Freelance Writing
Freelance Writing Opportunities — Make Hundreds of Dollars or More Writing For These Websites and Magazines
3 new nonfiction and fiction opportunities for freelance writers.
If you are trying out freelance writing, you might be hunting for places to submit pitches or manuscripts. Keep on reading to find 3 places that are either looking for freelancers to submit works of fiction or nonfiction pitches. You never know; the perfect writing opportunity might be just around the corner.
The Dark Magazine
Website: The Dark Magazine
Guidelines: The Dark Magazine Guidelines
Send Story Query To: See guidelines page
Looking For: Fiction
Payment: $0.06 a word, ($120.00–360.00)
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: No
Pays Writers on Assignment: No
More Info:
The Dark is a horror and dark fantasy magazine, and they are always interested in reading new and interesting stories.
Fiction: The Dark is looking for dark fantasy and horror stories 2,000 to 6,000 words in length. According to their website, they have a very quick response time, allowing you to query if you do not hear anything within one week of submission. This is super fast for print and online publications. This can be especially helpful if you want to send a submission here and it gets rejected. You will be able to send it elsewhere quickly versus the typical weeks to months that most lit and traditional magazines take to hear something from.
As far as what they are looking for — they do not want their writers to be afraid to be different. Different is great! They love stories that deviate from the ordinary. So if this describes your writing, you may want to give them a try!
Kritiqal
Website: Kritiqal
Guidelines: Kritiqal Guidelines
Send Story Query To: apply through the guidelines page
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $100.00
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: No
Pays Writers on Assignment: No
More Info:
Critical covers games from a political, artistic, and cultural lens. They are only looking for writers who are not cis/white/hetro and from outside the US.
Nonfiction: Kritiqal wants critical essays, meta-pieces about games, comparative art and media analysis pertaining to games, experimental writing, leftist interpretations of games. They pay $100.00 for essays 1,000–2,000 words in length.
Atlantic Business Monthly
Website: Atlantic Business Monthly
Guidelines: none online
Send Story Pitches or Completed Manuscripts To: [email protected]
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $0.40 a word ($400.00–1,600.00)
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: Yes
Pays Writers on Assignment: Yes
More Info:
Atlantic Business Magazine is a bi-monthly magazine discussing positive business developments in the Atlantic Providence (Canada). They have a circulation of 30,000.
Nonfiction: They are looking for general interest, new products, interviews. Query with clips.
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