Freelance Writing Opportunities
Earn between $50.00 to 1,200.00 writing for these publications
Submit nonfiction pitches and poetry submissions to these publications.
Finding new markets for your work can be difficult; here are a few places you may have never considered submitting your work to before. There is a good chance you have never even heard of these magazines or publications before!
Guernica
Website: Guernica
Guidelines: Guernica Guidelines
Send Story Query To: See guidelines page
Looking For: Nonfiction and Poetry
Payment: $50.00–150.00
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: No
Pays Writers on Assignment: No
More Info:
Guernica’s tagline is “15 Years of Global Arts & Politics.” They publish reported features, fiction, poetry, and essays. Although they publish fiction, their submission page says that they are behind on the number of fiction submissions they received last year. So for the time, fiction submissions are closed.
All Work: They pay $50.00 for poetry, $100.00 for essays, and $150.00 for reported features. Once fiction opens again, that is also paid $150.00. The submission page has detailed information on each category.
German Life
Website: German Life
Guidelines: None Online
Send Story Query To: [email protected]
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $100.00–500.00
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: No
Pays Writers on Assignment: No
More Info:
German Life is a bimonthly magazine covering German-speaking Europe (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland). They cover German culture- past and present and how the US and North America have been shaped by German immigrants.
Nonfiction: They are looking for general interest, interviews, historical, reviews, travel, and photo features. Query with published clips. Up to 1,200 words — $100–500 payment.
Columns: They also have a few columns you can write for.
- German Americana — 1,200 words
- Profile — 1,000 words
- At Home — 800 words
- Library — 300 words
Query with clips. Columns pay $100–130.
Texas Co-Op Power
Website: Texas Co-Op Power
Guidelines: Texas Co-Op Power Guidelines
Send Story Pitches or Completed Manuscripts To: form on the submission page
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $300.00–1,200.00
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: Yes
Pays Writers on Assignment: No
More Info:
Texas Co-Op Power has a circulation of 1.5 million between businesses and individuals. This magazine covers Texas travel, history, food, and culture.
Nonfiction: They are looking for book excerpts, essays, historical, how-to, general interest, interviews, memoir, profile, travel, and personal experience. The Word count is 800–1,400.
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