12 Magazines that Pay Writers $100+ Per Article

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The following markets pay from $100 and up for poetry, short fiction, non-fiction, essays, and reviews. Before submitting your manuscripts, study carefully guidelines because some editors work only with local writers. Study 3-4 issues of your targeted publication to learn about its style, topics, and the depth of coverage. If possible, try to compliment your article with your photos – it may increase chances for your manuscript to be published. Do not be discouraged by rejections (which are simply business decisions, not an evaluation of your writing gift!), but pitch another article! – Tatiana Claudy
  • Working Money (The Investors’ Magazine) is a monthly publication “showing you how to make your money work for you.” Its content includes financial planning, investment instruments, and how-to tutorials. Editors look for practical articles covering topics presented in their editorial calendar.

Payment is $180 (a flat rate). To learn more, read writers’ guidelines: http://technical.traders.com/content/editorialdepartment.asp.

 

  • Incomes Abroad is a monthly newsletter exploring opportunities to earn all over the world. In their guidelines, editors state, “If you’ve got an income that funds a life you love overseas, then we want to hear about it…If you’ve got the inside track on the nitty gritty of starting a business overseas, have hard-won practical advice to share…get in touch.”

Payment is up to $400 for a feature. To learn more, read writers’ guidelines:

https://internationalliving.com/about-il/write-for-il/write-for-fund-your-life-overseas-and-incomes-abroad/.

 

  • Common Ground is a Western Canada’s monthly magazine. Its content includes material on personal growth, health, wellness, transformational travel, and ecology. Editors prefer to work with Canadian writers.

Payment is 10 cents per word for 600-1,500-word articles. To learn more, read writers’ guidelines: http://commonground.ca/contributors-guidelines/.

 

  • Australian Yoga Life is a magazine published 4 times per year. It is a “uniquely all Australian magazine which is intended to be accessible to the broadest spectrum of readers.” Editors look for articles from yoga practitioners.

Payment is 20 cents per word (up to $500 for a published article of maximum of 2,250 words). To learn more, read writers’ guidelines: http://ayl.com.au/contribute/ and http://ayl.com.au/contribute/contribution-guidelines/.

 

  • Ft. Myers & Southwest Florida is a bimonthly magazine – “the leading ‘arts & living’ publication in Southwest Florida.” Its content is focused on local and national arts and lifestyles. Its audience includes “educated, active, creative and successful residents of Southwest Florida, ages 20-75 years old.”

Editors buy the following rights: a) one-time rights to articles that will not be appear in other publications in Southwest Florida within six months of publication; b) one-time rights to previously published articles that have not appeared in other publications in Southwest Florida, and c) one-time rights to publish editorial or artwork in publication and also on website.

Payment is $0.10 per word: $50-$100 (500-1000 words) and $100-$150 (1,000-1,500 words). To learn more, read writers’ guidelines: http://www.ftmyersmagazine.com/FtMmag-WRITERS.html.

 

  • Inside Publications publish four “hyperlocal” community newspapers (Inside East Sacramento, Inside Land Park, Inside Arden, and Inside Pocket). Editors welcome queries from Sacramento-based writers and look only for stories about people, places, and events in their readership area. Editors do not accept articles about state, national, or global issues.

Payment is $50-$150 per story upon acceptance. To learn more, read writers’ guidelines:

http://www.insidepublications.com/digital/portfolio/editorial-submission-guides/.

 

  • In The Fray is an online magazine whose content explores global issues. Editors look for original pieces that demonstrate “understanding other people and cultures, encouraging empathy and compassion, and defying categories and conventions.”

By submitting material to In The Fray, contributors grant this publication the exclusive first Electronic Publishing Rights in the English Language.

Payment is $50-$100 (via PayPal) for features (1,000-4,000 words). To learn more, read writers’ guidelines: http://inthefray.org/submissions/.

 

  • Latitude 38 is a monthly sailing magazine – “the West’s Leading Sailing and Marine Magazine.” Its content includes articles about “the world of sailing through the eyes of the California sailor.” Editors encourage submission of photographs related to the sailing lifestyle, especially pictures of people. A free sample issue is available on the website.

Payment (on publication) starts at $125 for 1,500-2,500-word features. To learn more, read writers’ guidelines: http://www.latitude38.com/writers.html.

 

  • Long Island Woman is a monthly tabloid magazine with a free distribution of 30,000 copies throughout Long Island, NY, aimed at women ages 40-69. Its content covers lifestyle and family, physical and mental health, fitness and sport, nutrition and dining, beauty and fashion, finance and business, gardening and home decorating, travel and entertainment, news and interviews with inspiring women. Editors look for original manuscripts and reprints.

Editors buy one-time rights to manuscripts that will appear in print and on the website (liwomanonline.com) and will not appear in other Long Island, NY publications, within one year of publication.

Payment is $70-$200 for 500-2,250-word articles. To learn more, read writers’ guidelines: http://www.liwomanonline.com/guidelines.php.

 

  • TheNorth Coast Journal (of Politics, People and Art) is a newspaper published in Humboldt County, CA. Its editors do not want “straight hard news articles, inverted pyramids” – they look for articles “that people want to read simply for the pleasure of reading.” Editors want this publication “to tell the story of Humboldt County, one chapter at a time” through features – narratives, reported essays, and experimental writing.

Payment is $300-400 for cover story (3,000-4,000 words) and $100-150 for upfront story (1,000-1,500 words). To learn more, read writers’ guidelines: https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/WritersGuidelines/Page.

 

 

  • VQR (The Virginia Quarterly Review – a National Journal of Literature & Discussion) publishes poetry, short fiction, and non-fiction. Editors consider only unpublished work; they are not interested in genre fiction. Simultaneous submissions are permitted. Reading period for unsolicited poetry, fiction, and nonfiction is July 1-31.

Editors buy the following rights: First North American print and digital magazine rights, nonexclusive online rights, and other limited rights.

Payment is $200 for poetry (all types and length, up to 4 poems), $1,000+ for short fiction (2,000-8,000 words), $0.25 per word for non-fiction (3,500-9,000 words), $500 for book reviews (2,000-2,400 words) and $100-$200 for online content. To learn more, read writers’ guidelines: https://vqronline.org/about-vqr/submissions.

 

  • HowlRound is an online journal for theatremakers worldwide. Its content focuses on “progressive, disruptive ideas about the art form and facilitates connection between diverse practitioners.” Editors look for manuscripts about theatre commoning (“resources managed and produced with generosity and abundance, community and collaboration”), challenging ideas and practices, new forms of theatre practice, and “equity, inclusivity, and accessibility for underrepresented theatre communities and practices.”

Payment (upon publication) is $150 for essays (1,500-2,000 words) and $100 for a NewCrit review (1,000-1,500 words). To learn more, read writers’ guidelines: http://howlround.com/participate.

 

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