December 19, 2007

Paying Markets And Jobs For December 19th
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Back To College, P.O. Box 2001, Fullerton, CA 92837. Website http://www.back2college.com. D. Rickerd, Editor. 75% freelance. "News and information ezine for adults returning to college." Welcomes new writers. Weekly. Pays 30 days after publication. Usually publishes ms within 30 days of publication. See guidelines for rights information. Occasionally accepts reprints. Responds within 30 days if accepted. Sample articles online. Subscription free. Guidelines online at http://forums.writersweekly.com/viewtopic.php?p=42244 and http://www.back2college.com/guide.htm.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Queries." Pays up to $85 for 1250-1500 words depending on length; $42.50 for reprints. Submit online per electronic form. No email queries. Only accepts electronic submissions through their website at the guidelines URL above.
PHOTOS/ART: Digital photo of writer requested.
HINTS: "Common mistakes include submitting queries that do not follow our requested guidelines and submissions that do not fit our editorial needs."

BannedMagazine.com, P.O. Box 271707, Tampa, FL 33688. Email submissions - at - bannedmagazine.com. Website http://www.bannedmagazine.com. Editor, Joshua B. Good. 10% freelance. "BannedMagazine.com is the journal of censorship and secrecy. It's free, it's only online and it covers the world." Welcomes new writers. Daily. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms within 24 hours. Buys first rights. "Writers retain copyrights and can resell their work after it's been on bannedmagazine.com's site for 24 hours." No reprints. Responds to queries within three days. Sample available online. Subscription free. Guidelines online at http://www.bannedmagazine.com/submissions.htm.
CURRENT NEEDS: "How-to stories (How to get around censorship software, How to find a First Amendment attorney, etc.); feature stories that cover free-speech issues with a global audience in mind. Stories with photos and or video are more likely to be accepted. Profiles of Free-Speech heroes or censors and protest poetry." Pays $50 flat fee for photos and stories, and $10 per poem. Articles run 500-2000 words. "Please email a query with a resume, list of ideas and three clips of previous published stories."
PHOTOS/ART: "BannedMagazine.com runs a Free-Speech Photo each Friday. Looking for photos of protests, rallies, outrageous free-speech stunts." Pays $50.
HINTS: "I click the delete button as soon as I see poor grammar in an email message."

DRAFT Magazine, They are moving in two weeks. Look at their website at that time for the new address. P(888)806-HOPS. Email jessica.daynor - at - draftmag.com. Website http://www.draftmag.com. Jessica Daynor, Managing Editor; Erika Rietz, Editor-in-Chief. 60% freelance. "DRAFT is a national lifestyle magazine similar to cigar or wine magazines but with a focus on beer. In addition to formal reviews and beer content, DRAFT offers food, sports, travel and other lifestyle stories." Prefers to work with published writers. Circ. 180K. Bimonthly. Pays on publication. Period between acceptance and publication, "depends on the story--sometimes we'll assign something for the issue we're currently working on, and other times we'll accept a pitch with the intent to run it a few issues down the line." Buys "1. Sole and exclusive rights for a period of one year after acceptance of the manuscript; 2. The right to use your name or part or all of your work in DRAFT overruns, advertising and/or promotions; 3.The right to have your work included, along with the entire issue of DRAFT Magazine in which it appears, on an electronic database; and 4. Your manuscript may not appear elsewhere, in whole, in part or in an alternate version, until after DRAFT Magazine's rights expire. In the event DRAFT Magazine rejects the manuscript, all rights revert to you." No reprints. Responds 2-8 weeks. Sample for email request to managing editor. Subscription $19.99. Guidelines by email (will soon be online).
CURRENT NEEDS: "Shorter, 150-400-word or blurb-style pieces for our front-of-book sections, On Tap and On Tap Life. (On Tap is beer-related, On Tap Life is not). Also, sports- or game-related pieces for our Play department, and lifestyle (non-beer) features for the feature well. Features can focus on anything guys are interested in--cars, sports, adventure, etc.--as well as profile-style pieces on subjects of interest. For instance, we've done features on dream jobs (in which we profiled six guys with amazing jobs) and superfans (we profiled 5 guys whose lives revolve around their favorite team)." Pays $0.50-$1/word, depending on the department and experience of the writer. "Front-of-book pieces range from 150-400 words, pieces for Trek and Play (our travel and sports/games departments, respectively) usually run about 900 words.
Features are always different depending on their format." Submit query with clips by email.
PHOTOS/ART: "Usually our art department rounds up photos or arranges shoots, but we may also have freelancers ask for photos from a company or PR firm they're working with for a particular story." No additional pay "unless the photo is commissioned."
HINTS: "Writers need not have any beer knowledge, and pitches don't have to be (and shouldn't be) just about beer. We want male-interest stories; if a guy would want to read it, pitch it. Our demographic isn't much different from Maxim, Esquire or Men's
Journal. Also, we never accept beer reviews; all of our reviews are written by our expert review panel and subscribe to the BJCP guidelines."

Faith Today, MIP Box 3745, Markham, ON L3R 0Y4, Canada. P(905)479-6071, ext. 255. Email FTeditor - at - efc-canada.com . Website http://www.faithtoday.ca. Bill Fledderus, Senior Editor. 80% freelance. "Canada's main interdenominational, general-interest magazine for Christians. Motto: To connect, equip and inform evangelical Christians in Canada. Published by The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada." Occasionally works with new writers. Circ. 20K. 6 issues/year. Pays 45 days after acceptance. Publishes ms 2 months after acceptance. Buys first N.A. serial rights. Rarely accepts reprints. Responds 3 weeks. Sample by sending SASE with int'l reply coupon (IRC) or cheque (USA postage is no good). Free sample issue available by request. Subscription to a US address is $25.08 (CDN); to a foreign address is $31.08 (CDN). Special subscription rates available at their website. Guidelines online at http://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?&pid=471.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Short profiles and news stories (300 words) with a Canadian connection." Pays $0.20-$0.25 (CDN) per word for 150-2000 words. Submit query by email.
PHOTOS/ART: "Stock photos, non-traditional religious; occasionally we commission art to accompany feature articles that discuss concepts such as justice, hypocrisy, religious devotion, etc." Pays $20-$250 (CDN).
HINTS: "What annoys us most is receiving generic 'Christian living' articles from U.S.-based writers who have made no effort to tailor their work to the Canadian audience (e.g. by incorporating Canadian statistics or interviewing Canadians). Read the writers guidelines on our website before submitting. A proven writer willing to do Canadian research is one we would consider assigning a feature story to."

Ft. Myers & Southwest Florida magazine, 15880 Summerlin Rd., Suite 1189, Fort Myers, FL 33908. Email ftmyers - at - optonline.net. Website http://www.ftmyersmagazine.com. Andrew Elias, Creative Director. 90% freelance. "Celebrating the Arts & Living in Southwest Florida." Welcomes new writers. Circ. 20K. Bimonthly. Pays 30 days after publication. Period between acceptance and publication varies widely. Buys one-time rights. Accepts reprints. Responds 1-4 weeks. Sample $3 plus SASE with 89 cents postage. Check should be made payable to Ft. Myers magazine. Subscription $18. Guidelines online at http://www.ftmyersmagazine.com/FtMmag-WRITERS.html.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Very interested in health & fitness, travel & recreation and house & garden articles " Pays approx. $0.10/word for 500-1500 words. Submit query or complete ms by email.
PHOTOS/ART: "Email JPGS or TIFFS." Pays $20-$100.
HINTS: "Articles should be of particular interest to educated, creative, active, successful residents of Southwest Florida."

HeartLand Boating magazine, 319 N. Fourth St., Suite 650, St. Louis, MO 63102. P(314)241-4310. Website http://www.heartlandboating.com. Ms. Lee C. Braff, Editor. Only accepts submissions from May 15 - July 1 of each year. 80% freelance. "Devoted to both power and sail boating enthusiasts throughout Middle America, HeartLand Boating's readership lives between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico. Our stories reflect the lifestyle of the boater: the challenge, joy and excitement of life afloat. We rarely use poetry or solely humorous articles. We do NOT accept fiction." Welcomes new writers. Circ. 8500. 9 issues/year. Pays on publication. Period between acceptance and publication "varies a lot, but is usually at least six-eight months later, because an entire year is planned in advance at one time. It's the reason for the six-week submission window." Buys "first North American serial rights for a very limited time. Depending on the month of publication, it ranges from six months to about a year." Accepts reprints, "as long as the date of previous publication and readerships are widely separate. I try to acknowledge receipt at once. Outside of the submission window May 15 to July 1, there may a long delay. During the submission period, as soon as possible. I try to do it within a month." Sample $5. Subscription $19. Guidelines by mail with SASE. If requesting sample copy with guidelines, send large SASE with $2.07 in postage.
CURRENT NEEDS: Only accepts submissions from May 15 - July 1 of each year. "Always need descriptions of boat trips and marinas, plus other regular features. For details, see guidelines." Pays $40-$295. Articles range from 100-word book reviews to 2,000-word major features. Submit "bio/clips plus story query and request for guidelines. The guidelines provide information about categories of ideas and proposals that are needed."
PHOTOS/ART: "Ideally, photos accompany stories and are part of the package we negotiate for. Ask for photo guidelines." No additional pay. "We also do photo layouts, with minimal wordage."
HINTS: "Please read the magazine first! I'd say 60 percent of unsolicited mss deal with subjects outside of our geographic area and must automatically be rejected for that reason."

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