August 22, 2007

Paying Markets And Freelance Jobs For August 22nd

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

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, P.O. Box 3447, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Email FandSF - at - aol.com. Website http://www.fsfmag.com. Gordon Van Gelder, Editor/Publisher. 100% freelance. "A monthly digest devoted to the literature of the fantastic (science fiction, fantasy, horror). We were founded in 1949 and were the original publishers of such stories as 'A Canticle for Leibowitz' and 'Flowers for Algernon'." Welcomes new writers. Circ 35K. Monthly. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms average of 9-11 months after acceptance. Buys FNASR and select reprint and foreign rights. Rarely accepts reprints. Responds 2-12 weeks. Sample $5 by mail. Subscription $32.97; $44.97 outside the U.S. Guidelines online at http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/glines.htm.
CURRENT NEEDS: "As our guidelines state, we always need more science fiction and more humor." Pays $0.06-$0.09 per word for 25K maximum length. Submit complete ms; no query letters, please.
PHOTOS/ART: N/A. "We don't use interior art."
HINTS: "All the usual common sense hints apply here; read an issue of the magazine first, prepare your ms according to the industry standards, etc."

Minnesota Law & Politics, Washington Law & Politics, and Super Lawyer magazines (Super Lawyer serves various states), 220 S. Sixth St., Suite 500, Minneapolis, MN 55402. Email kaplan - at - lawandpolitics.com. Website http://www.lawandpolitics.com. Steve Kaplan, Editor. 100% freelance. "Minnesota Law & Politics serves lawyers in a way that is atypical among law publications. Rather than create a magazine that lawyers feel they must read-lawyers' desks are piled high with material they feel they must read - we have tried to create a publication they want to read. To that end, we have created an editorial mix that relies heavily on political, as well as legal, topics-politics being the handmaiden of law-and other general interest 'thought' articles. We write all our articles, even those dealing with matters of the law, as if addressing an intelligent lay audience and so we have attracted that audience as well, an enthusiastic non-legal readership as evidenced by newsstand sales, paid subscriptions and a buzz in the political and general community. We only work with local writers: for Minnesota L&P and for Washington L&P that means only writers who live in the respective state. Same thing goes for Super Lawyer magazines: if we publish in your state, we will consider hiring you only if you live in the state. We will publish Super Lawyer magazines in the following states (or areas) this year: Texas, Los Angeles, Georgia, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and San Francisco. For Super Lawyer magazines, we only publish experienced magazine feature writers." Circ: Minnesota L&P and Washington L&P are both around 20,000; The Super Lawyer magazines vary according to the size of the geographic area they're serving. L&P: Six issues/year. Super Lawyer: Once a year; twice a year in Texas. Payment times vary "with the writer's skill level and whether or not they gave us an idea. We generally pay inside Writer's Union guidelines." Period between acceptance and publication varies. Buys first rights. Rarely accepts reprints. Responds "never longer than a few months. Usually much quicker." Sample not available. Subscription details at website. Guidelines not available. "Reading the magazine is the best guide."
CURRENT NEEDS: "We ALWAYS need original stories about the law or politics, and they ALWAYS have to be locally focused." Pays $100+. Submit query by email.
PHOTOS/ART: Handled in-house.
HINTS: "Both Minnesota Law and Politics and Washington Law & Politics are intensely, parochially local in their orientations. We don't want or need any article that is not local. The same holds true for Super Lawyer publications. We like humor and in fact say that our magazine stands for Gravity & Levity in all our articles."

Missouri Life, 515 E. Morgan St., Boonville, MO 65233. P(660)248-3489. F(660)248-2310. Email info - at - missourilife.com. Website http://www.missourilife.com. Rebecca French Smith, Managing Editor. 90% freelance. "Missouri Life celebrates and explores the unique qualities of the state, with a special focus on leisure (day trips, weekend getaways, things to do and see) and history. Welcomes new writers, but on spec." Prefers to work with published writers with clips. Circ. 20K. Bimonthly. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 2-12 months after acceptance. Buys all rights, but non-exclusive. Responds within six weeks. Sample at newsstands and libraries. Subscription $19.99. Guidelines online at http://www.missourilife.com/submissions.shtml.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Stories on Missouri artists, little-known travel destinations around the state, historical features, personality profiles on ordinary Missourians doing extraordinary things, and features on Missouri's Civil War History." Pays $0.20/word for long features of varying lengths; $50/article for departmental pieces under 300 words. Some departments run 500 words. Submit query with clips or writing samples by mail with SASE, fax, or email to rebecca@missourilife.com. If you're unpublished, must include sample of your writing; if published, tell us where to see clips online or send.
PHOTOS/ART: "All Missouri Life stories must have visual component. We can work with any format but prefer digital images, minimum 300 dpi at 4 x 6. For features, pays $50 for publication of a single photo, package contracts are negotiated for usage of multiple photos from a single source. Writers for short pieces provide photography as part of their standard fee (often provided to them by their sources). Assignment fees vary."
HINTS: "Please do not query us without reading at least one issue to see who we are and better see our needs. Check your letters for spelling; we won't consider anything with errors and you'd be amazed how often we get letters with spelling errors. We would worry you'd be careless with the story, too."

Naughty American, The, 625 Broadway, Ste. 700, San Diego, CA 92101. P(619)237-5014. Email moye - at - latouraineinc.com. Website will debut in August. David Moye, Editor. One to two freelance contributions per issue. "A new daily online newspaper celebrating naughty Americans." Welcomes new writers. Circ. not yet available. Daily. Manuscripts will be published within 3 weeks of acceptance once the publication debuts. Buys first rights. Occasionally accepts reprints (depends on piece and level of previous publication). Responds within 1 week. Sample will be available online. Subscription free. Guidelines by email.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Saucy celebrity interviews, offbeat interviews with naughty Americans; titillating trend pieces." Pays per word for features; flat fee for columns. Submit query or complete manuscript and bio by email.
PHOTOS/ART: "If you have photos, we'll look at them." Payment TBD.
HINTS: "Don't submit pieces that are made up."

Nob Hill Gazette, #5 3rd Street, Suite 222, San Francisco, CA 94103. P(415)227-0190. F(415)974-5103. Email merla - at - nobhillgazette.com. Website http://www.nobhillgazette.com. Merla Zellerbach, Editor. 80% freelance. "A monthly publication reporting charity benefits, social events, philanthropy, and current topics relating to the Bay Area and upscale lifestyles." Welcomes new writers. Monthly. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 1-6 months after acceptance. Buys all rights. Accepts reprints (that were not previously published in the San Francisco Bay area). Responds 1 week. Sample for $3 and 10x13 SASE. Subscription $35. Guidelines sent by mail with acceptance of query or manuscript. Include SASE.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Stories of interest to upscale San Francisco Bay Area residents. Stories with humor, quotes from prominent people. But no new unsolicited manuscripts, please." Pays $100 for articles of 800-2500 words. Submit query.
PHOTOS/ART: No additional pay. Photo guidelines online at http://www.nobhillgazette.com/publicity.htm.

Off Lead, 970 West Trindle Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055. P(717)691-3388. F(717) 691-3381. Email info - at - barkleigh.com. Website http://www.off-lead.com. Marsha Lohr, Managing Editor. 10%-15% freelance. "Off-Lead seeks to improve dog training techniques, business skills and relationships. We are interested in profitable solutions and problem solving." Welcomes new writers. Circ. 6.5K. Quarterly. Publishes ms 60+ days after acceptance. Buys first N.A. rights. Occasionally accepts reprints. Response time varies. Sample for email request. Subscription $15.95; $25 outside the U.S. Guidelines online at http://www.off-lead.com/writers.html.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Off-Lead will accept articles that are in any way related to the world of dogs, as long as the dogs are obedience trained with motivational methods - i.e. dance, carting, hunting, performance, freestyle, tricks, and, of course, competition. We want to advise and educate trainers and instructors about all the latest discoveries in the world of canines." Submit query by email to Gwen Shelly at gwen - at - barkleigh.com.
HINTS: "Query first! Query on all submissions before writing an article that may not be needed at this time. Queries should be in writing. We prefer double-spaced, typed articles. Articles may be e-mailed in RTF format to marsha - at - barkleigh.com. When e-mailing submissions, title the correspondence with "OL" at the beginning. Create a short Synopsis of the points that you plan to make. A sample paragraph would be helpful. Articles that are accepted for publication are subject to editing for content, punctuation and space."

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