Freelance Writing Opportunities
23 Paying Writing Markets — Earn Hundreds to Thousands of Dollars Freelancing From This Writing Market List!
Find magazines and websites looking for nonfiction freelancers — and even a few fiction opportunities.
Are you always looking for new places to submit your writing? If so, keep reading!
This article contains information on 23 places to send your pitches or completed manuscripts. Finding the right markets to pitch your work to or send your finished work can be difficult.
Part of this article is a recap of previous articles I have written. Still, most people will not 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 8 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! This is a great starter list to find new markets for your writing.
Adventure Cyclist
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $0.25–0.50 a word
Adventure Cyclist offers writers a byline, has a 25% kill fee, and has a circulation of 51,000. They publish their magazine 9 times a year for the Adventure Cycling Association members. Adventure Cyclist emphasizes tourism and travel as it relates to cycling.
They look for how-to articles, essays, historical, personal experiences, inspirational pieces, opinions, travel, and photo features. The articles should be 1,400–3,000 words in length.
Typically, they do not publish a lot of fiction. However, they will consider it. To be considered, this fiction needs to be appropriate for its audience and well-written. They only want to see adventure stories 1,500–3,000 words in length.
Apex Magazine
Looking For: Fiction
Payment: Up to $675.00
Apex Magazine is looking for fiction submissions. They have a hard max word count of 7,500 words per story. They will pay you $0.08 per word for the story. If the story is also chosen to be read on their podcast, you will make an additional $0.01 per story.
Astronomy Magazine
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $100.00–1,000.00
Astronomy Magazine has a circulation of 108,000, and they offer writers a byline and a kill fee.
They are looking for book excerpts, space, astronomy, technical, new product articles, and photo features. They would like you to query first; no unsolicited manuscripts, please. Astronomy Magazine is looking for articles 500–3,000 words in length and pays between $100.00–1,000.00.
Barefoot Writer
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $100.00–300.00
Barefoot Writer is a website that offers a service (paid membership) to help writers on their writing journey and a free blog with helpful articles. If you think you can help other writers through informative articles, you should check out their writing guidelines.
They have 6 different monthly columns you can write for, and the payment ranges between $100.00–300.00.
Boating Mag
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $125.00–1,200.00
I could not find an online guidelines page for this market, but you can send pitches and manuscripts to [email protected]. This magazine offers a byline and a kill fee and has a circulation of 175,000.
Boating Mag specifically covers performance boating. They are looking for new product articles, interviews, and photo features. They are not looking for general boating articles.
Catholic Answers
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $200.00–350.00
Catholic Answers is a monthly magazine covering evangelization and Catholic apologetics. The magazine promotes the teachings of the Catholic Church, and it has a circulation of 24,000.
They are interested in book excerpts, essays, conversion stories, and religious articles. They pay $200.00–350.00 for articles between 1,500–3,000 words. They also want stories for their column Damascus road, which features conversion stories. This column is 2,000 words and pays $200.00.
Chatelaine
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $1.00 a word
Chatelaine is a woman’s magazine out of Canada. The magazine has a target demographic of Canadian women between 25 and 49. Writers will get a byline, and they also offer a 25% kill fee.
They do not want any unsolicited manuscripts. Instead, they want writers to query with published clips. They are looking for beauty, food, health, home décor, finance, social issues, and trends. They also have several departments or columns they accept submissions for, including humor, money, home, and how-to.
Chem Matters
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $700.00–1,000.00
Chem Matters is a magazine written for high school students. Its purpose is to help students see real-world connections to Chemistry. Their circulation is 30,000.
Chem Matters does not want unsolicited manuscripts; please query with published clips. They want articles that anyone taking a high school chemistry class would be able to read and follow easily. These articles should be fun, timely, or cover an interesting topic. The best articles that they receive and accept help today’s youth solve a problem or make a difference.
They pay $700.00–1,000.00 for articles between 700 and 1,000 words.
Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores
Looking For: Nonfiction, Fiction, and Poetry
Payment: Up to $0.08 a word
This is a science fiction and fantasy site looking for fiction, poetry, and fact-based work.
Fiction is paid at $0.08 a word for unpublished work and $0.02 a word for reprinted work. They will look at any word count, but shorter pieces are given more consideration.
Poetry is paid $1.00 a line for unpublished work and $0.50 a line for reprints. They prefer 40 lines or less.
Nonfiction is paid anywhere between $0.02–0.08 a word for new articles and $0.01–0.04 a word for reprints.
Check out the guidelines page as they detail what they are looking for and what areas are hard sells.
Country Magazine
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $250.00+
Country Magazine’s purpose is to bring the beauty that living (or visiting) the country has to everyone. They focus on country life, landscapes, environment, the people who live there, and the lifestyle that country living offers.
Payment is $250.00 per published page (usually 400–500 words).
The Dark
Looking For: Fiction
Payment: $0.06 a word ($120.00–360.00)
The Dark Magazine is a magazine that publishes horror and dark fantasy works of fiction. They are looking for stories of 2,000–6,000 words. There are stories free to read on the website, which is fantastic. This will allow you to see the type of fiction they are looking for! Of course, it also means you have another great place to read new and original fiction.
Faith Today
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $100.00–500.00 Canadian
Faith Today is a faith and religious magazine located in Canada. They cover social issues, church issues, personal faith, and how they connect to Canadian lifestyle and culture. Writers get a byline, and the magazine offers a 30–50% kill fee. Faith Today has a circulation of 15,000.
They do not want full manuscripts; please query with a pitch first. They want book excerpts, opinion pieces, expose, essays, how-to, general interest, humor, historical, interview, inspirational, profile, review, religious, and Canadian news features.
Fangoria
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $100.00–250.00
Fangoria is a magazine dedicated to the horror film industry. The magazine mainly publishes interviews, and they want writers to query with published clips.
They are looking for articles of 1,000–3,500 words. Payment is $100.00–250.00, and these articles should contain interviews with technicians in the film industry or filmmakers. Fangoria is 95% freelance written.
Flare
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $1.00 a word
Flare is a fashion and beauty magazine out of Canada. They do not have any specific topics they are looking for. They prefer you to study the magazine and pitch based on the topics they cover and what they might be lacking.
Typically, Flare covers fashion, beauty, sex, relationships, news, and celebrities.
Freelance Mom
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $75.00–100.00
Freelance Mom is a website and a community of moms trying to still be individuals after entering motherhood. They are looking for articles that offer practical advice, tips, and actionable steps to take.
Guest posts are between 900–1,500, and payment is between $75.00–100.00.
Golf Tips
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $300.00–1,000.00
I could not find an online guidelines page for this publication, but you can email the editor, Vic Williams, at [email protected]. Golf Tops has a circulation of 300,000 and offers writers a 33% kill fee and a byline.
They buy both features and columns. For features, they are looking for articles between 250–2,000 words. If they accept an unsolicited manuscript, payment is $300.00–800.00. If the manuscript they buy comes from a pitch they later assigned, payment is between $300.00–1,000.00.
For columns, they pay between $300.00–850.00. They accept submissions for the following columns:
- Travel Tips (travel information pertaining to golfers) 2500 words.
- Lesson Library (book excerpts, usually a series of columns) 1,000 words.
- Stroke Saver (clear and concise golfing instructions) 350 words.
Great Escape Publishing
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $150.00
Great Escape Publishing is a resource for travel writer freelancers. They publish articles and have courses you can take. They also hire freelancers to write writing-related articles.
They are looking for personal stories, interviews, and articles that give specific advice to readers on how to make money to travel. Payment is $150.00 per article.
Hoof Beats
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $100.00–500.00
Hoofbeats is a monthly magazine about standardbred horses and harness racing. They offer writers a byline and a 25% kill fee.
They are looking for interviews, general interest, how-to articles, technical, personal experience, and photo features. They pay $100.00–500.00 for articles between 750 and 2,000 words.
Hoff Beats also has a few columns for which they pay $100.00–500.00. Here are 3 columns you can submit your work for:
- Industry Trends ( discusses current issues that impact standardbreds and harness racing) 1,000–2,000 words.
- Profiles (concise profiles on horses or people in harness racing) 600–1,000 words.
- Equine Clinic (stories about standardbreds who have overcome health issues) 900–1,200 words.
International Living
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $250.00–400.00 (or $0.10 a word)
International Living is a magazine for people who are living abroad. You should check out their writing guidelines page carefully as they have pitch ideas and suggestions within their guidelines.
They want how-to articles, personal experiences, interviews, healthcare, and travel. They want a word count between 840–1,400.
Motherwell
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $50.00
Motherwell is a parenting website with the tagline, “Telling All sides of the parenting story.” They publish original content on culture, family life, obstacles, and the process of overcoming them.
Although they are looking for all types of parenting articles, they are especially interested in content for their new home for the holiday’s essays and their new parenting and food column.
Motorhome Magazine
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $100.00–900.00
This is a magazine that is written for RV enthusiasts. They have a circulation of 150,000 partly because it is a general RV magazine covering all aspects of the RV’ing lifestyle, making it an attractive choice for everyone. They offer writers a byline and a 30% kill fee if needed.
They are looking for articles between 800–2,5000 words, and they pay between $400.00–900.00. They are interested in interviews, new products, general interest, technical, historical, humor, personal experience, and photo features.
They are also interested in work for their column crosswords and keepers. Crossroads is 100–200 words and contains offbeat info on people and places interesting to travelers. Keepers are short, tips and resources. Columns pay $100.00.
Psychology Today
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $150.00–2,500.00
Psychology Today has a circulation of 331,400, and they cover psychology topics, including self-improvement and self-help subjects. They are open to all nonfiction ideas (no poetry or fiction); they also do not want first-person essays.
Features are between 1,500–4,000 words, and the payment for these longer articles is between 1,000.00–2,500.00 words. Query first. They also publish columns such as news and trends, and new edition. Columns word count is 150–300, and payment is between $150.00–300.00.
The Vegetarian Resource Group — Vegetarian Journal Website
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $100.00–200.00
If you think you have a completely unique take on something or an article for this journal that they have never seen before, send them a pitch. They currently do have a backlog of articles to publish, but if your pitch blows them away, they may still be interested!
Other Multiple Writing Market Articles For You
This is not my first large writing market list. Here are two more articles you might want to read!
20 Magazines and Websites Paying $100.00 or More
21 Writing Markets That Pay At Least $100.00 a Piece — Some Pay Into The Thousands
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