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Monday, September 25, 2017

Writer’s Markets - 239 Websites That Pay The Freelance Writers

Writer’s Markets

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This is a directory of paying freelance writer's markets. You can browse the writer's markets by category below or search if you're looking for something specific. All markets included in this directory are paying markets. Payment details are included in summaries where possible.
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1859 Oregon's Magazine
1859 is a regional magazine focused on "how Oregon lives, works and plays." Articles cover topics including regional personalities, the landscapes, history, and architecture of Oregon. Payments run from $.30 - $.50 per word and Web-only contributions are paid at a lower rate.
A List apart
A List Apart publishes feature-length articles for "designers, developers, content strategists, [and] information architects." Articles should be around 1500 - 2000 words. Pay is $200 per article.
AAA Journey Magazine
This bi-monthly magazine covering Washington state and northern Idaho covers lifestyle, travel, and automotive topics. Pay is up to $1.00 per word, and article range from 500 - 1800 words.
AARP The Magazine
AARP The Magazine claims to be the "world's largest circulation magazine." Catering to the over-50 crowd, the magazine accepts freelance submissions in the following categories: finance, health, food, travel, consumerism, general interest, and relationships. Rate of pay is not currently included in their published writers' guidelines.
Abyss & Apex
Abyss & Apex is a "magazine of speculative fiction." They accept submissions quarterly -- normal reading periods are in February, May, August, and November (though they are currently overstocked and the next reading period will be Feb. 2015). They accept flash fiction (fewer than 1251 words) and short fiction (over 1250 words). They pay $.06 per word for up to 1250 words and a $75 flat payment for works longer than that. Payment is 60 days after publication.
ADDitude Magazine
This is a magazine addressing issues related to ADHD. They accept submissions from journalists, mental health professionals, and those with first person stories to share. Payment is on publication and they offer a kill fee.
Adirondack Life
Adirondack Life is a regional magazine serving readers in areas surrounding the Adirondack Mountains. The magazine accepts freelance submissions for the following departments: Special Places, Watercraft, Barkeater, Kitchen, Profile, Historic Preservation, North Country, Sporting Scene, Home, Wilderness, Wildlife, Working, and Yesteryears. At the time of inclusion, Adirondack Life pays $.30 per published word (around 30 days after publication).
Air & Space (Smithsonian)
The Smithsonian's Air & Space Magazine accepts freelance submissions for book reviews and the following departments: Soundings, Above & Beyond, Flights & Fancy, Reviews & Previews, Oldies & Oddities, and feature articles. At the time of inclusion, the magazine pays $1000 - 2500 for feature articles, $150 - 300 for departments in Soundings and Reviews, and $500 - 750 for other departments. The magazine suggests pitching department ideas if you haven't written for the magazine previously.
Alaska Parent
Alaska Parent magazine accepts freelance submissions covering parenting topics such as education, pregnancy and babies, holidays, nutrition, special needs, family travel, and more. They accept both original content and reprints. Pay is generally $75-200 for original articles and $25-40 for reprints.
Albedo
Albedo is an Irish magazine that covers horror, fantasy, and science fiction stories. They are looking for fiction between 2,500 and 8,000 words and they pay 6 euro per 1000 words.

AlphaBetaCommerce.com
AlphaBetaCommerce.com accepts guest contributions related to E-commerce. Examples of topics covered include payment gateways and processing, inventory management/shipping/POS logistics, WooCommerce optimization, and technical e-commerce marketing (SEM, Search, Link Building Authority). Pay is $50 per article (as reported by a site representative at the time of listing).
American Falconry
American Falconry accepts features as well as article series covering topics related to falconry, such as training and equipment. Payment starts at $75.
Analog
This magazine features science fiction stories, art, and poetry as well as some fact based articles. Pay is 7-9 cents for short stories and $525-$675 for stories that range from 7,500 to 10,000 words.
Animal Wellness
Animal Wellness is a publication focused on natural pet care. They accept articles from 500 - 1500 words long. It's a paying publication, but they pay only for contributions where they can obtain unlimited rights.
AOPA Pilots
AOPA Pilots is an aviation magazine accepting freelance submissions for 3 departments as well as features. Their pay rate isn't disclosed in the guidelines, but they are a paying market and they pay on acceptance.
AppStorm
AppStorm accepts online contributions covering popular apps. Pay is "around $60, but varies depending upon the type of article you choose to write."
Asimov's Science Fiction
Asimov's is a magazine for science fiction writers. If you'd like to submit, know that payment begins at $.07 per word for both long and short stories. Poems under 40 lines are also accepted and pay is $1 per line.
Aurealis
Aurealis is an Australian science fiction, horror and fantasy magazine. They look for short stories between 2000 and 8000 words that are preferably tied to Australia in some way. They pay between AUD $20-60 per 1000 words.
Backpacker Magazine
Backpacker magazine pays anywhere from $.40 to more than $1.00 per word for articles, depending on their complexity. Features range from 1500 - 5000 words and departments range from 100 - 1200 words. Topics include things like backpacking destinations, gear, and nature.
Backwoods Home
Backwoods Home Magazine is a how-to magazine focused on readers living in the country. Stories are about topics such as how to build your own home, grow your own food, etc. Pay is $30-200, and writers are paid on acceptance.

Bee Culture is a magazine focused on American beekeeping. Articles can be serious or cover the humorous side of beekeeping and fall in the realm of how-tos, the history of beekeeping, equipment of beekeepers, political effects, gardening with bees, and other related topics. Payments usually range from $150 - $200 for a 1500-2000 word feature.
Belt Magazine is an online magazine focused on "long-form journalism, essay, and commentary with a distinctly Rust Belt sensibility." They pay $50 for essays, $100 for commentaries, and $500 for long-form reporting.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies seeks short stories of up to 10,000 words. They publish "literary adventure fantasy" with second-world settings.
This magazine includes fiction stories with a dark twist. There is a flat rate of $10 for any accepted work which includes stories (50-4000 words), poetry, artwork and photographs.
Better Homes and Gardens accepts queries for the following departments: Food and Nutrition, Home Design, Garden and Outdoor Living, Travel, Environment, Health and Fitness, Features, Education, Parenting, and BH&G Kids. They pay on acceptance and purchase all rights.
Big Fiction Magazine is unique in that it is one of the few magazines that publish long-form fiction. Unsolicited work should be submitted during the open reading period from mid-March to the end of June. They are looking for novelettes(7,500 - 15,000 words) and novellas (15,000 - 30,000 words) that are not genre pieces. There is a $100 flat rate for published pieces.
Bird Talk Magazine accepts 800-2000 word articles (along with color slides, photos, or illustrations). Articles can cover caring for birds, historical and current events involving birds, how-to articles, and photo essays. Pay is$100-200 for short features (less than 1000 words) and $300-400 for longer features between 1500 and 2000 words.
BirdChannel.com accepts contributions from bird experts, breeders, industry professionals, and freelance writers. They accept online articles of 350-700 words and pay varies but typically around $50 per article.
Bitch Magazine describes its content at "feminist response to pop culture." They accept traditional features, shorter features for the book, screen, and music sections, 1000-1500 word front-of-the-book pieces, and shorter Love It / Shove It, or Bitch List submissions. They pay $100 for features, $50 for front-of-book pieces, and $25 for Love It / Shove It contributions.
BlogWritersWanted.com pays $30 for blog posts covering freelance writing or the business of freelancing in general.

Blue Mountain Arts
Blue Mountain Arts seek poetry and other writing for the company's greeting cards. Payment is $300 per poem for exclusive worldwide rights for greeting cards and other products and $50 per poem for one-time use in a book.
Brain, Child
Brain, Child is a literary magazine for mothers, which publishes 20 or more essays per month in print and online. While the magazine is a paying market claiming to offer competitive rates, the exact rates are not disclosed in their guidelines.
British Columbia Magazine
British Columbia Magazine is a Canadian regional magazine covering the province of BC. The magazine works with freelance writers both on spec and on assignment. Freelancers can send queries for the following departments: Due West, Echoes, Destination, Outdoor Advisor, and Wild FilePay is $.50 per word for first worldwide print rights.
Cadet Quest
Cadet Quest is a "Christian-oriented magazine for boys ages 9 - 14." They accept fiction of 1000-1300 words and nonfiction features up to 1500 words. Pay starts at $.05 per word.
Calliope
Calliope is a history magazine for kids 9 to 14 years-old that has a different theme each issue. They accept submissions for featured articles (700-800 words), supplemental nonfiction (300-600 words)and fiction (up to 800 words)which pay $0.20-0.25/word. Activities, puzzles, and games are also accepted but pay varies.
Canadian Gardening
Canadian Gardening magazine targets home gardeners. They publish 200-400 word how-to pieces, reviews, and news items at a rate of $125. They also pay $350+ for feature stories of 500-2000 words. The magazine pays on acceptance.
Canter Magazine
Canter is a quarterly consumer magazine. It targets equestrians and horse enthusiasts, with an audience of mostly females aged 30-50. They mostly want articles that "appeal to a horse person's literary interests," such as "horse-related art and literature, historical, cultural, travel, and collectibles articles, and profiles. Payments for features are $25. Departments receive $10.
Capper's Farmer
Capper's is a bimonthly magazine covering self-sufficiency, rural life, gardening, and urban farming. They only accept queries, not unsolicited manuscripts. Most features and departments fall in the 800-1500 word range. Payments vary per assignment.
Carolina Parent
Carolina Parent is a monthly magazine on parenting for readers in the Carolina region. Features pay $50-75, and reprints pay $25-40. Freelancers should follow AP style guidelines.
Carve
Carve is looking for short stories that demonstrate "emotional jeopardy, soul, and honesty." They pay $20 - 50 per story. While there is no minimum word count requirement the maximum word count is 10,000 words.

Cat Fancy
Cat Fancy accepts queries for features (100-1000 words), departments, and columns. This includes 500-word profiles of people for their Champion of Cats section and 500-word profiles of cats in the Rescue of the Month section. Payments vary depending on the subject and the writer's experience.
Catholic Digest
Catholic Digest is a lifestyle magazine for Catholics. It publishes 9 issues per year. Features of approximately 1500 words cover topics such as marriage, parenting, homemaking, and practical spirituality, and they pay $500 on publication. Last Word essays of 550-700 words also pay $500. Short Open Door first-person pieces pay $100.
Chesapeake Family
Chesapeake Family is a free monthly parenting magazine for parents in the Chesapeake region of Maryland. Columns run at around 750 words and features are around 1000 words. Pay varies from $75-200. And the publication pays around $35 for reprints.
Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor is a daily newspaper covering the US and international news. The paper accepts freelance news submissions. In general freelance writers submit only on spec when new to the publication and writers grant the newspaper 90-day exclusive rights. Pay for an average length news story is $200-225, and they do offer a kill fee.
Cicada
Cicada is a magazine for teens and young adults 14 and up that also publishes work by them. Older adults are also able to make submissions though. They accept nonfiction (up to 5,000 words), fiction and novellas (up to 5,000 words and 9,000 words respectively), poetry (up to 25 lines) and comics. Pay is up to $0.25/word for stories and up to $3.00/line for poems.
Cineaste
Cineaste is a quarterly magazine focusing on the art and politics of cinema. They accept reviews, sidebar interviews, and feature articles and interviews. Pay ranges from $20 for "Short Take" reviews to $100 for features.
Clarkesworld Magazine
This magazine is devoted to science fiction, fantasy, and horror. They purchase both fiction and nonfiction writing. Payment for nonfiction is 10 cents per word up to their 2500 word limit. Payment for fiction is 10 cents per word up to 4000 words (and 5 cents per word over that limit).
Clubhouse Jr.
Clubhouse Jr. is a magazine from Focus on the Family for children between the ages of 3 and 7. Articles should "inspire, entertain and teach Christian values." Fiction, nonfiction, and bible stories pay $100 - 200. Payments for poetry range from $50 - 100. Puzzles pay between $30 and $80. And rebus stories pay between $75 and $150.
Coastal Review Online
Coastal Review Online is published by the North Carolina Coastal Federation. They accept freelance submissions of 800-2000 words. Pay varies from $75-200, and they pay within 10 days of acceptance.
Copy Hackers Blog
The CopyHackers.com blog covers CRO, design, and copywriting. They accept contributions from those working "in the startup or startup-support world," and they pay $150 per post.

Craftbits.com
Craftbits.com accepts paid submissions of tutorials for creative projects. They pay a maximum of $35, with a $10 kill fee if projects are unsuitable after three edit attempts.
Cricket
Cricket magazine is target towards children from ages 9 to 14. It features fiction,poetry and nonfiction. Types of fiction they look for include folk tales, sci-fi, historical fiction, and contemporary fiction. Nonfiction pieces and poetry can be on a variety of topics. The rate is up to $0.25/word for stories and articles and up to $3.00 for poetry. The majority of stories and articles are 1,200 to 1,800 words and most poems are 8-15 lines.
Crowded Magazine
Crowded features stories that are speculative fiction. Maximum length is 20,000 words but no more than 10,000 is recommended. Pay is AUD $0.05 per word.
Daily Science Fiction
Daily Science Fiction publishes original short works of speculative fiction. They pay 8 cents per word for first worldwide rights and nonexclusive reprint rights. They accept stories from 100 to 10,000 words long.
Dark Discoverie
Dark Discoveries is a magazine covering horror tales. They feature stories that range from 500-6500 words and pay $.05 per word with a $250 limit.
Dark Fuse
Dark Fuse is looking for stories for their horror website, Horror d'oeuvres. Fiction should be between 99-999 words and pay is $.05/word.
DeveloperTutorials.com
DeveloperTutorials.com accepts both tutorials and list-based posts on topics including AJAX, Flash, Javascript, PHP, Linux, Photoshop, CSS, MySQL, and more. They pay $30-50 for list-style posts and they pay $50-100 for tutorials.
Dog Fancy
Dog Fancy is a magazine about dogs. They say that most articles are contributed by freelancers. Pay varies, but you can send queries about features 850 - 1200 words in length.
E magazine
E Magazine claims to be the "largest independent environmental magazine." They accept freelance submissions of the following types and in the following departments: features, currents, In Brief, Money Matters, Going Green, Consumer News, House & Home, Your Health, Eating Right, and Tools for Green Living. At the time of inclusion, E Magazine pays $.30 per word (published).
Early American Life
Early American Life focuses on American from its founding through the mid-1800s. Topics covered include history, architecture and decorating, antiques, studio crafts, and travel. Payments for unsolicited manuscripts are negotiated upon acceptance, but the writer's guidelines note that they "estimate $500 for a first feature from a new writer."

Earth Island Journal
Earth Island Journal covers environmental issues such as wildlife conservation,land conversation,public policy, climate and energy, and more. Contributors are paid $.25 per word for shorter dispatches and longer investigative features. Online reports pay $50-100 and are a good way for new writers to break into the market.
East Bay Express
The East Bay Express accepts freelance submissions of local interest within Alameda and Contra Costa counties. News cover stories generally run 2000-3000 words, paying $600. They also accept submissions to the weekly music section, with features of 850-1200 words paying $120-180. Local record reviews of 250-350 words pay $40. And they accept submissions to their arts and culture column, with 1200 word stories paying $180.
Eating Well
Eating Well is a bimonthly magazine with an emphasis on healthy eating. Pay is up to $1.00 per word, and they purchase all rights.
eCommerce Insiders
eCommerce Insiders hires "online retail subject matter experts" to contribute retail-focused articles, commentary, and educational ecommerce material.They pay $75 for articles in the 400-600 word range and $125 for articles over 600 words.
Edible Seattle
Edible Seattle is a bi-monthly "community-based food publication" focused on the Puget Sound area. Rates paid for departments usually fall in the $.15 - $.30 per word range.
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine publishes all types of mystery short stories. They prefer stories in the 2500-8000 word range but sometimes publish longer works. Flash fiction "minute mysteries" of around 250 words are also considered. They pay $.05 - $.08 per word for original stories. They don't accept reprints.
Entrepreneur Magazine
Entrepreneur Magazine is a small business magazine that accepts freelance submissions for features and the following columns: Money, Marketing, Management, Technology, Viewpoint, and miscellaneous short articles for the Edge section. At the time of inclusion, the magazine pays $1.00 per word.
Ephemera
Ephemera is looking for submissions of funny and edgy slogans about pop culture, sex, politics, and more. Slogans appear on the company's novelty products. Ephemera pays $50 for exclusive rights to publish your slogans on products they product and license to third parties.
Equine Journal
Equine Journal is "a monthly, all-breed / all-discipline publication for horse enthusiasts in the Northeast and surrounding areas." They accept feature articles of 1200-1800 words and event write-ups of at least 300 words. They purchase first North American Serial Rights and general Web rights.
Family Tree Magazine
Family Tree Magazine is a magazine for genealogists and consumers interested in family history research. Exact payment isn't disclosed, but the magazine purchases all rights and pays on acceptance. They also offer a 25% kill fee.

Fantasy Scroll Magazine
This publication accepts microfiction (fewer than 500 words), Flash fiction (500-1500 words), and short stories (1500-5000 words) in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. They also sometimes publish reprints. Payments are $.01 per word for original fiction ($5 minimum payment for microfiction and $10 minimum payment for flash fiction and short stories). Reprints pay $.01 per word with no minimum guaranteed payment.
FATE Magazine
FATE covers topics involving "strange and unknown phenomena" including ghosts, UFOs, psychic phenomena, and mystic experiences. They pay $25 per submission.
Fear & Trembling Magazine
This free publication publishes 5 or 6 short stories in each issue. They publish "quality speculative fiction with a spiritual foundation," in the horror genre -- such as thriller, suspense, and supernatural mystery. They accept flash fiction, short stories, serial novellas, and some poetry. They pay $3 per story.
Ferrets Magazine
Ferrets Magazine accepts 2000-2500 word articles. Send queries, not unsolicited manuscripts. They pay on publication, and payment rates vary.
FireHouse.com
FireHouse.com is a publication for professional and volunteer firefighters. They prefer visually-oriented submissions and you should include photos. Payment is on publication and it varies.
Fireside
Fireside is a fiction market with a goal "to publish great storytelling, regardless of genre." They accept flash fiction of 1000 words and short stories of 1000-4000 words. Pay is 12.5 cents per word for first worldwide publication rights and six-month exclusivity, with the right to reprint in one anthology.
Flash Fiction Online
Flash Fiction Online publishes both literary and genre flash fiction of 500 to 1000 words. Payment is $50 per story for first electronic rights.
FlashMint
FlashMint hires Flash developers to write tutorials for their website. These should be laid out in numbered steps and include appropriate screenshots. They pay $150 per tutorial.
Ft. Myers Magazine
This bi-monthly magazine features content on local and national arts and lifestyle topics such as books, music, video, theater, health, wellness, sports, travel, food, and home. Pay is approximately $.10 per word.
Funny Times
Funny Times publishes humorous cartoons and stories. They pay $60 for funny stories of 500 - 700 words.

Garden & Gun
Garden & Gun Magazine focuses on content about the "New South." They accept submissions of front-of-book pieces, columns, and features. Pay is negotiable, there is a 25% kill fee, and the magazine purchases all rights.
Goblin Fruit
Goblin Fruit is a poetry market looking for poems "of the fantastical." They pay $5.00 for original poems and $2.50 for solicited reprints.
Good Old Boat
Good Old Boat is a magazine specializing in cruising sailboats from the 1950s through 2000s. Primary topics of interest are "upgrades, maintenance, refits, and restoration of good old boats." Payment varies from $50 - 700 depending on the length and type of submission. Please review the writer's guidelines and separate payment information page linked from it for a full breakdown of pay rates per submission type.
Great Escape Publishing
"Great Escape Publishing publishes articles on the craft or business of getting paid to travel, whether by writing, photography, tours, or other means." They accept articles from successful travel writers, photographers, etc., but not straight travel pieces in The Right Way to Travel. They pay $50-75 for articles on their website, $100-150 for interviews or personal stories, and $150-200 for articles offering income-generating advice.
Greater Good
Greater Good magazine is released by the University of California, Berkeley. It mixes science reporting and storytelling, bringing academic research to the general public. Essays are unpaid, but they pay $.25 per word for 1000-2500 word features, $350 for a 1500-2000 word interview, $75 for 400 word book reviews, and $75 for 350 word research briefs.
GreenPrints
GreenPrints focuses on the human side of gardening rather than how-tos. They accept stories with a personal slant. Published articles are usually under 2000 words. Payments are up to $150.
Grievous Angel
Grievous Angel, from UrbanFantasist.com, is a flash fiction and poetry market featuring science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Pay is $.06 per word, via Paypal.
Gringo Landia Santiago
This website / online magazine accepts both fiction and nonfiction submissions and pays $25 for articles. It covers topics related to Latin American arts, politics and news.
Guide Magazine
Guide Magazine is a "Christian story magazine for young people." Target readers are between the ages of 10 and 14. Payment is $.07 - $.10 per word for stories and $25 - $40 for puzzles.
Heart Insight
Heart Insight is a quarterly publication from the American Heart Association and Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. The publication works to education patients about cardiovascular disease. Pay for writers is $.75 per word with average articles ranging in length from 1200 - 1800 words.

Hendon Media Group
Hendon Media Group owns LAW and ORDER, Police Fleet Manager, and Tactical Response. Please review each publication's editorial calendar linked from the writer's guidelines page. Pay for freelance submissions is $.15 per word ($.25 per word for regular contributors).
High Country News
High Country News is a nonprofit news magazine covering the Western U.S. They don't publish specific pay rates, but do say they pay on publication.
Highlights
Highlights is a magazine for children up to the age of 12. Payment varies based on the type of submission as follows: fiction ($150+), rebus stories ($100+), verse ($25+), nonfiction ($150+), Gallant Kids ($150+), picture puzzlers ($50+), and crafts, finger plays, action rhymes, or puzzles (all at $25+).
History Lists
HistoryLists.org accepts list-style posts with lists of 5-20 items. Each list item should have 70-200 words. Pay is $10-20 per list.
Hobby Farm Home
Hobby Farm Home magazine is published bi-monthly. Topics covered include home cooking, kitchen gardening, crafts, home maintenance, home-based businesses, and more. Features should be 2000-2500 words. They pay $300+ for features.
Horror Garage
Horror Garage pays up to $30 per story and wants fiction that is less than 1200 words. This magazine aims to combine original dark fiction with rock n roll.
Horse Community Journals
Horse Community Journals accepts freelance submissions for both print and online editions, including blogs. Topics they accept content on include training and horsemanship, horse health and care, stable management, and other related topics. Payments are negotiated on an individual basis.
Horse Illustrated
Horse Illustrated accepts submissions of up to 2000 words on topics that will help readers "better care for and enjoy their horses." Feature articles receive payments between $300 and $425 while shorter pieces receive payments between $50 and $200.
Horticulture
Horticulture accepts gardening-related unsolicited manuscripts and queries. They pay upon publication.
Hudson Valley Parent
Hudson Valley Parent is a parenting magazine for residents of New York's Hudson Valley. Articles should have a local focus (such as local camps, area schools, and local activities). The magazine pays $80 for 700-800 word articles, $90-120 for features of 1200 words or more, and $25-35 for reprint rights.

Hungur
Hungur publishes a magazine twice a year focused on original works about vampires. They accept artwork, short stories and poetry. Pay ranges for $4 for flash fiction and poetry to $15 for articles.
In Touch Magazine
In Touch Magazine, from In Touch Ministries, seeks articles that "adhere to sound biblical theology and agree with the teachings of Dr. Charles Stanley." Articles range from 800 - 1600 words and pay $.30 - $.35 per word for first rights.
IncomeDiary
IncomeDiary accepts online submissions about web development, web and blog design, SEO, driving traffic, social media, content creation, and making money online. Submissions should be at least 1000 words. Payments run from $50 - $200 per article.
Indiana Living Green
This publication is released six times per year and it covers green / sustainable lifestyles. The publication is distributed free to readers. Articles should feature two or more sources and fall within the 500-750 word range. Rates start at $25 for articles and $10 for photos, but are negotiable.
Indy's Child
Indy's Child is a parenting magazine focusing on the Indianapolis market. They pay $60-100 for a 600-800 word feature and $60-75 for columns.
International Living
International Living publishes content about the positive sides of living and working in different parts of the world. Expats are paid $75 for their stories in IL's Daily Postcards series. These should be 500-600 words long.
IWA Wine Blog
The IWA Wine Blog accepts contributions about "the best ways to choose, use, install or enjoy wine cellars, racks, cabinets and cooling equipment." Posts should be 500-700 words, and they pay $50 per post.
iWorkWell.com
iWorkWell accepts contributions from HR professionals / consultants / academics and employment or labor attorneys with HR expertise. They're looking for instructional articles related to HR professionals. They accept both edit offers for existing content on the site (up to $75 depending on the level of improvements) as well as new contributions paying anywhere from $100 - 175 per article. Articles are generally 1500 - 3500 words.
KEY CLUB Magazine
KEY CLUB is published twice per year, and pays $100 to $400 for articles in the range of 250 to 1500 words. Contributions cover topics such as academics, self-help, leadership, and service.
Knitty.com
Knitty.com accepts freelance submissions of knitting articles / tutorials / patterns. Pay attention to the writer's guidelines for notes on when to submit season-specific tutorials (for example, they're now accepting submissions for their winter issue). Payments are $75 - 100 per submission.

LabMice.net
LabMice.net aims "to be the definitive guide to online resources for IT Professionals who deploy, manage, and support Microsoft products and services." Articles from unpublished or unknown authors who haven't been directly commissioned may be paid $60-100 per article "depending on its length, content, and illustrations." More established authors who have been commissioned are offered a starting rate of $.25 per edited and published word, with articles being at least 1000-1500 words.
Ladies' Home Journal
Ladies' Home Journal accepts reader stories about happiness, being a mom, and even recipes. These stories are paid, though rates aren't disclosed in the public guidelines.
Ladybug
Ladybug is a magazine for ages 3 to 6. They look for short works of fiction (maximum 800 words) and nonfiction (maximum 400 words) that pay up to $0.25/word and poetry (up to 20 lines) that pays up to $3.00/line.
Lakeside Circus
Lakeside Circus publishes "very short fiction in several formats, as well as non-fiction essays exploring speculative literature and genre." For fiction submissions, they accept speculative fiction including science fiction, urban fantasy, magic realism, mad science, and apocalypse tales. They don't like sword & sorcery fantasy, slasher-style horror stories, or religious themes (including revolving around the devil / demons). Flash fiction should be less than 1000 words. And short fiction should be 1001-2500 words. They pay $.02 per word with a minimum payment of $10 for fiction, plus a one-year digital subscription. They also occasionally buy first audio rights.
Latitude 38
Latitude 38 predominantly focuses on sailors in the Northern California region. Feature articles are paid at a rate of at least $125. Sightings contributions receive $50 - $75.
Light & Life Communications
Light & Life Magazine is a monthly magazine from the Free Methodist Church -- USA. They accept a variety of freelance submissions such as 1000 word features, 300-325 word "Foundation" pieces pointing to themed Scripture passages, 300-325 word pieces on Free Methodist history, and others. The publication pays $200 for feature articles, $75 for history articles, and has other pay rates for different sections of the magazine.
Lightspeed
This monthly magazine features both fiction and nonfiction pieces. They pay $0.05/word for original fiction (it should be between 1,500 and 7,500 words) and $0.02 for reprints.
Listverse
Listverse publishes list-based posts covering topics ranging from the bizarre to entertainment to science. They pay $100 per accepted post via Paypal. Posts must be at least 1000 words long, and they must include at least ten list items.
Literary Traveler
Literary Traveler publishes content that highlights "the beauty and struggle of people who create, and the places that nurture them." They pay $50 per article.
Mad Scientist Journal
This magazine is looking for stories written from a 1st person perspective about mad science of some kind. Pay is $10 for flash fiction (500-2000 words) and $20 for short fiction (2,000-8,000 words).

Massage Magazine
Massage magazine targets massage professionals. They look for articles that would help a masseuse improve their business and better help their clients. Pay for articles ranges from $50 - $400.
MetroParent.com
This parenting magazine for southeast Michigan moms also publishes online (including some online-only articles). They pay $150 - 350 per feature of 1000 - 2500 words, $50-75 for departments, $35-50 for Parent Pipeline pieces, and $35 for reprints.
Miami Herald Travel Section
This Florida newspaper accepts freelance travel submissions. Payment for writers ranges from $200 to $300 depending on whether the submission is a typical length article, "Quick Trip" package piece including a photo and sidebar, or a lead story.
Midwest Living
This lifestyle magazine focuses on the Midwest region of the U.S. Pay is generally $.80 - 1.00 per word but may vary and articles can range from 300 - 1000 words.
Mississippi Magazine
This is a bimonthly magazine focused on the positive elements of Mississippi including interesting people and places, homes, gardens, culture, history, events, and more. Payments are $25-75 for their Southern Scrapbook section, $150 for the On Being Southern section, $150-250 for other departments, and $250-350 for features. They also pay expenses up to $35.
Model Railroad Hobbyist
Model Railroad Hobbyist publishes articles and videos "on all aspects of model railroading and on prototype (real) railroading as a subject for modeling." Articles should no more than 3000 words. Features typically earn $200-600, although because the electronic version doesn't have the same space constraints as the print version, writers have earned "well over $1000 in payment" for longer electronic features.
Mother Earth News
Mother Earth news is a bi-monthly magazine covering topics such as organic gardening, farming, natural health, environmental consciousness, and country living. They accept submissions to their "Country Lore" department, which features 100-300 word how-tos and tips. Payment ranges from $25-100.
Nashville Review
Nashville Review accepts fiction of up to 8000 words (as well as poetry and nonfiction). Pay for fiction is $100 per story.
National Parks Magazine
National Parks Magazine covers topics related to national park lands including legislative issues, threats to parks and wildlife, and relevant scientific discoveries. They usually pay between $.70 and $1.00 per word.
NeoNaturalist.com
NeoNaturalist.com accepts short submissions from freelance writers covering ecological issues related to topics such as trails, parks, and nature. The website pays 3 to 6 cents per word on acceptance for non-exclusive rights.

Nevada Magazine
Nevada Magazine is the state of Nevada's official tourism magazine. They accept stories in the 500-1500 word range, and payments are up to $250. Payments for stories on their website, NevadaMagazine.com, are $100-200. They pay on publication and they don't pay expenses.
New England Entertainment Digest
NEED is a "theatre arts news-monthly published since 1979." They accept freelance contributions in the 800-2000 word range covering the performing arts. They pay honorariums of $15 - 125 for work printed or assigned.
NewWest.net
New West covers topics such as politics, culture, energy, the environment, the new economy, lifestyle, Western literature, and more. Freelancers can pitch news and features. Pay starts at $50 for smaller, local stories and goes up to $500 for larger, regional stories.
Northern Virginia Magazine
Northern Virginia Magazine looks for profiles and interviews with prominent and influential individuals in the region. They also accept submissions on topics such as regional getaways, art, fashion, and education. Pay varies from $50 - $700 per story.
Northern Woodlands
Northern Woodlands magazine focuses on forestry and related issues in the U.S. northeast. They accept poetry ($25), book reviews ($50), features ($.10 per word), and more.
Notre Dame Magazine
The Notre Dame Magazine is a quarterly publication of the University of Notre Dame. It covers alumni activities, institutional events, people, trends, and cultural issues. They accept both features and departments as well as essays in their "CrossCurrents" section. Payment is not detailed in their writer's guidelines but is said to be "comparable to fees paid by some national publications."
Odyssey
Odyssey is a science magazine for children between the ages of 9 and 14. They accept freelance submissions for features, departments, activities, fiction, and supplemental nonfiction at a rate of $.20 - .25 per printed word.
Off Lead
Off Lead accepts feature articles about dog training techniques. Features should be 700 - 1200 words. This is a paying publication, and payments will be based on a per-word total.
Ohio Family Magazine
Ohio Family Magazine publishes parenting articles related to NE Ohio. Pay varies from $35 - $200, with a further breakdown in their full writer's guidelines.
Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac accepts freelance submissions for features on topics such as gardening, home remedies, pets, and weather. Rates vary based on the submission, and the publication buys all rights.

Olive Oil Source
The Olive Oil Source is a trade and consumer website related to the olive oil industry. They prefer to receive freelance pitches for smaller pieces from new writers, and note that most first-time contributors won't be assigned full features right away. Pay rates are negotiated on a per-writer / per-piece basis, and they pay 2-3 weeks after acceptance.
One Story
One Story publishes literary fiction. They pay $250 and 25 contributor copies for stories between 3000 and 8000 words.
Oregon Quarterly
Oregon Quarterly targets University of Oregon alumni and others in the region. Departments generally pay $100 - $350, and features can pay "significantly more." The magazine also pays a 20% kill fee. Articles should cover topics of state and regional interest, ideally with some tie to UO.
Outpost Travel Magazine
Outpost Travel Magazine combines expert tips, long-form travel journalism, travel stories, and guides. Features generally run from 3000-5200 words while columns range from 1000-1500 words. Pay rates are negotiated with writers on an individual contract basis.
ParentConnect
ParentConnect from Today's Christian Woman seeks parenting articles from the Evangelical Christian position. Pay is $50 - 150 for exclusive online rights and other nonexclusive publication rights.
Parents
Parents magazine covers all issues related to family and life. They also have separate magazines for those with young children (Family Fun Magazine) and infants (American Baby). Parents magazine looks for experienced writers but they are always accepting queries about potential articles.
Parents & Kids Magazine
Parents & Kids magazine is focused on Mississippi families. They accept both new freelance submissions and reprints. The base rate for articles is $25. New articles might be offered more depending on length and complexity.
Perceptive Travel
Perceptive Travel is an online travel magazine devoted to independent travelers. Pay is $100 per article at the time of posting, and the site only accepts submissions from published book authors or anthology editors.
Persimmon Hill Magazine
Persimmon Hill is a magazine released by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. They cover "western art, history, ranching and rodeo." Articles up to 1500 words are accepted, with pay (including photos) falling from $100 to $250.
Pet Sitter's World
Pet Sitter's World is a bimonthly publication from Pet Sitters International. Featured articles range from 750 - 2500 words with occasional serials accepted totaling 3000-5000 words. Pay rates are $50 - $300 per article. There is a $10 premium if articles are submitted via email rather than fax or postal mail.

PhotoshopTutorials.ws
PhotoshopTutorials.ws accepts Photoshop design tutorials and quick-tips. You must submit a picture of your final Photoshop project (and can do so for consideration before writing the tutorial itself). The site pays $50 for quick-tips and $150-300 for full tutorials.
Plum Deluxe
Plum Deluxe accepts articles the categories of Home, Travel, Food, Drink, Health, and Style. They pay $30 per feature.
Pockets Magazine
Pockets Magazine is a magazine for 8-12 year olds, with an Christian emphasis and devotional readings. Payment for stories and articles is 14 cents per word. Payment for poetry or games is $25+.
Poets & Writers
Poets & Writers Magazine accepts freelance submissions for four sections: News & Trends, The Literary Life, The Practical Writer, and Features. Exact payments aren't detailed in the guidelines, but the magazine pays when a piece is scheduled for publication.
Popular Woodworking
Popular Woodworking Magazine accepts freelance submissions for two columns: End Grain and Tricks of the Trade (reader tips). The first pays starting at $250 and the second pays $50-100 but the best tip in each issue is also eligible to win a $250 gift card.
PostJoint
PostJoint accepts submissions about digital marketing, content creation, SEO, copywriting, blogging, and social media. They pay $100 - $200 per article.
Practical Homeschooling Magazine
Practical Homeschooling Magazine accepts practical articles of general interest to homeschooling parents and those considering the option. They pay $50 per article.
Prism Magazine
Prism Magazine is a quarterly magazine published by the Evangelicals for Social Action (ESA). They're interested in pieces on social justice, Christianity in contemporary culture, spiritual challenges, and holistic ministry profiles. Accepted freelance contributions range from 800 - 3000 words with payments of approximately $50 per printed page (around 800 words per printed page).
Progressive, The
The Progressive is a left-wing monthly magazine covering politics and current events. Pay varies based on the type of submission as follows: investigative reporting ($500-1300), electoral coverage ($500), social movement pieces ($500), foreign policy pieces ($500), interviews ($500), and poetry ($150).
PS Deluxe
PS Deluxe publishes Photoshop tutorials and posts about design. They pay up to $75 per Photoshop tutorial and $30-50 for design-related posts.

Pseudopod
Pseudopod is a horror magazine in audio form. Writers can submit their stories to have them read by voice actors for the magazine. They pay $20 for flash fiction between 500 and 1000 words and $100 for short stories between 2,000 to 6,000 words.
Pxleyes.com
Pxleyes.com publishes graphics-related tutorials for Photoshop, Illustrator, GIMP, Bryce, Fireworks, Image-Ready, InDesign, and related software. They pay up to $200 per tutorial.
Radish Magazine
Radish Magazine covers natural foods, products, and services of western Illinois and eastern Iowa. Topics include diet, health and fitness, cooking, and local farmer's markets. Pay is $25 for the Rooting Around department and $50 - $150 for other articles depending on length and research involved.
Relix Magazine
Relix Magazine "delivers coverage of music across genre divides... [and provides] a true community for lovers of Music for the Mind." Payment varies for most types of freelance submissions accepted -- from CD reviews to interviews.
REPTILES Magazine
REPTILES is a monthly magazine accepting submissions about reptile breeding, trends, health, and more. Payment is generally around $500 for a 2000-2500 word article, and freelance submissions are done on-spec.
Road King Magazine
Road King is a magazine targeting professional truckers. Payment for submissions isn't laid out in the guidelines -- it's negotiable and payments are made 3 weeks from acceptance of the submission.
Sasee Magazine
Sasee Magazine accepts contributions from freelance writers including essays, humor, satire, personal experiences, and features on topics of interest to women. Articles are 500 - 1000 words. This is a paying publication, but payments vary.
She's Self-Employed
She's Self-Employed accepts contributions that would be of interest to self-employed women. Features should be at least 300 words. Columns should be at least 600 words. Pay is $50 per column and $25 per feature.
Sierra
Sierra is a bimonthly national magazine from the Sierra Club. They accept freelance submissions for both features and departments on conservation and other environmental issues. Features are 500 - 5000 words, and payment starts at $.75 per word. Departments range from 100 - 1500 words and pay $50 - 1000.
Slick WP
Slick WP accepts posts that help readers get the most out of the WordPress platform and the Genesis Theme Framework. Articles and tutorials should be 750-1200 words long. Pay is $50 per published post.

Smithsonian Magazine
Smithsonian Magazine accepts freelance submissions through their Web form. Topics covered include cultural history, physical science, art, and natural history. Other topics related to the Smithsonian Institution might also be considered. The magazine pays on acceptance and offers a kill fee of one third your agreed upon payment if an article is unsuitable for publication. The magazine purchases only first North American serial rights.
Sojourners
Soujourners magazine accepts freelance submissions of poetry, reviews, and features. Payment can vary from $50 - 400 per assignment (there is no pay for online contributions to their blog and newsletter).
Sports Spectrum
Sports Spectrum combines commentary on sports and faith with a primary mission "to reach non-Christians with the gospel." Assigned features run from 1500-2000 words plus one or two sidebars of around 150 words. Pay is at least $.21 per word, plus reasonable expenses.
SpyreStudios.com
"SpyreStudios is a design blog with a focus on typography, design trends, inspiration, CSS, HTML, WordPress, jQuery, minimalism and blogging." They accept articles and tutorials / how-tos (not inspiration / showcase pieces). They pay between $50 and $160 per article.
St. Anthony's Messenger
This magazine from American Catholic publishes family-oriented material related to scripture, marriage, social issues, and more. Payment is 20 cents per published word.
Strand Magazine
This quarterly magazine has a history that goes back to 1891 of publishing mystery stories. They are currently accepting query letters and are interested in mysteries as well supernatural stories. The preferred length is 2,000-6,000 words and the pay rate is $25-150.
Strange Horizons
Strange Horizons is a magazine that publishes speculative fiction as well as poetry, interviews and reviews. The pay is $0.08/word and stories must be less than 9,000 words, though below 5,000 is preferred.
StrategyPage
StrategyPage covers worldwide armed forces and military affairs. Article topics can include things like weapons systems, software of war, peacetime operations, information warfare, and ore. Contributions generally range from 200-1000 words, and the site pays $20 per article.
Sunset Magazine
Sunset magazine covers the Western American region and topics such as gardening and outdoor living, travel and recreation, home design and remodeling projects, and food and entertaining. The magazine targets consumers rather than professionals. Payments are made upon acceptance.
T. Gene Davis' Speculative Blog
T. Gene Davis’s Speculative Blog releases a family-friendly speculative story every Monday, mostly by guest authors. Speculative fiction includes science fiction, horror, fantasy and related genres. Payment is $50 per story. Stories can be of any length: flash fiction, short stories, novelettes, and novellas. Formatting should be standard manuscript format. Payment for accepted stories is made upon receipt of the signed author agreement. Payment is sent through PayPal. Submissions are made through an online form.

Texas Gardener
Texas Gardener is a bimonthly regional gardening magazine. They accept feature articles of 1600-2600 words. These include interviews with Texas gardeners, new gardening techniques, and technical articles. They pay $50 for submissions to their "Between Neighbors" column and $50-200 for features.
The American Gardener
The American Gardener is a bi-monthly magazine published by the American Horticultural Society. The publication accepts both feature articles and departments. Payment for features is $300 - 600, while payment for departments is $150 - 200. They offer a 25% kill fee.
The Artist's Magazine
The Artist's Magazine accepts contributions from artists who are willing to explain their craft and document their processes to inspire and educate readers. They pay $400-600 for features.
The Bark
The Bark is a magazine about life with dogs. Articles should be of a journalistic nature. They're not looking for memoirs. This is a paying market, but compensation varies and is negotiated individually with each writer.
The Drabblecast
This is an audio magazine that covers strange stories in a variety of genres. They accept short fiction (500-4000 words) and drabbles that are exactly 100 words. Pay is $.03/word for short stories.

The Graphic Design School Blog
The Graphic Design School Blog accepts articles and beginner-level tutorials in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. They pay $100 - 200 per accepted freelance contribution.
The Introspectionist
The Introspectionist is a "digital magazine for the intelligent woman." Different themes are covered every month through a series of thought-provoking articles. Topics include family issues, dating, health and beauty, and other current topics of interest (such as an upcoming issue on social networking). Pay is $25 for departments (100 to 500 words), $100 for features up to 2000 words, and $200 for features up to 5000 words.
The Krazy Coupon Lady
The Krazy Coupon Lady accepts contributions about style and fashion, home and gardening, travel/entertainment, family and parenting, extreme couponing, and finance. Articles should focus on how to save money in these areas. Pay for accepted pieces is $50.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
This magazine is published six times a year and feature fiction that appeals to fans of fantasy and science fiction. The pay is $0.06-0.09/word and the length can be up to 25,000 words. They do not accept electronic submissions so your story must be mailed to them.

The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener
This quarterly newspaper is published by The Main Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. They accept articles on topics such as farming, gardening and forestry practices and techniques, plant and pest profiles, environmental issues, and more. They pay $20-200 for articles of 250-2500 words.
The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool Blog Network accepts blog posts for syndication. If your posts are syndicated, they currently pay a base of $50 per post, but they will pay $100 per post if you consistently produce high quality content.
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
The Old Schoolhouse is a digital magazine covering topics related to homeschooling. Standard payment is $40 per article.
The Pedestal Magazine
This is a market for both fiction and poetry. They pay $40 per accepted piece. Only submit during their open submission periods.
The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post covers a wide range of material appropriate for a 45+, family-oriented reader base including finance, humor, fashion, and travel. Payment is $400+ for feature articles. They also publish post scripts at $25.
The Sun Magazine
The Sun publishes essays, fiction, and poetry with a political, cultural, or philosophical slant. Payment for essays and interviews is $300-2000. Payment for fiction is $300-1500. Payment for poetry is $100-500.
The TechLabs
The TechLabs publishes tutorials about ActionScript 3 and Adobe's Flash, Flex, Air, and Flash Lite. Pay is $50-75 per published tutorial.
The Threepenny Review
The Threepenny Review accepts critical articles dealing with books, film, theater, and art exhibits(1200-2500 words), Table Talk items (1000 words or less), stories and memoirs (4000 words or less), and poetry (100 lines or less). They pay $400 per story or article, and $200 per poem or Table Talk piece.
The Western Online
This magazine focuses on the Old West and accepts submissions of original artwork, fiction and nonfiction articles. Pay for short stories is $5 with a 5,000 word limit.
TheTravelWritersLife.com
This site doesn't publish traditional travel pieces for the general public, but rather focuses on content that teaches people how to get paid to travel (travel writing, photography, etc.). They pay $50-75 for articles they request for the website, $100-150 for interviews and personal stories, and $150-200 for articles with specific advice on how readers can earn money while traveling.

Three-lobed Burning Eye
This online magazine focusing on horror and dark fantasy is published twice a year. Every other year they also release a print anthology. Pay is $.03 per word up to $35 and stories can range from 500-7,000 words.
Thriving Family
"Thriving Family" focuses on marriage and parenting from a biblical perspective." Most articles deal with marriage and families with children aged 4 - 12. Pay varies from $50 for short 50-200 word practical family ideas to $.25 per word for features.
TM Publishing
TM Publishing runs four different digital magazines and pays $.05/word for flash fiction and short stories from 1,000 to 10,000 words. The magazines are Emerald Sky Magazine, Crimson Fog Magazine, Burgundy Grove Magazine, and Azure Valley Magazine.
Today's Christian Woman
Today's Christian Woman is a publication featuring first-hand stories from a biblical perspective on issues important to women. Online articles pay $50 - 150. Articles appearing in print pay $100 - 300.
Touchstone
Touchstone, "A Journal of Mere Christianity," accepts features, "views," and communiqués that would appeal to a "broad audience of traditional Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox believers." For these contributions, they pay $125 per published page along with one complimentary copy of the issue in which they were published.
TransitionsAbroad.com
TransitionsAbroad.com accepts freelance contractions for its Web magazine. Examples of topics covered include working abroad, teaching English abroad, studying abroad, and cultural immersion travel. They pay on acceptance, and payments range from $25 to $150, with an average payment of $100 for a 1000-2000 word article.
Trapper's Post
Trapper's Post is a publication about trapping, covering everything from equipment and strategy to fur handling. They accept features up to 2000 words, and will consider longer features to be split into series. Pay is roughly $.10 per published word.
Trapper's World
Trapper's World is a publication "for trappers by trappers." They are looking for feature articles up to 5000 words (including photos). These articles tell the story of a specific trapline adventure. How-to articles up to 2500 words can also be pitched. They pay up to $100 for feature articles.
Travel + Escape
Travel + Escape claims to be "Canada's most-watched travel channel and fastest-growing travel content publisher." They publish a wide variety of evergreen content as well as timely, newsworthy material. Pay is $50CDN per 350-600 word blog post.
Travel + Leisure
Travel + Leisure magazine claims to be 95% written by freelancers. Specific pay levels aren't disclosed in their guidelines, but they pay on acceptance.

Traveler (National Geographic)
National Geographic Traveler accepts freelance submissions on US and foreign travel destinations, "from mainstream to adventure travel." Payment varies, but is "competitive with other national magazines."
Treehouse Blog
The Treehouse blog offers tips, tricks, trends, and more covering design, development, and mobile development. They usually pay $100-200 per published article.
True West
The articles in True West Magazine unite Old West history with modern day life. They recommend sending a query first and pay is $0.25 per word. This nonfiction magazine is published monthly.
TutorialBoard
TutorialBoard accepts submissions of tutorials related to Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, and other design software. Tutorials must include downloadable .psd files. Pay is up to $150 per tutorial.
U.S. Catholic Magazine
U.S. Catholic accepts freelance submissions across a wide variety of magazine sections including features, reviews, and different columns throughout the publication. Pay varies from $75 for poems and reviews to a minimum $500 payment for feature articles.
U.S. Kids
U.S. Kids runs several magazines for children including Turtle, Humpty Dumpty, and Jack and Jill. All three magazines accept poetry (starting at $35), fictional short stories (starting at $70), short nonfiction articles (starting at $70), and recipes (starting at $40). Turtle and Humpty Dumpty also accept craft ideas (starting at $40). Turtle accepts finger plays and action rhymes (starting at $40). And Jack and Jill accepts puzzles, activities, and games (with payments between $25 and $40).
Urban Farm
Urban Farm focuses on self-sufficiency and covers how-to projects, small-space gardening, profiles of urban farmers, and more. Features should fall in the 1000-2000 word range. Shorter news-oriented pieces of around 500 words are also accepted. Payment rates vary and writers are paid on publication.
UX Booth
UX Booth accepts pitches related to user experience issues in the design community. Writers may pitch ideas, but not spec drafts. If an idea is accepted, the writer will be paired with a development editor to flesh out the piece. UX Booth pays $100 per article.
VERBATIM
VERBATIM is a quarterly language and linguistics magazine tailored to a popular consumer readership. Payments range from $25-500.
Vestal Review
Vestal Review is a flash fiction magazine that is published twice a year. They consider flash fiction stories that are up to 500 words. Pay ranges for $0.10/word for stories up to 100 words to $.03/word for stories up to 500.

Viator Travel Blog
The Viator Travel Blog accepts submissions from 1000 - 2000 words, paying $100-150 per feature. They also accept shorter "Things to Do" pieces at 300 - 500 words, for which they pay $40-45 per post.
Vibrant Life
Vibrant Life is a bimonthly lifestyle magazine for Christians. They accept both short submissions of 450-650 words and features (up to 1000 words). Payment ranges from $100 - $300.
Videomaker
Videomaker covers a"nalog and digital consumer-level video production tools." They accept freelance submissions for features and columns of 900 - 2000 words. This is a paying market, though specific pay rates are not disclosed in the writers' guidelines.
Washington Monthly
Washington Monthly is a DC-based magazine covering politics, culture, the media, and government. Articles must be submitted on spec. At the time of inclusion, the magazine pays $.10 per word published.
Washingtonian
The Washingtonian is a city magazine for Washington DC. Payment is $.75 per published word, usually paid on publication.
Web Loggerz
Web Loggerz accepts articles, screencasts, and infographics from freelance contributors. Content should be related to the WordPress platform. Guidelines note this is a paying market (the owner confirms they pay $30-100 per contribution).
West Suburban Dog Magazine
West Suburban Dog Magazine is a publication based in Illinois. They accept contributions from local writers covering personal experiences, how-to, and general interest articles. Pay is $25 per article plus a contributor's copy.
Whole Life Times
Whole Life Times magazine covers topics such as natural health, alternative healing, conscious business, green living, sustainable and local food, social responsibility, the environment, personal growth, and spirituality. They pay $150-200 per 800-1100 word feature. They also have departments, a City of Angels front-of-book section, and personal essays section which are open to freelance contributors.
WineMaker Magazine
WineMaker caters to home winemakers in the U.S. and Canada. They accept technical features of 1500-3000 words, "recipe" articles, general interest features of 1000-2500 words, and first person 750 word stories for the Dry Finish section. Pay ranges from $50-150 per piece.
Woodworker's Journal
Woodworker's Journal features project ideas, woodworking techniques, and tips for both hobbyist and professional woodworkers. Project pieces pay starting at $225 per page. Techniques and how-tos pay $225 per page. Features start at $150 per 1000 word article.

Wordslingr Magazine
Wordslingr Magazine is an electronic magazine that publishes articles for people who want to learn how to write better, learn about the software tools available to writers, and learn about the process other writers use to approach their own work. We are interested in the craft of writing, the nitty gritty details that make the difference between poor and polished, stale and salable. Articles are between 500 and 1000 words. Author's compensation includes pay of $.02 / word, 4 months free use of the Wordslingr writing software, and a bio page and back link to the author's site.
WorldStart's Computer Tips
This email newsletter accepts computer tip submissions, written at a level that any reader should be able to understand. Pay is $25 - $50 depending on the length of the contribution.
WOW! Women on Writing
WOW! is "an ezine promoting the communication between women writers, authors, editors, agents, publishers, and readers." They accept freelance contributions in several columns (with pay ranging from $50-75) and feature articles of up to 3000 words pay $150.
WPMU DEV
WPMU DEV accepts WordPress tutorials, resource lists, and opinion pieces. Articles should be at least 1500 words. Pay ranges from $200 - $500.
Writer's Digest
Writer's Digest is a prominent magazine for writers. The magazine accepts a variety of freelance submissions including "5-Minute Memoir" 600-word essays, 800-2000 word author profiles, 300-600 word how-tos for the "Inkwell" section, and more. Writer's Digest pays $.30-.50 per word on acceptance.
WritersWeekly.com
WritersWeekly.com and The Write Markets Report accept contributions about selling your writing / making more money as a writer (not articles on "how to write"). Submissions should be around 600 words. Payments are $60 for non-exclusive electronic rights.
Yankee Magazine
Yankee is a magazine for the New England region covering topics like travel, food, and home. The magazine pays on acceptance of freelance stories and purchases all rights.
Yoga Journal
Yoga Journal accepts freelance submissions for the following sections: Yoga Diary, Om, Eating Wisely, and Well Being. Payment varies and is paid within 90 days of acceptance.
Young Rider
While Young Rider doesn't accept many freelance submissions, they occasionally take on 800-1000 word "horsey interest" stories for kids. Pitches should be for stories that would appeal to young horseback riders around the country, and be something the editor likely wouldn't be able to handle themselves. Pay is around $200, and should include 4-5 color photos. They also accept short stories of 800-1000 words. They publish 4 or 5 short stories per year, and they pay $150 per story.
YourOnline.biz
YourOnline.biz pays $100 per accepted contribution. The blog covers topics of interest to online business owners.

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