Freelance Writing Jobs — Websites and Magazines Looking For Writers
3 Online Writing Markets That Pay 100.00–500.00 for Nonfiction or Poetry
2 nonfiction markets and one for poetry, find your next place to pitch or send your work
Finding the perfect place to pitch your writing can be difficult. Locating the best markets for your particular interests, skills, or writing style can be a real chore. Sometimes finding markets is half the work; that is why I like to share markets — new and established, to help out the writer community. This article has 3 markets — 2 looking for nonfiction and 1 looking for poetry.
Dame
Website: Dame
Guidelines: Dame Guidelines
Send Story Query To: [email protected]
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $150.00–500.00
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: No
Pays Writers on Assignment: No
More Info:
Dame’s tagline is “For women who know better. Smart, fast-paced news and opinions on what matters most in our lives.” If you are a woman with a hot take on something political, cultural, or some type of societal issue impacting people’s lives — this could be an excellent market for you.
Nonfiction: Dame is looking for essays about the news, first-person essays, interviews, think pieces, trends, and features. They cover reproductive rights, politics, civil rights, policy, sex, race, class, gender, LGBTQ, media law, disability, health, science, and cultural trends.
Elite Personal Finance
Website: Elite Personal Finance
Guidelines: Elite Personal Finance Guidelines
Send Story Query To: [email protected]
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $300.00
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: No
Pays Writers on Assignment: No
More Info:
Elite Personal Finance is a website covering all different topics in the personal finance sphere. They pay $300.00 per post, and they say that they spend over $100,000.00 a year on freelancers.
Nonfiction: They are looking for feature articles that cover anything finance-related. Some of the topics they cover include making money online, saving money, personal finance, business, credit cards, loans, credit reports, identity theft. And helpful tips. They are looking for unique, engaging, and, most importantly, valuable to their readers. They want these articles to be between 1,000–3,000 words.
Rattle
Website: Rattle
Guidelines: Rattle Guidelines
Send Story Pitches or Completed Manuscripts To: Submission button on the guidelines page
Looking For: Poetry
Payment: $100.00–200.00
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: Yes
Pays Writers on Assignment: No
More Info:
Rattle is a poetry magazine. They are looking for unsolicited poems and translations of poems.
Poetry: You can send four poems at a time. Payment is $100.00 for a poem. The poems can be of any length, and they want free verse or traditional poetry. If your poem is selected for their printed publication instead of online-only, they will pay you $200.00.
They want poetry that moves them in some way (good or bad) or teaches them something new.
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