October 07, 2009

Paying Markets And Jobs For October 7th

PAYING MARKETS

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

Midwest Living Magazine, 1716 Locust St., Des Moines, IA 50309. P(515)284-2662. F(515)284-3836. Email: midwest.living-at-meredith.com. Website: http://www.midwestliving.com. Carol Schalla, Senior Editor (Home section); Diana McMillen, Senior Editor (Food section); Trevor Meers, Executive Editor (Garden and Life sections); Kendra Williams, Senior Editor (Travel section). "Midwest Living serves readers who live in and/or love the Midwest. With a combination of travel, home, garden and food, it reflects what matters most to them. Information is presented with spirit and styleóa combination of trusted information and inspiration that propels readers to action." 49% freelance. Welcomes new writers. Circ. 900K. Bi-monthly, plus an annual special issue. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms up to a year after acceptance. Buys all rights.No reprints. Responds one month. Sample available at newsstands. Subscription $4.95 US/Can. Guidelines online at http://www.midwestliving.com/midwest-living-writers-guidelines.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Little-known places or events in the Midwest, or truly innovative angles on familiar topics. Travel and Life sections are most open to queries and new writers." Pays $0.80-1.00/word for 200-700 words. Submit query letter with clips of applicable work.
PHOTOS/ART: N/A
HINTS: "Focus on our 12-state region. The concept should be of high interest to readers across our 12 states, not just to residents of the areas featured in the story. Explain the unique qualifications that make you the best person for this assignment. We tend to develop new writers on small items first. New writers rarely receive a full feature assignment. Your best opportunity comes from pitching a smaller item such as a short news item on a new or notable hotel or restaurant."

MidWest Outdoors, 111 Shore Drive, Burr Ridge, IL 60527. P(630)887-7722. F(630)887-1958. Email: info-at-midwestoutdoors.com. Website: http://www.midwestoutdoors.com. Gene Laulunen, Editor. "Monthly tabloid emphasizing fishing, hunting, camping and boating in the Midwest." 100% freelance. Welcomes new writers. Monthly. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 3 months after acceptance. Buys simultaneous rights. Accepts reprints. Responds 1 week. Sample copy for $1 - call or email request. Subscription $14.95. Guidelines by email.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Non-fiction, How-to, Where-to fish and hunt." Pays $30 flat fee for 750-1500 words. Submit query by email.
PHOTOS/ART: "Photos may be emailed or sent through regular mail. Please provide captions. If photos need to be returned, please provide a SASE." No additional compensation for photos.
HINTS: :"Stories should impart information in an entertaining fashion, and not in a text book or preachy tone."

New England Review, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753. Phone (802)443-5075. Email: nereview-at-middlebury.edu. Website: http://www.nereview.com. Stephen Donadio, Editor; C. Dale Young, Poetry Editor. 100% freelance. "New England Review distinguishes itself with a fine blend of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction that is both challenging and inviting to the general reader. The selection of writings in each issue presents a broad spectrum of viewpoints and genres, including traditional and experimental fiction, translations in poetry and prose, criticism, letters from abroad, reviews in arts and literature, and rediscoveries. Founded in 1978 and edited by Stephen Donadio, NER has for more than thirty years kept its readers in touch with the imaginative adventures of the world's most celebrated authors, while maintaining its commitment to new writers just emerging into prominence." Welcomes new writers. Circ. 1.5K. Quarterly. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 2-8 months after acceptance. Buys first rights (rights revert back to author). No unsolicited reprints. Responds 12 weeks. Sample at bookstores, or can be ordered from their website for $10. Subscription $30; Please add $12 for Canadian subscriptions, $25.00 for overseas subscriptions; $3.00 for Canadian single issues or $5.00 for foreign single issues. Guidelines online at http://www.nereview.com/guidelines.html.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Original fiction, poetry, and essays." Pays $10 per printed page in New England Review. Submit complete ms with cover letter by mail with SASE.
PHOTOS/ART: "PDF or TIFF, abstract images for cover art only." No additional pay.
HINTS: "Don't pretend to be on familiar terms with an editor who you have never spoken to, but do remember to mention if an editor encouraged you to send more work or if you've been published in the journal in the past."

News Photographer, 6677 Whitemarsh Valley Walk, Austin, TX. Email: info-at-nppa.org. Website: http://www.nppa.org. Donald R. Winslow, Editor. "A monthly magazine tightly focused on the profession of photojournalism and visual communication." 20% freelance. Circ. 10K. Monthly. Pays on publication. Publishes ms approx one month after acceptance. Buys one-time print use. No reprints. Sample for email request to sales-at-nppa.org. Subscription included in NPPA membership or $38 for non-members. Guidelines by email.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Features." Pays a flat fee. (Publisher did not wish the amount to be published here but it was provided to WritersWeekly and the listing was approved.) Submit query by email.
PHOTOS/ART: N/A.

The Pedestrian, P.O. Box 22468, Philadelphia, PA 19110. Email: editor-at-thepedestrian.org. Website: http://www.thepedestrian.org. Christopher Spiker, Editor. "The Pedestrian celebrates the variety and wonder of life, inviting readers and writers to explore more attentively the everyday facets of their experience. We invite them to walk through familiar territory as if first encountering it. These quarterly walks take an approach different from standard intellectual publications, which race through reports, analyses, and persuasion while too often presenting multifaceted lives in mere glosses and stock narratives. Instead, we propose a leisurely saunter through our quarterly topics, equipped with an eye for detail, an awareness of the overlooked, and an empathetic curiosity about the people and the things encountered." 50% freelance. Welcomes new writers. Quarterly. Pays on acceptance. Period between acceptance and publication varies. Buys, at minimum, non-exclusive web rights. May offer to buy additional print or web rights. Responds 2-4 weeks. Sample not available. Guidelines online at http://www.thepedestrian.org/participate.
CURRENT NEEDS: "We will only consider manuscripts or queries that clearly pertain to one of the issue topics. Forthcoming topics for the calendar year 2010: Empathy, Tools, Play, and Quiet." Pays $25 - $600 for essays up to 5000 words.
PHOTOS/ART: "Acceptable formats for artwork pertaining to manuscripts: (vector) .ai and .svg; (bitmap) .jpg, .png, .psd, and .tif. We welcome artwork samples from illustrators. We hire one illustrator for each issue to offer an interpretation of the topic."
HINTS: "Please familiarize yourself with the journal's philosophy as given on its website."

Freelance Therapeutics Editor
OTR Global (OTR)

Freelance Content Writer - for course on green buildings
The Green Education Foundation (GEF)

Freelance Writer - for website
Register.com

Freelance Grant Writer
Roberto Clemente Health Clinic

Freelance Resume Writer
UpdateYourResume.net

Freelance Political Science Debate Participants - written debates
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Freelance Spanish Interpreter
Day Translations

Freelance Proposal Writer / Procurement - Acquisition Specialist - Pays $50K.
Veteran Business Solutions (VBS)

Freelance Copywriter
MoveRight Consulting

Freelance Client Relations & Content Writer - in California
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Freelance SEM Writer - Pays $20-$30/hour
SankyNet

Freelance Translators - to translate web content, multiple languages
online advertising agency

Freelance Creative/Comedy Writer - to write Scripts for Video eCard Website
Fantasyvideogreetings.com

Freelance Board Game Designer - Pays "up to" $1,000 per game (meaning it could be much less so be careful!)
Wicky Wacky.com

Freelance Online Product Copywriter
Lane Bryant

Freelance Copywriter
high end retail catalog company

Freelance Resume Writers
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Freelance Programmer Writer II/III
the Windows Mobile team at Microsoft

Freelance Copywriter - Healthcare Products
marketing and communications firm

Freelance Editor
O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Freelance Copywriter - health and fitness website
Renasan Life

Freelance English-Arabic Translator/Proofreader
Day Translations, Inc.

Freelance Full-Time Editor
TriMed Media Group

Freelance Senior Editor - Japanese speaker and knowledge of Japan preferred
AllBusiness.com

Freelance Web Content Writer - for new company website
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Freelance Grant Writer
The Methuselah Foundation

Freelance Proofreaders / Translators - several languages
Z-Axis

Freelance Spanish - English Transcriber - to transcribe 15 hours of video
market research firm

Freelance Writers / Editors
Bredin Business Information

Freelance Content Writer
software development company

Freelance Expert Presentation Creator
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Freelance QA / Proofing Specialist - Pays $15-$20/hour
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Freelance Graphic Design Instructors
Graphics.com/Learning

Freelance Sports Writer - to write treatment for a book series. Pays $50/hour.
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Freelance Experienced White Paper Writers
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