Freelance Writing Opportunities
3 Websites and Magazines Paying Freelance Writers Hundreds of Dollars For Articles, Fiction, and Poetry (One Has the Potential of Making up to 3K Per Story)
Here are some more writing markets for you to consider!
Are you a freelancer looking for more markets to submit to? Or have you just always wanted to get into freelancing but had no idea where to start? Either way, here are three markets that you might want to pitch your stories to or send your fiction and poetry for consideration,
Lit Mag
Website: Lit Mag
Guidelines: Lit Mag Guidelines
Send Story Query To: See guidelines page
Looking For: Fiction, nonfiction, and Poetry
Payment: $125.00–500.00
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: Yes
Pays Writers on Assignment: No
More Info:
LitMag is a literary magazine that publishes poetry and fiction. They have both an online version and a print magazine.
Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction: For fiction stories can be up to 4,000 words for the website and up to 15,000 words for the print magazine.
For nonfiction, creative nonfiction, and essays, you can send in one piece at a time for consideration.
For poetry, you can send in up to 5 poems.
- Payment is $125.00 is for pieces published online.
- Print magazine — $125.00 for poetry
- Print magazine — $250.00 for fiction and nonfiction between 2,500–4,999 words
- Print magazine — $500.00 for fiction and nonfiction 5,000+ words
Honeybadger
Website: Honeybadger
Guidelines: Honeybadger Guidelines
Send Story Query To: apply through the guidelines page
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $500.00
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: No
Pays Writers on Assignment: No
More Info:
Honeybadger is looking for RUBY, PHP, or JS writers. They must also love writing in-depth blog posts and guides. This is an error monitoring company that wants to help developers find and fix bugs.
Nonfiction: They are looking for in-depth guides and blog posts and help others with RUBY, PHP, and JS. You would be writing detailed content, not a quick blog post — but the compensation is $500.00 per article. They are especially looking to work with good writers for the long term. If you are tech-savvy and can write this kind of content, this could either be a one-off project or turn into a long-term relationship.
They want writers who love teaching and explaining their work and can turn complicated processes into easy-to-follow material for people who are new to these programs.
Curbed
Website: Curbed
Guidelines: Curbed Guidelines
Send Story Pitches or Completed Manuscripts To: [email protected]
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: Unlisted, but reported online between $0.20–0.54 a word ($600.00–3,240.00)
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: No
Pays Writers on Assignment: No
More Info:
Curbed is a website on how to buy a home, finding a home, and how to take care, maintain and improve your home once you are there. They publish features between 3,000–6,000 words that appeal to a national audience.
Nonfiction: Cubed is looking for long-form stories from freelance writers. Some of the topics they are especially interested in include design, architecture, urban planning, and real estate.
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