November 26, 2008

Paying Markets And Jobs For November 26th

PAYING MARKETS

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

Adventure Cyclist, 150 E. Pine St., Missoula, MT 59802. P(406)721-1776. Email: magazine-at-adventurecycling.org. Website: http://www.adventurecycling.org/mag. "Adventure Cyclist is the one cycling magazine truly dedicated to bicycle travel and adventure. Offering many angles on bicycle travel, we cover adventures worldwide, including epic, cross-country cycling tours, shorter multi-day trips, and mountain-bike treks, as well as featuring bicycle-gear reviews, and other bicycle-travel news. We are known for inspiring photography and insightful stories." 65% freelance. Welcomes new writers. Circ. 45K. Published 9 issues per year: Jan-June, July/Aug, Sept/Oct, Nov/Dec. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 6-12 months after acceptance. Responds 2-6 weeks. Sample available by email request. Adventure Cyclist magazine is a member-only publication. Membership to Adventure Cycling Association is $40 per year. Guidelines available online at http://www.adventurecycling.org/mag/submissions.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Stories about bicycle travel." Pays $0.30-$0.45/word for 1,200 (non feature); 3,500 (feature). Query first to magazine-at-adventurecycling.org.
PHOTOS/ART: "Writers must provide photos or access to photos that directly relate to the story."
HINTS: "Common mistakes: Assuming we're interested in any cycling story. We are only interested in bicycle-travel content. Another mistake is taking the fact-driven journalist approach. Adventure Cyclist magazine is a travel magazine not a newspaper."

American Craft, 72 Spring Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10013. P(212)274-0630. F(212)274-0650. Email: awagner-at-craftcouncil.org. Website: http://www.americancraftmag.org. Andrew Wagner, Editor-in-Chief. "American Craft celebrates the modern makers who shape the world around us. Presenting unknown innovators and artistic stalwarts, American Craft connects the disparate worlds of art, industry, fashion, architecture and design, giving an entirely new voice to the craft community." 75% freelance. Welcomes new writers. Circ. 45K. Bi-monthly. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms approx. 6 weeks after acceptance. Buys one time (print and web) rights. No reprints. Responds 1-4 weeks. Sample at newsstands. Subscription $40 - includes 1-year membership in the American Craft Council. Guidelines not available. See below.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Everything. Please look at the magazine!" Pays between $1.00-2.00/word depending on story for 500-2500 words. "Email awagner-at-craftcouncil.org. Please feel free to submit pitches containing as much visual and contextual information as necessary with clips (or links to clips). Try to keep pitches to two paragraphs at most."
PHOTOS/ART: "Depending. Pitches must included images (or links to images)."
HINTS: "Please be sure to look at the magazine. We are always interested in stories from new writers. Are you traveling somewhere interesting in the coming weeks? Pitch a story on that place for our 'Wide World of Craft' section."

Antioch Review, P.O. Box 148, Yellow Springs, OH 45387. P(937)769-1365. Website: http://www.review.antioch.edu. Attn: Fiction Editor (for fiction); Robert Fogarty, Editor (nonfiction); Judith Hall, Poetry Editor (poetry). "The Antioch Review, founded in 1941, is one of the oldest, continuously publishing literary magazines in America. We publish fiction, essays, and poetry from both emerging as well as established authors. Authors published in our pages are consistently included in Best American anthologies and Pushcart Prizes." 100% freelance. Welcomes new writers. Quarterly. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 3 months after acceptance. Buys all rights. No reprints. Responds 4-6 months, sometimes longer. Samples can be ordered online. Subscription $40; $56 Canada; $76 other. Guidelines online at http://review.antioch.edu/wg.html.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Your best work." Pays $15 per published page. No minimum or absolute maximum word count, though generally doesn't accept manuscripts over 8000
words. Submit complete ms and cover letter (optional) by mail with SASE/IRC.
PHOTOS/ART: N/A

Antiques & Collecting Magazine, 1006 S. Michigan Ave, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60605. Email: info-at-acmagazine.com. Website: http://www.acmagazine.com. Therese Nolan, Editor; Greg Graham, Show Calendar. "We cover antiques & collectibles made before 1980. Occasionally we will include newer collectibles." Four freelance stories per issue. Welcomes new writers. Circ. 17K. Monthly. Pays on publication. Publishes ms one month to a year after acceptance. Buys first rights. No reprints. Responds one week to one month. Sample for email request. Subscription $38; $50 outside the U.S. Guidelines online at http://www.acmagazine.com/writerguidelines.php?p=guideline.
CURRENT NEEDS: Queries. Pays $50-$250 for 1,000-1,600 words. "This includes images to illustrate the piece." Submit query by email.
PHOTOS/ART: "We require the writers to provide us with high res. images to illustrate the piece."

Avalon Books, Thomas Bouregy and Co., Inc. 160 Madison Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10016. P(212)598-0222. F(212)979-1862. Email: avalon-at-avalonbooks.com OR editorial-at-avalonbooks.com. Website: http://www.avalonbooks.com. "We publish hardcover secular romances, mysteries, and westerns for the library market. Our books are wholesome adult fiction, suitable for family reading. There is no graphic or premarital sex or sexual tension in any of our novels; kisses and embraces are as far as our characters go. There is never any profanity in any of our books." Publishes on average 60 books per year, in bimonthly cycles of 10 (each cycle contains 4 contemporary romances, 2 historical romances, 2 mysteries, and 2 westerns). Welcomes new writers. Average first print run is 1800-2000. Offers advance. Publishes ms approximately 6-9 months after acceptance. Responds 2-8 months after submission. Catalog available on the website or by calling the number above. Guidelines available online at http://www.avalonbooks.com/wrtgdl.html.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Romances (both contemporary and historical), Mysteries, and Westerns." Pay is negotiable. Word count: 40,000 to 60,000. "Occasionally we will make exceptions for a slightly longer book, but no longer than 70,000 words." Submit query letter, brief synopsis of full manuscript (2-3 pages, no longer), the first three chapters, and a SASE (All submissions MUST BE TYPED, and double-spaced).
HINTS: "Most often we are given material that does not fall under our family-friendly guidelines (i.e. includes sex, drinking, foul language, etc.). I would encourage writers to read a sampling of a few different Avalon books to get a better idea of the kinds of books that we do. Of course, please don't hesitate to call or email--we're always happy to answer questions!"

Brick, P.O. Box 609 Stn. P, Toronto, ON M5S 2Y4, Canada. Email: info-at-brickmag.com. Website: http://www.brickmag.com. Tara Quinn, Assistant Editor. "Brick is a biannual literary journal that publishes non-fiction essays, usually based upon the writing life and the arts in general." Welcomes new writers. Circ. 4K. Bi-annual. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 3-4 months after acceptance. Buys first rights. Accepts reprints. Responds 3-6 months. Samples are available for purchase on the website. Subscription $38 CDN in Canada; $41 USD in the U.S.; $46 USD overseas. Guidelines online at http://www.brickmag.com/submissions.html.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Original, non-fiction literary essays on the writing life and the arts in general." Pays $100-$400 CDN for 1000-2000 words. Submit complete MS only, SASE, cover letter. Does not accept queries.
PHOTOS/ART: Pays $50-75CDN.
HINTS: "Although Brick looks for literary essays in a conversational tone, many writers send memoirs or essays that are entirely too personal and more of a diary format, which are less likely to be accepted by our editors."

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