Monocle is “an independent voice on global affairs, business, design, culture and much more.” They’re looking for pitches:

“Monocle.com is looking for global stories on international affairs, urbanism, entrepreneurship, culture, design, fashion and hospitality. Our tone is considered and solution-oriented: we’re interested in benchmarks, best practices and stories that resonate beyond the place they’re reported.”

They pay £0.50 per word for digital stories. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and their pitching guide.

Business Insider’s deputy editor is looking for pitches on the topic of Claude and parenting:

“Some angles I'm actively thinking about:

The soccer practice/swim meet problem — is it OK to be heads-down on Claude when your kid's on the field?

Parents who say Claude has genuinely made them more present (because they get work done faster) — is that real?

How kids are internalizing what they see parents do with AI — and what it's teaching them about work, attention, and what adults actually do all day.”

This editor hasn’t mentioned the rates but according to their lifestyle and entertainment editor, rates begin at $240 for 600 words. If interested, direct your pitches to cpreti@insider.com. For details, refer to this post.

Business Insider’s deputy editor is seeking stories related to the World Cup:

“I'm looking for stories related to the World Cup. And I don't mean ‘here's a travel guide to the host cities.’

I'm Argentine. This isn't just a sporting event for me — it's the moment I wait for patiently (or not so) for four years. I watch all the games, and I'm basically nonexistent to my family when Argentina plays.

I want the messier, realer, more surprising stuff. Like — who is actually making money off this thing? And who is completely losing their mind spending it?

Some angles I'm actively thinking about:

- I spent $10,000 following my team to the World Cup — here's exactly where the money went. The flights, the tickets, the jerseys, the regrettable decisions at 2 am. All of it.

- The host city wars — LA vs Boston, Miami vs New York. Which cities are actually ready for this? Which ones are more affordable? And honestly, which ones are more fun?

- The Airbnb hosts making thousands during the World Cup — what does it actually look like to cash in on the biggest sporting event on the planet?”

This editor hasn’t mentioned the rates but according to their lifestyle and entertainment editor, rates begin at $240 for 600 words. If interested, send your pitches to cpreti@insider.com. To learn more, refer to this post.

The Republic is “the essential guide to the ideas, trends, people and stories shaping Nigeria and the broader African continent.” They’re seeking pitches for The Republic V10, N3: The Social Life of Money. They’re looking for “pitches for deeply reported, character-driven and intellectually ambitious stories exploring how Nigerians and Africans earn, imagine, circulate, lose and survive money.” They’re accepting “longform features, narrative essays, investigations, historical essays, photojournalism, and multi-format storytelling.” Rate is $150 to $350 per story. To learn more, refer to their post and submissions page.

Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their associate lifestyle & entertainment editor is looking to commission some lifestyle stories.

See below for some topics they’re seeking right now:

-“ The struggles and surprises of Gen-Z postgrad life”

- “Traveling with older relatives: Practical tips, unique adventures, why you would/wouldn’t do it again”

- “First-person experientials about Amtrak train rides, moving from one coast to another, living off the grid, or downsizing”

- “Hobbies after the 9-to-5 that help create work-life balance”

- “Hidden gems from a local/frequent traveler”

Rates begin at $240 for 600 words. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and pitch form.

The Objective is a nonprofit newsroom that publishes articles on communities journalism in the United States has typically ignored. They’re looking for pitches for their upcoming magazine: Since 2020. They want pitches on stories about post-2020 shifts: “diversity in newsrooms and media, how standards have or haven't changed after promises to shift anti-Blackness and move toward equity, and availability or lack thereof in funding for certain beats.” They’re “especially interested in commissioning stories from reporters of marginalized backgrounds, and organizers who are adjacent to and have been affected by journalism in the communities they’re in.”

They’re seeking primarily reported news stories between 800 and 1,200 words. They pay $0.50 per word. To learn more, refer to their post and pitch call.

The Stacks is “a blog for writing on unconventional games and software, their surrounding material, and the ongoing process of documenting history.” They’re open for pitches and paid writing. They’re seeking “writing on obscure games history, art history, sex/gender, and more.” Rates are $50 CAD for shorter essays/articles of approximately 600-1,000 words and up to $150 CAD for larger scale research essays/articles/projects of approximately 2,000 words or more. Rates are higher for very large research essays/articles/projects of approximately 5,000 words or more. If interested, send your pitches to contact@thestacks.ca. To learn more, refer to this post and their submissions page.

Islamic Horizons is the flagship publication of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). Their assistant editor is accepting article pitches about what it means to be a Muslim American in 2026. Their rate is $0.30 per word. If interested, send your pitches to bareerah.zafar@isna.net. To learn more, refer to their assistant editor’s post and their website.

Anime Herald is a website that offers news, reviews, interviews, and commentary on anime and anime fandom. They’re always seeking pitches for the AH web publication. They pay $55 per article (1,000 to 2,000 words). To learn more, refer to their editor-in-chief’s post, their pitch form, and their contributor guidelines.

PRB+ Magazine is “the publication of choice for parks, recreation, and camp professionals.” They’re looking for stories:

“CALL FOR STORIES -- It's not even Memorial Day yet, but we're hard at work on our October issue!

Our most urgent need: long-form stories (up to 2500 words) about sustainability for our bimonthly supplement.

Other needs: stories about stadiums, outdoor facilities, and surfacing. If you have a bold new project in the works, tell us about it.”

They offer $400 for 1,200 words. Their per-issue freelance budget is small; most of the stories are submitted by professionals in the field. Read their post here, submit your materials here, and view fuller issue details here.

Briarpatch is a Canadian magazine of politics and culture. They’re accepting pitches for the labour issue:

“Every year, Briarpatch publishes an issue devoted to reporting stories about the labour movement in Canada.

We are looking for articles, investigative reporting, historical analysis, photo essays, timelines, personal essays, reviews, profiles, reading lists, comics, and art.

Topics include but are not limited to International workers’ solidarity; The role of unions in decolonial struggle; Labour and abolition; Queerness and labour; Working class art and culture; Reproductive labour; The future of labour organizing in Canada and much more.”

Their rates are $150 for profiles, short essays, reviews, and parting shots (typically 1,500 words or less); $250 for feature stories (usually 1,500 to 2,000 words) and photo essays; and $350 for research-based articles and investigative reporting (usually 2,000 to 2,500 words).

If interested, email your pitches to pitch@briarpatchmagazine.com. For details, refer to their post and call for pitches.

RUNHER is “a space for narrative, longform storytelling around female, trans, and nonbinary athletes.” They’re seeking pitches for Issue 005. Their editor-in-chief posted this on LinkedIn:

“RUNHER Magazine is looking for pitches for Issue 005! Think: ambitious, impactful stories that explore provocative ideas and big questions women face in the running space.

A couple topics we're interested in for the future: field sports; adaptive running; safety issues in women’s running (harassment, bullying); the business and financial side of women’s running; the politics of women’s and non-binary running; issues plus-size runners face in the sport (especially in terms of gear); extreme racing; original photo features; and more (please do not feel limited to these topics!).”

Their features typically range from 1,000 to 3,000 words and pay $0.50 to $1.00 per word. To learn more, refer to their editor-in-chief’s post and their pitch guidelines.

Next City is a nonprofit news organization that covers urban policy, planning, transportation, and design. Their mission is to “help equip city builders in their work of transforming cities.” Their writing and reporting is characterized by these four major pillars:

1. A solutions-based approach

2. A focus on the local

3. An equity angle

4. A focus on practical implementation

They’re currently especially interested in the following topics:

- “Strategies for U.S. local governments, nonprofits, and service providers to mitigate the impacts of federal retreat and reprioritization – especially successful case studies”

- “Strategies for U.S. cities and communities seeking to protect residents against ICE enforcement”

- “Local and regional responses to AI and data centers”

- “Innovations in transportation and mobility solutions”

- “Indigenous-led development in the U.S. and Canada”

Their typical flat rate is $500 for reported news stories.

They’re always accepting op-ed and commentary pieces from practitioners, researchers, experts, and thought leaders in the fields they cover. They typically offer an honorarium of $100 to $200 for op-eds.

For more details, refer to this page.

SEXTECHGUIDE is “an independent publication that looks at the intersection between sex and technology in a non-explicit, as close to a 'safe for work' way as possible.” They’re commissioning new voices:

“We’re seeking freelance writers who can produce high-quality and informative articles on a wide range of topics related to sex and technology, including device, site and service reviews.

I’m particularly keen to hear from writers with a strong sense of timely, newsworthy angles, as well as reviewers with firsthand experience, including active online models.”

Features and reviews begin at £200 for standard pieces of around 1,000 to 1,500 words. Longer or more research-intensive articles are negotiated on a per-piece basis. If interested, send your pitches to jenna@sextechguide.com. To learn more, refer to this post and their ‘about’ page.

The Morning Intelligence is “a daily briefing telling the UK's AI story.” They’re looking for “exclusive news stories, sharp analysis or strong takes (backed up by data) which tell us about AI’s development in the UK.”

Areas of coverage are:

- “The AI infrastructure buildout”

- “Government tech policy development (and adjacent policies like energy, planning, regulation, finance)”

- “The politics, geopolitics and regulations impacting AI”

- “Stories about AI skills, safety, adoption, talent, competition and copyright”

- “Interviews with leading founders, investors and thinkers”

- “Write-ups from interesting events”

Rate is £250 for approximately 700 words. If interested, email your pitches to editor@themorningintelligence.uk. To learn more, refer to their founder and editor’s post.

Nonprofit Quarterly has issued a pitch call; “NPQ is calling on writers, historians, artists, and nonprofit workers to contribute to #WeTheCivic: America 250—a collective editorial series dedicated to interrupting "official" whitewashed 250-year "official narratives" and uplift the people who actually built American democracy: multiracial nonprofit workers, organizations, and movements. Your piece could recover a forgotten nonprofit organizer, movement moment, policy fight, or a community institution that never made the official history. Essays. Reported pieces. Personal Testimony. Art.” According to their general pitch guide, NPQ pays $300-500 for articles. See the detailed pitch call here and their general pitch guide is here.

The Atavist welcomes pitches from all over the world. They publish “one incredible true story every month. We specialize in longform narratives, the kind you want to read to the very last word.” You can read more about them here.
A pitch call from the magazine says, “We haven't done a wide call for pitches in a while. So here we are, calling!
Submissions info at this link: magazine.atavist.com/submissions
A flavor of our stories here: magazine.atavist.com/archive” They have detailed guidelines, including, “Atavist stories can be historical or current; they can be about crime or science, adventure or romance; they can be rooted in investigative reporting or in first-person experiences. What unites them is their narrative approach—our stories are plot- and character-driven, cinematic, the kind of yarns you don’t want to stop reading because you can’t wait to see what happens next.” And, “We’re looking for stories that need to be longer than a typical magazine feature, anywhere from 8,000 to 30,000 words. Payment rates vary by project. We offer a story fee plus, if applicable, a budget for expenses. Our baseline story fee is $6,000.” They also published Revived stories, a format in which they work with writers to publish previously published articles that can no longer be found online, and pay $2,500 for those. See the pitch call here and their detailed pitch guide is here.

They accept investigative journalism pitches from reporters in the United States. They also accept pitches from outside the US, but your pitch must have a clear and direct US tie-in. They are specially interested in pitches on these topics:
- The erosion of rights
- Political influence and corporate malfeasance
- Climate change and environmental justice
“Once a story is commissioned, we work with reporters throughout the editorial process, from refining the investigative target to guiding the reporting to helping to secure placement with a partner outlet. We then jointly oversee each project with the publishing partner, editing drafts and vetting findings.” Features are typicallybetween 3,000 and 5,000 words, though they do publish shorter and longer articles. Typical budgets range from $3,000 to $6,000including travel and other reporting expenses, as well as the reporting fee. And, “When stories are published, we expect partner outlets to pay reporters their normal article fee as well.” See their guidelines here.

Planetside is the nonfiction magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), and publish work on topics that might be of interest to creators of science fiction and fantasy (SFF) throughout the globe. They’re currently looking for pitches (not submissions) on four themes:
- Perspectives in Translation
- Writing by Other Means
- Writing from Science
- Writing from History.
They pay $0.10/word for works of 800-1,000 words. Do not send fiction or poetry. A detailed description of the themes, as well as their general guidelines, are here and pitching is via a form.

An editor is looking for aviation-related pitches for Business Insider. “I’m looking to commission some strong airline/aviation stories
I’m especially interested in pitches about the customer experience, including airline reviews, points, lounges, premium cabins, and broader consumer trends. For those with a well-reported idea or interesting angle, feel free to send me a pitch. See the pitch call here.

An editor at Business Insider has issued a pitch call: “Many families, like mine, are dealing with balancing childcare and elder care. Both daycares and assisted living facilities are incredibly expensive. The balancing act is fragile, exhausting, and often heartbreaking. Read more on Business Insider, and if you have ideas related to long-term care or dementia care, email me pitches”. See the pitch call here.

Greater Good’s mission is “to translate the science of well-being into actionable insights, stories and tools for a more meaningful life and a more connected, compassionate world.” They are looking for pitches ”tied to upcoming holidays: Father’s Day, Juneteenth, July 4, and more. We're looking for research-grounded reported articles or personal essays tied to a pro-social value such as love, community, connection, gratitude, or resilience. In particular, I'd love an essay from a father who doesn’t live with his children. Pay starts at 25 cents / word or $300 for a personal essay. Preference given to pitches that reference specific, recent research studies or papers.” See the editor’s pitch call here, their general pitch guide here. Pitching is via a form.

Rock Paper Shotgun is a UK-based outlet about PC gaming. It “aims to cover everything from the latest breaking stories about the biggest releases to esoterica from the format’s most obscure peninsulas. Our philosophy is that AAA and indie are just as likely to produce fascinating games worthy of our time and coverage, and give all extremes equal prominence.” You can read about them here. Their hardware editor has issued a pitch call: “Any freelance writers who've got/are getting hold of a Steam Controller, I might have some paid work for ya.
And I'm still always looking for interesting hardware feature pitches!” And according to their general pitch guide, they’re looking for these types of articles currently: In-depth and expert coverage on big games; Interview-led features; and Hardware features. They pay £125 to £250, according to their pitch guide. See the editor’s pitch call / thread here and their pitch guide is here.

An editor for Business Insider has issued a call for pitches. “I'm looking to commission some new stories for BI! See below for some topics I'm looking for right now.
- Travel mistakes with service-oriented takeaways 
- Unique ways you’re making or saving money 
- First-person experientials about ferry/train rides, flight upgrades, and cruises 
- Testing out multiple cities to live in before settling down
Rates start at $240 for 600 words”. Pitching is via a form for this call. See the pitch call here.

Reactor Magazine has issued a pitch call. “Are you passionate about SF, fantasy, and pop culture? Our Managing Editor is looking for original essay pitches: author appreciations, scholarly analysis of all aspects of pop culture, critical and personal essays, think pieces, literary analysis and deep dives into film, television, and fiction
Reactor is open to opinion pieces, celebrations and analyses of favorite characters or tropes, formative reading experiences, and critical or nostalgic essays about the books, films, & TV shows that shaped your life.” See the pitch call/thread here and their pitch guide for non-fiction is here. Do not send fiction or poetry.

An editor for Works in Progress has said that they are commissioning pieces on science and global health. They have several specific topics they want pitches on, including, but not limited to,
- How to make an anti-addiction drug;
- The long wait for RNAi crops;
- The brain’s locked door;
- The invention of super glue;
- How the World Bank prevented a famine; and more. They have details on each theme. See the editor’s pitch call here. Apart from science and global health, they have other topics listed in their pitch guide as well, including, Did Prohibition work?; and The spread of tipping. And, “Here is another list of articles we would like to publish… The list below (see guidelines) is a sample of topics. We also want to broaden the types of pieces we publish. The historical case study has become our staple, and we’ll keep running them. But some of our best early work took other forms, like Stephan Guyenet’s 2021 feature on semaglutide, or Keller Scholl’s diary of a Zika vaccine trial. We’d like to do more pieces like those: more narrative journalism, more diaries, and more reporting. If you have an alternative format in mind, please pitch it.” Details here and here.

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They’re seeking pitches for their upcoming print issue: The Impossible Issue.  

“The idea is to focus on some of the biggest goals and promises of our age and look at the hurdles that still remain. Think fusion. Room-temperature superconductors. Living to 150. Completely eliminating car accidents.”

“We’re looking for big swings: narrative features, essential profiles, and sharp reported essays to go in the feature well of the magazine. The initial deadline for pitches is Friday May 22.”

Rates are $1-$2 per word. Details here and here.

Women With Disabilities ACT is a systemic advocacy and peer support organization in ACT region, Australia. They’re accepting submissions for the second issue of their yearly magazine, Chronic Mischief, as part of the ‘Our Autonomy’ Project. They’re inviting both new and experienced writers and artists to contribute. They’re looking for “unpublished work by women, non-binary, and gender diverse people with disabilities, with a strong focus on entries from people living in the Canberra region and surrounds.” They will pay an honorarium of $100 to contributors. For more information, refer to their post and submission guidelines.

Tolka is “a biannual literary journal of non-fiction: publishing essays, reportage, travel writing, auto-fiction, individual stories and the writing that flows in between.” They’re open for submissions. They publish work by both Irish and international writers. Their guideline word count for work is 1,000 to 3,000 words. They offer a flat fee of ‎‎€600. To learn more, refer to their post and submission page.

Exhume is “a new online publication championing scholarly-informed, accessible long-form criticism and analysis of Australian literature written by new and emerging researchers.” They publish contributions of 3,000 to 4,000 words by current HDR students and ECRs from across Australia and are particularly interested in highlighting regional perspectives. They’re currently accepting pitches for Issue 2. The theme is resonance. They encourage “contributions to consider how Australian texts or authors resonate on a personal, public, and/or academic level.” Pay is $300 per piece. If interested, send your pitches to exhume.lit@gmail.com. To learn more, refer to their call for submissions.

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.