Please read guidelines carefully before you submit your work to these and other publications. If you find a link broken, please contact us.
Nonfiction: Articles, Fillers, Interviews, and photographs. An American Profile story an annual community or regional event, a unique business venture, a hometown hero, an historic town monument, even a well-known celebrity whose hometown ties are still very strong. PayS $650 for a two-page cover story that may include a sidebar; $325 for a one-page feature story; and $200 for short features of less than one page.
http://www.americanprofile.com
http://www.brainchildmag.com
Brain, Child is a literary magazine devoted to motherhood. "We're looking for essays that share certain qualities--specificity and insight primary among them. These pieces should employ illustrative anecdotes, a personal voice, and a down-to-earth tone."
Details at:
Fiction, poetry, non-fiction
Fiction, $100; poetry $10 ($5 for five lines and under)
Features $100, other departments vary. Open to new writers.
Gruner + Jahr USA
375 Lexington Avenue
New York NY 10017
Phone: (212) 499-2000
Fax: (212) 499-2038
Contact: Polly Chevalier
Website: http://www.childmagazine.com
Writers guidelines online:
Pays: $1.00 to $1.50 per word. Buys All rights.
Child magazine is the source for the latest news, trends and breakthroughs in child-rearing.
Tip: "Child provides parents of children from birth to age 12 with the newest thinking, information, and advice they need to raise their families in a constantly changing, time-pressed world. Freelance writers are invited to submit query letters only, only the following topics: Children's health, parenting and marital relationship issues, child
behavior and development, and personal essays pertaining to
family life."
http://www.everywriter.com
Every Writer is currently taking submissions for our online content and our newsletter. Please review our guidelines and editorial needs before querying or submitting. All submissions should be sent in the body of an email. We pay between $20 - $40 for one-time electronic rights. We provide all authors with a byline, bio, and a link to their other writing, book, or website where applicable. Guidelines can be found at: http://www.everywriter.com/guidelines.htm
Seeking articals on health, child care, relationships, finances and
other matters of concern to today's family; as well as dramatic
personal experiences. Magazine also seek photographic materials.
Family Circle
375 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-5514
(212) 499-2000
95% freelance written
Weekly magazine for a general interest audience.
Pays on acceptance. Pays a minimum of $2500.
Contact:
Parade Publications, Inc.
711 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Editor: Walter Anderson
A monthly magazine for writers, about writing.
Features how-to and inspirational articles on the writing of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children's, & young adult literature. 90% of articles by freelance writers. Send query letter with clips.
Include lead and outline of proposed article.
Does not accept fiction.
Payment: varies depending on length, research required, & complexity of material covered. Generally runs:
$50 for book reviews
$300-500 for columns
$350 to $800 for features
Payment on acceptance
Submission Guidelines:
www.writersjournal.com
The WRITERS’ Journal is a bimonthly magazine for writers, including professional communicators, self/independent publishers, part-time or full-time freelancers, screenwriters, desk-top publishers, authors, editors, teachers, and poets. Although most of the columns in the WRITERS’ Journal are staff-written, articles from freelance writers are always welcome. Complete manuscripts are acceptable, or query with clips first.
Submission Guidelines:
Harris Publications, Inc.
1115 Broadway, 8th Floor
New York NY 10010
(212)807-7100
Fax: (212)627-4678
womansown@aol.com
http://www.womansown.com
Lifestyle mag for women 25 to 45. Query with published clips or send complete manuscript of 900-2,000 words. Pays $350-900 for assigned articles; $250 for unsolicited articles. Accepts reprints. $200-400 for columns.
Web site: www.womensenews.org
Email: storyideas@womensenews.org
Send query with resume and clips to Rita Henley Johnson, editor in chief. Accepts features (750 words for daily content; 900 words for cover stories). Pays minimum $300/article, on acceptance. Buys all rights. Guidelines available by e-mail.
http://www.writersapprentice.com/
Attn: Tina L. Miller, 607 North Cleveland Street, Merrill, WI 54452, USA
Published by Prairie River Publishing. Contact: Tina L. Miller, Owner & Editor.
Email: tina@writersapprentice.com
The magazine for aspiring, beginning, and intermediate writers: 8-14 freelance submissions per issue. Non-Fiction: Articles on any aspect of writing for the beginning or intermediate writer, interviews with real working writers "like us". Pays $15-$50. Essays: for "The Writing Life" - Length 300-600 words. Pays $10-$25.
Website: www.writersdigest.com
For manuscripts, we pay 30-50 cents per word, on acceptance, for first world rights for one-time use and non-commercial electronic use. Should we want to reprint anything we've purchased from you in other than electronic format, we'll pay you 25% of the original purchase price per use. Contributor copies are sent to writers and artists whose work appears in that issue.
Writer's Stew is an Ezine for Everything About Nothing
Payment:
Meat and Potatoes--$10 per article or column
Biscuits or Bread--$5 per opinion piece
Pays on publication.
Length: 500-1000 wds. Pieces longer than 1000 wds may be accepted on rare occasions, but good, tightly written 500-1000 word pieces have a better chance of being bought. How-to-sell to specific markets, interviews with successful writers, new ways to make money as a writer, are some of the
themes we want. If you have some information that will help writers earn more, we're interested in looking at your idea.
Query first. We pay! Payment: $15 (not much yet, but as the
circulation rises, so will this!) We also consider reprints
of articles that have appeared in print. Payment: $10
We want articles on the business of writing, on writing skills and techniques, on reaching specific markets, on writing for particular genres, etc.
Original articles: .05 per word
Reprints: $20 per article
Accepts attachments
Send query or completed article to moira@writing-world.com
