January 20, 2010

Paying Markets And Jobs For January 20th

PAYING MARKETS

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Church Libraries, 9118 W. Elmwood Dr., #1G, Niles, IL 60714-5820. F(847)296-0754. Email: linjohnson-at-eclalibraries.org. Website: http://www.eclalibraries.org. Lin Johnson, Managing Editor. "Our purpose is to assist church and Christian school librarians in setting up, maintaining, and promoting libraries and media centers. Two-thirds of the journal is devoted to reviews of books and other media to help librarians make wise choices with their budgets. (I'm not looking for reviewers.) Although the audience is theologically conservative, almost any kind of how-to article related to church libraries will fit it." 25-30% freelance. Welcomes new writers. Circ. 350. Quarterly. Pays upon acceptance. Publishes ms 6-24 months after acceptance. Buys first rights. Accepts reprints. Responds 3-8 weeks. Sample copy available by request to info-at-eclalibraries.org with your mailing address. Subscription $35; $40 Canada; $50 other. Guidelines online at: http://www.eclalibraries.org/writersguidelines.pdf.
CURRENT NEEDS: "How-to articles on running a church library and special promotional events, profiles of church libraries with photographs (prints or high resolution electronic, some vertical)." Pays $0.05/word for 500-1500 words. "Send query or complete ms. via email only. Include a one-sentence bio, identifying who you are (i.e., librarian at xyz church in x city, freelance writer + any connection you have with church or school libraries)."
PHOTOS/ART: See above.

Wavelength Magazine, #6 10 Commercial St., Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9R 5G2. P(250)244-6437. F(250)244-1937. Email: info-at-wavelengthmagazine.com. Website: http://www.wavelengthmagazine.com. John Kimantas, Editor. "Free kayaking magazine distributed throughout the US and Canada and online. Also available by subscription." 60% freelance. Welcomes new writers. Circ. 20k. Quarterly. Pays at the end of the month after publication. Publishes ms 6-9 months after acceptance. Buys First North American rights - online and print. Writer/photographer retains copyright. Responds in a week. Sample copies available at their website. Subscription $20 Canada (CAD); $30 (CAD) in the US and elsewhere. Guidelines online at http://www.wavelengthmagazine.com/Submissions.html.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Articles on coastal parks and Day Trips. See online writer's guidelines for a description." Pays $200+ (CAD) for a feature article, $25 (CAD) per photo, average $400 (CAD) for a feature submission. Submit query per their guidelines along with low-resolution, sample pictures, if available.
PHOTOS/ART: "Photography is an integral part of any submission. Think 50% writing, 50% photography. Must be excellent." Pays $25+ (CAD), $200 (CAD) for cover.
HINTS: "We are inundated with first-person destination articles. DO NOT submit articles if you find your feature starts paragraphs with 'The next day we....' We are looking for historical, ecological and environmental interpretations to provide information beyond tourist trips by kayak. Be creative with anecdotes."

Valley Business FRONT, 541 Luck Ave., Suite 100, Roanoke VA 24016. P(540)556-8510. Email: dsmith-at-vbfront.com. Website: http://www.vbfront.com. Dan Smith, Editor. 75% freelance. "We are a European-sized (10 x 6 inches), full-color glossy monthly magazine covering businesses and business issues in the western part of Virginia. Founded in Oct. 2008. Our stories run between 500 and 2,000 words and we encourage writers to be photographers, as well. Stories are features in nature with some investigative work. We require good writing that is upbeat, accessible and accurate." Welcomes new writers. "Writers receive written, detailed assignments (complete with phone numbers, background and questions we want answered), deadlines and guidance when needed. We critique each story upon acceptance." Circ. 52K. Monthly. "Deadlines are mid-month, six weeks before publication (March issue would have Jan. 15 deadline)." Pays "mid month when the article is scheduled to be published (if it doesn't run that month, the writer is paid when initially scheduled and in full)." Publishes ms approximately 6 weeks after acceptance. Buys all rights. "We generally allow writers to sell second rights in non-competing publications." No reprints. Responds quickly. Sample articles online. Subscription $36. Guidelines not available. "Look at the magazine and it's easy to determine what we want."
CURRENT NEEDS: "We have no specific current needs that are not being met. We have a stable of about 25 writers we use on a regular or semi-regular basis, but because of the nature of freelance writing, we are always looking for good ones." Pays $50-$200, depending on the difficulty of the assignment, for 500-1,500 words ("most are in the in the 600-word range"). Submit cover letter, bio and clips by email. "If you have a story suggestion, mention it, but almost all of our story ideas are generated in the office."
PHOTOS/ART: "Nothing required, but the writers who take pictures get more assignments. The better the package, the more work." Pays $10-$25 for photos.
HINTS: "Be persistent. Give me a reason to hire you. You need to be a good deal and you need to do quality work. The market is competitive. We like writers, respect writers and treat writers well, always."

Venues Today and VT Pulse, P.O. Box 2540, Huntington Beach, CA 92647. P(714)378-5400. F(714)378-0040. Email: dave-at-venuestoday.com. Website: http://www.venuestoday.com. Dave Brooks, Senior Writer/Assignment Editor. "Venues Today is an international trade paper, serving managers, bookers and suppliers of and to arenas, stadiums, theaters, convention centers, amphitheaters, conference centers, auditoriums and fairs and festivals. Every story is a business story, including dollars and sense, information that is useful to people in the business of sports, entertainment and meetings." 30-40% freelance. Monthly and weekly. Pays after publication. Publishes ms 2-3 weeks after acceptance. Buys all rights. No reprints. Sample available by writing Dave, or check out the website. Subscription $200 a year worldwide. Guidelines by email.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Experience and contacts in the entertainment world, proven accuracy and reliability." Pays flat fee, $100 per story for 800 words in the VT Pulse; $250 per story for 1500 words in the print magazine, Venues Today. "Send a query by email about any story idea; do not send completed manuscript without assignment."
PHOTOS/ART: Writers are "required to obtain illustrations for every story."
HINTS: "Do not send commentary and opinion pieces. Do not send human interest stories. We are a business publication and we require that writers interview management and executives, not public relations spokespeople. We also reject rewrites from Web research and other interviews. All of our material is ORIGINAL REPORTING. Names and phone numbers of people interviewed are published with each story. Proofread your stories and get all names and tiles right."

Vestal Review, 2609 Dartmouth Drive, Vestal, NY 13850. Email: submissions-at-vestalreview.net. Website: http://www.vestalreview.net. Mark Budman, Publisher/Editor/Webmaster; Sue O'Neill, Co-Editor; MaryAnne McCollister, Senior Associate Editor; Cheryl Chambers and Antonios Maltezos, Associate Editors. "Vestal Review is a semi-annual perfect-bound print magazine with a Web presence, devoted to what we consider an underrepresented type of fiction: flash (or short-short) stories. A good flash, replete with a cohesive plot, rich language and enticing imagery, is perhaps the hardest type of fiction to write. A good flash is so condensed that it borderlines poetry. A good flash engages your mind not only for the short duration of its read, but for a long time after." 100% freelance. Welcomes new writers. Published twice yearly. Pays after publication. Publishes ms in about 6 months. Buys First NA serial rights. Responds in 3 days. Sample copy is $10 (add $2 for postage, $4 for foreign address). Please make checks payable to Mark Budman or American Design Services. Please do not make checks to Vestal Review. We can't cash them. Send print subscription requests to 2609 Dartmouth Drive, Vestal, NY 13850. One year subscription (2 issues) is $20 postage paid (add $6 postage for foreign subscription). A sample copy is $10 (add $2 for postage, $4 for foreign address). Please make checks payable to Mark Budman or American Design Services. Please do not make checks to Vestal Review. We can't cash them. Guidelines are available online at http://www.vestalreview.net/Guidelines.html.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Vestal Review is a magazine for flash (short-shorts) fiction. We realize that there are different definitions of what a flash story is and all of them have merit. In our definition, a flash story is no longer than 500 words and it has a plot. If it's longer than 500 words and/or has no plot, we are not interested. We are also not interested in porn, racial slurs, excessive gore, or obscenity. On the other end of the spectrum, no children's or preachy stories either, please. Our target audience is people over 18, so R-rated content is OK, but not X-rated. Most genres, other than children's, syrupy romance or hard science fiction, are accepted, and we love humor. Pay: Stories up to 100 words (excluding the title)--$0.10/word. Stories between 101 and 200 words--$0.05/word. Stories between 201 and 500 words-- $0.03/word. Stories of great merit receive up to $25 flat fee; $0.03/word is a minimum pay in any case. Send complete manuscript as a pasted text to submissions-at-vestalreview.net."
PHOTOS/ART: N/A
HINTS: "Please follow our guidelines."

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