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50 Magazines and Anthologies Paying for Speculative Fiction

These magazines and anthologies pay for speculative fiction – up to $700 for short fiction, and one magazine pays more for novella-length stories. Some also accept other genres, like non-fiction and poetry. Many are open for submissions now, or will open soon, or have announced their next submission window; not all of them have, however….

19 Calls for Pitches Directly from Editors

Dear Writers, Here’s our latest roundup of calls for pitches directly from editors. Please carefully study each publication before sending a pitch. If you’re new to pitching, here are a few resources to help you get started: How to Write a Pitch that Gets You Paid (Based on Real-World Examples) How to Pitch a Listicle…

19 Full Time & Remote Jobs for Journalists, Writers, and Editors

Dear Writers, Here’s our latest roundup of traditional jobs for journalists, editors, and writers. Organizations in this list include The New York Times, Guardian US, Politico, The Atlantic, and Wirecutter. Many of these are full time and/or hybrid opportunities. Most of them are based on the U.S. For freelance opportunities, see this list. — Jacob…

35 Contests for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, and More. (Up to $75,000 in Prizes)

– S. Kalekar These are contests for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, and more, with prizes up to $75,000. Some contests have themes. They are roughly divided geographically. CONTESTS OPEN FOR INTERNATIONAL SUBMISSIONS The Heron’s Nest: Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku AwardsThis poetry contest is run by The Heron’s Nest, a quarterly online journal of haiku. Submit…

21 Fiction Magazines Paying $50 to $1,300 for May 2023

These magazines and anthologies publish fiction; a few outlets also accept other genres, like non-fiction and poetry. Please see the second section of this list for themed calls. – S. Kalekar Profiles This is a new Dublin-based journal, and they are reading submissions for their second issue. “Profiles welcomes character-driven fiction and non-fiction — both…

30 Calls for Pitches Directly from Editors

Dear Writers, Here’s our latest roundup of calls for pitches directly from editors. Please carefully study each publication before sending a pitch. If you’re new to pitching, here are a few resources to help you get started: How to Write a Pitch that Gets You Paid (Based on Real-World Examples) How to Pitch a Listicle…

Case Study: How I Became a Regular Contributor to My Dream Publication

By Rachel Presser If you’re not familiar with Reptiles, they’re the OG herpetology (the study and enthusiasm of reptiles and amphibians) magazine. I remember being so stoked when my dad got me a subscription for my 10th birthday to further encourage my love of toads, frogs, and lizards. I dreamt of writing for them someday:…

Editor Interviews

Interview with Kendall Powell, Editor at Nature Careers

Kendall Powell is a senior editor at the Nature Careers section of Nature. Prior to that she was a freelance science journalist for 20 years writing about biomedical science and scientists’ lives for places such as the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Nature, Science, and Knowable. Listen to editor Kendall Powell in an interview with Viney Kirpal, a health and personal essay writer. Viney: Hi. How wouldyou describe Nature…

Interview with Sari Botton, Memoirist & Editor

Sari Botton is the author of the memoir in essays, And You May Find Yourself…Confessions of a Late-Blooming Gen-X Weirdo. She is a contributing editor and columnist at Catapult, and the former Essays Editor for Longreads. She is the Writer in Residence in the creative writing department of SUNY New Paltz for Spring, 2023. The well-known memoirist shares…

An Interview with Amy Paturel, Freelance Writer

Amy Paturel has covered everything from food to sex in essay form. You’ll find her byline in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Parents and more. She has won “honorable mention” awards in the American Society of Journalists and Authors personal essay category. Here’s Amy Paturel in conversation with Viney Kirpal, a health and…

Interview with Kamala Thiagarajan (Published in The New York Times, NPR, BBC, Al Jazeera, SCMP, and Others.)

Kamala Thiagarajan is a freelance journalist based in Madurai, South India, where she reports on environmental issues, global health, and science. Her work has been published in The New York Times, NPR, BBC, The Guardian, Hakai Magazine, Ensia, Al Jazeera, South China Morning Post, and many others. She converses here with Viney Kirpal, a personal and health writer. VK: As an especially successful freelancer,…

An Interview with Mun-Keat Looi: International Features Editor for The BMJ

 Mun-Keat Looi is International Features Editor at The BMJ. He lectures on journalism at Imperial College London and is an author on two books, ‘Big Questions in Science: The quest to solve the great unknowns‘ (2013) and the Geek Guide to Life (2016). He has written and produced news, features, podcasts, and videos. Here he’s…

An Interview with Shanna Baker, Managing Editor at Hakai Magazine

Shanna Baker is a managing editor at Hakai Magazine, an online publication based in Victoria, British Columbia that explores science, society, and the environment from a coastal perspective. Her primary focus at the magazine is on editing long-form features and photo-driven stories. Here  Shanna converses with Viney Kirpal, a health and personal essay writer. Viney: …

An Interview with Ishani Nandi, Senior Editor with Reader’s Digest

Ishani Nandi is a senior associate editor with Reader’s Digest, India with more than a decade’s experience in writing and editing for journalistic, corporate and publishing platforms. She’s our first editor for an interview from India. Here you find Ishani in conversation with Viney Kirpal, a health and personal essay writer. Viney: Ishani, the readers…
 

Case Studies

Case Study: How I Landed My Own Arts Column

By Lowri Llewelyn Here in Wales, just about every woman under the age of 35 has a print by Niki Pilkington on her wall. Having worked with clients ranging from MTV to Sir Paul McCartney, I was inspired by this small town girl who became Kind of a Big Deal. Despite Niki’s popularity, I noticed…

How I Landed My First Paid Publication (Without a Portfolio)

By Kyle Geoffrey Uy “Freelance writing is something anyone can do”, said freelance writer Ian Chandler in his webinar. As someone just starting out, those words gave me hope. I didn’t know anything about where to begin, so I watched this free webinar to learn more. The knowledge Ian gave us viewers paved the way…

How to Talk to Potential Freelance Writing Clients (So You Can Win New Contracts)

The Sales Call Strategy That’s Helped Me Close Clients Without Feeling Sales-y I get it, nobody enjoys sales meetings. But if you want to grow your freelance writing business, you need to get better at them. That means learning how to have conversations with potential clients, face to face. Here are some tips that have…

Case Study: How I Broke into the Smart Mouth Newsletter and Earned $1 per Word

  by Tatiana Claudy “You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.”                                                                                                                       Steven King   For about five years I was writing for Christian and writers’ magazines and websites. I became a regular contributor to several publications and developed good working relationships with their editors. Then I went back…

The Anatomy of an Instructional Pitch (How I Got Paid $500 for One Article)

By Matthew Gaiser One of the more profitable areas of freelance writing is the advisory and instructional space. People are willing to pay to learn how to do things better and frequently read blogs that help them do better work. That means the blogs are willing to pay a relative premium for such posts. I…

Help for the Newbie Travel Writer

Cruising the Caribbean, thrill seeking on an African safari or mad shopping in New York city, any and every trip you take can be turned in to the kind of adventure travel editors love to buy. By Robyn McGee Congrats to me! My article “Safari Diary” was chosen by the editors of the “WorldNomads” website…

How to Land Writing Clients With LinkedIn

I started my business eight years ago. Being a startup, I had no income and limited funds to spend on Sales and Marketing. I turned to LinkedIn as my primary avenue to build my fledgeling business and drive sales. Without spending a cent on LinkedIn, over the last eight years, I have generated 80% of…