Azure Road is “a digital magazine about conscientious living in travel, food, wine, style, and home.” Their coverage is guided by a set of North Star values, adapted from the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Every destination, brand, or experience they feature is “vetted against at least three values, such as waste management, water management, heritage value, carbon footprint, and community support.”

They’re looking for travel, culinary (food & drink), and lifestyle (home, wellness & beauty, fashion) pieces. Standard digital features and service pieces of 700-1,200 words pay $75-$100, while longform, trend, and analytical features of roughly 900-2,000 words pay $125-$250. Short service and lifestyle pieces of 400-600 words start at $50, though these are often commissioned directly and are not their primary open-pitch category. For details, refer to their pitch guidelines.

Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their associate lifestyle & entertainment editor is looking to assign some lifestyle stories. See below for some topics they’re especially interested in right now:

“- Personal essays about Gen Z and baby boomers together in the workplace

- First-person stories on how you solved a problem with a unique solution (Ex. living with a stranger to afford your dream city, housesitting to figure out where to retire, etc)

- Unique stories about what it’s like living off the grid or in an unconventional space”

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

Resolve is “a digital marketing agency specializing in Digital PR, content, link building, and strategic outreach.” They’re seeking U.S.-based freelance writers with “experience writing for SEO, strong research skills, and the ability to produce engaging, well-structured content across a variety of industries.” Rates are $80, $100, or $150 per article. Most assignments have a 48-hour turnaround. To learn more, refer to this post.

The Sick Times is a site chronicling the Long Covid crisis. They’re seeking pitches for reported news features and essays/commentary pieces. They prioritize pitches from individuals with Long COVID and related diseases. They pay $400 for essays (1,000 to 1,200 words) and $1,300 for news features (1,200 to 1,500 words). For details, click here.

Chisel is “a twice-yearly print magazine and twice-weekly digital newsletter animated by the virtues of beauty, obsession, and play.” They’re actively looking for new contributors for chiselmag.com and are eager to hear pitches for consideration for both their digital edition on Substack and issue 003 of their print magazine. They’re interested in “essays, critical reviews, reported features, and stories that explore themes of beauty, obsession, and play.” Their standard rate is $400 for articles of 1,200 to 1,600 words. To learn more, click here.

Faith Today is “Canada's Christian magazine, the leading national magazine for Canada's estimated four million evangelical Christians.” They’re accepting freelance proposals:

“Faith Today is most interested in freelance proposals for short (350-word) articles in a section called News.Notes.Ideas and 700-word reviews for our Books+Culture section.

We also welcome proposals for journalistic feature articles (800 to 1,800 words) that draw on original interviews to provide analysis and interpretation. We don't publish many feature-length newsmagazine-style reports in print, although we do commission some for our website.”

They pay Cdn$0.30 per word for original personal essays and guest columns and Cdn$0.40 per word for most other interview-based or researched original writing. Books & Culture reviews pay Cdn$125, and online-only blog posts pay Cdn$50. To learn more, refer to their writer guidelines.

Trails is a quarterly, print-only magazine for “the backpacking and trail community.” They cover backpacking and other human or naturally-powered means of sleeping outdoors e.g. bikepacking, canoe camping, and even rafting or mountaineering. They primarily focus on North American destinations. They’re accepting pitches for Issues 17 and 18. The thread for Issue 17 is Variety and, the thread for Issue 18 is Adaptation. Features generally range from 1,000 to 5,000+ words and pay $0.50 to $2 per word. Most shorter rubrics pay around $0.50 per word, while stories for their Hiker Box newsletter pay a flat $75. To learn more, click here.

PROVOKEDmagazine is “a bold, unapologetic digital magazine and newsletter for women 50+ on power, culture, and modern life.” They’re looking for pitches:

“Are you a bold, voicey writer with something provocative to say about being a woman 50+ today? We want fresh, unapologetic ideas that stir the pot, challenge stereotypes, and elevate the conversation for our community of vital, relevant women.”

Rates are $300 to $400 per article. For more information, refer to this page.

OpenMind Magazine is “a digital magazine covering disinformation, controversy, cognitive manipulation, and conspiracy theory in science.” They publish “public service science journalism at the crossroads of culture and politics, addressing areas from biomedicine to neuroscience to technology.” They’re seeking passionate, opinionated, clear-headed writers. They pay journalists a flat fee of $1,500 for reported essays or features of 1,200–2,000 words. Experts and authors receive $500 for opinion pieces, cultural reviews, or essays. To learn more, refer to this page.

Inciter Art is “a writing, co-learning, and resource sharing space for an arts ecosystem with big ideas and bigger questions.” They’re accepting pitches. Their winter open call theme is “tending to the hearth”:

“When the stakes are high and the world is frigid, what are we willing to show up for? Who warms you up, and how do you help stoke their fires? This upcoming season is for generosity, solidarity, and collective investment in the invisible infrastructure behind creative work. The world may be dark and cold, but the work continues. What do we choose to keep alive? The theme for the winter open call is: tending to the hearth.”

The deadline for the themed call is November 2, 2026, while standalone pitches are accepted year-round on a rolling basis. Pay is $750 per piece (750 to 900 words). For details, click here.

Protean is “an independent, ad-free leftist magazine of critical essays, poetry, fiction, and art.” Their new managing editor is accepting pitches. According to their submissions page, they pay a base rate of $400 for print essays and $50 per poem for print poetry. For online work, they pay $300 for criticism, news analysis, reviews, and essays; $200 for interviews; $200 for fiction; and $30 per poem for poetry. Rates are negotiable. If interested, send your pitches to charlotte@proteanmag.com. To learn more, refer to their managing editor’s post and their submissions page.

Ori, a premium print publication for travel aficionados, is accepting pitches from writers and photographers. Writers can pitch departments (300 to 800 words), including Street Sense, Our Words Essay, Their B&B, and Humor, as well as narrative-heavy feature stories (1,000 to 3,000 words). They're also accepting photography pitches for curated travel imagery and photo essays. Rates are $1,000 for print features and $200 for departments/essays. Photography pays $500 for covers, $150 for spreads, $75 for full-page images, $50 for half-page images, and $25 for quarter-page images. Illustration rates vary by scope. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and their pitch guidelines.

The Telegraph is a multimedia news brand that covers news, politics, business, money, tech, sport, culture, travel, and more. The deputy head of a brand new desk at The Telegraph is looking for pitches:

“My name is Alex, I’m the deputy head of a brand new desk at The Telegraph, dedicated to the best personal essays, memoir and human interest stories.

I’m always on the lookout for interesting pitches!

I particularly love family saga stories. People reckoning with long buried secrets. Or the cost of one person’s decision to an entire family….but the brief is wide. I also love confession style pieces / a glimpse inside someone’s love life / pieces that examine modern manners.”

Rate is 40p per word. If interested, send your pitches to alexandra.jones@telegraph.co.uk. To learn more, refer to this post and their website.

Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their lifestyle and entertainment editor is looking to assign some new stories. Here are the topics they’re particularly interested in right now:

“- Essays about living in a multigenerational household or unique living arrangement (think: mother-daughter-style homes, moving into a friend's backyard, moving away from family, living with in-laws, etc)

- Personal essays about things you’ve done to land or keep a job (ie, living in your car to save on rent, supercommuting between cities, living apart from spouse, etc)

- Unique stories about moving to a new city within the US

- First-person stories about your favorite hidden-gem travel destinations in the US

- Unique tips from frequent cruisers”

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

Tasting Table is a food and dining site. They’re looking for Freelance Writers who are passionate about food and can cover topics including cooking tips, wine and spirits, fast food, grocery products, and more. This is a fully remote position offering steady freelance work, with writers able to claim assigned story opportunities as well as pitch their own ideas. Pay is $21-$25 per hour or $0.08-$0.10 per word. To learn more, refer to this post and this page.

Strange Horizons is a weekly science fiction and fantasy magazine. For its annual criticism special, publishing in the last week of January 2027, they're looking for essays, long reviews, and roundtables. Deadlines are negotiable. The call doesn't state pay, but their standing guidelines pay:

• $150 per original essay
• $60 per review of at least 1,000 words
• $20 per roundtable contributor

To learn more, refer to their Bluesky post and nonfiction guidelines.

Europeana is Europe's digital platform for cultural heritage. This year's editorial grants fund untold stories about Black history in Europe, with particular interest in countries other than France, the Netherlands, and the UK. Grants are up to €300 per story. Deadline: Oct 30. To learn more, refer to their open call.

Griffith Review is an Australian literary and current affairs journal for a general readership. For its May 2027 edition, "Under the Influence," they're looking for nonfiction (essay, memoir, or reportage) on what shapes our tastes and convictions, and how to tell guidance from control. Pieces run up to 4,000 words, and pay is AU$0.75 per word, up to AU$3,000. Deadline: Oct 25, 11:59 p.m. AEST. To learn more, refer to their call for pitches.

Canada's National Observer is "connecting the dots between climate, energy and politics in Canada." They're looking for in-depth investigations, scoops, and character-driven stories rather than daily news or event coverage, with particular interest in reporting from Québec, Atlantic Canada, and the North. Stories run about 1,000–2,500 words, and rates start at $0.75 per word. To learn more, refer to their Bluesky thread and pitch guidelines.

Drafting the Past is a multi-platform devoted to nonfiction history books. They’re accepting book reviews: “We’re interested in reviews of individual books as well as review essays that feature two or more related books. We are a platform dedicated to nonfiction history books, and we generally do not review fiction or other subjects. Books published by university presses are welcome and encouraged, but we rarely cover books aimed at a purely academic audience.”

They pay writers $200 for single-book reviews (no longer than 1,000 words), and more for review essays. To learn more, refer to their founding editor’s post and their ‘pitch us’ page.

The Scottish BPOC Writers Network (SBWN) is “an advocacy and professional development group for Scottish and Scotland-based writers and literary professionals who identify as BPOC (Black people, People of Colour).” They’re looking for pitches on the theme of ‘Monstrosity’. They’re seeking pitches about any and all interpretations of this concept. They plan to select 4 guest blog posts: 2 approximately 700-word pieces (or 3 minutes of audio/video) paying £170 each, and 2 approximately 1,050-word pieces (or 4.5 minutes of audio/video) paying £255 each. Writers of all experience levels, including unpublished writers, are welcome to pitch. Applicants must identify as a Black writer or writer of colour based in Scotland and be able to receive payment for freelance work in the UK. To learn more, refer to this post and this page.

Current Affairs is a magazine of political commentary and analysis. They're always looking for pitches. They’re primarily interested in nonfiction articles on politics and culture. They accept a limited amount of fiction and poetry. They welcome book reviews. They’re also seeking what they call “amusements”—ideas for fake ads, scripts for comics, satirical games, etc. They pay $250 for online pieces (1,000 to 6,000 words), $350 for print articles (2,500 to 5,000 words), and $75 for poems. For details, refer to their editor-in-chief’s post and writer’s guide.

The Anchorage Press is Alaska’s only alt-weekly. They cover news, arts, culture, government, politics, and the environment in Anchorage and Alaska. They accept freelance pitches and aim to commission 5 to 7 freelance pieces each month. They’re open to just about anything Alaska-related. Their main areas of focus are arts, culture, government, politics, and the environment. Pieces are typically 700 to 1,200 words, and the rate is $0.50 per word based on the commissioned length. For details, refer to this page.

Resona is a Catholic print magazine from Paloma & Fig that publishes essays, interviews, poetry, and fiction. For Volume II, "The Created Order," they're looking for work on our place in creation, from farming and craftsmanship to ecology, the seasons, and the human body. Pay is $100 per piece of writing plus two contributor copies. The deadline  is November 1st for the theme, though general submissions stay open on a rolling basis. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.

Disability Debrief is “a weekly newsletter that explores the world through a disability lens.” They’re seeking pitches about “How have disability rights changed your life?” Send them a piece of up to 500 words. They will publish their 5 favorite entries. Pay is £100 for published entries. To learn more, refer to this post and this page.

Pit is a magazine about live fire cooking. They’re seeking pitches for The SMELLY Issue. Do you have an idea for a story? Here’s what you need to know:

“- There are some obvious angles here around the smelliest foods and how great they are. If you plan to pitch about one of these foods, please think about the wider story. Look beyond the obvious ‘this food smells and here’s why it’s great’. What’s the bigger picture? We are going to receive a lot of pitches about the same foods. What makes yours different?

- We welcome geeky scientific pitches, but they should come with an injection of fun and readability.

- We like weird ideas. If you think ‘this is a bit out there’ it’s probably worth a conversation. Just get in touch.

- We’d love some wacky first-person narrative pitches about smelly experiences.

- We are open to fiction but not poetry.

- We are also looking for photography pitches, but NOT illustration”

They generally pay writers £150 to £200 per piece (around 1,000 to 2,500 words), photographers £100 to £200 and illustrators £150 (single piece) or £800 to 1000 (whole issue). If interested, send your pitches to hello@pitmagazine.uk. To learn more, refer to this post and this page.

Experience Life is Life Time’s healthy-way-of-life magazine. They’re taking pitches for the July/August 2027 print issue (due November 15, 2026). Who Pays Writers has a 2017 report of $1/word; guidelines don’t list a rate. To learn more, refer to their writer’s guidelines.