This Magazine is a Canadian progressive magazine of politics, arts, and culture. They’re accepting pitches for their next print issue. They’re seeking “features, news and arts stories, memoir and opinion columns, a culture column, and a back page letter.” Rates are $150-$300 for features, $60-$100 for columns, and $75 for online exclusive news pieces. Please note that they only publish work by Canadian residents. If interested, email your pitches to editor@thismagazine.ca. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.

Southwest Contemporary is “the leading resource for contemporary arts and culture in the Southwest.” They’re seeking pitches for their Fall-Winter 2026-27 print issue—themed “Alien”:

“We seek writers based in or closely connected to the North American Southwest to submit story ideas for our Fall-Winter 2026-27 issue, Volume 14: Alien. Pitches should be focused on contemporary artists working in the region who are grappling with political, social, psychic, and cosmic dimensions of the alien.”

They’re looking for studio visits/artist profiles (800 words); reporting (1,200 to 2,000 words); features (1,200 to 2,000 words); creative essays (400 to 700 words); interviews (500 to 2,000 words); cultural criticism (1,200 to 2,000 words); travel writing / field reports (1,200 to 1,500 words); and reviews (300 words). The fee ranges from $100 to $500. To learn more, refer to their call for pitches.

The BREAK—DOWN explores “the political economy of climate and ecological crisis.” They’re accepting pitches for Issue #4: China.

“For Issue #4 of our print journal, we are looking for pitches that examine the complexity of China’s role in climate and ecological crisis. How has the Chinese state managed to hold apparently contradictory positions together? What role has the rise of Chinese renewable technology had in decentering hubristic assumptions about Western leadership or in accelerating the rise of a new Cold War? How does China’s current role in global environmental politics relate to its historical and developmental trajectory? And how does Chinese environmental politics and power play out on the ground, whether in China itself, or through its extended network of debt and investment?”

Rate is £650 for pieces of around 3,000 words. If interested, send your pitches to pitching@break-down.org. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.

TravelPulse Canada features “travel industry news and videos for Canadian travel agents and travelers.” They welcome pitches from experienced freelance writers. They publish “timely travel news, destination features, trend analysis, and journalism relevant to travel professionals.” Their features and destination stories are 800 to 1,000 words. Pay is $250 CDN. If interested, direct your pitches to mail@travelpulse.ca. To learn more, refer to this page.

Art Deco Society UK is “a not-for-profit organisation bringing together lovers of Art Deco design from across the British Isles.” They’re seeking informative articles (approximately 1,000 words) covering any aspect of inter-war design from the UK, such as:

- Films

- Graphics

- Fine Art

- Fashion

- Transport

- Music

- Architecture

- Ceramics

- Fashion

Pay is £100 per article. If interested, email hello@artdecosociety.uk. To learn more, refer to this page.

Bisnow is a B2B platform for the commercial real estate industry. They’re seeking a Denver Freelance Reporter. The selected candidate will write 3-5 articles per week and produce daily morning briefs. The candidate should have great writing skills and excellent news judgment. This position must sit in Denver remotely. Pay is $3,000 per month. To learn more, refer to this page.

Observer is a website about business, arts, and entertainment. They’re looking for a Freelance Tech & Finance Reporter to “cover the intersection of technology, finance, and power—tracking the companies, investors, and opinion leaders shaping the future of Wall Street and Silicon Valley.” The reporter should have at least 3 years of experience. This role is remote. Their standard rate is $200-$400 per article. If interested, email your resume to business@observer.com. To learn more, refer to this page.

FOX Weather is looking for a Freelance Assignment Editor. The selected applicant should have “prior experience pitching, researching, writing, and building editorial elements in a collaborative team setting.” The role is based in New York, NY. The pay rate is $35 to $40 per hour. To learn more, refer to this page.

MissionWired is a full-service agency. They’re looking for a Freelance Digital Editor with excellent editing and research skills to join their quality assurance freelance team. The editor should have at least one year of experience. This role is remote and pays $25 to $35 per hour. To learn more, refer to this job description.

Matador Network is the largest independent travel publisher in the world. They’re looking for freelance travel stories. You can pitch across any of their verticals, but right now, they're keen on:

- “Pitches around sports fandom/travel around sports and sporting events (including F1, golf, tennis, and the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026)”

- “Articles that tie your personal experience with a deeper topic”

- “Reported dives into travel topics that can't be desk reported”

- “Stories around surprising travel trends and ideas”

Rates for stories range from $200 to $300. Articles are typically around 1,100 words. To learn more, refer to this page.

Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their editor is seeking pitches for first-person essays. Topics they’re actively pursuing include:

“- Expensive family trips you took and liked or didn’t like (will need to provide receipts for fact-checking)

- Budget family vacations you would/wouldn’t go on again (will need to provide receipts for fact-checking)

- Moving/relocation regrets, surprises, benefits

- Encouraging/discouraging extracurricular activities — sports, dance, etc. — based on cost (will need to provide receipts for fact-checking)

- Unique approaches to childcare (after-school or early education)

- Parenting regrets

- Pulling money out of your retirement account for travel, daily living expenses, childcare, etc. (will need to provide proof for fact-checking)

- Unique graduation gifts for your kids (travel, a session with a financial advisor, etc.)

- Paying for your older child’s housing (after college)”

Rates start at around $225 for essays of around 500-600 words. If interested, send your pitches to jgoldblatt@insider.com. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post. To contact them, refer to this page.

PolitiFact, a project of the Poynter Institute, is seeking talented Freelance or Contract Fact-Checking Reporters to help them navigate the noise of the 2026 midterm elections. Hours are a minimum of 20 per week (Monday to Friday), with the possibility of increasing to up to 40 hours as the election cycle intensifies. The role is fully remote and pays $30 to $35 per hour. To learn more, click here.

Africa Science News Service is a website that covers science and technology with an African eye. Their editor, Henry Neondo, just got in touch to let us know they're seeking freelancers. They pay a flat rate of  €700 for 1200 word features. They also pay €50 for photo, or  €500 for a combo of five photos. According to an old payment report, they paid $1.00 per word. To contact them, refer to this page.

Channel Kindness is a digital platform created by the Born This Way Foundation. They’re looking for stories in honor of Transgender Day of Visibility:

“In honor of Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31), Channel Kindness is inviting our community, including trans and gender expansive young people to submit powerful stories for a special series, Trans Visibility Stories: ‘Visible and Proud.’ Ten (10) storytellers will be selected to share their essays that integrate their lived experience with relevant research on the experiences of trans and gender expansive young people. Your story may be used to help inform future research, resources, and initiatives designed to support trans and gender expansive young people.”

Each selected author will be paid a $100 stipend. For details, refer to their post and call for stories.

The Margin is “an independent media platform that centers the people and places most affected by environmental injustice in the United States.” They’re seeking “reporting on communities on the frontlines of environmental and climate injustice.” They’re looking for “pitches on data centers, energy infrastructure, food systems, wildfire, and stories from underreported regions (the Midwest, the Deep South, Puerto Rico, Hawai'i).” They especially encourage Black, Indigenous, people of color, and LGBTQIA+ journalists to pitch. They publish long form investigative stories, generally up to 5,000 words, and pay an average of about $1 per word. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.

The Good Information Foundation is “a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2021 to tackle the growing information crisis in America.” Their editorial director is looking for freelance writers:

“I'm looking to add several skilled writers to Good Info News Wire's talent roster for localized lifestyle articles.

- Must be located in one of these states:

Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, or Utah

- What we're looking for:

• Experience writing lifestyle/culture content

• Strong sense of local voice and audience

• Reliable, self-directed work style”

Pay is $350 per piece. If interested, email claire@goodinfous.org. For more details, refer to their editorial director’s post.

An editor at Slate has issued a pitch call; “I'm looking for ambitious features and personal essays for Slate's Business & Tech section. I’m interested in stories about the surprising ways tech and business are reshaping our lives, work, and culture. Strong characters, deep reporting, and big ideas always welcome. …What are the strange, surprising, or overlooked ways tech and business are reshaping everyday life? Who are the people living inside those changes? How has YOUR life been changed through the lens of tech and business? No story too weird.” And, “Typical features run 1,200–2,000 words. Rates are generally $500–$800 depending on scope (sometimes more, sometimes less). Can offer more for ambitious stories and reporting. No deadline—pitch whenever.” The pitch call / thread, with examples of stories the editor has assigned, is here.

This is a Substack-based project. They have a detailed mission statement, including, “Everything is Fine* recognizes that the United States is on a rocket-powered path towards full-throated fascism**, blasting past constitutional/institutional safeguards at warp speed and dragging its people and the rest of the planet, kicking and shrieking, deep into the cold, dark space of techno-oligarchy, christo-fascism and environmental devastation.
While the future feels full of darkness and foreboding, we at EIF* are forced to admit: it’s also a fascinating time to be alive. Sure, it’s a morbid fascination, but fascinating nonetheless. Here you will find opinions, reported stories, essays, profiles and other desperate, shrill yawps into the void, chronicling some of the weirder moments in the United States (and elsewhere) in the second Trump term.” They also have a detailed pitch guide, including, “Everything is Fine* is a resistance substack focused on anti-fascism in particular, and progressive issues in general. … We’re looking for reported stories, opinions, profiles/interviews, and personal essays, of somewhere between 1200 and 2000 words. We pay $200 for an essay/opinion, $250 if there is original reporting, and $300 if there are original photos in addition to the reporting.” Please read the work they have published to get a sense of what they like. Details here.

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.

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.