May 23, 2012

Paying Markets And Jobs For May 23rd

PAYING MARKETS

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Ft. Myers Magazine, 15880 Summerlin Rd., Suite 189, Fort Myers, FL 33908. Email: ftmyers-at-optonline.net. Website: http://www.ftmyersmagazine.com. Andrew Elias, Director/Designer. "Bi-monthly magazine celebrating the arts and living in Southwest Florida." 10-50% freelance. Welcomes new writers. Circ. 20K. Bimonthly. Pays 30 days after publication. Publishes ms 2-12 months after acceptance. Buys first rights. Accepts reprints. Responds 1-8 weeks. Sample copy available by mail for $3. Guidelines online here.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Articles about music, film, books, art, health, fitness, nutrition, food, travel, recreation, sports, gardening, home design, architecture." Pays $0.10/word for 750-1500 words. Submit query as word document by email.
PHOTOS/ART: "Email images to accompany article if available." Pays $10-$50.

Good Old Boat magazine, 7340 Niagara Lane N, Osseo, MN 55311. Email: karen-at-goodoldboat.com. Website: http://www.goodoldboat.com. Karen Larson, Founding Editor. "Good Old Boat magazine focuses on maintaining, upgrading, and owning cruising sailboats built anytime since the late 1950s. Readers see themselves as part of a community of sailors who share similar maintenance and replacement concerns that are not generally addressed in other sailing publications. Our readers do much of the writing about projects they have done on their boats and the joy they receive from sailing them." 90% freelance. Welcomes new writers. Circ. 30K. Bi-monthly. Pays 60 days in advance of publication. Publishes ms 12-18 months after acceptance. Buys First North American rights. No reprints. Responds in 2-6 weeks. Sample free on request. Subscription $39.95 per year in the U.S. and Canada; $49.95 overseas. Guidelines online here.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Short articles about simple projects they've done on their boats." Pays $50-$700 for 300-5000 words. "Email and letters, query or completed ms...all are fine. I prefer not to receive phone calls."
PHOTOS/ART: "We pay $100 for covers. Most other photos are included as part of articles we purchase. We are happy with slides, prints, and electronic images. Please turn off the date stamp. It is difficult to remove that from your photograph. It may render a photograph useless, in fact. Never send a photo that has been printed on an inkjet printer. Send the electronic (digital) image instead. Electronic photo files must be high resolution -- at least 300 dpi -- to be usable for print reproduction. 4.2 to 6.2 megapixel cameras are up to the task with their high-resolution settings."
HINTS: "Short technical articles about projects done on your own sailboat are the best way to break in. Everyone wants to write Cruising Memories and Reflections articles. We receive way too many of those. Please keep in mind that you must be a sailor to write for us."

Grain Magazine, Box 67, Saskatoon, SK S7K 3K1, Canada. P(306)244-2828. F(306)244-0255. Email: grainmag-at-sasktel.net. Website: http://www.grainmagazine.ca. "Grain, the journal of eclectic writing, is a literary quarterly that publishes engaging, diverse, and challenging writing and art by some of the best Canadian and international writers and artists. Every issue features superb new writing from both developing and established writers. Each issue also highlights the unique artwork of a different visual artist. Grain has garnered national and international recognition for its distinctive, cutting-edge content and design." Welcomes new writers. Quarterly. Sample copy available through website. Subscription: $35.00 in Canada; add $10.00 for U.S. subscriptions. Full submission guidelines online here.
CURRENT NEEDS: Please see submission guidelines on website. Pays $50-225 for all genres.
PHOTOS/ART: "Interior work paid at same page rate as text contributors. Cover images (full-colour) paid at current CAR/FAC rates."

Italian America Magazine, 219 E Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. P(202)547-2900. F(202)547-1492. Email: ddesanctis-at-osia.org. Website: http://www.osia.org. Dona De Sanctis, Editor-in-Chief. "Italian America Magazine is the most widely read publication in the US for people of Italian heritage. A national magazine, it runs news, opinions, and features on Italian American history, culture and contemporary figures. We focus on the little known facts about Italian Americans and their contributions to the US past and present." 25% Freelance. Welcomes new writers. Circ. 65K. Quarterly. Pays on final edit. Publishes ms 3-18 months after acceptance. Buys non-exclusive rights. Accepts some reprints. Responds in 2-5 weeks. Sample copy available by email. Subscription $20, $25 outside the U.S. Guidelines available by email.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Always looking for well-documented, well-written, concise articles about little-known facts regarding Italian Americans living and dead. Also the story behind our customs and food. For example: Where did the tradition of the Seven Fishes for Christmas Eve dinner come from? How did Italians discover the tomato? Why don't Italians eat sweets at the end of a meal?, etc." Pays $250-$350 for 750-1000 words.
PHOTOS/ART: "Digitals at 300dpi. Full color preferred. Payment for photos are included in articles flat fee."
HINTS: "Best advice: Make it easy for me - Get to the point quickly about your story idea. Send along a digital and keep your query short. Follow up is fine but don't be a pest. Once or twice a month max and no phone calls please. The most common mistake is not looking at our guidelines or the magazine before querying me. I don't buy food or travel stories and I am not interest in a family memoir about grandma unless she was Maria Montessori or Geraldine Ferrara."

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Freelance Reporters - in Wyoming
BizWest Media

Freelance Writers
Autism After 16

Freelance Reporters
DNAinfo.com

Freelance Business/Economics Contract Editors - Pays $25/hour
journalexperts.com

Freelance CCA Practice Question Writer
educational media company

Freelance CISSP Certification Practice Question Writer
educational media company

Freelance Web Content Writing - to add content to a portfolio of B2B and Medical websites. Pays $12/hour.
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Freelance Research Associate
small research firm

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Freelance Blogger - Pays $55/post.
consumer-facing blog

Freelance Web Producer/Writer
KGO-TV/ABC7

Freelance Financial Markets Reporter
MidnightTrader, Inc.

Freelance Writers
new trade publication

Freelance Blogger - beauty and cosmetics
everybliss.com

Freelance Korean-to-English Proofreader and Content Updater - Pays $1K/month
HanCinema / hancinema.net

Freelance Translaters - English to Russian, Ukrainian, Cantonese, Bahasa Malay
Deluxe Digital Studios

Freelance Writer - Finance/Economics
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Freelance Transcriber - Pays $45 per recorded hour transcribed
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Freelance Legal Editor - to edit CLE books and class materials
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Freelance Writer/Researcher - Portuguese/English Bilingual
white-collar private investigation firm

Freelance Arabic, Cantonese Translators - Pays $30/hour.
book project

Freelance Writer
individual

Freelance Interactive Copywriter
Corporate Graffiti

Freelance Writers
The Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal

Freelance Legal Reporter
BNA Bloomberg

Freelance Research Assistant - Pays $20/hour.
research and consulting firm

Freelance Technical Help Desk/Customer Care
Express Scripts

Freelance Bilingual Attorneys - English/Madarin Chinese - for document review project
Legalpeople

Freelance Web/Social Media/Blogger/Marketing Professional - near Braintree, MA
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Freelance Personal Assistant - near Silicon Valley/San Francisco
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Freelance Promotional & Programming Director
Bloggingheads.tv

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