Summary

This article provides information on three magazines and websites that pay freelance writers for their work.

Abstract

The article lists three magazines and websites that pay freelance writers for their work. The first is NPR Goats and Soda, which pays $250.00-400.00 for nonfiction articles. The second is Glimmer, which pays$ 500.00–800.00 for nonfiction articles. The third is Bugle, which pays $0.30 a word plus contributor’s copies ($ 225.00–1,500.00) for nonfiction articles. The article also provides guidelines for submitting articles to each publication.

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The author believes that there are many marketplaces for freelance writers out there.
The author encourages freelance writers to submit their article pitches to the three publications listed in the article.
The author suggests that freelance writers bookmark the article for future reference.
The author provides links to their other articles for more writing markets and contests.
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Freelance Writing Opportunities

3 Magazines and Websites That Pay Freelancers $225.00–1,500.00

Here are a few more places to send your article pitches.

Are you a freelance writer looking for new opportunities? If so, you’re in luck! There are many marketplaces for freelance writers out there, and I’m going to share with you 3 of them in this article (check out some of my other articles for more). So whether you’re looking for writing jobs and markets to submit to today or you just want to bookmark this to create your own master list later — this is a great place to start!

NPR Goats and Soda

Website: NPR Goats and Soda

Guidelines: NPR Goats and Soda Guidelines

Send Story Query To: See guidelines page

Looking For: Nonfiction

Payment: $250.00–400.00 — guidelines say the price is negotiated during the pitch process, but previous writers reported it at $250.00–400.00.

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: No

Pays Writers on Assignment: No

More Info:

Goat’s and Soda is a health and development blog from NPR (National Public Radio). The tagline of this publication is “stories of life in a changing world.”

Besides health and development, they also cover people and culture.

Fiction: The guidelines page includes some links to the stories they have published, and of course, you can read through the blog to get an idea of this. They are looking for stories covering trends in society, innovative programs that solve problems, activists, stories on new developments, and recent studies.

Glimmer

Website: Glimmer

Guidelines: Glimmer Guidelines

Send Story Query To: form on the guidelines page

Looking For: Nonfiction

Payment: $500.00–800.00, reported

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: No

Pays Writers on Assignment: No

More Info:

Glimmer is a division of the Glitch blog, and they are looking for articles and pitches from authors.

Nonfiction: Glimmer is looking for pitches about internet culture, tech trends, social media policies, web history, design, accessibility, and streaming. Your pitch to Glimmer should include your main idea, a summary of this idea, why it is relevant or time-worthy, who (audience description)would want to read this story, and examples of any sources you will use.

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Bugle

Website: Bugle

Guidelines: Bugle Guidelines

Send Story Pitches or Completed Manuscripts To: [email protected]

Payment: $0.30 a word plus contributor’s copies ($225.00–1,500.00)

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: Yes

Pays Writers on Assignment: No

More Info:

Bugle is a magazine for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation members — primarily hunters. It has a circulation of 225,000.

Nonfiction: They are looking for personal experience and essays with a word count of 750–5,000 words. They pay 30 cents a word and 1–3 copies.

Fiction: They are looking for humor, history, a slice of life vignette, adventure, conservation, natural history, children/juvenile, and book excerpts.

The stories must pertain to elk or wildlife in general, hunting, habitat conservation-related issues.

The word count can be up to 2,500 words. Payment is 30 cents a word and 3 copies.

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Finally, If you are really interested in writing markets and potential writing opportunities, I write about magazines, websites, and writing contests all the time! I love helping other writers find potential markets for their work (and getting paid is pretty awesome, too!). Check out all the other markets I have written about!

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Make sure you bookmark that page (or follow me or sign up for emails) because I try to write several market articles weekly!

Good luck finding the perfect writing markets for you!