learn more, refer to their post and pitch submission form.

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.

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.

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.

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 Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) is the academic research arm of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT). They aim “to help bridge the gap between international experts studying terrorism and violent extremism, and the technology sector working to counter this threat online.” They’re looking for “pitches on violent extremism & tech - with a focus on hard tech (3D-printed weapons, drones), AI use by extremists & PCVE practitioners, and online subcultures of nihilistic violence.” They pay £300 per Insight (1,500 to 2,000 words). To learn more, refer to this post and this page.

Matador Network is the largest independent travel publisher in the world. They’re seeking pitches for articles about wellness in Saudi Arabia: “From the evolution of high-tech hammams to Red Sea-influenced wellness to women-only wellness hotspots, we want to hear it. We're open to all types of pitches except for direct hotel reviews.” Pay is $200 to $250. For more information, refer to this post.

This opportunity is for a junior- to mid-level freelance copywriter with strong social-first work samples. The candidate must be available immediately and able to work PST or EST hours. Pay ranges from $700 to $900 per day. To learn more, refer to this post.

Mothership is a gender and identity-focused gaming publication. They’re accepting freelance pitches:

“We’re interested in publishing investigative reporting about gender and/or sexuality discrimination at major game studios, as well as coverage of related lawsuits. We commission stories about game studios run by people who aren’t cisgender men and the challenges these studios may face, as well as stories about developers who’ve conquered those odds. We also aim to publish stories about gender-diverse gaming subcultures — actual play fandoms, modding communities, speedrunners, and so on — as well as the communities that aren’t particularly gender-diverse, and what it’s like to exist in those spaces.”

“We publish games criticism through a gender lens, a queer lens, and/or a body-focused lens. At Mothership, we’re interested in analyses of games that push back on gender stereotypes and body norms, including colorism, racism, sizeism, and so on. We’re also open to video game reviews that have this angle in mind, both for major games and games our readers might not have yet heard about, but should hear about.”

Their articles start at a baseline rate of $250/story. If interested, send your pitches to team@mothership.blog. For more details, refer to their post and this page.

New Lines is an American magazine that features best writing from around the globe. Their politics editor is seeking pitches for the Global Thought series: “What cities around the world have really interesting, dynamic intellectual 'scenes'? Want to tell the story/paint a portrait of such a 'scene' — especially in the Global South — for @newlinesmag.bsky.social’s Global Thought series? Pitch me: dpostel@newlinesmag.com.” Their politics editor hasn’t mentioned the rates but according to a post by their North Africa editor, they pay $800 for regular essays. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and this page.

Current Affairs is a magazine of political commentary and analysis. They’re actively looking for new writers and artists to produce work for their print magazine. They “publish on a wide range of topics including politics, history, culture, and international affairs, usually essays between 1 and 5,000 words from a left progressive perspective.” They love working with first-time published writers. Rate is $350 for print articles. For details, refer to their editor’s post and writer’s guide.

Signal Hill is an audio magazine that publishes audio documentaries of all kinds, including reporting, essays, shorts, profiles, dispatches, and reviews. They publish twice a year and are currently open to pitches. Pitches submitted by January 31 will be considered for Issue Three; later pitches will be considered for Issue Four and beyond. They’re especially seeking short, fun pieces for this issue, but they welcome pitches for stories of all kinds. Rates range from $500 to $3,000 for stories. Please note that they do not accept pitches for previously published work. To learn more, refer to their post, pitch form, and website.

The Detail is a Northern Ireland-based investigative news and analysis site that covers issues of vital public interest. They’re seeking pitches for investigations and analysis that address their strategic areas of focus:

- “Rights under the Good Friday Agreement and the post-Brexit landscape”

- “Addressing the past - legacy, accountability and justice”

They commission written investigations, data-driven journalism, documentary and multimedia projects, and films and podcasts.

Investigations/features pay £900 for about 1,800 words, while long reads, films, and special investigations are decided on a case-by-case basis. If interested, email your pitches to investigations@thedetail.tv. To learn more, refer to this post and their call for pitches.

The Juggernaut is a publication that features untold and smart South Asian stories. Their senior editor is commissioning features. Their editorial sections include (but are not limited to):

- Business and Technology

- Health and Science

- Culture

- History

- Food

- Politics

You don’t have to be South Asian to contribute, but you should have a strong curiosity for South Asian issues—especially in the pitches you take on. Rates start at $400 for reported features (1,600 to 2,000 words). To learn more, refer to their senior editor’s post and their pitch guide.

The Latino Newsletter is “an independent, no-paywall, newsletter-first newsroom and production studio covering the issues shaping Latino life and influence in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.” They’re looking for pitches: “We seek stories that urgently challenge mainstream narratives about who we are as a community. We strive for original and necessary journalism at all times.” Rates vary based on length and complexity but do not exceed $100-$200 for 700 words. If interested, send your pitches to editor@thelatinonewsletter.org. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.

Parapraxis is an all-volunteer, print and online magazine of psychoanalysis. They publish twice a year in print (themed issues) and semi-frequently on their website (unthemed). They’re actively looking for pitches for Issue 09: The End, Issue 10: The Future and for their (un-themed) website. Web pieces are accepted on a rolling basis, while pieces for Issue 09 will be due in the spring or summer. Print rates range from $500 to $800 depending on length. Website rates are a flat $600. For more details, refer to their post and this form.

Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their deputy editor of lifestyle and entertainment freelance writers is seeking first-person pitches. Here are a few current top topics of interest:

- "A time you broke up with a partner right before a trip and went anyway on your own/with them/etc + learned something valuable"

- "People who spend birthdays solo traveling"

- "If you're 'forever home' hunting by testing out a place to see if it's where you want to live full-time or retire to"

- "A time you changed your appearance to try to keep up or fit in at work/get a job (especially re: trying to appear older or younger)"

- "Unconventional living situations (moving in with in-laws, building a tiny home, buying a house with friends)"

- "People who have moved to popular vacation spots/beach towns full-time”

Rates for these types of pieces generally start at $240 for 600 words. For more information, refer to their deputy editor’s post and pitch form.

The Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ) is a nonprofit print and digital magazine that educates the nonprofit sector through research-based articles and resources. They’re looking for submissions for their WE STOOD UP column: “We Stood Up offers workers, builders, & organizers the opportunity to share a first-person story from their work & world. If you would like to share a story about how you participated in organizing a more just workplace, please send your submission to NPQ.” They welcome submissions of approximately 500 words. Rate is $300 per accepted contribution. If interested, send your submissions to submissions@npqmag.org. To learn more, refer to their post and call for pitches.

Growth Plays is an LA-based B2B content strategy and SEO consultancy. They’re scaling up their content production and are looking for Freelance B2B SEO Content Editors. This position is ideal for writers and editors with both product marketing and lead generation/demand generation experience. They are not looking for proofreaders; they’re looking for “content marketers with deep industry expertise who can ensure a piece of content is technically credible, aligned with a brand’s positioning, resonates with sophisticated B2B buyers, and generates leads.” The applicants should have 4+ years of experience. The role is remote. Compensation is $100 per deliverable (usually a 1,500 to 2,000-word blog post or content brief). For more details, refer to this post and this job description.

Bolts is “a digital magazine that covers the nuts and bolts of power and political change, from the local up.” They’re always seeking pitches for reporting on criminal justice and law enforcement (including immigration), and voting rights and democracy. They offer a default rate of $800 for stories with original reporting. If interested, send your pitches to pitches@boltsmag.org. To learn more, refer to their editor and founder’s post and their pitch guide.

The Cleveland Review of Books, in collaboration with Ohio Humanities, Literary Cleveland, and the Rust Belt Humanities Lab, is looking to publish a series of essays on Toni Morrison during Ohio’s year-long celebration of the influential writer:

“We aren’t looking for essays that are ‘odes’ to Toni Morrison. Rather, we want to honor her legacy with unique critical work that incorporates or focuses on one or more elements of her life or writing. We highly encourage that pitches make bold claims and focus on niche aspects of her work, with the intention that the essays be crucial interventions that both interrupt what we believe to solidly know about Morrison and her work while also extending her significance into domains less explored. We would also encourage people with a connection to Ohio to submit, as well as those whose essay pitch includes Ohio in its matrix of ideas, while also noting that neither of these are at all required. Lastly, we encourage pitches to take formal risks, experiment with and deconstruct the idea of the traditional ‘academic paper’, and approach their writing with a real sense of play.”

They will publish one essay each month throughout the celebration, from February 2026 through February 2027. Essays should be approximately 1,500 to 2,500 words. Contributors will be paid $150. If interested, send your pitches or full submissions to pitches@clereviewofbooks.com. For more information, refer to this post.