50 Magazines & Blogs that Pay Writers

Dear Writers,

Here is a list of fifty magazines and blogs that pay for the writing they published. For your convenience, I’ve organized the list by category. Included are publishers covering many, many topics, including travel, business, health, video games, and more.

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Lifestyle / Essays

NextTribe is a digital magazine for smart and bold women who want to “age boldly (not oldly).” Their mission is to “offer information and inspiration with a healthy dose of irreverence for women over 45.” They pay $0.25 to $0.50 per word for their feature stories (of 700 to 1,000 words), and $50 for their Hot Flash section’s short articles (of 250 words or less). To learn more, refer to the submission guidelines for feature stories and guidelines for Hot Flash.
Therapeutic Thymes Magazine is a “quarterly print magazine dedicated to promoting a more natural, therapeutic, and sustainable way of life.” They accept articles of 500 to 2,000 words. They pay $50 for articles of 1,000 to 2,000 words with photos. To learn more, visit this page.
OC87 Recovery Diaries is an interactive website which features stories on mental health recovery, empowerment and change. They feature stories that inspire others and generate discussion and awareness. They offer an honorarium of $250 for accepted posts. To learn more, visit this page.
The Smart Set is an online magazine published and supported by the Pennoni Honors College at Drexel University. They cover “culture and ideas, arts and science, global and national affairs.” They publish high quality writing in a broad range of genres which include reportage, personal essays, critical essays, memoirs, travel writing, and stories. Payment reports suggest that they pay up to $0.09 per word. To learn more, visit this page.
Popula is a “news and culture alt-global” publication that runs on Civil (an Ethereum-based publishing platform). They publish essays, stories and comics. According to payment reports, they pay $0.20 per word. To contact them, refer to this page.
Living Whole is a blog focused on healthy living. The author of the blog has Crohn’s disease, which she treated successfully through natural means. They pay $50 per article on topics such as healthy recipes, natural remedies, parenting, pregnancy, trending natural health topics, how to articles, or anything health and wellness. To learn more, read their submission guidelines. Or, visit the website.

News / Journalism

Washingtonian is a general-interest magazine for the DC area. They cover politics, technology, art, entertainment, dining, shopping, health, parenting, and personalities. They publish profiles, true-crime yarns, pieces of narrative journalism, trend pieces, column-length arguments, comprehensive lists, and photo essays. According to payment reports, they pay about $1.00 per word. To learn more, refer to their writers’ guidelines.
Rewire.News is a daily online publication that publishes evidence-based news, commentary, analysis, and investigative reporting on sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice. They “seek pitches for commentaries, analyses, cultural critiques, book reviews, or deeply reported pieces in key areas of reproductive and sexual health, rights, and justice.” Payment reports indicate that they pay up to $0.28 per word. To learn more, read their pitching guidelines.
News Deeply is “an innovative network of theme-driven information and community platforms, convening engaged, knowledgeable and passionate audiences.” They cover the most important and underreported stories of the world. According to payment reports, they pay up to $0.41 per word. To contact them, refer to this page.
The Daily Beast is a news and opinion website dedicated to independent journalism. They focus on politics, power, and pop culture. They reach over 1 million readers a day. According to payment reports, they pay an average of $0.34 per word. To contact them, refer to this page.
GUTS is a Canadian magazine and blog covering Canadian politics and culture, including “long-form journalism, interviews, fiction, and new media that further feminist correspondence, criticism, and community in Canada.” They pay $100 for print pieces, $50 for blog posts. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
Reimagine RP&E is a national journal of environmental and social justice in the United States. They offer reporting, analysis, and research. They focus on “on metropolitan areas (broadly defined) inside the United States, with perhaps a case study or two reflecting best practices internationally.” Payment is $50 to $250. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
Truthout is a nonprofit news organization that provides independent reporting and commentary on social justice issues. For authors not previously published by Truthout, they “suggest opinion submissions be limited to 750 words, news analysis to 1,200 words and straight news stories to 2,000 words.” According to payment reports, they pay $300 per article. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
Hakai Magazine is an online magazine that “explores science, society, and the environment from a coastal perspective.” They are based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The length of stories and commentary in their “news & views” section is 300 to 800 words. While, the length of narratives, essays, profiles, and investigative pieces in their “features” section is 1,000 to 5,000 words. Payment reports indicate that they pay up to $0.60 per word. According to Hakai magazine’s website, they have a “modest travel budget and all expenses must be approved in advance.” To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
Crikey is an Australian news website that covers politics, government, business, technology, media, culture, language, arts, and sports. They publish analysis, reportage and humor writing. The average length of their freelance articles is 700 words. They pay a minimum of $150 per article. To learn more, visit this page.
Food First, which is also known as the Institute for Food and Development Policy, is an Oakland-based “people’s think tank” committed to ending the injustices that cause hunger. They want submissions that “address timely and cutting-edge food and development issues.” They pay $300 for backgrounders (1,800 to 2,000 words), issue briefs (1,800 to 2,000 words), policy briefs (2,000 to 10,000 words), and development reports (over 10,000 words). To learn more, visit this page.
Quillette is a daily online magazine that offers “free thought to readers around the world.” They publish articles on science (mostly psychology and social science), tech, politics, current affairs, culture, art, and history. Payment reports indicate that they pay up to $0.11 per word. For details, refer to this page.

Travel

iExplore is a website about adventure and experiential travel. They have over 1 million unique visitors every month. They are looking for articles of at least 500 words. They pay a standard rate of $50 per article. They may offer higher rates on a case-by-case basis. To learn more, visit this page.
Unearth Women is a print and digital feminist travel magazine. They are looking for “thought-provoking, well-reported journalism as well as personal travel narratives that connect to larger issues or themes.” They pay $75 to $400 per article. To learn more, read their writer’s guidelines.
Travel Fashion Girl is a blog for female travelers. They share packing tips, travel fashion trends, travel outfit ideas, shopping destinations, product reviews, travel stories, and more. They want freelancers to submit a minimum of one article each month, but they are flexible with it. The articles should be at least 500 words long. They pay $0.05 per word. To learn more, refer to this page.
Family Traveller is a U.K.-based media brand that has expanded to the United States. Their website and print magazine offer useful advice to U.S. parents travelling with children. They pay $50 for online pieces of 600 to 2,000 words and 0.25 cents per word for magazine pieces of 50 to 1,200 words. To learn more, read their writers guidelines.
Adventure Cyclist is a bicycle-travel magazine that inspires and empowers people to travel by bicycle. They generally use two types of stories (i.e. feature-length stories and The Final Mile essays) from freelancers. The feature-length stories are about specific areas, whereas The Final Mile essays are “less about locale than about a singular experience while on a bicycle trip.” They generally pay $0.25 to $0.50 per word. To learn more, visit this page.
Theme Park Tourist covers theme parks in Orlando, Florida, and around the world. They accept applications to become a regular contributor. Payment is $50 per article, plus potential bonuses. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.

Education

WeAreTeachers is an online media brand for educators. They welcome submissions on a wide range of topics related to teacher life and education. Before submitting, they recommend reviewing their blog to understand their style, format, and tone. Most of their blog posts are 500 to 700 words long. If they publish the submission, they pay an honorarium of $100. To learn more, visit this page.
Practical Homeschooling Magazine is a print and digital magazine that features the latest educational trends, useful how-tos and practical answers to the toughest homeschooling questions. They are looking for “practical articles (with resource lists and, ideally, photos) that explain how to meet some homeschool challenge or how to venture forth in to some new area.” They pay $50 per article. To learn more, read their writer’s guidelines.
Today’s Catholic Teacher is a nationally circulated print publication for teachers and administrators in Catholic schools. It is published four times a year. They give preference to content that is directed towards teachers in grades 4 through 8. They pay $300 for features of about 1,500 words. To learn more, read their writer’s guidelines.

Culture / Philosophy / Entertainment

Deorbital is a “videogame-aligned journal for insightful articles on games, culture, and society.” They prioritize writing from marginalized voices and young writers. They want articles of 1,000 to 1,500 words. They pay $200 per article. For details, read their pitch guidelines.
Crooked Marquee is a movie website. They entertain, inform, and empower their readers by providing them with amusing insights and unique perspectives regarding the industry. They want writers who are based in the U.S. and have a U.S. bank account. Their pay starts at $50 per piece. To learn more, read their writers guidelines.
The Objective Standard (TOS) is the “preeminent source for commentary from an Objectivist perspective, Objectivism being Ayn Rand’s philosophy of reason, egoism, and capitalism.” Ayn Rand was a Russian-American novelist and philosopher. They pay 15 cents per word for articles and reviews, and 10 cents per word for interviews. To learn more, read their writer’s guidelines.
Dazed is a British style magazine and an online platform that covers music, film, TV, fashion, art, culture, photography, politics, science, and technology. Payment reports indicate that they pay an average of $0.11 per word. To contact them, refer to this page.
Urban Flaiire is a website that reviews music, particularly Hip-Hop, RnB, Eclectic, Chill Wave, Pop, Urban. They pay 20 cents per word for reviews of singles, LPs, etc. Most reviews are 150 to 600 words. To learn more, read their freelancer guidelines.
In the In-Between (In-B) is “an independent photo-arts journal that acts as a platform of support and critical examination of contemporary photographic authorship.” They welcome proposals from independent arts writers and organization affiliates. They pay $80 for essays and artist profiles (1,500 to 5,000 words), $50 for interviews (1,000 to 3,000 words), and $30 for book and exhibition reviews (500 to 1,000 words). To learn more, refer to this page.

Business / Jobs / Media

Mediabistro is a website that provides job, training, and career resources for media professionals. They want stories that will inspire the careers of their readers, help them land jobs or develop expertise. They pay $75 to $150 per post. For details, refer to this page.
Income School is a website that teaches people how to create profitable niche websites and take control of their income. They are looking for contributors who can write 2 to 4 articles per month. They will come up with a headline and an outline for the articles that they want written. For most of the articles, they target the word count of 2,500 words. They pay 2 cents per word which comes out to approximately $50 per article. For details, refer to this page.
Craft Your Content provides “editing and proofreading services to authors and entrepreneurial writers who want to rise above the noise and publish excellent written material.” They are looking for writers who have “something brilliant to say about writing and entrepreneurship.” They pay $75 to $150 per article, depending on its length, topic, and quality. To learn more, visit this page.
Quill Blog is a blog by Quill Corporation (an office supplies retailer). They offer tips and tricks on work-life balance, office issues, career advancement, meal plans, and more. They pay $50 for 300 to 500 words tutorials that focus on resolving common office issues, $100 for 500 to 1,000 words tutorials that deal with issues that demand more guidance and clarity, and $150 for 1,000+ words tutorials that answer complicated problems with a number of solution paths. To learn more, visit this page.
Income Voice publishes case studies about website owners who have built income with their websites, as well as how-to methods for making money online. They’re focused on affiliate marketing, Adsense, Youtube, Amazon, etc. They generally pay $50 to $100 per article. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.

Technology

GitLab is “an open core company which develops software for the software development lifecycle used by more than 100,000 organizations.” They are looking for high-quality tutorials and stories for their blog. They pay up to $200 per post. To learn more, visit this page.
NetAdminTools.com strives to “work with software and technology companies to provide up-to-date product release information as well as conveying the most accurate information for their current release possible.” They are looking for IT professionals, engineers, administrators, and even students to write articles, tutorials, reviews, and guides about the IT world. They pay $50 to $200 per piece. To learn more, refer to this page.
ERPNext is an open-source ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software developed by Frappe Technologies Private Limited (an internet company based out of Mumbai, India). They want contributors to write an article on a topic of their own choice or pick a topic from a list given on their website. They pay $75 per article. To learn more, refer to this page.
Postmark blog is a blog by Postmark (a transactional email service). They want “tutorials that cover broad topics related to transactional email such as delivery, reputation, design, tools, and testing, as well as tutorials for using Postmark with specific languages and systems such as Python, Rails, Laravel, Node, and so on.” They pay $200 to $300 per tutorial, depending on its complexity. To learn more, visit this page.
Dataquest blog features tutorials and articles on data science, data engineering, and data analysis. They have a monthly readership of over 100,000. They pay $200 for technical blog posts and $100 for non-technical blog posts. To learn more, refer to this page.

Regional

Murray Life Magazine is a general features magazine that is committed to the people and the community of Murray, Kentucky. They have a circulation of 3,500. They work heavily with previously unpublished authors. They are looking for nonfiction articles on events, personalities, local histories, or institutions. They pay $35 to $50 per article and $15 to $25 per photo or other art. To learn more, read their writer’s guidelines.
The Phoenix Spirit is a “bi-monthly publication for people actively working on their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being.” They prefer articles of 800 to 1,500 words. They pay $35 per article and $100 to $150 per lead article. They pay a kill fee of 1 cent per word. For details, read their writer’s guidelines.
California Health Report is a news site that covers health and health policy in California, with an emphasis on the disadvantaged communities and populations. Most of their stories are assigned at 1,000 words. They pay 0.75 cents per word. They pay a kill fee of $150. To learn more, read their writer’s guidelines.

Misc / Hobbies / Fun

Your Wardrobe Unlock’d is a website focused on period costume making. They are “looking for articles that will inspire people to start sewing today, help them with any problems and give them lots of lovely ideas.” They pay UK£100 per article. For details, refer to this page.
PT Progress is a Physical Therapy blog for students and physical therapists. Some of the most in-demand articles on their blog are related to: “specific injury treatment ideas, career advice, clinical insights, health prevention, and even health product reviews.” The average word count of their articles is 1,200 words. They pay $60 per article. To learn more, refer to this page.
EMS Wire provides the latest news about the EMS (Emergency Medical Services) industry. It was commissioned by the CEO of EMS University. They are looking for articles, exclusives, news stories, and other content regarding the EMS/Fire industry. They expect the articles to be 150 to 500 words long. They pay $0.05 to $0.30 per word. For details, read their writer guidelines.
Arseh Sevom (Third Sphere) is a non-governmental organization established in 2010 in Amsterdam, to promote democracy, human rights and civil society in Iran. They pay $60 for articles published on their website, in Persian or English. They promote the advancement of people with diverse beliefs and backgrounds. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
WhatIsEpigenetics.com is a “New York-based blog and news aggregator for epigenetics-related subjects.” They highlight epigenetic research and lifestyle. They are looking for interesting pieces on epigenetics. They pay new authors $50 for their first article. To learn more, refer to this page.

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