Paying Markets And Freelance Jobs For September 12th

September 12, 2007

Paying Markets And Freelance Jobs For September 12th
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Ceramics Monthly, 735 Ceramic Place, Suite 100, Westerville, OH 43081. P(614)895-4213. F(614)891-8960. Email editorial - at - ceramicsmonthly.org. Website http://www.ceramicsmonthly.org. Brandy Agnew, Editorial Assistant. Over 70% freelance. "A ceramic arts magazine dedicated to potters, ceramic sculptors, collectors and galleries with profile articles, exhibition coverage, news, commentary and process-oriented articles." Welcomes new writers. Circ 35K. 10 issues/year. Pays after publication. Publishes ms 2-12 months after acceptance. Buys "exclusive worldwide rights for the text (both print and electronic versions, including but not limited to publishing on demand, database online services, reprints or books), and nonexclusive rights for use of the photographic materials in print or electronic media." No reprints. Responds within two weeks. Sample available at libraries and newsstands. Subscription $34.95; $60 outside the U.S. Guidelines online at http://www.ceramicsmonthly.com/submissions.asp.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Profile articles, how-to articles of ceramics artists." Pays $0.10/word and a flat fee of $75 for comment section. Submit query or complete ms, with cover letter, the artist's resume, artist statement, manuscript, images and image description sheet per their guidelines.
PHOTOS/ART: "Prefer professional digital images. For film images, send original (not duplicate) color slides or transparencies."

Chapman, Scotland's Quality Literary Magazine, 4 Broughton Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3RX, Scotland UK. P(+44)0131-557-2207. Email chapman-pub - at - blueyonder.co.uk. Website http://www.chapman-pub.co.uk and http://newtown.dtdns.net/chap2/home.php. Joy Hendry, Editor. 95% freelance. "The leading quality Scottish literary magazine, featuring new writing (poetry, articles, shorter fiction, reviews) with a firm Scottish base but publishing and selling internationally." Welcomes new writers. Circ. 2K. 3 issues/year. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 6 months after acceptance. Buys First British Serial Rights. Only accepts reprints in exceptional circumstances. Responds 2 months. Sample by mail or email - send £6.50. Subscription £20.00; US $48. Guidelines online at http://newtown.dtdns.net/chap2/contributions.php.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Good writing." Pays approximately £10/page. "No limits but the longer the story/article, the higher the quality must be." Average length is 3000 words. Submit query or complete ms and bio by mail with SASE/IRC.
PHOTOS/ART: Pays £10.
HINTS: "Writers often make the mistake of thinking they must supply Scottish content. Those who attempt to write to what they think is our agenda get it seriously wrong. We're interested in what they want to say - not what we want to say! Chapman is published in Scotland and Scotland is its primary concern, but our intellectual range is international, as is the spectrum of writers we publish."

EdTech: Focus on Higher Education, 1707 L St. NW, Washington, DC 20036. P(202)530-8070. Email daver - at - themagazinegroup.com. Website http://www.edtechmag.com/higher/index.html. Dave Raffo, Managing Editor. 90% freelance. "EdTech Focus on Higher Education's mission is to help college and university IT managers, directors, practitioners, COOs, and other key institution stakeholders better serve their institutions. The magazine consists of features, best practices, case studies, reviews, columns and tech trends. EdTech provides technical detail its readers can apply immediately when making decisions about how to use IT to meet their institutions' missions." Welcomes new writers. Circ. 50K (controlled). Quarterly in print; updated weekly online. Pays 30 days after acceptance. Publishes ms approx. 4-6 weeks after acceptance. Responds within 2 business days. Samples stories at website. "All stories from current and back issues are there." Guidelines by email.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Story pitches, including specific technologies and schools you think would make a good fit for the story." Pays $1/word for 500-1500 words. Submit query, writing samples and bio/resume by email.
HINTS: "Make sure stories include a technology angle and are relevant to higher education."

education.com, 2317 Broadway Street, Suite 240, Redwood City, CA 94063. Email editorial - at - education.com. Website http://www.education.com. Danielle Wood, Director of Editorial. 70% freelance. "Education.com is an easy-to-use, one-stop destination for parents of preschool through grade 12-aged children that blends cutting edge editorial, useful tools, community features, and over 3,000 reference articles pulled from the most respected universities and nonprofits in the country. The site features fresh, relative, and informative articles each and every day. Users depend on our site for answers to their most pressing parental issues, but also for ideas that make family life more fun. We cover topics across the parental spectrum - from how to make homemade finger-paint, to why autism is on the rise, guilt-free after school snacks, to navigating the parent-teacher conference. In an environment where the average parent spends 14 minutes or less per web session, it's our goal to empower parents and to offer them the best educational resources and lifestyle content available." Welcomes new writers, "especially if they are teachers or parents with kids in this age range." Circ. not yet available - still in beta. Publishes 24 original editorial pieces each week (4-5 per day). Pays on publication. Usually publishes ms within 1 month of acceptance, but can bump timely articles up in their schedule. Buys all rights. Considers reprints that have only previously been published in print. "While we'd love to respond to each query, we're a startup magazine, with a very small department. If you don't hear back from us in one month, please assume we were not able to use your article." Sample articles appear at their website. Subscription free. Guidelines online at http://www.education.com/submission.
CURRENT NEEDS: "We are actively seeking material from teachers and other educators, especially grade-based material. Parents are extremely interested in what they can do at home to help their children succeed in school. We're looking for learning activities that teach in an unusual way (for example, having kids practice statistics by hosting a mini Olympics in your backyard, or using fractions while baking) and also in what's typical for each age group - socially, emotionally, and academically. The site is comprised of short, news-driven items of interest to parents. Some of our other needs include: THE DAILY BUZZ: A provocative topic that gets reader's immediate attention. 300-400 words. (Previous examples: 'Dare to Skip Candy This Halloween', 'Is Autism on the Rise?', '8 Snacks That Won't Make You Guilty', 'Can Bowling Get Your Kid Into College?'). FEATURED ARTICLES: Longer articles with more depth. 400-500 words. (Previous examples: 'Can Kindness Be Taught?', 'Virtually Empty National Parks!', 'What Kind of Disciplinarian Are You?', 'How to Choose a Preschool'). ACTIVITY OF THE WEEK: Project ideas, with step-by-step directions, for parents to do with their child. These pieces contain a short intro paragraph, and then launch right into the directions. (ex. 'Backyard Birdhouses: Even Kindergarteners Can Do This!', 'Glorious Goop!: Playdough and Other Distractions'). COLUMNS: This editorial team is made up of industry experts and those who know the education space best - parents and educators. Each weekday, we feature a column with a distinct point of view. We have our columnists for now, but are always interested in meeting potential future columnists. Whether it be a pediatrician, a teacher, or a PTA president, each columnist should bring a unique perspective to interested parents. Columns should be vibrant, distinct, and most importantly, addictive! We pay a flat fee of $50 for each short piece (300-400 words). Features that require a lot of research, quotes, and interviewing pay at a rate of $100. For new writers, we love to receive finished articles as pitches - it makes it really easy to decide if your writing style is a match. Otherwise, send an email query. Be sure to tell us a bit about yourself, especially if you have relevant parenting or teaching experience. And please, no attachments! If you are including writing samples or any other material, please paste them directly into your email. It saves us a lot of time. Write 'Writing Submission' in the subject line."
PHOTOS/ART: N/A. "We use stock imagery."
HINTS: "We don't cover college and we don't cover babies. Please don't pitch us with that. Keep your medium in mind - web articles tend to be shorter--and send us clips that show you can write in our style. Although what's up on our site right now is just a beta, it gives you a sense of our voice - sassy, but never snarky, fun but informative. The easiest place to break in is with an Activity of the Week-- we're always looking for projects families can do together. Even in beta, we're getting a lot of traffic and we need content to keep readers coming back - we publish 4-5 articles a day. We're looking for freelancers with great ideas and consistent dependability. Don't pitch us with a column unless you have a good deal of writing experience, or a portfolio of potential columns to show us. Last, don't re-pitch us the same idea over and over again. If we're interested, we'll let you know. Promise!"

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 475 Park Avenue South, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10016. Email elleryqueen - at - dellmagazines.com. Website http://www.themysteryplace.com/eqmm. Freelance percentage not provided. "EQMM has been in continuous publication since 1941. From the beginning, three general criteria have been employed in evaluating submissions: We look for strong writing, an original and exciting plot, and professional craftsmanship. We encourage writers whose work meets these general criteria to read an issue of EQMM before making a submission. EQMM's range in the mystery genre is extensive: Almost any story that involves crime or the threat of crime comes within our purview. However, like all magazines, EQMM has a distinctive tone and style and you can only get a sense of whether your work will suit us by reading an issue." Welcomes new writers. Circ not provided. Publishes 10 issues per year, including 2 double issues. Period between acceptance and publication varies. Buys first N.A. serial rights. Considers out of country reprints, but nothing from the Internet. Responds 3 months. Sample $5 or $2.95 and a 6 X 9 SASE by mail. Subscription $43.90 in the U.S. $53.90 elsewhere. Guidelines online at http://www.themysteryplace.com/eqmm/guidelines.
CURRENT NEEDS: "We publish every kind of mystery short story: the psychological suspense tale, the deductive puzzle, the private eye case-the gamut of crime and detection from the realistic (including the policeman's lot and stories of police procedure) to the more imaginative (including 'locked rooms' and 'impossible crimes'). We need hard-boiled stories as well as 'cozies,' but we are not interested in explicit sex or violence. We do not want true detective or crime stories. With the exception of a regular book review column and a mystery crossword, EQMM publishes only fiction. We are especially happy to review first stories by authors who have never before published fiction professionally. First-story submissions should be addressed to EQMM's Department of First Stories." Pays $0.05 - $0.08 per word, though sometimes higher for established authors. 2500-8000 words is the preferred range, but we occasionally use stories of up to 12,000 words and we feature one or two short novels (up to 20,000 words) each year, although these spaces are usually reserved for established writers. Shorter stories are also considered, including minute mysteries of as little as 250 words." Submit complete ms by mail with SASE only. "We do not accept email, fax or disk submissions."
PHOTOS/ART: "We do accept art and cartoon submissions, but not photography. Cartoons submitted by mail addressed to 'The Editors', all other artwork should be addressed to 'Associate Art Director, Dell Magazines'."
HINTS: "All manuscripts should be printed on one side of the paper and double-spaced. If you would like the manuscript returned in the event that we cannot use it, please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope of suitable size. If you do not want the manuscript returned, please indicate this and enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope for a reply; if you live outside the U.S., please use International Postal Reply coupons for return postage."

Ephemera Buttons, Magnets & Stickers, P.O. Box 490, Phoenix, OR 97535. Email mail - at - ephemera-inc.com. Website http://www.ephemera-inc.com. Attn: Ed Polish. 99% freelance. A wholesale novelty catalog. Welcomes new writers. Distributed to 3K stores. Bi-annual. Pays on acceptance. Publishes slogan 6 months or less after acceptance. Buys all rights. Responds 1-5 months. Sample can be downloaded at website or can be purchased for $4. Subscription N/A. Buys all rights. Guidelines online at http://www.ephemera-inc.com/guidelines.html or by mail with SASE.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Since 1980, we've been producing Novelty Buttons, Magnets, and Stickers. You'll find our stuff in many cutting edge card and gift shops, bookstores, music stores, gay and left wing shops, adult stores, etc. We're looking for satirical slogans about pop culture, politics and the president, job attitudes, women's & men's issues, coffee, booze, pot, drugs, religion, food, aging, teens, gays & lesbians, sexual come-ons & put-downs. But please don't limit yourself to these topics, surprise us! We're looking for fresh, interesting, ORIGINAL MATERIAL. Don't waste our time with old cliches or material that has been done before! BE CONCISE. Our buttons and magnets are small, so we are looking for HIGH IMPACT gems of wit stated in as few words as possible. Ephemera has a reputation for coming up with the most irreverent, provocative and outrageously funny material on the market. We encourage you to be as weird, twisted or rude as you like. Remember, we want humor that makes us laugh out loud!" Pays $50 per slogan. No word limits, but 'be concise!' Submit slogans in the body of an email or as a simple typed list.
PHOTOS/ART: N/A
HINTS: "Be concise, original and make us laugh out loud."

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This market has been removed. WritersWeekly was provided with this information by the publisher, Tiffany Wright, by email. However, on 9/13, the contributing editor, Heather Loveridge, emailed in asking WritersWeekly where the listing originated (implying we pull listings from other sources).

We provided her with copies of our my emails exchanged with Tiffany. She then asked us to remove the listing.

Paste Magazine--Signs of Life in Music, Film and Culture, PO Box 1606, Decatur, GA 30031, 619 E. College Ave., Suite E, Decatur, GA 30030. P(404)207-1200. Email submissions - at - pastemagazine.com. Website http://www.pastemagazine.com. Jason Killingsworth (music); Steve LaBate (reissues); Charles McNair (books); Josh Jackson (film); Austin L. Ray (Web). 50% freelance. Welcome new writers. Circ. 180,000. Monthly. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 3 months after acceptance. Buys first and online rights. No reprints. Responds up to 1 month. Samples on newsstand. Subscription $29.95. Guidelines online at http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/81/contributor_information.
CURRENT NEEDS: Pays $0.25/word for 100-5,000 words. Query by email.
PHOTOS/ART: N/A.
HINTS: "Get the name of the magazine right. We've gotten several pitches addressed to other magazines."

The Pedestal Magazine.com, Email pedmagazine - at - carolina.rr.com. Website http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com. John Amen, Editor; Nathan Leslie, Fiction Editor; Arlene Ang and Michael Spring, Poetry Editors; JoSelle Vanderhooft and James Owens, Senior Reviewers. Poetry and Fiction, 100% freelance. "The Pedestal Magazine.com is a premier literary and art magazine, exclusively available online, featuring new and established writers and visual artists." Welcomes new writers. Circ 14,000 unique visitors per month. Bimonthly. Pays after publication. Publishes ms 2 - 4 weeks after acceptance. Buys 1st-time rights and right to use in subsequent issues. No reprints. Responds 4-6 weeks. Sample online. Subscription free. Guidelines online at http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/submit1.asp.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Poetry and fiction." Pays $30 per poem and $0.05 per word for fiction up to 6000 words. Submit complete ms online.
PHOTOS/ART: query by email to pedmagazine - at - carolina.rr.com.

The Polishing Stone, 20104 87th St. SE, Snohomish, WA 98290. Email submissions - at - polishingstone.org. Website http://www.polishingstone.org. Khris Fruits, Editor. 75% freelance. "The Polishing Stone is an ad-free independent magazine about celebrating our common ground with simple steps toward mindful, sustainable living." Welcomes new writers. Circ. not provided. Four issues/year. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 2-6 months after acceptance. Buys first N.A. rights. No reprints. Responds 8-12 weeks. Sample articles at website in articles archive. Subscription $24 for print; $15 for electronic; $20 for gift and business waiting room; $38 for 2-yr; $48 for 3-yr. Guidelines online at http://www.polishingstone.org/writers.html.
CURRENT NEEDS: "The Polishing Stone is seeking writers for the following departments: This Spinning Earth: investigative pieces on environmental technologies and issues. Green building: hands-on articles featuring environmental products or processes. Communities: Inspirational stories that give us the courage to reach out - for instance, an article on co-housing written by someone who is living the lifestyle. Treading Lightly, picks and tips: Short articles about environmental products, processes, and services that suit a sustainable lifestyle, including personal experience and the facts about favorite earth-friendly alternatives. Health: When bodies are out of balance, they need good food, clean water, plenty of motion and a clear mind. When something is lacking, guidance is available from many medical traditions. We seek accurate information on common health disruptors and ways to regain a balance of health. (Please indicate your background and qualifications for writing the article.) Parenting: Parenting cracks you open and sews you back together again. We are seeking articles on a variety of topics: home births, nursing, doulas, midwives or how to hold to healthy birth practices in a hospital. We're also interested in articles on alternatives schools: Waldorf, democratic, magnet, etc. To get a feel for the tone, please see our magazine or our website ("Inside the Magazine" and "Articles Archive"). Pays $25-$100 depending on length. Articles are 100-1600 words. "Submit a completed manuscript with cover letter and bio or send a query letter with clips. Online submissions preferred. Paste manuscript/query into an e-mail."
PHOTOS/ART: N/A
HINTS: Articles should be down-to-earth, personal, informative and uplifting. Many magazines focus on outlining the problems; we want to focus on solutions. See our website for a complete list of writer's guidelines."

VENTANA MONTHLY, 700 E. Main St., Ventura, CA 93001. Email Editor - at - VentanaMonthly.com. Website http://ventanamonthly.com. Matt Katz, Editor. 70% freelance. "An upscale magazine geared toward Ventura County's affluent communities." Welcomes new writers. Circ. 33K. Monthly. Pays on publication. Period between acceptance and publication varies based on editorial calendar. Buys one-time rights. Accepts reprints. Responds 1 week. Sample articles at website. Circ. controlled. Guidelines by email.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Upscale angles onVentura County-centric Philanthropy, Celebrity, Culture, Personality Profiles, Business, Dining, Wine, Home and Garden, and Health." Pays $0.20/word for 300-1800 words. Submit query, complete ms or potential reprints by email.
PHOTOS/ART: "Variable depending on size, quality and other factors."
HINTS: "Ventura County includes Ojai, Westlake, Lake Sherwood, Thousand Oaks, Fillmore, Oxnard, Santa Paula, etc. It's not just the city of Ventura. Ventana Monthly has just started on a new course. Please be patient as we develop a voice and look for the affluent community of this unique region."

VICIOUS Magazine, 245 Michigan Ave., PH 7, Miami Beach, FL 33139. P(609)231-5085. F(866)624-9682. Email info - at - viciousmag.com. Website http://www.viciousmag.com. James Lusk, Editor-in-Chief. 75% freelance. "VICIOUS Magazine is a new publication that focuses on fashion, art, music, and nightlife in New York, Miami, and Las Vegas. In addition, a different city (domestic or international) is spotlighted." Welcomes new writers. Circ 10K. Bi-monthly. Pays 7-15 days after acceptance. Publishes ms 7-15 days after acceptance. Buys all print and electronic rights. Occasionally accepts reprints. Responds 2-5 days. Email for free sample. Subscription $29.95; $89.95 outside the U.S. Guidelines by email AND ON WW
CURRENT NEEDS: "Writers proficient and interested in: avant-garde high fashion (designers and trends), nightlife venues and trends (global), DJ talent, record labels, international digital and fine artists." Pays $0.07-$0.08/word or flat rate of $150, depending on the assignment, for 400-4,000 words. "Send queries by email to jobs - at - viciousmag.com."
PHOTOS/ART: "300 DPI, no nudity or obscene subject matter." Payment varies.
HINTS: Common mistake - "They do not read what our magazine is all about - the kind of music and artists we write about."