25 Publications that Pay for Writing About Relationships

For those who want to get paid to write about relationships, here’s a list of 25 publications that work with freelance writers and pay for writing about relationships, love, dating, etc.

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1. The Cut publishes stories that address their readers’ lives head-on, with generous wit, honesty, and power. They are in a dynamic conversation with women about the issues that matter to them most — politics, feminism, work, money, relationships, mental health, fashion, and issues relating to equality — and they’re always looking for ideas that add to that conversation. They are looking smart, generous, funny writing for their four verticals: POWER, SELF, STYLE, and CULTURE. According to their guidelines, they pay $500 minimum for essays and columns (1,000–1,500 words) and $600 minimum for features (1,500–2,000) words. To learn more, refer to this page.

2. AFM is the magazine of Feeld, a dating app for the curious; those open to experiencing people and relationships in new ways. They are looking to publish new work from contributors of all kinds—whether that’s essays, art, fiction, poetry, photography, or any medium you can think of. According to their pitch guide, they pay $800USD for fiction, $500USD for poetry, and $1/word for essays, features, profiles, interviews, with a typical word count of 1500-2000 words. To learn more, refer to this page.

3. Verily Magazine is a fashion and lifestyle magazine for women. They offer inspiring and insightful content that inspires women to be their best selves. They cover fashion, beauty, dating, romance, relationships, entertainment, culture, news, health, and lifestyle. According to their pitch guide, their rates start at $100+ for online articles, $200+ for print articles, and $150 for poems in the print magazine. To learn more, refer to this page.

4. Modern Love is a regular column published by the New York Times. They are “interested in receiving deeply personal essays about contemporary relationships, marriage, dating, and parenthood.” They have two submission periods, September through December and March through June. Our previous research indicated pay to be $300 per essay, but current pay rates are not clear. According to a payment report, they pay an average of $0.33 per word. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.

5. Scarleteen is focused on directly providing sex⁠, relationships and bodies information and support for and to young people. They welcome all kinds of voices, and are especially seeking queer⁠ and LGBTQA+ writers. Some of the topics they are interested in are content by and for fat readers, and reads by and for mentally ill people about the interactions between anxiety, depression, and other mental health conditions and sexuality, gender⁠, and relationships. They expect a minimum of 1500 words. According to their pitch guide, they pay $200. To learn more, refer to this page.

6. Sisters From AARP is a weekly newsletter that celebrates Black women. They cover style, health, relationships, culture, work, money, and more. Their articles and essays run between 700 and 1,000 words. According to an old tweet from their contributing editor, they generally pay $500 per post. Current pay rates are not clear. To learn more, refer to their pitch guide.

7. Woman’s Day is a website and a monthly magazine that offers healthy recipes, home decor ideas, and relationship advice to women. Their editors only work with writers with significant national writing experience. According to an old post from their senior digital editor, their rates start at $150 per piece, but current pay rates are not clear. Read their writer’s guidelines here.

8. Greater Good, the online magazine of the Greater Good Science Center, reports on scientific findings into the roots of individual and collective well-being, positive relationships, and compassionate behavior—what they call “the science of a meaningful life.” They are looking for experienced journalists or subject-matter experts, and don’t accept articles on spec, only pitches. According to their pitch guide, their base rate is 25 cents per assigned word. For certain types of pieces, they pay a flat rate: $220 for a research brief; $300 for a Q&A with an interview subject; $200-300 for pieces originally published elsewhere that require revision, and $300 for personal essays. To learn more, refer to this page.