I agree with parts of what you wrote (especially the recommendation for my article! ;-)
More seriously, I'd like to give a shout out to the short form publications that are giving interesting prompts (and sometimes feedback) for their writers to be inspired. I find them helpful for my development as a writer.
For example
non fiction
https://medium.com/the-bad-influence/latest
fiction
https://medium.com/microcosm/updated-submission-guidelines-d4a2008092a1