The job boards aren’t the only places to find freelance writing jobs. Sometimes it’s as easy as looking for submission guidelines or “write for us” pages. Granted, these aren’t client-based projects and regular jobs, but they’re good opportunities nonetheless. What I like about pitching the online and offline magazine markets is that they tend to pay more money than many of the advertised (job board) freelance writing jobs.
In 2010, the work is there, provided you take the time to look.
Over the past few days I’ve had the opportunity to research submissions guidelines from a variety of markets. I think we have something for everyone here. Some of these markets have been featured in the submissions guideline section of our daily freelance writing jobs section and some are making their debut here at Freelance Writing Jobs.
50 Submissions Guidelines Pages
Anthology
- Chicken Soup for the Soul – Pays $200
- Cup of Comfort – .05 – .09/word
Children
- Cicada – Payment varies
- Cricket- .25/word
- Highlights – $25 – $150 and up
Hobby & Lifestyle
- AARP – Pays $1/word
- AskMen.com – Pays $50/article
- Back to College – $50 – $80/article
- Love of Quilting – $200
- Make – $25 – $100
- Quilting Arts, Cloth Paper Scissors & Stitch – Unspecified pay
- Yoga Journal – Unspecified Pay
- Zora & Alice – Pays $20 – $100
Literary & Poetry
- The Missouri Review – Pays $30/page
- Blackbird – Unspecified pay
- One Story – $100/story
Miscellaneous:
- Funny Times – $60
- Orion – Will be open for submissions in June
- The Sun – Pays $300 – $2000
Outdoors
- Backpacker – .60 – $1.00/word
- New Jersey Outdoors – Payment to be determined
- Sierra Magazine – Unspecified pay
Parenting
- Mothering Unspecified pay
- Innovative Kids
Science Fiction, Fantasy & Mystery
- Abyss & Apex – Up to $75/story
- Analog – Up to $600/story
- ClarksWorld – .10/word
- Dark Wisdom – pays .05/word
- Escape Pod – Pays $20 – $100
- New York Review of Science Fiction – $10 – $25
- Strange Horizons – $50/story
- Beneath Ceasless Skies – .05/word
- Neo-Opsis – Up to $125 CDN
- Jim Baer’s Universe – .25/word
Travel
- Abroad View – $25/story
- World Hum – Payment Varies
- National Geographic Traveler
- Traveler’s Tales – $100/story
Writing
- Women On Writing – $50 – $150
- Writer’s Digest – .30 – .50/word
- Write from Home – Pays $25/article – $10 for reprint
To be continued….
Like these? Want more? We have more submission guidelines coming. In the mean time, maybe you’ll find these posts listing guidelines and markets useful:
- 75 “Write for Us” Pages
- 11 Cooking, Food & Drink Markets
- 19 Parenting Markets
- 15 Greeting Card Markets
- 21 Poetry Markets
- 40 Freelance Writing Markets Paying $100 or More
- 40 More Freelance Writing Markets Paying $100 or More
- 11 Environmental Markets
Have you successfully queried one of these markets? Please feel free to share in the comments. We have plenty more markets and guidelines coming up!
Thanks for putting this together — submission guides can be a great help to writers who are just starting out.
.-= RainyDaySaver´s last blog ..Do You Have to Give Up Convenience in Order to Save Money? =-.
This is wonderful to find so many guidelines in one location. Thanks Deb. Keep this list going as I have bookmarked for reference.
Wow. Thank you for this! 🙂 Really helpful for young freelance writers…
Now I just hope they accept people from Asia 🙂
.-= Kristine – Freelance Writing Jobs Philippines´s last blog ..Freelance Writing Jobs in the Philippines 02.24.10 =-.
Deb-
In the Outdoors category, please note that New Jersey Outdoors is no longer being published.
exactly what an amazing post that I have ever arrive through. It provides the information we was really searching for the actual past week and I’m truly satisfied with this publish. Require much more like this. a person.
Hi! Any valuable information on freelance writing for hospitality magazines?
I will highly appreciate you response.
Thank you.