Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their lifestyle/entertainment editor is looking to assign a variety of lifestyle stories. Rates start at $240 for a 600-word piece. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and pitch form.

Engadget, “the definitive, original home of technology reporting on the internet,” is hiring freelance contributing writers who know consumer tech and can turn around fast, clean copy. The role is remote and entry-level, with regular assignments from the news and features desks. Pay is a flat hourly or per-word rate based on experience (amounts are not stated), and training is paid.

To learn more, refer to their hiring announcement and Bluesky post, or visit their website.

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 is Automation. They’re seeking “feature-length stories that align with that very broad theme—narrative features, sharp reported essays, and essential profiles.” They pay $1-$2 per word. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and their pitch guide.

Economic Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP) is a nonprofit organization that produces compelling journalism about income inequality and poverty in America. They’re accepting pitches from freelance journalists covering economic inequality. They’re especially interested in stories about economic precarity during election season, transgender rights and economic inequality in America, and working-class labor stories in Chicago and Southern California. They provide partial grants for news stories, narrative features, personal essays, investigative reports, documentaries, nonfiction comics and illustrated works, photo essays, and audio projects. News stories typically receive $750 to $1,500; narrative features and personal essays pay $0.40 to $1.25 per word, usually capped at $1,500; and investigative reports pay $0.70 to $1.25 per word, usually capped at $1,700. Grants for other formats range from $500 to $5,000, depending on the project. For more information, refer to their post and pitch portal.

The Consensus, a site about software infrastructure for experienced programmers, has raised its contributor rate to $400 per published article, up from $300. According to their contribute page, they’ve “bumped this up thrice since February,” and they can pay writers anywhere in the world that Remote.com supports.

Ideal contributors are experienced programmers (8+ years working on software infrastructure teams, or 3+ years developing software infrastructure products) or graduate students who work with or on software infrastructure. To learn more, refer to their contribute page.

The Stacks, “a blog for writing on unconventional games and software, their surrounding material, and the ongoing process of documenting history,” has raised its rates for guest contributors. According to their submissions page, they now pay:

• $100 CAD for shorter essays or articles of about 600–1,000 words (previously $50 CAD)
• Up to $250 CAD for larger research essays, articles, or projects of about 2,000 words or more (previously $150 CAD)
• Higher rates for very large research projects of about 5,000 words or more

Rates may vary depending on the research and interviews involved. They’re particularly interested in (obscure) videogames history, art history as it relates to videogames or interactive media, archival and library theory, sex, gender, or sexual identity in relation to videogames, and academic perspectives on videogames. They don’t take reviews, listicles, or creative nonfiction. To learn more, refer to their submissions page.

Prism, an independent, nonprofit newsroom led by journalists of color, has switched to a base-rate payment structure for freelance assignments, effective November 1, 2026. According to their pitch guide, base rates are now:

• Investigations: $1,500
• Investigative news stories: $900
• Features: $800
• News stories: $600
• Op-eds, Q&As, explainers, personal essays, and Right to Write pieces: $400

Rates are agreed upon before an assignment begins, and payment is sent within 15 business days of publication. Prism encourages pitches from BIPOC, women, LGBTQIA+ people, and others from historically oppressed communities, covering issues across the U.S., U.S. territories, and wherever the direct consequences of U.S. policy are felt. Pitches now go through their pitch form rather than editors’ emails. To learn more, refer to their pitch guide.

VML is “a global creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce to create connected brands that drive growth.” They’re looking for a Senior XD Copywriter - Freelance. The Senior XD Copywriter - Freelance will be “a natural storyteller who works closely with art directors and strategists to conceive and create concepts for with an eye on the consumer for digital and social channels.” The applicant should have 5 or more years of copy experience. Location: Atlanta, GA, United States & New York, NY. Pay: $70-$85 USD. To learn more, refer to this post and this job description.

Nourishment is “a community & cultural marketing agency that connects youth audiences w/ brands, arts & culture.” They’re partnering with The Photographers' Gallery London and The Afroniche Society CIC to commission 2 emerging writers to produce original editorial pieces inspired by Sanlé Sory: Colour Years:

“The exhibition explores the extraordinary photographic archive of Burkinabè photographer Sanlé Sory, whose work documented youth culture, identity and social transformation in post-independence Burkina Faso.

We're looking for writers interested in exploring themes including cultural memory, nostalgia, identity, youth culture and the relationship between tradition and modernity.”

Applicants must be 18+, have 0-5 years of writing experience, and be UK-based or able to visit the exhibition by November 25. Selected writers will receive a £100 commission for a 750 to 900-word article. 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 looking for submissions for a new project on Disappearances:

“The Contrapuntal Magazine invites journalists, researchers, writers, photographers, and artists to contribute to Disappearances, a new project exploring voices and experiences that are commonly silenced, and the structures and discourses that sustain this silencing.

We welcome critical, people-centred storytelling that challenges dominant narratives and offers nuanced perspectives on realities that are often erased or overlooked.”

They pay €200 for reportage (1,500 to 2,000 words) and €200 for visual essays consisting of 12 to 14 visual outputs, with the final length agreed upon at commissioning. Analytical op-eds of 2,500 to 3,000 words pay €100. Artistic features pay a €50 artist honorarium. Send your submissions to submissions.thecontrapuntal@protonmail.com. To learn more, refer to their managing editor’s post and this page.

Business Insider’s deputy editor of lifestyle and entertainment freelance writers is seeking pitches for Village for Hire series:

“Do you pay for a service that helps you optimize your life, or offer these services to others? Have you set up unique arrangements that make your life or your family's life easier?

I'm looking for more stories like these for my Village for Hire series on Business Insider!

- For years, I paid someone $150 a month to batch-cook meals for my busy family of 4

- We pay $17 an hour for someone to tackle our household to-do list — from meal prep to laundry — while we're at work

- My friends pay me to watch their kids alongside my own. It's a fulfilling way to make $400 a week as a stay-at-home mom.

- I turned 'body doubling' into a side hustle. Sometimes, I'm just watching someone fold their laundry or send texts.”

Rates for these usually begin at $240 for around 600 words. For details, refer to their deputy editor’s post and pitch form.

Western Home Journal is “the luxury mountain home sourcebook for building or remodeling your dream home in the Intermountain West.” Their editor-in-chief is seeking writers in/near or familiar with Jackson, Wyoming or Boise and McCall, Idaho. Rates start at $0.50 per word. If interested, email laurenz@westernhomejournal.com. To learn more, refer to their editor-in-chief’s post and their website.

Contingent Magazine is a history magazine. They’re accepting pitches for their eighth special December issue exploring the intersection of The Simpsons and history. Possible essays can focus on:

- Specific episodes and characters;

- The show’s constantly shifting timeline and flashbacks;

- The writers and animators behind the show;

- The history internal to the world of The Simpsons;

- The series as a primary source for political, cultural, and media history.

They welcome pitches from anyone but prioritize contributors who have completed postgraduate work in history and work outside the tenure-track professoriate. They pay $150 for mini-essays (500 to 1,000 words) and $300 for shorts (1,000 to 2,000 words). For details, refer to this post and this page.

Business Insider covers business, personal finance, tech, lifestyle, politics, and more. Their lifestyle and entertainment editor is seeking real estate-centric pitches:

“For Business Insider, I have a few very specific, real estate-centric pitch calls. I’m looking for writers who have stories about…

- Moving in with roommates in their 40s, 50s, or 60s (for any reason!)

- Temporarily moving to a new city, state, or country with the goal of deciding whether they’d like to live there long-term

- Buying property abroad (whether it worked out or didn’t!)”

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

The Break Down is “dedicated to examining how capitalism has both shaped, and is being reshaped by, accelerating climate and ecological crisis.” They’re open for pitches for ISSUE #5: REPAIR:

“For The BREAK–DOWN Issue #5 we are looking for pitches that examine climate adaptation, intervention and repair.”

“We are interested in argumentative essays, geopolitical or political-economic analysis, reportage, photojournalism and dispatches from around the world. We look for work that troubles the received wisdom and that tells us something new and unexpected about the future we face. We especially welcome pitches from writers based outside the centres of the Global North.”

They pay £650 for written pieces of around 3,000 words. In certain circumstances, they may offer higher rates for on-the-ground reporting where costs are greater. To learn more, refer to this post and this page.

Military Officer Magazine now typically pays $1 per word, paid on acceptance, according to its updated freelancer guidelines. That's up from the 80 cents a word we previously listed.

The magazine is the Military Officers Association of America's monthly publication for commissioned and warrant officers, veterans, retirees, surviving spouses, and families across all eight uniformed services. It covers:

• current military and political affairs
• recent military history, especially Vietnam and Korea
• personal financial planning
• health and fitness
• military family issues
• retirement lifestyles
• travel and general interest

They don't take fiction, poetry, fillers, or reprints. Word counts vary, and they buy first rights, including internet and reprint rights. They prefer an active, nontechnical, upbeat style with direct quotes, following AP style.

To learn more, refer to their editorial information page.

Psyche is “a digital magazine dedicated to helping you know your self and live well.” They’re seeking pitches for Deep Dives for psyche.co:

“We are looking for psychologists, researchers, academics and journalists to pitch into a new section for psyche.co, Deep Dives, on debates, new ideas, and cutting edge topics in psychology.”

If interested, send your pitches to pamela.weintraub@aeon.co. They pay academics and professionals around $750 and working journalists $2,000 for reported essays. To learn more, refer to this post and this page.

HerStry is “a Literary magazine dedicated to empowering women writers from around the world.” They’re looking for pitches:

“HerStry seeks pitches for their AMPLIFY series, in which they 'seek to amplify an unknown or underrepresented woman, woman identifying, or nonbinary person.' The theme for their winter issue is Light.”

Rate is $50. To learn more, refer to this post and this page.

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.

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.

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.