Paying Markets And Freelance Jobs For July 25th

July 25, 2007

Paying Markets And Freelance Jobs For July 25th
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Kids' Pages Cares, P.O. Box 745219, Arvada, CO 80006. Email editor - at - kidspages.org. Website http://www.Kidspages.org. Ellen Blair, Editor. 50% freelance. "Family publication targeting families with children preschool-middle school." Welcomes new writers. Circ. 75K. Monthly. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms 3 weeks to 1 year after acceptance. "We usually buy one-time print rights with exclusivity within Colorado. We also purchase electronic rights and may place material on our website. Writers are free to sell their work after we publish it." Welcomes reprints, if not previously published in Colorado. Responds 3 days to 3 weeks. Sample articles at website. Subscription $12.95. Guidelines online at http://www.kidspages.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=5037.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Information packed articles on Family Activities, Arts and Crafts Projects (must include quality photo of project), Money Saving Ideas for Families, Education, Family Health, Time Savers For Families, Holiday Stories, etc." Pays $0.10/word for 500-2000 words. Submit complete ms by email in a word doc.
PHOTOS/ART: "Photos submissions are always welcome and are necessary with some articles."
HINTS: "Information packed, interesting articles that parents and children are interested in, no fluff! Machine gun writing, lots of bullet points and useful, practical and creative ideas for families. New information, not articles that have been written a million times."

Girls' Life Magazine, 4529 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21214. No phone calls please. Website http://www.girlslife.com. Kelly White, Executive Editor. 60%-80% freelance. "This magazine for girls aged 10- 15 focuses on issues pertaining to friends, school, boys, family and life." Circ. 400,000. Bi-monthly. Pays on publication. Period between acceptance and publication varies. Buys all rights. No reprints. Responds within 3 months. "Follow up after three months if you haven't heard." Sample $5 made payable to Girls' Life, send to the attention of Katie Abbondanza at address above. Subscription $14.95; $19.95 Canada; $45.00 other. Guidelines online at http://www.girlslife.com/index.php?id=39.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Innovative pieces that take fresh views on school, friends, family and relationship issues. Great short fiction." Pay varies. Send query and/or complete ms to Kelly White at the above address. Send fiction to Mandy Forr at mandy - at - girlslife.com or to the above address.
PHOTOS/ART: Needs and pay vary. Photos are rarely supplied by writers.
HINTS: "Authors make the mistake of submitting on adults that are inspiring to girls or events from their own childhoods. This publication only writes about girls, and we write about girls in the now, not ten, twenty or thirty years ago."

Glimmer Train, 1211 NW Glisan Street, #207, Portland, OR 97209. P(503)221-0836. Website http://www.glimmertrain.org. Linda Swanson-Davies, Co-Editor. 100% freelance. Quarterly Literary Magazine. Welcomes new writers. Circ. 13K. Quarterly. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms approx. 18 months after acceptance. Buys first publication and one-time anthology rights. No reprints. Responds 2-3 months. Sample stories online. Subscription $36; $52 outside the U.S. Guidelines online at http://www.glimmertrain.com/writguid1.html.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Just more good stories." Pays flat fee of $700 for 1000-20000 words. Submit online. Submit query by email.
PHOTOS/ART: N/A.
HINTS: "It's always best to read a copy of the magazine first, whether in your local library or ordering a single issue. Otherwise, you really can't know if your writing is a match to that particular publication."

InsideChips.com, P.O. Box 32237, Bellingham, WA 98228. P(360)676-2260. E-mail szirom - at - insidechips.com. Website http://www.insidechips.com. Steve Szirom, Managing Editor. "Specialty industry web content site covering emerging and startup firms in the semiconductor industry." 0% - 20% freelance. Works with new writers familiar with the semiconductor industry. Online only. Payment terms vary depending on assignment. Publishes ms 1 - 3 weeks after acceptance. Responds 1 week. Sample at website. Subscription $747.00. Guidelines not available. See sample issue online for style.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Reviews in industry gossip, profiles of emerging or startup semiconductor firms and regional semiconductor reviews." Pays flat fee arranged in advance for 200-1200 words. Submit query by e-mail as an MSWord attachment.

Michigan Contractor & Builder, 1917 Savannah Lane, Ypsilanti, MI 48198-3674. P(734)482-0272. F(303) 265- 3572. Email akalousdian - at - reedbusiness.com. Website http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/product/CA375520.html. Aram Kalousdian, Editor. "Michigan Contractor & Builder is a trade magazine for the construction industry in Michigan. We cover all types of construction projects in Michigan, except residential construction." Prefers to work with experienced writers. Weekly. Pays 30 days after publication. Period between acceptance and publication varies. Buys all rights. No reprints. Responds immediately. Sample on request. Subscription $169. Guidelines on request.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Currently seeking writers in Northern Lower Michigan, the thumb area of Michigan and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to cover those areas." Pays flat fee of $100 per published page and $65 if it is a cover story. Article length is approx. 1000 words. Submit resume, writing, and photo samples by mail with SASE.
PHOTOS/ART: " We will not accept 35 mm prints. We will accept 7-8 digital photos that are at least 300 dpi at 4 inches by 6 inches, or color slides." Payment included with story.

Pennsylvania Magazine, P.O. Box 755, Camp Hill, PA 17001-0755. P(717)697-4660. Email editor - at - pa-mag.com. Web site http://www.pa-mag.com. Matthew K. Holliday, Editor. 95% freelance. "Written and edited for Pennsylvanians about interesting people, history, events, and places in Pennsylvania." Welcomes new writers. Circ. 36K. Bimonthly. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms 6-12 months after acceptance. Buys one-time, first rights. Occasionally accepts reprints, reprints usually require tailoring/revision for audience. Responds 4-8 weeks. Sample $2.95 by mail; sample articles appear online. Subscription $19.97; $23.90 outside the U.S. Guidelines by mail with SASE and can be downloaded from their Web site at http://www.pa-mag.com/downloads.html.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Queries. I'm now seeking travel/history items that can be researched/written in 2007 for use in 2008." Pays $0.12-.15/word for articles of 400 words with 1 photo to 2500 words with 8 photos. Submit query by mail with SASE or by e-mail.
PHOTOS/ART: Required with article. Pays $25 per published photo and $125 for cover.
HINTS: "Work on your craft of writing--use quotes, action verbs and active voice. Be enthusiastic about a topic in which you have a special interest or special angle. When sending a query, make sure you're sending a specific article proposal and not just an idea. An article proposal includes why the subject would be of interest to Pennsylvania Magazine readers, why you're the best contributor for that subject, and why we should use this item now. Set yourself apart from the writer-wannabes by polishing your ability to tell a story that will keep a reader's interest from beginning to end."

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