Freelance Writing Opportunities
22 Paying Writing Markets — Find Places to Make Money Through Your Writing
Find websites and magazines looking for nonfiction and fiction writers.
Are you looking for new places to submit pitches or send completed manuscripts (articles, poetry, and fiction)?
This article contains information on 22 magazines and websites to send your pitches or completed manuscripts. Finding great places to submit to can be challenging — let me find them for you!
Part of this article is a recap of previous articles I have written. However, most people will not read every article I have ever written. So this is perfect for those who may have missed those markets or just forgot about them.
Of course, if you have read all my articles, I included 7 additional markets I have never written about before. So there is something new for everyone!
Each of these freelance writing markets will contain the name of the magazine or website, either the main website or a guidelines link, an email if no guidelines link is available, what they are looking for, and the expected payment.
Each market here gives writers the potential to make at least $50.00 an article, usually 100’s or more! Good Luck finding the best places for your work!
AKC Gazette
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $300.00–500.00
The AKC Gazette does not have an online guidelines page, but you can send them a message through their contact page if you are interested in writing for them.
They allow simultaneous submissions, and this publication is about purebred dogs and written for their owners. They have a circulation of 60,000 and a 10% kill fee.
They are looking for nonfiction articles, predominantly how-to, humor, travel, dog art, general interest, training, canine performance sports, and photo feature.
Alabama Living Magazine
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $150.00–250.00+
This magazine has a circulation of 400,000, and all articles must be related to Alabama.
They are looking for historical pieces for their regular issues. However, they also have several special issues a year where they cover different topics, and they are as follows:
- March — Gardening
- April — Travel
- May — Home Improvement
- December — Holiday Recipes
They want articles of 800–1,500 words. They pay a minimum of $150.00 for unsolicited articles. Assigned articles start at $250.00.
Alaska Business Magazine
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $150.00–500.00
Alaska Business Magazine has a circulation of 5,000. They are looking for 500–2,500 words articles, and payment is $150.00 to 500.00. They prefer unpublished articles, but they will consider reprints. Payment for reprints varies.
They will consider many different topics for their nonfiction pieces, including opinions, interviews, profiles, new products, technical, architecture, engineering, construction, oil & gas, technology, telecom, conventions & meetings, photo features, the Pacific Northwest, environmental services, international trade, energy & power, mining, and healthcare.
American Educator
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $300.00–3,000.00
This is a quarterly magazine published for the federation of American Teachers. They offer a byline and a 50% kill fee. Their circulation is 900,000.
They are looking for nonfiction articles and want writers to query with published clips. American Educator is especially interested in historical pieces, book excerpts, education research discussions, and interviews.
Word count is 1,000–7,000 words. Payment for unsolicited articles is $300.00–1,000 and $750.00–3,000.00 for assigned articles.
Arizona Highways
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $1.00 a word. $600.00–1,800.00 for features. Up to $1,000.00 for columns
This is a state-owned publication that is used to attract tourists. This is an excellent opportunity for people from Arizona who have traveled or vacationed there or who are talented travel writers. I could not locate a guidelines page, but you can send story ideas to [email protected].
Arizona Highways has a circulation of 425,000. They are looking for a pitch with a lead paragraph and a brief outline. Articles should be 600–1,800 words.
Columns pay $500.00–1,000.00. Here are some columns you can write for:
- Along The Way (Short essays about life in Arizona or personal experiences there) Word count — 750.
- Focus on Nature (Unique aspects of a single species of wildlife). Word count — 800.
- Backroad Adventures *Personal experience articles of the backroads in Arizona off the beaten path). Word count — 1,000.
- Hike of the Month (Personal experiences on trails in Arizona). Word count — 500.
Boulevard
Looking For: Nonfiction, Fiction, and Poetry
Payment: $50.00–300.00
Boulevard publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Their yearly reading period is November 1 — May 1, but they charge a $3.00 online submission fee.
For fiction and nonfiction, they pay a minimum of $100.00 and a maximum of $300.00. Pieces can be up to 8,000 words, but they do not accept children’s fiction, horror, science fiction, romance, erotica, or westerns.
For poetry, they pay between $50.00 to 250.00. You can submit 5 poems simultaneously, up to 200 lines per poem. They do not accept light verse.
Carve
Looking For: Fiction
Payment: $100.00
Carve unpublished fiction of 10,000 words or less. They do not accept genre fiction or book excerpts that can not be read as stand-alone stories. They especially want stories that have soul, honesty, and emotional jeopardy. There is a $3.00 reading fee.
The Common
Looking For: Nonfiction, Fiction, and Essays
Payment: $40.00 — $200.00
The Common is a literary magazine that accepts poetry, fiction, and essays. There are guidelines on the guideline page and the linked-to submittable link.
Fiction and essays can be up to 10,000 words, 5 poems can be submitted. Each submission type does require a $3.00 fee. The prose is paid at $200.00, and Poetry is paid at $40.00.
Commentary
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $400.00 — $1,200.00
Commentary is an Intellectual magazine that discusses large ideas such as the fate of America and western society, the fate of democracy, the preservation of high culture, and the future of Jewish culture.
I could not locate a guidelines page — you can either email your pitches and manuscripts to [email protected] or use their contact page to get in touch with them.
They are looking for opinion pieces and essays between 2,000–8,000 words, and they pay $400.00–1,200.00.
Daily Science Fiction
Looking For: Fiction
Payment: $0.08 a word, up to $120.00
Daily Science Fiction publishes stories of up to 1,500 words. They will take science fiction, fantasy, and slipstream. They will consider dark fantasy, but they do not publish horror. They also do not publish erotica. They only accept new stories, no reprints. This includes no stories previously published online.
Family Fun Magazine
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: Up to $1.25 per word (up to $3,750.00 for a 3,000 word article)
Family Fun is a magazine that focuses on children 3–12 years of age. Check out the guidelines are; they are very specific (3 pages of guidelines and info) about what they are looking for, payment, and word count. This includes features up to 3,000 words and departments that are typically less than 1,000 words. Payment for departments ranges from $100.00–750.00.
Food 52
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $200.00–500.00
Food 52 is a website that covers food & drinks and home-related topics. If you are a food writer, recipe creator, or just love this type of content, this could be an excellent choice for you.
They are primarily looking for technical articles on how to cook, substitutions, great techniques, what to cook, trends. They also have a home section covering decorating, cleaning, shopping, gardening, and DIY. I highly suggest you spend some time on their guidelines page as it is very detailed, including what they are looking for and how to pitch them for the best results.
They pay $200.00 for a recipe or a short article and up to $500.00 (sometimes more) for bigger projects. They also reimburse up to $50.00 for recipe ingredients.
Harvard Magazine
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $400.00 — $3,000.00
Harvard Magazine offers writers a byline and has a circulation of 245,000. I could not locate guidelines online, but you can email [email protected] with your pitch.
They are looking for interviews, book excerpts, essays, and journalism related to Harvard intellectual subjects. Articles range from 800–10,000 words, and payment is $400.00–3,000.00
Kit Planes
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $250.00–1,000.00
This is a monthly magazine covering the construction of private planes for pilots and builders. They have a circulation of 72,000.
Kit Planes wants writers to query first. They are looking for how-to, new products, general interest, technical, interview, personal experience, and photo features. These especially want articles about all phases of the construction of an aircraft and different techniques that can be used.
Make a Living Writing
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $75.00–150.00
If you like to write about writing topics, you might want to consider pitching Make a Living Writing. They pay between $75.00–150.00 an article and prefer articles 750–1,000 words. There are many different writing and writing adjacent topics you can write about, such as blogging, social media, marketing, ghostwriting, productivity, self-publishing, the writing craft, and more!
Metropolis
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $1,500.00–4,000.00
Metropolis is a monthly magazine for individuals interested in architecture and design. It is 80% freelance written and has a circulation of 45,000. If interested, you can send them a message through their contact us page.
They are looking for both feature articles (1,500–4,000 words) and columns (100–1,500 words). For features, they want writers to query first and describe why your potential article is a good fit for Metropolis. They are mainly looking for interviews and essays, and the payment is $1,500.00–4,000.00.
Here are the columns that you can also submit:
- Perspective (opinion and personal observation). 1200 words, pay $1,200.00.
- Metropolis Observed (architecture design and city planning). 100–1200 words, payment $100.00–1,200.00.
- Enterprise (business development of architecture and design). 1500 words, payment is $1,500.00.
National Parks Magazine
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $1,300.00
National Parks Magazine I about the national parks and wildlife preserves of America. They have a circulation of 340,000 and offer writers a byline and a 33% kill fee. They want writers to query first.
They are looking for articles about new or proposed national parks and wilderness preserves. They will also consider expose articles. Payment is $1,300.00, and the word count is 1,500.
Rock & Gem Magazine
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $100.00–250.00
This magazine has a circulation of 55,000. It is essential to understand that they are not a scientific journal, so the articles need to appeal to everyone, from beginners to experts.
They want personal experience, general interest, travel, how-to, and photo features. Articles should be 2,000–4,000 words, and payment is $100.00–250.00.
Symphony
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $500.00–900.00
This magazine has a circulation of 18,000, and they report on people, trends, and critical issues in the orchestra world.
They are looking for book excerpts, essays, inspiration, opinions, personal experiences, and photo features. Payment is $500.00–900.00
There are also several columns you can pitch to as well. However, I could not find payment information for the columns. These columns are:
- Comment (Personal views and opinions)
- Repertoire (orchestral music essays)
- Currents (electronic media development)
- On Record (music-related CDs, DVDs, and Video.
- In Print (music-related books)
The columns are 1,000–2,500 words.
They do prefer working with Canadian writers or writers with a Canadian connection.
Three-Lobed Burning Eye
Looking For: Fiction
Payment: $30.00–100.00
I do not know if you could tell or not from the title, but this is a speculative fiction journal. They publish 6 original stories with each issue. They pay $30.00 for flash fiction (under 1,000 words) and $100.00 for short stories (up to 7,500 words).
They prefer horror, fantasy, and science fiction. However, they will consider westerns and suspense if they contain some element of speculative fiction in the story.
Today’s Parent
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $1,500.00–2,200.00
Today’s Parent does not have online writing guidelines, but there is information with emails and Twitter accounts in their about us section.
They are a Canadian magazine for parents, and they have a circulation of 2 million. They want articles of 1,800–2,500 words. Query first.
They also have severy columns they are looking for content for:
- Health (parents and children)
- What’s New (games, apps, movies, and toys)
- Behavior (relationships)
- Steps and Stages (How does he/she do it?)
- Bright Idea (Food in the Kitchen)
They prefer working with Canadian writers or writers with a Canadian Connection.
USA Hockey Magazine
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $25.00 — $1,000.00
If you love hockey and have some knowledge or connections into this sport, you may want to write for USA Hockey Magazine. They are 60% freelance written, and they have a circulation of 444,000. This is the world’s largest hockey magazine.
They are looking for articles on a wide range of hockey-related topics such as essays, general interest, historical, how-to, humor, personal experience, interview, new product, hockey competitions, juniors, college, pro hockey, NCAA hockey championships, youth hockey, the Olympics and photo features.
They pay $150.00–250.00 for feature articles and columns. Some of the columns they are looking for content include news & notes, shortcuts, coaching corner, and USA hockey.
They also buy fiction stories and pay between $150.00–1,000.00. They are looking for humor, adventure, and slice-of-life vignettes.
They also accept fillers such as newsbreaks, gags, anecdotes, facts, and short humor. Fillers pay $25.00–250.00.
Other Multiple Writing Market Articles For You
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