March 18, 2009

Paying Markets And Jobs For March 18th

PAYING MARKETS

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REPTILES magazine, P.O. Box 6050, Mission Viejo, CA 92690. Email: reptiles-at-bowtieinc.com. Website: http://www.reptilechannel.com. Stephanie Starr, Managing Editor. 60% freelance. "A fun, informative monthly magazine devoted to the reptile and amphibian keeping hobby." Welcomes new writers. Circ. 40K. Monthly. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 6 months or more after acceptance. Buys "First North American rights, Licensing options, covered in contract." No reprints. Responds 2-3 months. Sample available for sale at their website, by calling (888) 644-8387 ext. 4138, or at most pet stores. Subscription $27.97; $45.97 outside of the U.S. Guidelines online at http://www.reptilechannel.com/writers-guidelines.aspx.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Captive care pieces, herp travel." Pay for features starts at $300 and goes up, depending on length, technicality and inclusion of good photos. Features run 2000 words max. "We prefer that writers query first, but we will accept completed manuscripts with a cover letter for review. Everything sent to us should include a SASE."
PHOTOS/ART: "For submissions with articles we prefer 35mm slides, but prints and digitals are acceptable. Digitals MUST be sized at least 5x7 inches at 300 dpi -- TIFF, JPEG or EPS. Freelance photographers should send slides or digitals. Freelance photographers sending digitals should follow the above size requirements, label all files by species and photographer's last name. Photos of the different types of animals should be burned onto separate CDs (geckos on one CD, toads on another) and include a page of thumbnails. All photos need to be labeled with the species name and the photographer's name. "Pays $50 partial page inside color; $75 full page inside color; $150 center spread; $200 cover shot." For more photo guidelines, see
http://www.reptilechannel.com/photo-guidelines.aspx.
HINTS: "Queries should give some indication of the writer's background with herps."

Shelby County Life, 412 6th St., Shelbyville, KY 40065. P(502)633-7766.
F(502)633-7850. Email: james-at-shelbycountylife.com. Website: http://www.shelbycountylife.com. James Mulcahy, Managing Editor. "Geared to Shelby County KY; 99% about Shelby County people/places." 20% freelance. Welcomes new writers. Circ. 2K. Monthly. Pays on publication. Publishes ms generally within a couple of months of acceptance, but can be longer, depending on topic/needs. Buys exclusive rights. No reprints. Sample available for email request. Subscription $20. For guidelines, email query to james-at-shelbycountylife.com.
CURRENT NEEDS: Queries. Pays $100 per article for 600-1000 words. Submit query
w/bio & sample.
PHOTOS/ART: Negotiable.
HINTS: "Edit tightly/don't exceed word max."

So Scottsdale! magazine. Email: michelle-at-soscottsdale.com. Websites: http://www.soscottsdale.com. Michelle Glicksman, Editor-in-Chief. 60% freelance. "A beauty and fashion magazine for affluent women. We offer local coverage of national trends." Welcomes new writers. Circ. 27K. Monthly. Pays within 30 days of publication. Period between acceptance and publication varies. Usually buys all rights. No reprints. Responds 2 weeks. Sample available for purchase locally only. Subscription $36. Guidelines provided on assignment.
CURRENT NEEDS: "We are looking for fashion and beauty stories, and local feature ideas. Many stories need to be customized to include local stores, etc., so having a knowledge of the market is helpful." Pays $75-$300 for 250-1500 words. Lengths vary depending on the story. Submit query and at least one clip by email.
PHOTOS/ART: N/A

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 $12. Guidelines online at http://www.recreationnews.com
CURRENT NEEDS: "Do not submit anything until you review our Writer's Guidelines." Pays flat fee of $100-$300 for 700-1,200 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 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.'"

Transitions Abroad Publishing, Inc. (publisher of TransitionsAbroad.com and the Work Abroad and Alternative Travel Directory books), 18 Hulst Road, Amherst, MA 01002. Email: webeditor-at-transitionsabroad.com. Website: http://www.transitionsabroad.com. Gregory Hubbs, Editor. 90% freelance. "Founded in 1977 started as an educational travel magazine and is now a monthly online webzine with a circulation of 6 million+ visitors yearly; 60% of audience is U.S. and Canada, 15% U.K. The first and the only practical guide to work, volunteering, study, cultural immersion travel, and living overseas. We publish practical information-filled stories about these subjects, no travel journals, no cruise ship or U.S. destination pieces. We focus on the people, cultures and immersion into another culture, and not bringing your own culture with you." Welcomes new writers and hosts three writing contests with $500 first prizes. Period between acceptance and publication varies, but is usually within a month. Buys one time rights for Web and possible inclusion in future Work Abroad or Alternative Travel directory books. No reprints. Responds 1-2 weeks. Sample articles at website. Individual Subscription free (publication is electronic only.) Detailed guidelines online at http://transitionsabroad.com/information/writers/index.shtml.
CURRENT NEEDS: "We currently have a particular need for practical articles on working, volunteering, teaching, living, and studying abroad. Educational travel, cultural travel, and language study abroad articles from teens through seniors are welcome." Pays $50-$100 depending on length for initial submission from new writers. "Always looking for experienced writers to become regular contributors, columnists, or contributing editors. Fees for regular contributors are by agreement. Check guidelines for more info." Articles run 600-1000 with a 2000 word max. Submit per guidelines.
PHOTOS/ART: Pay included in article fee.
HINTS: "Don't send us a journal about your trip. It's about the reader's trips. Make it practical, not available in most guidebooks. Don't send us stories about tourist destinations, cruise ships, or the U.S. Make it about the people and culture. Well-researched sidebars full of practical resources which others can use are critical. Browse from the thousands of current and archived articles on the website before you submit, please."

T-Zero Quarterly. Website: http://writersvillage.com/t-zero. RJ Hembree, Publisher & Editor-In-Chief (Essays, Editorials); Priscilla Fagan, Craft Editor; P. June Diehl, Fiction Editor; Carolann Neilon Malley, Poetry Editor;David Nourse, Associate Editor (Poetry); James Hall, Associate Editor (Poetry); Roy Berman, Senior Editor (Fiction); Cynthia Morgan, Senior Editor (Fiction); Judy Simpers, Associate Editor (Craft); Janet Smith, Associate Editor (Craft). T-Zero Quarterly is a literary magazine available in print and online. We publish fiction, craft articles, essays, poetry and Letters to the Editor. 90% freelance. Welcomes new writers. Circ. 3500 verified email subscribers. T-Zero Quarterly is available free online through Writers' Village University, which receives over 25,000 unique visitors per month. Pays on publication. Publishes ms within four months of acceptance. Buys First time North America rights for print, web, PDF and archival. Responds in 30-60 days. The print edition is available through Amazon and the PDF version is free at http://writersvillage.com/t-zero. Subscriptions are free, though we offer paid PDF subscriptions to raise funds. Guidelines available online at http://writersvillage.com/t-zero/tzero_quarterly_call_for_submis.htm.
CURRENT NEEDS: Fiction - We prefer short stories of literary quality between 2,500 and 10,000 words. Contrary to popular trends, we encourage long, well-constructed sentences, artful adverbs, and image-evoking adjectives. Tip - Know the difference between long sentences and sentences that sound long. Look for the rhythm when read aloud. Poetry - We publish all forms of formal and free verse. All poems should be original. A maximum of five poems may be submitted at one time with no more than one manuscript submission per reading period. We are looking for literary quality and do not want greeting card verse. Length per poem should not exceed 60 lines. We publish individual poems and groups of three. Craft Articles - We are looking for a few good writers to work on assignment. We will consider articles under 5,000 words. If the subject is fresh, targeting literary writers, then send a proposal. Tip - Look beyond the typical how-to articles and consider applying concepts from other disciplines to the writing process. Essays - We publish one writer-related, thought-provoking essay per issue. The preferred length is 2,500 to 5,000 words. For an idea of what we like, see Sergio Troncoso's essay in our Jan. 2009 issue." Pays $30 for fiction of 2500-10000 words; $15 for a single poem; $30 for a group of poems "by a single writer appearing in the same issue up to 60 lines"; $10 per thousand words up to 5000 words for craft articles; $30 for 2500 to 5000-word essays. Submit per their guidelines.
PHOTOS/ART: "We will use black and white images (300dpi) for interior pages, and will consider ink drawings and B&W photography. We are only interested in thematic series." Pays $5-10/photo/image.
HINTS: "Our future direction is toward strong style and sentence constructions. Writers aware of sentence syntax, especially the use of free modifiers, will have an advantage. The sentence is the basic unit of logic in a story, but most writers use only three or four variations. The current stylistic trend is short sentences, with minimal use of adverbs and adjectives. This is really the negation of style. Nouns and verbs are only rough estimates, generic words with little signifying detail. We'd like to see strong, concise imagery with a balance of short, medium and long sentences, creating natural reading rhythms, revealing the progressions of thought, each phrase adding meaning to the previous, activating the reader's mental cinema: Style is the thought process."

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