Freelance Writing Markets and Jobs
21 Writing Markets That Pay At Least 100.00 a Piece — Some Pay Into The Thousands
Find magazines and websites looking for freelancers of nonfiction, poetry, fiction, and more!
Are you looking for writing markets that pay $100.00 or more per article? Finding the right markets to pitch your work to or send completed manuscripts can be difficult. This article contains 21 different places that you may be interested in. Part of this article is a recap of previous articles I have written about, but most people are not going to read every one of my articles — so this is perfect for those who may have missed those markets or just forgot about them.
Of course, if some of my long-time readers have read all of my articles, I did include 6 additional markets I have not written about before. So there is something new for everyone!
Each market will contain the name, either the main website or a guidelines link, an email if no guidelines link, what they are looking for, and expected payment. Each market here gives writers the potential to make $100.00 for each piece submitted, sometimes into the thousands.
The Advocate
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $100.00–550.00
The Advocate is a gay and lesbian magazine. I do not see a guideline page on their website, but their contact email is [email protected].
They are looking for expose, arts and media. The word count for expose is 800, and the payment is $550.00. They also want 750-word profiles on well-known or newsworthy gays and lesbians. The payment for those columns is $100.00–500.00. They want people to query their pitches, not submit completed manuscripts.
Airforce Times
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $100.00–500.00
Airforce Times is looking for stories on military matters and local military issues. They are also interested in stories about successful transformation from military personal to civilian life. Query with pitches. Stories should be between 750–2,000 words.
The American Scholar
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $250.00–500.00
The American Scholar is a quarterly magazine that publishes articles on history, science, culture, politics, and the arts.
They are looking for general interest, travel, history, memoir, and reviews. Occasionally, they publish fiction and poetry. Nonfiction pieces should be less than 6,000 words. They pay up to $250.00 for online only articles, and up to $500.00 for articles run in their printed magazine.
American Short Fiction
Looking For: Fiction
Payment: $250.00–500.00, 2 contributor’s copies, and a subscription.
American Short Fiction is a literary magazine. They do charge a $3.00 reading fee for all stories submitted. If selected, your short fiction story (less than 2,000 words) will pay between $250.00–500.00. They are looking for mystery and speculative fiction.
Birdwatching Magazine
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $200.00–400.00 plus 2 contributor copies
Birdwatching Magazine looks for book excerpts, how-to, travel, essays, personal experiences, birds in the news, birding hotspots near you, photo features, and interviews. The article should be 500–2,400 words.
Chamber Music
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: At least $500.00
Chamber Music Magazine is looking for articles between 2,5000–3,500 words. They want book excerpts, opinion pieces, essays, humor, and personal experience stories. Query with clips.
Commonweal
Looking For: Nonfiction and Poetry
Payment: $100.00–300.00
Commonweal is a biweekly journal written by and for lay catholic individuals. They cover literature, religion, the arts, and public affairs.
They are looking for religious pieces, general interest, interviews, essays, and personal experiences for nonfiction. These articles should be 2,000–3,000 words, and payment is $100.00–300.00. Query first.
For poetry, they want traditional or free verse with no more than 75 lines. Payment is $0.75 per line and 2 contributors copies.
Credit Today
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $200.00–1,400.00
Credit Today is a trade journal about finance. They are a journal that covers business and trade credit. They are looking for technical, how-to interviews; send the complete manuscript between 700–1,800 words. Payment ranges from $200.00 to — 1,400.00 per article.
Freshbooks Blog
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $200.00
Freshbooks Blog is a website that assists small businesses with the everyday matters of running a business, specifically managing their books, taxes, invoicing, and resources. Although they are usually not actively looking for freelancers, they will contract you to write if they like their pitch. Although the website does not specify a payment amount, it has been reported as $200.00.
Girl’s Life Magazine
Looking For: Nonfiction and Fiction
Payment: $150.00–500.00
Girl’s Life Magazine is for girls between the ages of 10–15. This magazine is national with a large circulation — 2.16 million — so getting a byline here would like great on a resume or in your writing portfolio.
They want book excerpts, essays, general interest, inspirational, how-to, interviews, travel, and new products for nonfiction. These articles should be 700–2,000 words, and the payment is $500.00.
They are looking for stand-alone stories of 2,500–3,500 words for fiction.
Harper’s Magazine
Looking For: Nonfiction and Fiction
Payment: $0.50 — $1.00 a word ($1,500.00–6,000.00)
Harper’s Magazine focuses on significant newsworthy or social events in society. The readers of this magazine are well educated and value high-quality writing, well-written fiction, and journalistic integrity.
For nonfiction, they are looking for articles of 4,000–6,000 words, and they really like articles with humor. You must pitch your story first; no unsolicited manuscripts. The payment is $0.50–1.00 a word, so for a 4,000–6,000 word story, that would be $2,000.00–6,000.00.
For fiction, they will consider unsolicited manuscripts. The story must contain humor, and the word count they are looking for is 3,000–5,000. This also pays $0.50–1.00 a word, so for a fiction story of 3,000–5,000 words, you could get paid $1,500.00–5,000.00.
High Country News
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $0.50–1.50 per word (looking for word counts between 700–4900, which would be $350.00–7,350.00 apiece).
High Country News is a weekly, non-profit magazine that tells the stories of Alaska and the Western United States. This includes current events and historical.
They want essays, book excerpts, expose, personal experiences, travel, and humor. The length is up to 4,900 words. They are also looking for content for their column called Back Page essay, and this column is between 700–900 words.
The Idaho Review
Looking For: Nonfiction, Fiction, and Poetry
Payment: $300.00–500.00
The Idaho Review has a reading period from September 15 — March 15 yearly. I could only find rates for fiction which are $300.00–500.00.
They are looking for essays, interviews, book excerpts, and creative nonfiction for nonfiction. For Poetry, you can submit up to 5 poems for consideration. They want novel excerpts, literary short stories, or experimental short stories for fiction. Fiction can be up to 25 double-spaced pages in length.
Knitty
Looking For: Nonfiction,
Payment: $175.00–200.00
Knitty is a website that publishes knitting patterns, tutorials, and articles. The guidelines page gives dates of the upcoming themes, the issue those themes will be in, and the deadline for each issue.
Mad Magazine
Looking For: Humorous Artwork
Payment: At least $500.00 per printed page
I could not locate a guidelines page, but you can query [email protected]. Mad magazine is a classic magazine full of comics and artwork that make fun of current events and trends.
If you are interested in this market, you should be very familiar with the type of artwork they publish before sending your query email.
Men’s Health
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $100.00–5,000.00, 2 contributers copys and a subscription
Men’s Health is a large consumer magazine with a circulation of 1,600,000. They cover all topics pertaining to men’s health, including nutrition, fitness, grooming, relationships, travel, career, and other health issues. I could not find a guidelines page, but their contact email is [email protected].
For nonfiction, they want you to query with clips. The length of the features is 1,200–4,000 words. They also accept short pieces of 100–300 words. For short pieces, the payment is $100.00–300.00; for features they pay $1,000.00–5,000.00. They also have some short columns (750–1500) that you can also pitch. Columns pay $750.00–2,000.00.
Poets & Writers Magazine
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $225.00–500.00+
Poets & Writers Magazine is a bimonthly magazine written for creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry writers. They recommend you write the magazine (sold on newsstands and has an online archive linked from the guidelines page) and query first.
Columns typically pay $225.00–500.00, features pay more, but it is negotiated. They have information on features and columns on the guideline page, but they are looking for articles and columns ranging from 500–3,000 words. They cover topics like news in the publishing industries, advice, how-to, and in-depth features that would interest creative writers.
Nurseweek
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $200.00–800.00
Nurseweek is a trade magazine written about nursing news, and it is 98% freelance written. They are looking for personal interest, interviews, articles on innovation in the field, health-related legislation and regulation, healthcare diversity, healthcare community programs, long-term care, home care, women’s health, pediatric care, and just about anything else to do with nursing.
They are looking for articles of 900 words, with interviews with experts (RN’s) and photos. Send a query to [email protected] with a 50-word summary and a list of experts you plan to interview for the article.
Subtropics Magazine
Looking For: Nonfiction, Fiction, and Poetry
Payment: $100.00–1,000.00
Subtropics is a literary magazine, and they charge a $3.00 reading fee.
For nonfiction, they will not consider book reviews. The average length of their nonfiction pieces is 5,000 words, but they will consider up to 15,000 words. Payment is $1,000.00.
For fiction, they will consider any length between short story and novella. For short stories, they pay $500.00; for full-length stories, they pay $1,000.00.
For poetry, you can submit up to 5 poems. Payment is $100.00 per accepted poem.
Truity
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $100.00–150.00
Truity is a website focused on personality tests and types. If you are interested in writing about how personality affects people in their life (in relationships, career paths, etc.), you can apply to become a contributor. They pay $100.00–150.00 per post. Short posts are 600–800 words, and long posts are 1000 words or more.
Videomaker
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $100.00–300.00
Videomaker is a magazine that covers audio and video production and the equipment that is being used.
They are looking for articles of 900–2,000 words, either technical or how-to pieces. Query first. They pay $100.00–300.00 per article.
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