If you write about faith or spirituality, there are more freelance opportunities out there than you might think. This list of religious and spiritual writers’ markets will help you find paying publications seeking content in this niche.
Whether you’re looking to publish essays, reported features, or inspirational content, you’ll find relevant markets here.
Religious & Spiritual Writers' Markets That Pay for Contributions
The following religious and spiritual writers' markets are open to pitches from freelance contributors:
Cadet Quest
Cadet Quest is a "Christian-oriented magazine for boys ages 9 - 14." They accept fiction of 1000-1300 words and nonfiction features up to 1500 words. Pay starts at $.08 per word.
Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor is a daily newspaper covering US and international news. The paper accepts freelance news submissions. This is a paying publication.
Clubhouse Jr.
Clubhouse Jr. is a magazine from Focus on the Family for children between the ages of 3 and 7. Articles should "inspire, entertain and teach Christian values." Fiction, nonfiction, and bible stories pay $.15-.25 / word.
Guide for Spiritual Living: Science of Mind
Guide for Spiritual Living: Science of Mind magazine is looking for articles for Religious Science followers and New Thought adherents about spiritual growth, personal development, community, sustainable living, and sacred activism. They buy first rights for both print and online versions and pay on publication.
Guide Magazine
Guide Magazine is a "Christian story magazine for young people." Target readers are between the ages of 10 and 14. Payment is $.07 - $.10 per word for stories and $25 - $35 for puzzles.
Hinduism Today
Hinduism Today is an international quarterly magazine for English-speaking Hindus, those interested in Hinduism, and the scholastic and interfaith community. Topics range from current events and human interest stories to philosophical insights and opinion pieces. All articles revolve around the spiritual, humanistic, and cultural elements of Hinduism. Payment is $.10 per word and $20-100 per photo published.
Jewish Currents
Jewish Currents is a print (quarterly) and digital publication covering politics, culture, and ideas through the perspective of the Jewish left. Articles cover topics such as the Israel / Palestine conflict, inner workings of Jewish communal organizations, diasporic cultural expression, and more. The publication also considers poetry, but only reads unsolicited poems during the month of June. In-depth web features pay at least $1000. News reports start at $500, analysis and reviews start at $400, and print features are paid $1.00 / word.
Notre Dame Magazine
The Notre Dame Magazine is a quarterly publication of the University of Notre Dame. It covers alumni activities, institutional events, people, trends, and cultural issues. They accept both features and departments as well as essays in their "CrossCurrents" section. Payment is not detailed in their writer's guidelines but is said to be "comparable to fees paid by some national publications."
Religion Unplugged
Religion Unplugged covers "religion in public life and in people's lives." The publication accepts freelance contributions of news features, opinion pieces, and book and movie reviews. News features running under 1000 words pay $200, and those running over 1000 words and pay $300. Opinion columns, essays, and analysis pay $100. Film, TV, art, and book reviews pay $200.
Spirituality and Health
Spirituality & Health is a print magazine and digital publication covering a mix of health and spiritual topics. Most submissions are published on the website. Pay varies. Articles they're looking for include articles on health and lifestyle, mind-body-spirit topics, first-person stories relating to deep spiritual experiences, articles on spiritual tools and practices, stories on interfaith beliefs and practices, and more.
TC Jewfolk
TC Jewfolk is an independent publication for Jewish communities in the Twin Cities. They accept a wide variety of submissions including articles about how politics shape your Jewish point of view, Jewish spirituality, interfaith families, Jewish parenting, and more. Payment is $50-100 per article.
Touchstone
Touchstone, "A Journal of Mere Christianity," accepts features, "views," and communiqués that would appeal to a "broad audience of traditional Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox believers." For these contributions, they pay $.20 per published word.
U.S. Catholic Magazine
U.S. Catholic accepts freelance submissions across a wide variety of magazine sections including features, reviews, poetry, essays, and different columns throughout the publication.
More About These Markets
As with all writers' markets shared here at All Freelance Writing, each publication included is pulled from the larger writers' market database.
That means any time a new relevant market is added, or a market in this list is updated or removed, this post and list will update automatically.
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Submit Additional Religious & Spiritual Writers' Markets
Do you run a religious or spiritual publication, and you pay for freelance submissions? If so, you can submit your market to the All Freelance Writing Market Database.
Market submissions are free. If your market is approved, it might also appear on specialized market lists like this one (nothing else required on your part).
