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!
Gripped
Gripped magazine accepts columns and features on climbing. Features run 1500-2500 words and pay $250. Their Northern Faces and Area Profiles columns run 500-1000 words and pay $150.
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 social justice. They buy first rights for both print and online versions and pay on publication. Upcoming themes are available in their guidelines.
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 - $40 for puzzles.
Hakai Magazine
Hakai Magazine covers "science and society in coastal ecosystems." The digital magazine accepts short "News & Views" submissions of 300-800 words and features of 1000-5000 words. Fees vary and are paid in CAD. They cover some expenses if approved in advance.
Hendon Media Group
Hendon Media Group owns LAW and ORDER, Police Fleet Manager, and Tactical Response. Please review each publication's editorial calendar linked from the writer's guidelines page. Pay for freelance submissions is $.15 per word ($.25 per word for regular contributors). Submissions should be 1800-2400 words.
Herizons
Herizons is a Canadian feminist magazine. They pay $175 for 500 word news articles, $175 for 350-word book reviews, and $175 for 500-word music and film reviews. They also pay a flat fee of $600 for 1500-2000 word features. Pay is in CAD.
Hexagon Magazine
Hexagon Speculative Fiction Magazine is an online publication that accepts submissions of prose (up to 7500 words), poetry, graphic stories, and visual art. We accept original unpublished works in both English and French. For previously unpublished works, we pay a flat fee of $5 for accepted poetry, $10 for accepted written works (Prose & Graphic Stories), and $100 for cover art pieces. Must be Speculative fiction, which includes; science fiction, fantasy, cyberpunk, sword and sorcery, magical realism, paranormal horror, etc.
High Country News
High Country News is a nonprofit news magazine covering the Western U.S. They pay $.50 - 1.50 per word, with a kill fee of 25%. They accept in-depth news and analyses from 800-2100 words, features of 2800+ words, and 750-800 word essays paying a flat rate of $400.
Highlights
Highlights is a magazine for children up to the age of 12. Payment varies based on the type of submission as follows: fiction ($175+), rebus stories ($100+), verse ($175+), nonfiction ($175+), and crafts ($40+).
Horse Community Journals
Horse Community Journals accepts freelance submissions for both print and online editions, including blogs. Topics they accept content on include training and horsemanship, horse health and care, stable management, and other related topics. Payments are negotiated on an individual basis.
More About the Writers' Markets
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