1. Matador Network

An independent online media company based around travel culture worldwide, Matador uses first-person narrative to tell unique and personal stories with a deep sense of place. Matador Network averages over 1.4 million unique monthly visitors, making it the most read independent travel site online.

• Managing Editor: Julie Schwietert Collazo
• Matador Network includes 12 content-specific blogs. Potential contributors are expected to be familiar with the style and content of any blog they’re pitching to
• Contributor guidelines: http://matadornetwork.com/content/contributors/
• Submission form:http://matadornetwork.com/content/contributors/submit/
• Direct queries to the editor of the relevant department: Editorial Team List
• Standard payment for features is $25. Higher fees (typically $40-$60) may be negotiated for special projects or in-depth feature

2. Beta Magazine 

The new print magazine from Matador Network with a circulation of 70,000. “Our mission is to produce the best printed travel magazine on the planet… By ‘travel writing’ we mean non-fiction storytelling or essays that somehow involve or consider motion, journey and/or place.” This print-on-demand magazine is the print platform of MatadorNetwork; however, all content in BETA is original to the print magazine. No service pieces, just straight-up non-fiction narrative that somehow involves or considers motion, journey, and/or place. Be sure to check the editorial calendar for each issue’s themes. The magazine is distributed quarterly.

• Managing Editor: Adam Roy
• List of Departments and Editorial Team List
• Writer’s guidelines: http://matadornetwork.com/betamag/writers-guidelines/
• Stories should be 5-3,500 words. Paste 2-3 paragraphs of your completed story into the body of an email and send to editorial@betamag.net
• Pays 50 cents a word

5. World Hum 

World Hum began in May 2001 with $35. An online magazine focusing “not only on destinations but on the journey, on travel in the broadest sense of the word – to explore how travel changes us, how it changes the way we see the world and how travel itself changes the world.”

• Senior Editor: Eva Holland
• Submissions guide: http://worldhum.com/info/submissions
• Accepts first-person travel narratives; rants or raves about any travel-related subject; “how to” stories about diving into foreign cultures and Q&A’s with travelers, writers and artists
• Send full submission up to 1,500 words or a short pitch as well as a brief bio in the body of an email to dispatches@worldhum.com
• Payment begins at $100 according to this blog

6. Boots n All 

Born in 1998, BootsnAll Travel Network is a community of online resources and travel guides aiming to connect and inspire independent travelers. Reaching over 3.6 million travelers per month, it’s currently based all over the globe, with concentrations of people in the USA, Eastern Europe and Australasia.

• Katie Hammel – katie@bootsnall.com
• How to pitch and submit an article
• Editorial Calender
• Feature Articles ($50/article) – BootsnAll Feature Articles Program
• Expert Travel Articles ($30/article) – BootsnAll Expert Travel Articles Program
• Travel Essays ($20-40/article – BootsnAll Travel Essays Program
• Guest posts (unpaid) – BootsnAll Guest Posts Program
• At least 3-4 images are required with every article

For the rest of the list click here.