Kentucky Folklife Digital Magazine publishes folklife stories from Kentucky. They pay $200. Deadline is September 13, 2026. Pitch via the form on their website. To learn more, refer to their pitching guidelines.

The North-Eastern covers Tamil North-East Sri Lanka and diaspora life. Pay is $100 for op-eds, essays, features, investigative work, and interviews, and $50 for reviews and poetry. Next-issue consideration is September 15, 2026. Pitch via their website. To learn more, refer to their pitching guidelines.

Off-Field wants ground-reported longreads on niche sport subcultures (2,500+ words) plus photo essays. Print longreads pay £500; photography from £500. Volume #2 pitches close October 23, 2026. Pitch via their website. To learn more, refer to their pitching guidelines.

Dialogue Earth wants photo-first features on the human side of Africa’s solar boom. Pay is $1,800 for the package. Pitch deadline is September 13, 2026. Pitch via the form on their website. To learn more, refer to their pitching guidelines.

MinneCulture is KFAI’s Minnesota arts-and-culture podcast. They're seeking Minnesota-based producers for season 11 stories about Minnesota art, culture, and history. Episode fee is $2,200 (12–20 minutes); In-Depth documentary fee is $3,700 (30–60 minutes). Deadline is September 11, 2026. Pitch via their website. To learn more, refer to their pitching guidelines.

Afar is a travel magazine and site that favors immersive, place-and-people storytelling over aspirational lifestyle fluff. They are open for Spring 2027 print pitches from September 1–September 30, 2026. Rubrics include Workshop, Connect, Good Trips, Feast, Senses of Place, One Great Block, Behind the Scenes, packages/roundups, and features. Stated print fees include Connect at $3,000 (1,500 words), Workshop/Good Trips/Feast at $2,000–$3,000, shorter front-of-book columns at $300–$400, and packages at $1,100–$3,000; print features typically start at $1/word, and digital work starts at $0.50/word. Submit print pitches via the form on their guidelines page; digital beat editors are listed there. To learn more, refer to their pitch guidelines.

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 an upcoming issue. The theme of the issue is Fringe. They’re seeking “feature-length stories along that theme—stories about disruption, taboos, what’s happening at the margins, and the people and ideas driving for change from the outside in.” They pay $1-$2 per word. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and this page.                 

These can be for six months (paying $20,000) or 12 months (paying $40,000) for in-depth written reporting. “Reporting projects must be for print/online publication (i.e., written projects), and they must be U.S. focused. Fellows aren’t required to live in the U.S., but the reporting project must be focused on the U.S., for publication in U.S. outlets.
Reporting projects should be in-depth and investigative in nature, and can cover any topic of public interest.” They also say, “Freelancers are strongly encouraged to apply for the fellowship. Applicants who are on staff full-time at media outlets may apply, if they intend to take a leave from their job for the fellowship.”
Value: $20,000-40,000
Deadline: 1 October 2026
Open for: Journalists writing for US publications
Details here – see the relevant category
(They have other opportunities listed as well.

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.

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.

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.