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Freelance Writing Opportunities
3 Writing Markets Paying Freelance Writers Up to $7,000.00
3 varied writing markets (two nonfiction, one fiction, and one photography).
Are you looking for freelance magazines, journals, and online publications that actually pay their writers? Check out these three publications below.
Check out these three freelance markets today. Two of these markets are looking for nonfiction writing, with one of them also accepting photography. The other market is the literary fantasy fiction market.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Website: Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Guidelines: Beneath Ceaseless Skies Guidelines
Send Story Query To: submissions@beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
Looking For: Fiction
Payment: up to $1,200.00
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: Yes
Pays Writers on Assignment: No
More Info:
Beneath Ceaseless Skies is a literary fantasy fiction market. They are looking for stories set in a “secondary world,” which means it should be different from our current world in some way. This can include being in the past or present or different by the addition of a different climate, creatures, or physical laws (like using magic).
Fiction: They only publish original stories which have never been printed before. They pay $0.08 a word and prefer stories of 15,000 words or fewer. They will consider stories over 15,000 words, but stories of a longer length must be exceptional.
High County News
Website: High County News
Guidelines: High County News Submissions
Send Story Query To: editor@hcn.org
Looking For: Nonfiction
Payment: $0.50 — $1.50 a word
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: No
Pays Writers on Assignment: No
More Info:
High County News is a non-profit weekly magazine dedicated to telling the western United States and Alaska’s story, history, and current events. They offer a byline and a 25% kill fee.
Nonfiction: They are looking for book excerpts, essays, personal experiences, exposure, humor, or travel. The length can be up to 4900 words.
Columns: Back Page Essay — 700–900 words.
Lake Superior Magazine
Website: Lake Superior Magazine
Guidelines: Lake Superior Magazine Guidelines
Send Story Query To: see online guidelines
Looking For: Nonfiction, Photography
Payment: $50.00–400.00
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: No
Pays Writers on Assignment: No
More Info:
Lake Superior Magazine is a bi-monthly publication that covers the Lake Superior region. This includes current events, history, lifestyle, tourism, and the environment.
They publish nonfiction articles, departments, and photography. They sometimes publish illustrations, cartoons, and fiction, but either rarely or only assigned, so we will just be focusing on nonfiction and photography.
Nonfiction: They are looking for manuscripts of 800–2,000 words, and for articles, they prefer them to be accompanied by photos. Well-researched features of 1,600–2,000 words pay $200.00–400.00. Department and columns are 800–1,200 words, and payment ranges between $75.00–200.00.
Photography: They also publish photography. They pay $50.00 per photo and $150.00 per cover photo.
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