This is a directory of paying freelance writer's markets. You can browse the writer's markets by category below or search if you're looking for something specific. All markets included in this directory are paying markets. Payment details are included in summaries where possible.
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This is a directory of paying freelance writer's markets. You can browse the writer's markets by category below or search if you're looking for something specific. All markets included in this directory are paying markets. Payment details are included in summaries where possible.
What are you waiting for? Build a better writing career, one market at a time!
Seedling Magazine
Seedling is a free online vegan magazine which also covers related topics like sustainability, spirituality and wellness. We welcome submissions in any of these categories, but all must be from a vegan perspective - i.e. no reference to products or practices which involve animal exploitation.
The magazine is bi-monthly. This is a nonprofit project, but we offer a small payment of $15 per article to our writers - we hope to increase this as we grow! Word count is up to the writer.
Sierra
Sierra is a bimonthly national magazine from the Sierra Club. They accept freelance submissions for both features and departments on conservation and other environmental issues. Features range from 2000-4000 words with payments starting at $1.00 / word (and going to $1.50 / word for well-known writers). Departments run 250-1000 words and pay $250-1000 unless otherwise noted in the guidelines.
Sitepoint
SitePoint is a paying digital market seeking articles for web designers and developers interested in "the next wave of web technologies." Topics of interest include Jamstack workflows, Gatsby, Eleventy, Rust, Figma, Adobe XD Sketch, Notion, Airtable, Zapier, and more.
Smart Business Trends
SmartBusinessTrends.com is a blog covering online marketing, email marketing, Wordpress, and Amazon FBA. They pay $200-500 via PayPal for full rights for tutorials, case studies, and product reviews. They purchase full rights.
Sport Fishing
Sport Fishing magazine publishes 9 issues per year and focuses on saltwater fishing mostly around North America. They accept features of 1800-2400 words, including sidebars, though their departments are usually staff-written. They pay $750 for print features. Digital features pay $200 for up to 1000 words and $300 for over 1000 words.
Sports Afield
Sports Afield is a magazine founded in 1887 covering high-end hunting and shooting, such as North American and African big game hunting. Most coverage is of big game hunting destination pieces. Features run up to 2500 words, though they accept 500-1000 word pieces for their Almanac section too (around conservation related subjects). Payment is on publication.
Sports Collectors Digest
Sports Collectors Digest covers sports card collecting, memorabilia, lithographs, autographs, and more. They accept 600-800 word profiles about "super" collectors and dealers, feature stories, and event coverage. They pay on publication.
Story Unlikely
We publish both fiction and narrative nonfiction (memoir) short stories, preferably around the 2,000 word length (or under), but we do occasionally publish stories up to 10k in length. We publish a wide array of styles and genres, and are more concerned with the quality of the story than the genre itself. A monthly e-zine, Story Unlikely pays 5 cents a word for stories up to 2,000 words, and cap payment at $100 for anything over. We welcome and accept reprints, and pay 1 cent per word capped at $50 for all reprints.
StrategyPage
StrategyPage covers worldwide armed forces and military affairs. Article topics can include things like weapons systems, software of war, peacetime operations, information warfare, and ore. Contributions generally range from 200-1000 words, and the site pays $30 per article.
Teachers & Writers Magazine
Teachers & Writers Magazine is published by the Teachers & Writers Collaborative. It covers teaching writing from kindergarten through college, including non-classroom instruction. They accept articles of 1000-2500 words, lesson plans of 500-2500 words, and interviews of 1500-3000 words. They pay a small honorarium upon publication.
More About the Writers' Markets
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