Crafted For All

Crafted For All is “a professional development platform that fosters inclusive, equitable, and just spaces and experiences in the craft beverage sector.” They’re seeking writers: “We’re looking for thinkers and advocates who can educate, inspire, and challenge our community in ways that support our vision of an equitable and just craft beverage industry.” Rate is $200 to $500 per piece. To learn more, refer to this page.

Layered Butter

Layered Butter is a magazine about “art, design and the movies.” They build each issue of the magazine around a particular abstract theme/genre/director/actor, and open up the submission process 2 to 3 months before the submission deadline. They also accept off-theme pitches and submissions. According to their submissions page, they don’t want reviews of movies, clickbait listicles, contrarian hot takes, and previously published works. They’re open to “other aspects of formal analysis and cultural criticism, interviews, essays, etc.” Their essays and criticism works are usually between 1,000 and 2,000 words. Rates are $100-$500. To learn more, refer to their submissions page.

Task & Purpose

Task & Purpose is an online news and culture publication for the next generation of American veterans. They are always seeking “stories on combat and what happens after, deep dives into the scourge of military sexual assault, or explainers on why the military is seeing an exodus of experienced military pilots.” They are also always looking for first-hand accounts and essays. They generally pay $500 per piece. To learn more, refer to this page.

Voices of Disability Economic Justice Project

Voices of Disability Economic Justice Project is a commentary series by The Century Foundation’s Disability Economic Justice Team. The series discusses the economic disparities experienced by disabled people. They are seeking op-ed style pieces and personal narratives (around 750 words) by writers who identify as disabled. They pay $500 per published piece. If interested, send your pitches to voicesofdej@tcf.org. For details, refer to this page.

The Blacklight

The Blacklight is the New York Amsterdam News’ investigative unit. They are seeking experienced freelance journalists. They primarily work with freelance journalists based in the New York City area but are also open to working with those based outside the region. They pay $250+ for fact checks (500 to 1,000 words, 1 to 2 interviews); $1/word for medium length articles (800 to 1,500 words, 2 to 4 interviews); $2/word or a flat commission fee for long form articles (1,500+ words, 4+ interviews); and $250 to $500+ for data visualizations. For more information, visit this page.

Nexus Media News

Nexus Media News is a nonprofit news service dedicated to climate change. They are always seeking pieces on how communities across the United States are responding to the climate crisis. They are especially interested in solutions-oriented stories centering frontline and BIPOC communities. They pay $500 for reported features (1,000 to 1,200 words) and $350 for single-subject profiles. For details, read their pitch guide.

Orion Magazine

Orion Magazine is a quarterly magazine committed to producing stories that “meet the collective need for emotional, spiritual, and social connections with nature and each other.” According to this Tweet, all of their print essays are paid assignments. Rates start at $500 for the shortest print pieces and increase from there. For more information, read their submission guidelines.

Monarch

Monarch is an online directory that connects therapy seekers to clinicians. They look to create and publish clear, honest, and actionable mental health articles. They have high journalistic standards. They prize science-backed information with a minimum of 1 to 2 quotes from licensed experts as well as references to a minimum of 2 peer-reviewed studies. They pay a flat rate of $500 per article (1,000 to 3,000 words). As their parent company is US-based, to get paid you should either live in the US or have a US bank account and tax ID. For details, refer to this page, and their writers’ guidelines.

Health.com

Health.com is a source for information on fitness, nutrition, beauty, wellness, and lifestyle. The majority of their readers are female. They accept pitches for: personal essays with reporting; explainers; reports/trend pieces; topical service (service content related to current events); as told to (one-on-one interview narrative); social trends; and product reviews. Rates are $200-$1,000 for personal essays and topical service; $250-$1,000 for reports/trend pieces; $200-$500 for explainers, as told to, and social trends; and $150 to $300 for product reviews. For details, read their pitch guide.

Futurism

Futurism is a digital media platform that covers science, technology, and medicine news that are changing the world. They pay about $200 to $500 per piece. To contact them, refer to this page.