The rise of online publications has grown recently, with more and more publishers working directly with freelance writers to produce quality content.

At Freedom With Writing, we find those publishers, research their payment rates, find their submission guidelines, and share them with our readers every single week.

This week, we’ve found twelve such websites for you, covering a wide variety of topics.

If you’re interested in approaching any of these publishers, and are not confident in your ability to pitch, please read this first.

1. MakeUseOf is a consumer technology website that offers technology tips, tutorials, reviews, and giveaways. They are “looking for long-term freelance relationships with US writers.” They expect at least 8 articles per month. They pay $120 per article (about 1,000 words). To learn more, visit this page.
2. Peril is an Asian Australian online magazine of writing, arts, and culture. They are accepting submissions for their “Edition 39: Testing Times” till 14 October 2019. They “accept contributions of art works, prose, poetry, non-fiction, essays, blog posts with a word limit of 1,000 words (where applicable), a relationship to issues of Asian Australian interest, and a connection to the issue theme.” The writers don’t have to identify as Asian-Australians to contribute, but their contributions should be of Asian-Australian interest. They pay $50 to $100 per piece. Details here.
3. True Crime News Weekly brings to their audience “some of the most enthralling and under-reported true crime news from Australia and around the world.” According to their publisher and editor, they pay about $50 per piece. To contribute, refer to this page.
4. We Love Cats and Kittens is a website for cat lovers. They are looking for cat writers to join their team.  Their current rate for first class writers is $30 per 1,000 words. They want most of their articles to be in-depth with a word count of about 3,000 to 7,500 words, which means that writers can earn $225 or more per article. Details here.
5. Boom California is a peer-reviewed publication by the University of California Press. They focus on the culture of California. They accept scholarly essays (short form: 800 to 2,000 words and long form: 5,000 to 10,000 words), reviews (1,000 to 2,000 words), interviews, portraits (2,000 words), postcards (2,000 words), and photo/art essays (8 to 12 images). According to one payment report, they paid $0.17 per word for a 3,000-word feature. For details, visit this page.
6. The Seattle Globalist is a daily online publication covering the connections between local and global issues in Seattle. They publish stories that center underrepresented communities and/or international viewpoints. Most of their stories are of 500 to 1,200 words. They encourage new writers to pitch. According to one payment report, they paid $50 for a reported story. To pitch a story, refer to this page.
7. Start Earning offers the latest information on flexible working. They are seeking articles on any topic related to earning a flexible income e.g. “stories about portable income sources, advice on travelling and making money, reviews of useful resources and tools, stories about events, and stories about related conferences.” They pay $15 to $100 per article. Details here.
8. Southeast Asia Globe produces in-depth and independent journalism on politics, society, business, and the environment in Southeast Asia. They cover the ASEAN region and Timor Leste, and are seeking features on and from this region. Their rates generally start at $200 for text and $15 to $25 per photo, if it’s taken by the author. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
9. Livability is a website that showcases the best places to live in the United States. Their specialty is small-to-medium sized cities. They are always looking for “ways to showcase cities and help others discover what makes a community a great place to live.” According to their editor-in-chief, their rates start at $150 and go up to about $250 depending on the writer’s experience and the length of the article. To contribute, refer to this page.
10. Toward Freedom is a news and analysis publication that offers a progressive perspective on world events. They are looking for “news and analysis pieces on a wide range of topics, from anti-mining activism in South Africa to struggles in defense of the land in the US; from popular movements in India to feminist revolution in Argentina.” They can pay for shorter, reported pieces (under 1,000 words). They have a larger budget for in-depth pieces (1,500 to 1,000 words). They have a small budget for reviews of books (under 1,000 words) and translations to English. According to this Twitter post, they pay $75 for reviews. Details here.
11. Anime Herald is a website that offers news, reviews, interviews, and commentary on anime and anime fandom. According to their editor-in-chief, they pay $50 per article and $20 per newsdesk post. To contact them, refer to this page.
12. RouterFreak is a website dedicated to network engineers. They are always seeking network engineers who love to write. They want articles of at least 800 words. They pay a minimum of $50 per article. To learn more, refer to this page.