May 30, 2007

Paying Markets And Freelance Jobs For May 30th

These are NOT recycled guidelines. WritersWeekly.com only features original market listings, received from and approved by the editors at each publication.

ePregnancy.com, 5500 Cox Rd, Suite M, Glen Allen, VA 23060. Website
http://www.epregnancy.com. Email msouthwick - at - epregnancy.com. Megan Southwick, Assistant Editor. 50%-80% freelance. "ePregnancy.com is an accessible, encouraging, and empowering resource for an audience currently pursuing parenthood, amidst a pregnancy, freshly home with newborn(-s) or actively parenting. Encompassing a spectrum of pregnancy/parenting subjects in a conversational---never lecturing---voice, ePregnancy.com articles are engaging, entertaining, intelligent, honest, articulate, informative, supportive, energizing, highly motivating, and camaraderie-building. So who are we? What characterizes the ePregnancy.com community? Primarily women aged 18-35, with a wide range of incomes and lifestyles, ePregnancy.com welcomes an unlimited variety of views and perspectives. ePregnancy readers are smart. They're sassy. They're outspoken. They're passionate about pregnancy, parenting, their professions (in-office or in-home), and their personal identities. ePregnancy.com invites contributing writers who are similarly impassioned! 1M+ page views monthly PRE-upgrade." Monthly. Publishes ms within 1 year of acceptance. Buys first N.A. serial rights for 1 year. "It is understood that BabyUniverse will retain unlimited reuse rights of all material submitted. Rights include all reprints and Internet and email publication." No reprints. Responds 6 weeks. Sample online.
CURRENT NEEDS: Queries. Pays $150 flat fee per 1500-word piece. Submit query by email.
PHOTOS/ART: "Submit queries. Not hiring models."
HINTS: "Please include in your query what experts you plan to include, any additional resources that are available, and a short paragraph to demonstrate the style and focus of your proposed article. We do not accept fiction or poetry. We require a signed contract and invoice. We prefer email queries."

GRIT, American Life and Traditions, Ogden Publications, 1503 SW 42nd St., Topeka KS 66609-1265. (785)274-4300. Fax: (785)274-4305. Email: grit - at - grit.com. Website: http://www.Grit.com Editor-in-Chief. 90% freelance written. Estab. 1882. We have recently redesigned Grit to be a bi-monthly magazine on rural lifestyles and small farming. Circ. 130,000. Monthly. Pays on publication. Period between acceptance and publication varies. Buys shared rights. No reprints. Subscription $12.95; call 866-803-7096 for Customer Care. Sample articles on Web site. Guidelines by mail with SASE and online at http://forums.writersweekly.com/viewtopic.php?p=44440 and http://www.grit.com/guidelines and 9x12 SASE envelope (with at least $2.07 in postage).
CURRENT NEEDS: "We need useful, practical information on livestock, gardening, farm equipment, home-and-yard improvement and related topics. We also offer some nostalgia articles in each issue - what it was like living on the farm in the Great Depression, how the family kept the peace during holidays, etc. What we expect from anyone who wants to write for us is that they know what the magazine is about. Submit seasonal material 6 months in advance." No unsolicited manuscripts, assignments only. Submit query by mail or email. "Our pay rates vary from $75 for a short, newsy article for Grit Gazette to $750 or more for long, feature articles. We negotiate individually with writers rather than paying a per-word fee."
PHOTOS/ART: N/A

Hagerstown: The Best of Life in Washington County & Beyond, P.O. Box 2415, Hagerstown, MD 21741. P(240)313-3940. F(800)856-5006. Email andrea - at - ridgerunnerpublishing.com. http://www.hagerstownmagazine.com Rowland, Managing Editor. 85% freelance. "The Best of Life in Washington County and Beyond is a bimonthly magazine that showcases the best aspects of living, working, and playing in Washington County, Md., and the surrounding area. The magazine's editorial content consists of a diverse mix of strong feature articles and department stories, useful tips and beautiful photographs - all designed to inform, entertain, and enlighten readers from all walks of life." Welcomes new writers. Circ. 12K. Bi-monthly. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 2-4 months after acceptance. Buys first rights. No reprints. Responds 1-2 weeks. Sample can be purchased online. Their site also has a list of retailers that carry the magazine. Subscription $16 plus 5% MD state tax. Single issues are $3.50 plus tax. Guidelines online at http://forums.writersweekly.com/viewtopic.php?p=55534.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Always seeking talented feature writers, especially writers in the Tri-State area of Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia." Pays $100-$150 for department stories of 800 words; $200-$300 for features of 1200-1800 words, "based upon writer's experience and complexity of the story. Most new writers are asked to write a story on spec so editor can accurately gauge skill level." Submit per their guidelines.
PHOTOS/ART: "We use local photographers." Pays $150-$300.
HINTS: "We are a regional publication so our content must reflect the people, places and events that are relevant to the Tri-State area of Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The most unusual, unexpected story ideas - looking at a subject through a different lens - are most appreciated. We publish HM Bride and HM Home once annually and are looking for writers who specialize in these areas. We also are expanding our health and business coverage."

The Houston Insider, P.O. Box 88240, Houston, TX 77288. P(713)526-0545. Email editor - at - thehoustoninsider.com. Website http://www.thehoustoninsider.com African American market with $75,000+ household income." Welcomes new writers. Circ. 15K. Weekly. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 1-2 weeks after acceptance. Buys one-time rights. Accepts reprints. Responds 48 hours. Sample at website. Subscription $110. Guidelines by email.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Sports, health, African American oriented subject matter." Pays $35 for 350 words; $55 351-499; $65 500+. Articles run to 2500 words max. Submit query by email.
PHOTOS/ART: Submit jpegs. No additional pay.

Michigan Quarterly Review, 3574 Rackham Bldg., 915 E. Washington, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1070. P(734)764-9265. Email mqr - at - umich.edu. Website http://www.umich.edu/mqr. Laurence Goldstein, Editor. Large percentage of freelance contributions. "An interdisciplinary journal which publishes mainly essays and reviews, but also some fiction and poetry for an intellectual, widely read audience. We are happy to publish new writers, but do not give their manuscripts any more attention than those of established writers." Circ. not provided. Quarterly. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 6-12 months after acceptance. Buys 1st N.A. serial rights. No reprints. Responds 6 weeks. Sample $4. Subscription $25; $30 outside of the U.S. Guidelines online at http://www.umich.edu/mqr/submiss.htm and http://forums.writersweekly.com/viewtopic.php?p=44994 or by mail with SASE.
CURRENT NEEDS: "MQR is open to general articles directed at an intellectual -- but not necessarily academic -- audience. Essays ought to have a personal voice and engage a significant subject. Scholarship must be present as a foundation, but we are not interested in specialized essays directed only at professionals in the field. We also like memoirs and interviews with significant historical or cultural resonance." Pays $8-$12/page. Prose runs 1500-7000 words. Submit query for non-fiction or complete ms for fiction/poetry by mail with SASE. Does not accept email submissions. Prefers queries for interviews and reviews.
PHOTOS/ART: N/A

Pockets, 1908 Grand AV, P.O. Box 340004, Nashville, TN 37203-0004. P(615)340-7333. Email pockets - at - upperroom.org. Website http://www.pockets.org. (Ms) Lynn W. Gilliam, Editor. 80% freelance. "Each issue of Pockets reflects a specific theme and features material that children can use in a variety of ways. The contents include stories from scripture, fiction, poetry, prayers, puzzles, and activities with colorful illustrations and graphics. Submissions do not need to be overtly religious but should reflect daily living, lifestyles, and problem-solving based on living as faithful disciples. They should help children know that the Christian life is not always a neatly wrapped moral package but is open to the continuing revelation of God's will in their lives. Pockets uses seasonal material, both secular and liturgical. The magazine is written primarily by adults. We welcome submissions from children, particularly for the two Pockets Club pages. Pockets is inter-denominational. Our readers include children of many cultures and ethnic backgrounds. These differences should be reflected in the lifestyles, living environments (suburban, urban, rural, reservation), families (extended families, single-parent families), and peoples' names. Stories should show appreciation of cultural differences. We are certainly open to new writers. Time and workloads do not allow us to 'work' with writers. We suggest that all writers read, read, study, read, study, study, and study several issues of Pockets. Read the themes that relate to those issues." Circ. 95K. 11 issues/year. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms. approx. 10 months after acceptance. Buys newspaper, periodical, and electronic rights. Accepts reprints if they've been published only once before. Responds 6 weeks. Sample $1.50 plus 9x12 SASE with 4 first-class stamps. Subscription $19.95; $25.95 outside of the U.S. Guidelines online at http://www.upperroom.org/pockets/writer_guidelines.asp; upcoming themes online at http://www.upperroom.org/pockets/upcoming_themes.asp.
CURRENT NEEDS: "We continue to need articles about children involved in environmental, community, and peace/justice issues. Such articles are entitled, Peacemakers at Work' or 'Someone You'd Like to Know' on the table of contents of each issue. We have very few submissions for this feature. Similarly we have few 'Wendell' stories. These stories are targeted for younger readers, 5-7 year olds. No more than 600 words. They must reflect the theme of the issue." Pays $0.14/word for stories and articles; $2/line, up to maximum of 24 lines, minimum of $25 for poetry; $25 and up for games and activities. Non-fiction, runs 400-1000 words; Fiction 600-1400 words; Fiction for younger children, 5-7 year olds, no more than 600 words.; and Poetry is 24 lines maximum. Contributions should be typed, double-spaced, on 8 1/2"x 11" paper, accompanied by a SASE for return. We do not accept queries or manuscripts by FAX or e-mail. Writers who wish to save postage and are concerned about paper conservation may send a SASP for notification of unaccepted manuscripts. We will recycle the paper the submission is printed on. Please list the name of the submission(s) on the card."
PHOTOS/ART: "For non-fiction submit 4-8photos. We prefer pictures of children engaged in the activity and close-up rather than distant shots. Send pictures that show their faces, not their backs. Digital pictures must be 300 dpi. Prints must be without staples or paper clip marks and no impressions on the front of the picture from writing on the back. We accept school photos." Pays $25/published photo. "Submit name and address of photographer along with photographs."
HINTS: A common mistake is when "writers submit material that is not appropriate for Pockets. Writers are wasting their time, energy, and postage. Know what kind of material interests a publisher before submitting material. Please do not query. Read the guidelines and the themes. Study issues of Pockets, and submit your material. We respond to submitted material within 6 weeks. Again, we suggest that all writers read, read, study, read, study, study, and study several issues of Pockets before submitting material. Read the themes that relate to those issues."

FREELANCE JOBS

Freelance Writers - Pays $25-$50
WHY: Work. Home. You.

Freelance Writers - in Spain
Games Media Ltd.

Freelance Blogger - in her 20s or 30s to write short sassy posts about her dating/s*x/romantic life. Pays $1,000/month. (Applicants should double-check on pay because there's a comment in the ad that says the pay isn't great...but the ad also states $1K/month.)
wiredberries.com

Journalist - with a special interest in esoteric (psychic readings, astrology, tarot consultancy, etc)
Questico

Freelance Book Designer
Intervisual Books

Gossip Columnist - in Philadelphia, PA
The Philadelphia Tribune

Freelance Real Estate Writer
The Seattle Weekly

Freelance Investment Writers
Business Financial Publishing

Freelance Editor - near Southern Ulster County, NY
Regional weekly newspaper

Freelance Writer - to help with biographical narrative article
attorney

Freelance Blogger/Ghostwriter - for legal blog. Pays $25/post.
blind ad

Freelance Editors - "in the copyright and permissions areas." Pays $17/hour.
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Freelance Writers - for Feature Articles on Natural Living/Wellness. Pays $75/article.
new website for a major natural health food company

Freelance Ghost Writer for Christian Journey to Manhood Manual
individual

Freelance Medical Editor
medical education & communication co.

Freelance Course Developer - Auditing and Fraud Detection
Pearson Education

Freelance Technical Writer
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Freelance Editor - with business/personal finance experience
publishing company based in Vancouver, B.C.

Freelance Reporter/Feature Writer - Women's Topics - Fredericksburg Area (Virginia)
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Poets - Pays $10/poem.
a new Vancouver magazine

Freelance Technical Writer
small tech company