Paying Markets And Jobs For December 30th

December 30, 2009

Paying Markets And Jobs For December 30th
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PAYING MARKETS

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Pelican Publishing Company, Inc., 1000 Burmaster St., Gretna, LA 70053. P(504-368-1175. F(504)368-1195. Email: editorial-at-pelicanpub.com. Website: http://www.pelicanpub.com/auguidelin.htm or by mail with SASE.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Regional, popular history, Civil War, World War II, biography, politics, cookbooks, art, architecture, business, self-help, Jewish, Scottish, Irish, African-American, children's picture books." Pays advance occasionally and royalties of 10%+. Books average 65K-150K words for nonfiction; 1,100 words maximum for children's picture books. Submit cover letter, bio, and outline by mail with SASE.
HINTS: "Common mistakes are not checking our catalog first and not following our posted guidelines."

Reading Today, 800 Barksdale Rd., P.O. Box 8139, Newark, DE 19714-8139. P(302)731-1600, ext. 250. F(302)731-1057. Email: jmicklos-at-reading.org. Website: http://www.reading.org/General/Publications/ReadingToday.aspx. John Micklos, Jr., Editor in Chief. 15% freelance. "Reading Today is the bimonthly membership newspaper of the International Reading Association. It covers issues pertaining to reading education in general and the activities of the Association in particular." Welcomes new writers. Circ. 75K. Bimonthly. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms 4-6 months after acceptance. Buys all rights, "although author may re-use material with permission of the publisher." No reprints. Responds in six weeks. Sample for written request. Subscription is part of a membership to IRA; basic membership fee is $39 for one year. Guidelines by mail with SASE, or by email, and online at http://www.reading.org/General/Publications/index/writing_for_reading_today.aspx.
CURRENT NEEDS: "All articles have to pertain to reading and/or reading education and must be of interest to an audience of educators." Pays $0.10-$0.30/word to professional writers for articles of 300-1000 words. Submit query with cover letter, bio and clips by mail with SASE or by email.
PHOTOS/ART: Black and white prints, color prints, digital images. Include model release information and caption. Pays $50-$100 for all photos.
HINTS: "Our audience is very specialized. Writing must be on target for an audience of reading educators."

Recreation News, Editorial Office, 204 Greenwood Road, Linthicum, MD 21093. P(410)944-4852. Email: editor-at-recreationnews.com. Website: http://www.recreationnews.com. Marvin Bond, Editor. 90% freelance. A monthly tabloid on recreation, travel and entertainment in the Mid Atlantic states, reaching 250K federal and corporate employees. Welcomes new writers. Monthly. Pays on publication. Publishes manuscript 1-3 months after acceptance. Occasionally accepts reprints. Responds 30 to 90 days. Sample by email, mail or online. Subscription $15. Guidelines online at www.recreationnews.com
CURRENT NEEDS: "Do not submit anything until you review our Writer's Guidelines" on website. Pays flat fee of $100-$300 for 600-1,000 words.
PHOTOS/ART: "Prefer digital at 200 dpi. Quality photos are essential."
HINTS: "Strong regional focus. Common mistakes include submitting stories too long, inappropriate content, or too far out of our region. Looking for destination stories with specifics of where to go and what to do; leisure and recreation. No 'how-tos', no first person. Let us know your specific area of interest and experience. Don't say, 'I can write anything about anywhere.'"

Sandlapper, The Magazine of South Carolina, 3007 Millwood Avenue, Columbia, SC 29205. P(803)779-8763. F(803)254-4833. Email: aida-at-sandlapper.org. Website: http://www.sandlapper.org. Aïda Rogers, Editor. All editorial submissions. "Sandlapper is a quarterly magazine about South Carolina's people, places, history and culture. We have columns about South Carolina books/authors, restaurants, and cooking. We run articles about towns, interesting people, arts, quirks, fun things to do. Because we're quarterly, we can't be really 'newsy' but more seasonal. We don't run articles about controversial topics." 80% freelance. Circ. 10K. Quarterly. Pays about one month after publication. Buys first-time and electronic rights and the right to publish in Sandlapper databases. Responds in 1-3 weeks. "Sample copy available by writing or emailing us. There will be a shipping charge and cost for a copy." Subscription $25. "If the subscriber is military overseas, it's $25 (they have to provide an APO address). Cost for other overseas subscriptions depends on the location." Guidelines by email, or by mail with SASE.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Humor, action, and a strong sense of South Carolina. Our best writers live here and understand this state." Pays $100 per published page, copy and photo/s combined. Stories run 500 words to 2500 words. If you are new to us, send a query with 2 published clips. Email is fine; snail-mail with SASE is fine."
PHOTOS/ART: "Digital at a minimum of 300 dpi. We will also work with photo prints." Pays $100 per published page (and $50 for half-page).
HINTS: "Because Sandlapper is so geographically specific, it's really best for writers to either live here or to have lived here before. Writers who vacationed on Hilton Head or in Charleston and Myrtle Beach and want to write loosely about what they did and saw are wasting their time with us (we can spot a tourist, and that doesn't serve our purposes). A common mistake out-of-state writers make is to target us for generic southern, and to send us generic articles about grits or cornbread or the boll weevil. If a writer is going to tackle these subjects for us, he or she will need to consult South Carolina experts and quote South Carolinians to make it work for Sandlapper. It really
helps for the writer to be familiar with us before he or she queries. It's rather insulting to the editor when a writer suggests a story on something we covered in the last few years. Something new we've started is a series titled "My Kind of Place," in which a South Carolina writer describes his favorite place in the state. So far we've covered an old cemetery on Daufuskie Island and a music club in Greenville. We've had a huge response from writers who want to participate, and I don't foresee us running out of topics in the next several years. Read the magazine before you query. Get a sense of the kinds of things we cover."

Savvy Miss, LLC, SavvyMiss.com, 8271 Melrose Ave., Ste. 205, Los Angeles, CA 90046. Website: http://www.savvymiss.com. Allison Firestone, Assistant Editor (DIY, Recipes, Reviews-book, product, beauty, entertainment, College Life); Delilah, Editor-Media Relations (Ambitious Women Interviews, Dating, Career). 20% freelance. "Savvy Miss is a website community dedicated to connecting, empowering and informing women. We target intellectually curious, fun-loving women ages 18-35." Welcomes new writers. Circ. 50K-100K monthly unique visitors. Weekly. Pays on acceptance. Period between acceptance and publication varies. Buys all rights. Rarely accepts reprints. Responds quickly. Sample at http://www.savvymiss.com/company/sign-up.html.
Subscription free. Guidelines by email to contact-at-savvymiss.com.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Fun, Sassy, Smart pitches regarding careers, finance, dating, diy projects, beauty, fashion, health and sanity." Pays $0.35/word. Submit query by email to contact@savvymiss.com.

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