12 Paying Regional Markets For Writers – by Karoki Githure

If you love writing about diverse cultures, climates, economies, politics, and other issues surrounding different geographical regions, you’ll LOVE THIS LIST!

If you love writing about diverse cultures, climates, economies, politics, and other issues surrounding different geographical regions, you’ll LOVE THIS LIST!

There are a lot of aviation publications out there that welcome freelance writers!

And another one that pays $2,000!

These paying markets are SCREAMING out for your darkest tales!

“The Puritan began in 2007 as an independently funded print journal dedicated to publishing fiction, essays, and interviews in Ottawa, Ontario, and was sold in bookstores across the city. In its early years, The Puritan was Ottawa’s only quarterly prose journal. After a brief hiatus, the magazine returned to publishing, now in the form of an online magazine run from Toronto. Since expanding its mandate to include poetry and reviews, The Puritan now seeks to publish the best in all forms of writing.” Welcomes new writers. Quarterly. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 1-3 months after acceptance. Buys First rights. No reprints. Responds in 1-4 months.
Pays $150 for fiction, $25 per poem, $200 for essays, $100 for interviews and $100 for reviews.

According to The Accidental Medical Writer (published by BookLocker), “Regardless of your background and experience, you can be successful as a freelance medical writer.”

City and regional publications not only pay well, but also offer stability. Once you’re in, and wow them with your writing, you could become a regular contributor!

“Literary journal with a lead essay on the work of a contemporary writer; poetry; and book reviews.” 100% freelance. Welcomes new writers. Pays on publication. Publishes ms within one year. Buys first serial rights. Responds 2-3 months. Guidelines online.
Pays $25/poem

Do you like the feeling of dirt under your fingernails and the warm skin on your back? These paying markets are for YOU!

Have you written a weird little story that doesn’t fit neatly into one speculative fiction genre?