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A Cup of Comfort Anthologies
A Cup of Comfort stories weave powerful life lessons into vividly told tales. They are nonfiction stories that read like fiction, but always ring true. They are slice-of-life tales that make us think and care, that give insight and inspire positive action, and that entertain and enlighten. Stories must be uplifting, written in English, based on real people and events, and 1000 to 2000 words in length. $500 grand prize; $100 each for all other published stories.
Abyss & Apex Magazine of Speculative Fiction
Wants to publish the finest in speculative and imaginative fiction, with special attention to character-driven stories that examine the depths and heights of human motivation. Pays 3 cents per line.
AIR & SPACE/Smithsonian
This general interest magazine about flight has a goal is to show readers, both the knowledgeable and the novice, facets of the enterprise of flight that they are unlikely to encounter elsewhere. The emphasis is on the human rather than the technological, on the ideas behind events, rather than a simple recounting of details. Writing should be clear, accurate, and engaging. It should be free of technical and insider jargon, and generous with explanation and background. Pays $2,000 for feature + expenses.
Alaska magazine
Publishes stories that have an "only in Alaska" aspect." Query first. Pays 38 cents a word for feature copy, based on the word count of the published version.
American Girl
This paying, bimonthly magazine, whose target audience is girls ages 8 to teens, is designed to commemorate being a girl.
American Style
This magazine for "people who love art" seeks well-researched articles on themes in contemporary craft art; profiles of major American craft collectors; arts tours of American cities; major craft fairs; established craft artists; and more. Payment is on publication but is not specified. (About 75 percent of the articles in AmericanStyle are written by freelancers)
American West Airlines Magazine
This general-interest magazine geared toward the interests of a well-educated, sophisticated readership. Compelling stories, substantive trends, thought-provoking issues, distinctive places, enriching experiences, creative people, and bold ideas are all considered. Virtually all subject matter is drawn from regions served by the airline. The issues are balanced geographical and thematically. Pays on publication $250-600 (depts.); $800 (features).
American Woman Road & Travel
Site features automotive and travel topics. Their target audience is professional women aged 30 to 60. Pays up to $100 for articles.
Analog
Publishes science fiction stories and says they "will consider material submitted by any writer, and consider it solely on the basis of merit. We are definitely eager to find and develop new, capable writers."
Angels on Earth
Inspirational publication that pays up to $400.
Arthritis Today
Bimonthly magazine targeted to arthritis sufferers. Publishes many types of articles including general interest, tips, inspirational and nutrition. Article length: 150-2,000 words/Pays $150-2,000 on acceptance.
Artist's Magazine
This monthly magazine written for artists, by artists is seeking articles and photos. Pays up to $400 for submissions. Get more details on site.
ASCENT
Yoga magazine that presents unique perspectives on yoga and spirituality. Its goal is to explore what it means to be truly human, think deeply and live a meaningful life in today's world. Features run from 2000-3500 words and are theme oriented. There is also one question-and-answer style interview in every issue which runs from 2000-3000 words. Other articles or profiles run from 600-1800 words. ASCENT also features a regular space called "Personal Reflection" which accepts short personal pieces of 600-800 words concerning the theme of the magazine. Pays 10 - 20 cents Canadian per word.
Astronomy Magazine
Monthly publication whose "readers are interested in the sciences, with a particular interest in astronomy. They are well-educated, curious readers who are not formally schooled in the subject of astronomy. The magazine contains two broad types of articles: features on the science of astronomy and those on the hobby of astronomy. The magazine's articles must go beyond presenting facts; they must tell a story. Pays 50 cents per word for 1500-3000 words. Query first by email to: News@astronomy.com.
Austin Home&Living
Accepts story proposals, but queries should be limited to lifestyle topics, personality profiles or home and garden feature candidates in the Austin area. Payment ranges from $100-$300 depending on assignment.
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Baby Talk
New publication/website for parents of newborns that pays $0.50 to $1.00 a word.
Backpacker
This print magazine and website seeks hiking-related, literary articles about wilderness/backcountry trips. Pays $.60-1.00 per word.
Back To College
This newsletter is devoted to providing helpful information for adults, who are going back to college. Pay is $75 for about 1,000 words.
Baja Life
This magazine about the Baja penisula focuses on culture, environmental concerns, economic development, and tourism. Pays 10 cents a word.
Bear Deluxe Magazine
Seeks submissions of almost everything - news, journalism, fiction, essay, poetry, interviews. Pays 5 cents per published word, $20 per poem, a free subscription, contributor copies and invites to events.
Bird Times
This magazine covers all types of companion birds: parrots, canaries and finches, budgerigars, cockatiels, pigeons and doves. Payment is on publication and ranges from $25 - $150 per submission.
Black Gate
Seeking "adventure-oriented fantasy fiction submissions suitable for all ages - including urban fantasy, sword & sorcery, dark fantasy/horror, 'magic realism' and romantic fantasy - as long as it is well written and original." Pays 6 cents a word for up to 7,000 words, $420 for 7,000 to 14,000 words, and 3 cents a word for longer works.
Bloodlust - UK
Seeks "Vampire Fiction" - See web site for specifics but, "In short, originality is the key, I want something different." Pays £0.01GBP per word to a maximum of £20.00 for up to 6000 words. Reserve right to serialise. "We tend to prefer shorter manuscripts but if you have something special we will consider over 6000 words and (budget permitting) will try to pay you £40.00 for a larger piece. Query with a rough plotline and an extract first."
Blood Rose
Magazine seeks character-driven, well-plotted stories that show the dark side of human thought and belief, but that also entertain and catch us up in the plot. "We prefer a supernatural element, but we have a weakness for good stories. Do it well, and we'll likely take it. We need primarily horror and dark fantasy, but will take some science fiction, as long as it too, is dark. We particularly like 'hard' sf and 'cyberpunk,' particularly when it speaks to the human condition." Pays $20 per story. One lead story per issue will pay professional rates of $.03 per word up to 3000 words ($90 maximum).
BlueSuitMom
Online magazine that seeks to support executive working mothers find work and family balance. Seeks information from experts in a variety of fields relating to working mothers as well as features written by writers and journalists. Interested in articles up to 1,500 words in length. Pay rates vary according to quality and experience.
Books by Bill
Publisher and seller of electronic download books. Many helpful articles for aspiring writers.
Boys Quest
This magazine publishes features on topics of interest to boys from 6 to 13 years-old. Pay is 5 cents a word.
Business 2.0
Business 2.0 publishes articles online that are not found in the print magazine. Pays $1 a word.
Byline Magazine
Magazine for writers - pays
$10 to $100 per submission.
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Cappers
Seeks free and light verse, traditional, nature and inspirational poems - specifically easy to read, with down-to-earth themes. Five or six poems are used in each issue. Limit submissions to batches of 5-6, length 4-16 lines. Pays $10-$15 on acceptance.
Carve Magazine
This bi-monthly on-line journal dedicated entirely to literary fiction is published by the Fiction Writers'Association at the University of Washington (USA). "We are seeking quality stories and offer first and second place cash prizes every edition."
Cat Fancy
Specialty publication - pays up to $400.
Catholic Digest
Print and online magazine. Uses nonfiction features 1,000-3,500 words on almost any topic. Readers have a wide range of interests -- religion, family, science, health, human relationships, nostalgia, good works. Pays $100 for reprints, $200-$400 for originals. Online-only articles receive $100, plus half of traceable revenue from electronic use. Uses a variety of fillers, pays $2 per published line.
Cemetery Dance Magazine
Publication seeks submissions of fiction: Horror, dark mystery, and suspense short stories up to 5,000 words. "We want tales that are powerful and emotional -- creepy, chilling, disturbing, and moody. Suspense/mystery/crime tales with a horror element are always welcome. Both supernatural and psychological stories are fine. Pays three to five cents per word for up to 5,000 words (maxium payment of $150).
Chalkdust Online
New online publication - pays $100.
Chicago Parents
This free online magazine offers a look at people, places, things of interests to families in the Chicago area. For first time writers for this zine, Short Stuff pieces would be the best place to start off in (with Book Reviews and Restuarant Reviews). Feature Articles include childcare education, balancing work and home life, etc. Pays $25 for short stuff articles (200-500 words) and $200 to $400 for feature articles (1,500-2,500 words).
Chicago Reader
Seeks magazine-style feature stories of varying lengths on Chicago topics. Pays from $75 to $3,000 for 800 to 5,000 words. "More than half the articles published in the Reader each week come from freelancers... So we not only publish unsolicited freelance writing, we depend on it."
Children's Ministry Magazine
Seeks practical articles such as working with volunteers, disciplining, and communicating with children about faith, morals, money, friends, grades and choices. Articles on understanding children are also regularly featured. Each issue features regular columns such as "Quick Devotions" and "Group Games." They also publish ideas and tips for different age groups, such as "Nursery Notes," "Preschool Page," "Preteen Pointers," and "Vital Volunteers." No fiction, prose, or poetry. Pays $35 to $175.
Christian Home & School
This magazine, produced by Christian Schools International, was developed to promote Christian education and focus on topics of interest to parents who send their children to Christian schools. Pay is $175 to $250 for up to 2,000 words.
ChristianWeek
Canadian biweekly Christian publication seeks news articles between 300-600 words about people or news events in your own community or denomination that would be of interest to readers in other denominations or in other areas of the country. Pays $30-100.
Chocolate For Women
and Teens
Unique publication - pays $100.
Cicada
This literary magazine for teenagers and young adults - ages 14 and up, publishes original short stories, poems, and first-person essays written for teens and young adults. Pays up to $0.25 per word for up to 5,000 words (fiction/articles) and up to $3.00 per line for up to 25 lines of poetry.
Cineaste
This quarterly magazine founded in 1967, which offers a social, political and esthetic perspective on the cinema, is interested in features, reviews, and interviews covering all areas of the cinema from Hollywood films and American independents to quality European films and Third World cinema. Pay ranges from $10 to $100 depending on type of submission.
Circle K Magazine
Kiwanis official publication pays $150-400.
Computerworld
Seeks articles on business, technology, careers, company profiles and related subjects for magazine and website. Pays $1.00-1.25 per word.
Connect For Kids
Pays from $700 up to $1000 per published feature. Prefers email queries first. Get all details on site.
Conscious Choice
Seeks general interest, inspirational, interviews, new product, personal experience and technical articles pertaining to the environment, natural foods and natural health. Article length: 1,500 words/ Pays on publication $75-150.
Conversely
Seeks submissions of personal experience essays, nonfiction and short stories on male-female relationships. Essays are generally between 750-2,500 words, nonfiction between 750-3,000 words and stories between 750-2,500 words. Pays $50 to $200.
Cornerstone Magazine
Seeks Haiku, free-verse, light verse. Pays $10 for poetry up to 15 lines, and $25 for 16 lines and over.
Creative Nonfiction Magazine
Seeks "strong reportage; attentiveness to language – well-written prose, rich with detail and a distinctive voice; an informational quality or instructive element that offers the reader something to learn (an idea, concept or collection of facts, strengthened with insight, reflection and interpretation.); a compelling, focused, sustained narrative that is well-structured, makes sense and conveys meaning." Pays $10 per printed page.
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Dance Teacher
Magazine exclusively for and about dance education. Articles focus on subjects specific to the teaching of dance; the business of running a studio; nutrition, injuries and health; publicity; performance production; issues in the profession of dance education; people in dance education; and other subjects of interest to dance educators.
Diabetes Interview
Seeks essays, how-to, humor, inspirational, interview, new product, opinion and personal experience articles focused on diabetes care, medications and patient advocacy. Pays on publication 20¢/word. Accepts reprints.
Discover the Outdoors
Recreational publication that pays $250-300.
Dwell
Magazine for homeowners that pays 10 to 20 cents per word.
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Emmy Magazine
Magazine published by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences prints features focusing on trends and issues in broadcast TV and cable and profiles about new technology in the industry. Pays $1,000 to $1,200 for 2,000 words. Query with published clips.
Entrepreneur Magazine
Noted magazine - pays competitively. Get details online.
EOTU Ezine
Bi-monthly webzine that publishes fiction, art and poetry of all genres, including science fiction, fantasy and horror. Maximum story length, 3000 words. Pays minimum of 1/2c per word or $5.00, whichever is greater. $5.00 for poetry.
ePregnancy Magazine
National monthly print magazine offering articles about everything related to pregnancy and children up to six-months-old. "Articles are geared toward parents and parents-to-be, and we cover preconception, pregnancy, postpartum, the first six months of babyhood and early parenthood." Features range from 800 to 1,200 words and pays from $150 to $200.
Equestrian Magazine
Magazine published by the American Horse Shows Association covers subjects related to the equestrian sport. Pays $200 to $500 for 500 to 3,500 words. Query first with clips.
Essence
This paying magazine, whose target audience is African-American and Caribbean women, publishes celebrity profiles, personal-growth articles, and indepth features on political and social issues.
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FabJob
We are seeking articles for the fabjob.com website on a variety of topics relating to careers. Currently we are publishing two new articles per week. The preferred length is 200 - 500 words. Pay is $10 U.S. per article on acceptance. Simultaneous submissions okay.
Faith Today, Canada
This bi-monthly national magazine that informs, equips and inspires Christians across Canada seeks features ranging from 650-1750 words that provide analysis and interpretation, rather than straight newsmagazine-style reports. (uses freelance writers for most articles and news reports.) Pays 15 to 30 cents per word. See site for more details.
Family Business
Quarterly magazine written exclusively for the owners and managers of family companies and the professionals who serve them. The magazine uses freelance writers for articles that showcase tough issues that virtually all business families face: succession planning, business strategy, wealth preservation, estate and tax planning and the human dynamics unique to the family-owned and -operated enterprise. Pays $50 to $1,000 for published works. See more details on site.
Family Digest
Magazine for Black Moms/heads-of-households pays competitively.
Family Tree Magazine
Published bimonthly. For newcomers the best way to break in is through the Branching Out department, and brief writeups of new resources for genealogists, scrapbookers and family historians for the Toolkit section. Pay rates vary depending on assignment.
Feline Magazine
Publication for cat lovers - pays $50 for features, stories and art.
FilmFax
This bi-monthly magazine covers entertainment media including radio, television, and film, both live action and animated, produced from the late 1920s up to and including the mid 1970s. Pays 3 cents per word for an accepted article.
Flight Journal
Publishes aviation-oriented material, for the most part with a historical overtone, but also with some modern "history in the making" reporting. Base pay for a full-size article is $600 and may increase for later submissions.
Folks Online
This online magazine "helps those of us that are just starting out on the web or those that are not computer
savvy with tips, stories of successful web businesses, and personal stories." Some departments include: True Stories: Personal stories of how your computer or the net has opened a new world to you or enhanced your life; Folks Family Trees: Share your tips and experience with other genealogy enthusiasts or write a story about your personal journey of exploration, and many others. Pays $50 to $100.
Fuse Magazine
Editors say they are "interested in writing that examines artworks and cultural events in terms of the relationship between political issues and contemporary culture..." They publish features, reviews, columns and interviews ranging from 800 to 6,000 words and they pay 10 cents per word on publication (except for reviews which receive $100 - $150.)
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Garden and Hearth
Publication accepts freelance submissions that focus on homelife and mothers. Pay is $10 per articles.
German Life
This bimonthly publication focuses on the diversity of German culture and how the German element has effected America's development. Pays up to $500 for up to 1,200 words.
Glimmer Train
This unique and illustrated short story magazine, publishes the best in literary fiction and seeks well-written, emotionally moving short stories by unknown and known authors, well-written humor. Pays $500 on acceptance for 1200 to 8000 words.
Global Black Woman
Great new niche publication that pays up to $150.
Good Old Days Online
Publication tells the real stories of the people who lived and grew up in "the good old days" (about 1900-1955). The editor says "We like stories to sound conversational, as if you're sitting around the fire and Grandpa's telling you about the time he and Grandma got shivareed. However, we are open to any way you choose to write your story, as long as it is true and falls within our targeted period of time...We accept seasonal stories year 'round, from holidays to harvest, shivarees to maple-sugaring. We look for real stories; happy, sad, the good, the bad. Humor is always a plus..." Preferred word length is 500-1500 words. Payment generally ranges from $15 - $75.
Greatest Escapes
Dedicated to the world's greatest and most unusual escapes. "We prefer stories set in offbeat, exotic locations, but popular tourists' destinations presented with fresh perspective are also acceptable. We look for vivid description based on meticulous observation." Pays $50 to $100.
Guideposts
Monthly Christian print and online publication featuring inspirational, interfaith, nonprofit publication written by people from all walks of life. A typical story is a first-person narrative the reader can apply to his/her own life. Pays $250 - $500.
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Hadrosaur Tales
Needs: Science Fiction and Fantasy short stories to 6000 words and poems to 50 lines. Send only complete manuscripts. Pays $6.00 per published story and $2.00 per published poem.
Health and
Efficiency Magazine
UK publication that pays £65 to £150.
High Country News
This non-profit, bi-monthly newspaper, covering the Rocky Mountain West, the desert Southwest and the Pacific Northwest, seeks well-researched stories on any natural resource ("include people, culture and aesthetic values - not just coal, oil and timber") or environmental topic, as long as it concerns our region. Query first. Pay begins at 25 cents per word for 800 to 1,000 words.
Home Cooking
Seeks articles relating to food and cooking including how-to's, humor, new product, personal experience, recipes and book reviews. Length: 250-750 words plus 6-8 recipes. Pay rates vary depending on article, columns and departments.
Home Education
Magazine
New education related magazine pays $50-100.
Honolulu Magazine
Seeks freelance contributions on a wide variety of subjects, personality profiles, historical events, sports, politics and lifestyle trends but all must be related to Hawaii. Pay ranges from $100 to $900.
How Stuff Works
Accepts two types of articles - HowStuffWorks Articles: See The Big List at the web site for hundreds of examples; and How My Stuff Works Articles: New area of site designed to let HowStuffWorks readers tell the world about their successful projects. Pays $100 for 1,000-5,000 words. Get details on site.
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I Love Cats Magazine
Seeks feature stories about cats and their owners, interesting or odd happenings with cats, tips for cat owners, health issues, nonfiction pieces, behavior problems, that sort of thing. Please do not send stories about cats that live outdoors. Looking for a story--preferably with photos or drawings--that is 1,000 words, tops, ideally 500-700 words. Pays $25 to $150.
In the Family
Pays $50
for essays, $35 for short stories.
IndoorJungle.Net
Open for submissions. Pays $10 per article and buys 2 articles per month, bi-weekly.
Inside/Outside Southwest
This free, alternative monthly magazine speaking to the entire Four Corners area from Durango to Taos, Santa Fe to Sedona, Albuquerque to Flagstaff and Moab to Telluride, publishes a theme-linked series of high-quality features and sidebars in each issue, plus an assortment of columns, natural history, book reviews, news reports, profiles, health and fitness information, how-to articles, profiles. Pays 10 to 20 cents per word for 1000 to 4000 words features. Open to submissions from all freelancers.
IQ Front Cover
A publication by Florida State University that seeks to showcase superb art and writing from around the world in an English version and by translation.
Italian America
Quarterly magazine published and distributed by the Order Sons of Italy in America. Pays $500 for 1,200 to 1,500 words.
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Journey Magazines
Seeks travel stories (acceptances "will be influenced largely by the availability of good photography. We don't publish stories on extremely exotic locations and/or offbeat activities such as backpacking in Turkey or bungy-jumping in New Zealand.") We want to entice and entertain readers with a good story, but also give practical advice that they can really use to book their vacation. Feature articles are 1200-1500 words ($800); mini-features are 800-1200 ($600); columns are 400-500 words ($400).
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Kate Harper Designs
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Kentucky Monthly
Publication's goal is "to offer the best stories, art and photographs Kentucky has to offer. To do so, we rely heavily on free-lance writers, artists and photographers." Query first. Pays $25 to $300 per article.
Keys for Kids
Publication is dedicated to "unlocking God's word for young faith." Pay is $15 to $20.
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