Paying Markets for Writers

The Old Schoolhouse Magazine

The Old Schoolhouse Magazine

“The Old Schoolhouse(R) Magazine is the #1 trade magazine for homeschool families. It is a quarterly print (125 page) publication, but is also accessible via online browser and via free apps at www.tosmagazine.com, and www.tosapps.com. It is available by subscription or in stores like WalMart, Walgreens, Target, Barnes & Noble, Kroger, and many Christian book outlets.” 30-50% freelance. Quarterly. Pays within 90 days of publication. Publishes 3 months to over a year after acceptance, based on needs. Buys First rights for 180 days. No reprints. Responds in 4-6 weeks. Guidelines online

Pays flat rate of $75 for up to 800 words.

Radish Fiction

Radish Fiction

“Radish is an exciting mobile fiction platform for serialized storytelling. Our wide variety of stories are published and read in bite-sized installments optimized for smartphone readers. It’s the literary equivalent of addictive TV dramas, right on your phone!” Pays on acceptance. Publishes no more than a month after acceptance. Buys all rights. No reprints. Responds within one week. Guidelines available by email or online.

Pays $50

Reckoning

Reckoning

“A nonprofit, annual journal of creative writing on environmental justice.” Welcomes new writers. Annual. Pays on completion of contract. Publishes ms within a year of acceptance. Buys First Worldwide Serial Rights; First Electronic Distribution Rights and Audio Rights. Occasionally accepts reprints. Responds 1-4 months. Sample articles online. Guidelines online.

Pays $0.10/word for prose, and $50/page for poetry.

The Masters Review

The Masters Review

“Founded by Kim Winternheimer in 2011, the Masters Review is an online and in print publication celebrating new and emerging writers. We are on the lookout for the best new talent with hopes of publishing stories from writers who will continue to produce great work. We offer critical essays, book reviews by debut authors, contest deadlines, submissions info, and interviews with established authors, all with the hopes of bridging the gap between new and established writers. The Masters Review has several ways to submit. New Voices is open year round and is available to any emerging writer. This category is always free to enter and pays up to $200 for selected stories. Additionally, we are (almost always) open to contest submissions, with prizes up to $3,000. There is a $20 submission fee for contest entries. The full contest calendar is available on our website.” Weekly. Buys first rights. No reprints. Responds within three months. Guidelines online.

Pays $200 for short stories and narrative essays, $100 for flash-length work

Military History

Military History

“Military History is the nation’s oldest and most popular war magazine devoted to the history of warfare.” 75% freelance. Welcomes new writers. Pays on publication. Buys all rights. No reprints. Response time varies. Guidelines available by email.

Pays $250-$500 for departments; $1500 and upward for features.

OATMEAL STUDIOS GREETING CARD CO.

OATMEAL STUDIOS GREETING CARD CO.

“We sell cutting edge, humorous greeting cards in many styles: humorous photo ideas, many cartoon styles, and more traditional word-play styles of humor. See our website.” 100% freelance. Welcomes new writers. Pays on acceptance. Publishes card 6 months to 2 years after acceptance. “We request exclusive purchase and use of any idea we buy. We respond within a few days to emails and we hold copy for between 3-10 weeks for review (depending on when it comes during our current review cycle). We tell writers what dates they can plan on final decisions.” Samples available online. Guidelines online.

Pay: $100

The Iowa Review

The Iowa Review

“The Iowa Review’s mission is to provide an expertly curated, carefully edited, and beautifully designed print and online space for the voices of writers of every kind of diversity to move and enlighten us; to use the experience gained from fifty-plus years of continuous publication and our connection to the University of Iowa as a home for creative writing to validate, amplify, and encourage those voices; and to serve the reading public by presenting the best contemporary writing in short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.” Welcomes new writers. Triannual. Pays on publication. Publishes ms within a year of acceptance. Buys First N.A. rights. No reprints. Responds in 3-6 months. Guidelines online.

$1.50 per line for poetry and $0.08 per word for prose.

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