Freelance Writing Opportunities
23 Paying Writing Markets — Find Magazines and Websites For Nonfiction and Fiction Submissions
Discover 23 excellent freelance writing opportunities today!
Are you looking for new places to submit pitches or send completed manuscripts (fiction, nonfiction, and creative nonfiction)?
This article contains information on 23 websites and print magazines that you can send your completed manuscripts and article pitches. 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 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.
These markets are paying markets; the majority pay at least $100.00. Some of them give the possibility of making thousands. Good Luck!
AWP — Writer’s Chronicle
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $360.00–900.00
Writer’s Chronicles pays $18.00 per 100 words. There are 33 different categories that you can write for:
- Essays on the Craft of Writing (2,500–5000 words)
- Interviews (3,000–5,000 words)
- Profiles and Appreciations (2,000–5,000 words)
Check the guidelines pages for more information on each category.
Better Nutrition
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $400.00–1,000.00
Better Nutrition does not have an online writers guide, so I have linked to the contact page — which is their parent company. You can also email them at [email protected].
This magazine is 57& freelance written, and they want articles 400–1,200 words in length. Query with pitch and credentials first. They want news-breaking articles in supplementation and nutrition. They also prefer articles that have interviews from experts in the field.
Birds and Blooms
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $10.00–400.00
Birds and Blooms is a very large magazine for outdoor beauty enthusiasts as it has a circulation of 1,900,000. They are looking for essays, how-to, humor, inspirational and personal experience. The length of these articles is up to 1,000 words, and payment is $100.00–400.00.
They also have some columns that they hire freelancers for, including bird takes, front porch, and from your backyard. These columns pay between $50.00–75.00.
Finally, they also accept fillers — facts, anecdotes, and gags. Fillers pay $10.00–75.00.
Bridal Guide
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $0.50 a word, $500.00–1,000.00
Bridal guide does not have online writing guidelines, but the contact email is [email protected]. Bridal Guide is one of the top Bridal publications. They are looking for articles 1,000–2,000 words in length, but writers must query before submitting.
They cover wedding ideas, wedding planning, relationships, sexuality, and travel. Bridal Guide is printed bi-monthly, and it is 20% freelance written.
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Looking For: Fiction
Payment: $0.05 a word ($125.00 minimum, 400.00–1,000.00 maximum)
Are you a mystery short story writer? If so, you should consider submitting a story to Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. They are looking for short stories. The length of the stories they typically publish is 2,500–8,000 words. However, they will consider stories up to 12,000 words, and once or twice a year, they will publish a story as long as 20,000 words. However, those longer stories are usually reserved for well-established authors.
Games: World of Puzzles
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $500.00–1,000.00
Games: World of Puzzles does not have online writers guidelines. I linked to their contact page above, and you can also send pitches to [email protected].
This magazine is 50% freelance written. They are looking for articles on puzzle and game-related events and people, wordplay, humor, and photo features.
Good Housekeeping
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $1.50 a word (up to $3000.00)
Good Housekeeping is a large magazine (6.9 million social circulation, 32.4 million overall circulation) that both men (25%) and women (75%) read.
They are looking for long-form narrative personal essays and reported stories. Check out the guidelines page as it is very specific in what they want. Good Housekeeping does not list how much they pay, but it has been reported online as approximately $1.50 per word. Their feature-length articles are usually 1,500–2,000 words.
Great Escape Publishing
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $150.00–200.00
Great Escape Publishing is always looking for writers with great stories. They are especially interested in hearing from travel writers. If you are a travel writer, they want to hear about how you have been successful and any insider tips you want to share on how to run your business.
Moviemaker Magazine
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $0.50 a word, $75.00–500.00
Moviemaker Magazine does not have online writers guidelines, but you can send emails to [email protected].
They have a circulation of 55,000, and they are looking for interviews, expose, how-to, technical, new products, and general interest. The articles should be 800–3,000 words, and they pay $75.00–500.00.
They also have several columns you can write for, such as Festival Beat, How They Did It, Documentary Home Cinema, and World Cinema. These columns pay $75.00–300.00.
Ms. Magazine
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: Up to $1.00 a word (features typically run 1,500–2,500 per story, so payment could be as high as $2,500.00 per story).
Ms. Magazine is looking for reported pieces, features, and social commentary with a feminist lens. They cover many different topics such as pop culture, policy, and politics. The digital version of the magazine does not pay.
Narratively
Looking For: Narrative Nonfiction
Payment: Reported as $200.00–300.00 — Varies Per Assignment
The tagline at Nattatively is, “Celebrating humanity through authentic storytelling.” There are 4 different types of writing that they cook for — first-person stories, reported stories, hidden history, and photo essays. Each of these types of writing has separate guidelines.
The Nation
Looking For: Fiction and Nonfiction
Payment: $150.00–500.00
The Nation is a left-leaning journal. They cover national and international affairs and the arts. They are looking for articles covering civil liberties, civil rights, labor, economics, environmental issues, feminist issues, politics, and the arts.
They want nonfiction articles 750–2,000 words, and payment is between $150.00–500.00. They also consider poetry between 06/01–09/15 yearly.
One Story
Looking For: Fiction
Payment: $500.00+ 25 contributors copies
One Story is a literary fiction publication that has been published for more than 2 decades. They are looking for literary fiction submissions of 3,000 to 8,000 words. They do not have a specific style that they look for; they just want well-written, never published original stories.
However, they sometimes make an exception and consider reprints if it was initially published outside North America. They also will consider translations of stories that were not initially published in English.
Reef to Rainforest Media
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $100.00–600.00
Reef to Rainforest Media is the parent company for Coral and Amazonas Magazines. They buy articles for both magazines and pay between $500.00–600.00.
They want writers to read the magazine and then send a query to the editor describing your pitch in brief.
San Jose Business Journal
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $175.00–400.00
San Jose Business Journal does not have an online writing guideline page, but you can find their contact info here. https://www.bizjournals.com/about-us/
They are looking for stories that appeal to all business people, especially upper management. If interested, query first. Stories should be 700–2,500 words long, and payment is $175.00–400.00 per accepted article.
Shape
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $1.50 a word (up to $3,750.00)
Shape Magazine does not have an online writers guidelines page. I linked to their about us/masthead page above; that page lists individual email addresses.
This magazine has a circulation of 2.5 million and is 70& freelance written. They are looking for book excerpts, expose, and how to. Articles should be 1,000–2,500 words. The average pay is $1.50 a word.
They prefer writers to read the magazine before pitching ideas. This magazine covers health, beauty, nutrition, and fitness, and their demographic is women between 18 and 34.
Solver Stories
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $200.00
Wordplay is looking for personal essays of 800–1,300 words. These essays will explore how games, puzzles, and language connect people, how they fit into our daily lives, and what we can learn about ourselves from these activities. There are sample essays on the guidelines page for inspiration.
Town & Country
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $2.00 a word (up to $4,000.00)
Town & Country does not have writer guidelines online, but I linked their contact page above, and you can also send emails to [email protected].
They have a circulation of almost 500,000, and they are looking for nonfiction articles. They like interviews, general interest, and travel. These articles should be between 800–2,000 words. New writers have a better chance of breaking in with short, front-of-the-book pieces.
Trip Savvy
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: Varies per assignment
Trip Savvy does not have a writers guideline page online, so I linked their contact page. You can email [email protected]. They also do not list how much they pay writers. Online, I found someone reporting as much as $250.00 per 700 words, but it varies per assignment.
They report on all different topics related to trip planning. These topics include food, family vacations, arts and culture, hotels, trip planning, and destination.
Undark
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $500.00–1,000.00
Undark is an independent digital magazine that explores the intersection of society and science. They publish nonfiction pieces such as long-form, narrative-driven journalism, shorter features, essays, profiles, op-eds, book excerpts, book reviews, interviews, reviews, and photo features.
They do not list how much they pay, but reports say it is as high as $500.00–1,000.00.
Unearth Women
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $125.00–250.00
Unearth Women is looking for pitches for articles, profiles on women to watch, and feminist city guides. Check out the linked guidelines to see what they are looking for in columns and different types of stories.
Wine Press North West
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $300.00
Wine Press North West does not have online guidelines, but you can send an email to [email protected].
They have a circulation of 12,000. They are looking for general interest, historical, interviews, travel, new product, and photo features. Payment is $300.00 per accepted article.
Worthpoint
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $25.00–200.00
Worthpoint is looking for articles about identifying, valuing, and preserving antiques and collectibles. The writers they hire are everything from appraisers and auctioneers to amateur collectors and thrifters.
They want informational articles on blog posts on art, collectibles, and antiques. Articles are 400–1,200 words. Their guidelines are specified on the page on how much they pay for each type of item and the word count expected depending on the assignment.
Other Multiple Writing Market Articles For You
This is not my first large writing market list. Here are four more articles you might want to read!
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21 Writing Markets That Pay At Least $100.00 a Piece — Some Pay Into The Thousands
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