Home maintenance. DIY projects. Decorating. Gardening. Lawn care. If any of these topics interest you as a freelance writer, pitching home and garden markets could be a good strategy for you. This market list will give you some publication ideas to start with.
Note: this list won't cover everything related to home and garden writers. Also browse the larger database of writers markets for publications covering related topics like food, nature, and parenting.
Home and Garden Markets for Freelance Writers
If you're looking to pitch new story ideas to publications that publish home or garden-related articles, here are some markets you might consider.
Backwoods Home Magazine
Backwoods Home Magazine is a how-to magazine focused on readers living in the country. Stories are about topics such as how to build your own home, grow your own food, etc. Pay is $40-200, and writers are paid on acceptance.
Central Coast Farm & Ranch
Central Coast Farm & Ranch is a quarterly magazine covering the agricultural community in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties in California. They cover local food, agriculture, edible gardening, agri-tourism, and more. Pay is $.50 - $1.00 per word for features, and $350 for departments.
Midwest Living
This lifestyle magazine focuses on the Midwest region of the U.S. Stories cover travel, garden, food, and home. They generally run 100-1000 word articles on their website. Pay varies, but they state a first-time writer working with them could generally earn around $200 for one of these scouting or online content assignments.
Mother Earth News
Mother Earth news accepts queries for both features and departments. Departments include Home, Health, Food, and Garden. They pay a 25% kill fee if an accepted article will not be used.
Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac accepts freelance submissions for features on topics such as gardening, home remedies, pets, and weather. Rates vary based on the submission, and the publication buys all rights.
Texas Gardener
Texas Gardener is a bimonthly regional gardening magazine. They accept feature articles of 1200-1500 words. These include interviews with Texas gardeners, new gardening techniques, and technical articles. They pay $50 for submissions to their "Between Neighbors" column and $50-200 for features.
The American Gardener
The American Gardener is a bi-monthly magazine published by the American Horticultural Society. The publication accepts both feature articles and columns. Payment for features (1500-2500 words) is $300 - 700, while payment for columns is $150 - 200. They offer a 25% kill fee.
The Green Parent
The Green Parent is a UK-based bi-monthly digital magazine covering topics such as pregnancy & conscious birth, breastfeeding, family life & simple living, alternative education, natural health & beauty, green travel, gardening, sustainable fashion, and more. Articles run 1500-2000 words, and they also accept shorter opinion pieces of 600 words. Pay is £75 per 1000 words.
Yankee Magazine
Yankee is a magazine for the New England region covering topics like travel, food, and home. They also accept personal essays related to the New England experience. The magazine pays on acceptance of freelance stories and purchases all rights.
More About These Writers' Markets
This collection of home and garden markets is just one of many market lists you can find on the All Freelance Writing blog. Each of these lists is pulled automatically from the larger writers' market database (which you can always browse for more publications to pitch).
Because this list is created dynamically, that means any time a market from this list is updated or removed, or when a new relevant market is added to the database, this list will automatically update. Consider bookmarking this post to check back for new and updated markets periodically.
If you find a dead link in this post, you can click "report link" below the market's name and description. This will open a pre-populated email you can send (you don't need to add anything), and the market will be reviewed sooner than otherwise scheduled. I appreciate your help in keeping the markets up-to-date by letting me know about broken links and outdated information. Please note, a market not currently being in their advertised open submission period is not a reason to report them, and those entries will not be removed.
Submit Your Paying Home and Garden Market
Do you run a digital or print publication that pays freelance writers to contribute home and garden-related articles? If so, you can submit your market for consideration to be added to the All Freelance Writing writers' market database. If approved, it will also automatically appear in relevant market list posts on the blog like this one. Submitting a market is free.
