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.

QueerAF is “a platform funding queer creatives and changing the media.” For Trans+ History Week 2026, they’re seeking pitches for history articles (700 to 1,000 words) from early talent Trans+ writers and journalists. They will pay £175. To learn more, refer to this post and this page.

New Scientist is a weekly science and technology magazine. Their features editor is looking for freelance journalists who write about health and medicine. They’re interested in “big idea stories that change our understanding of a condition.” The features editor hasn’t mentioned the rates, but according to a post by their news editor, they pay 51p per word. If interested, email olivia.goldhill@newscientist.com. To learn more, refer to their features editor’s post and their general guide for freelancers.

The Oxford American is “a national magazine dedicated to featuring the very best in Southern writing while documenting the complexity and vitality of the South.” They’re accepting pitches for their upcoming Spring 2026 Food Issue. They’re seeking “stories that explore how food preserves a legacy, crosses borders, and creates connection.” They pay $300 for online articles. For more information, refer to their post and this page.

SFGATE is a digital publication that covers news and entertainment from the Bay Area and beyond. Their senior culture editor is seeking “Bay Area stories on venues, characters, trends and historical stories, TV/movies/music with SF ties.” Rates are $250 to $400+. Send your pitches to dan.gentile@sfgate.com. To read their senior culture editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.

The Land, Food, and Freedom Journal curates “interdisciplinary conversations about Black food sovereignty, land justice, and art.” They’re accepting pitches and submissions for their next issue, which is centered on land. Topics that could be explored include “Black and Indigenous solidarity efforts around land; Climate resilience, land defense, and disaster recovery led by Black communities; Land as a site of political education and resistance; and much more.” They welcome “essays, poetry, prose, art, visuals, playlists, multimedia pieces, research, case studies, and more.” They offer an honorarium of $350 to $750. To learn more refer to this post and this page.

The Bold Italic is an online magazine that celebrates the free-wheeling spirit of the Bay Area. They’re always seeking freelance reporters interested in contributing reported or personal articles to their magazine. You don’t have to be a professional writer to contribute a story. Rate is $200 to $300 per story. If interested, direct your pitches to info@thebolditalic.com. 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 seeking 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, send your pitches to editor@planetizen.com. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.

Migrant Women Press is “an independent media organisation led by migrant women, told by migrant women.” They’re inviting women journalists from migrant and racialised backgrounds in Scotland to pitch investigative features for their Special Series, part of the Fellowship Programme. They’re seeking two investigative feature stories (approximately 1,500 words with a 2 to 3 minute multimedia element). They will pay £440. To learn more, refer to their post and form.

New Lines is an American magazine that features best writing from around the globe. Their South Asia editor is seeking pitches on a rolling basis for “long-form magazine stories on South Asian politics, culture, and history.” “Essays from all India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and its global diaspora are welcome.” The South Asia editor hasn’t mentioned the rates but according to a post by their North Africa editor, they pay $800 for regular essays. If interested, send your pitches to sgupta@newlinesmag.com. To learn more, refer to their South Asia editor’s post and their general pitch guide.

Gutfeld! is “an American conservative news and political satire talk show on Fox News Channel.” They’re looking for a Freelance Comedy Writer. The selected candidate will be responsible for researching and crafting stories in a humorous way that connects with their viewers. The candidate will also be responsible for writing unique, sharp, funny copy for their show. The applicant should have 3+ years’ professional and comedy writing experience. The role is part-time and located in New York, NY. The pay range is $35 to $45 per hour. For details, refer to this job description.

Indiepocalypse is “a monthly anthology of video and/or physical games.” If you’re interested in writing about the games and developers featured in Indiepocalypse, send your pitches via form or email indiepocalypse@gmail.com. They will pay $200 for approximately 2 pages or 1,000 words. For more information, refer to this post.

Heat Death is “a newsletter about yesterday, tomorrow, and all the crises in between.” They’re always looking to commission guest essays and pieces that fit with their “primary ethos – weird deep dives into history, ecology, culture, and the unexpected intersections between them.” They offer an honorarium of $50 to $75 per piece. The sweet spot for finished pieces is between 2,000 and 4,000 words, though they have commissioned longer pieces when the idea calls for it. If interested, send your pitches to aelbein@gmail.com. To learn more, refer to this post and this page.

Noema is a magazine that explores the transformations sweeping our world. They’re seeking pitches for essays that offer original and compelling ideas and arguments on/around the following:

“- The future of crisis-afflicted political, economic and other systems (democracy, capitalism, etc)

- The ways humans relate to the nonhuman world (in light of damages wrought)

- The evolution of AI (and our evolving relationship with it)

- The climate crisis (and ways of addressing it at a systems level)

- The durability of the nation-state system (and what comes next)

- Other topics that touch on the profound transformations shaping the 21st century.”

They will pay $3,000 for published essays. If interested, email your pitches to francis@noemamag.com. To learn more, refer to their commissioning editor’s post. To contact them, refer to this page.

Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their editor is seeking pitches: “I'm looking to connect with freelancers (or regular sources) who are part of the sandwich generation who have an interesting, one-of-a-kind story to tell.

- Do you have three generations living under one roof?

- Has your mother or father just moved into your already crowded house?

- Did your adult child move back home?

- Did you have to make a drastic change to your life so you could support three generations?

- Are you struggling to make ends meet?

- Are you concerned about placing your parents in a care home?

- Is there a side of the sandwich generation that people don't know about?

Pitch me at folito@businessinsider.com.”

Rates are about $260+. To read their editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.