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Garden and Hearth

PAY: $10.00 upon acceptance of manuscript via Paypal Monthly magazine embracing family, home and garden, fitness and family finance. Length: 500-1000 words How to Submit: Do not send attachments. Send completed submission to editor@gardenandhearth.com Guidelines

Girl's Life

PAY: Varies depending on story length, department and a ton of other factors. From $150 for short items up to $800 for features. 1. Girls' Life accepts unsolicited manuscripts on a speculative basis only. Send query letter with detailed story idea (s). Include resume and published writing samples. 2. Girls' Life does not accept poetry submissions. 3. Every story should have a headline, by-line, introduction, lead, body and conclusion. Author's complete name, address, phone number and e-mail address must be provided. Referrals for art sources are appreciated. 4. Girls' Life conforms to The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual. Manuscripts can be e-mailed in Microsoft Word. Documents should be double-spaced in 12-point Palatino font. 5. All research must rely on primary sources. Manuscripts must be accompanied by a complete list of sources, telephone numbers and reference materials. 6. Queries are responded to within 90 days if submitted with a self-addressed, stamped envelope. If material is not returned in due time, it has been placed in a file for possible future consideration. Girls' Life cannot be held responsible for the return of any unsolicited material. 7. Unless submission is stated to be a possible work for hire, submission will be considered property of Girls' Life magazine. 8. A memorandum of agreement is to be executed by both parties before payment is made. Payment is made upon publication. Karen Bokram Girls' Life 4517 Harford Rd Baltimore, MD 21214 karen@girlslife.com * No telephone solicitations will be accepted ** Please familiarize yourself with the voice and content of Girls' Life before submitting.

Golf Business Magazine

PAY: Varies, and is negotiated with the writer Golf Business magazine is published monthly by the National Golf Course Owners Association. "It addresses a broad range of issues affecting the golf business and covers virtually every significant area of operations including the pro shop, course maintenance, food and beverage operations, marketing, insurance, finance, legal liability, and human resources, to name just a few....Of the two features in each issue, one is the designated topic for the specified business issue, and the other feature is usually a profile of a golf course or a golf course owner. Writers are urged to submit queries for consideration along with copies of published articles." Guidelines: http://www.golfbusinessmagazine.com/pageview.asp?doc=160

Golf Tips Magazine

PAY: Rates vary depending on the value of the material as judged by the editors The game's most in-depth instruction and equipment magazine. Guidelines: http://www.golftipsmag.com/content/submissions.html

Good Old Boat

PAY: $50 - $700/article Our niche is cruising sailboats 10 years old and older with galleys, bunks, and heads. We publish articles focused on pride of ownership and articles that discuss upgrades, maintenance, refits, and restoration of good old boats. In addition to these core themes, we publish articles about vendors of good old boat products and services, and histories of sailing industry companies and individuals who have influenced the industry. Because these themes are well-covered by other magazines, we do not publish: destination articles and racing coverage. We will publish much longer articles than are allowed by other magazines -- up to 5,000 words -- because we want technical writers to have enough space to be thorough. Guidelines: http://www.goodoldboat.com/writers_guide.html

Go World Travel
PAY: $15 - $25
Provides content that goes beyond the usual articles carried in newspaper travel sections. We want to know more than how to get to a place or what to do there. Tell us about the people who call this destination home, the treasured regional customs, or the places where locals hang out. We want to smell the aromas, taste the food, explore the streets and walk down hidden paths. Go World Travel aims to help our readers experience a destination.
http://www.goworldtravel.com/writersguidelines.htm

Grain

Publishes fiction, poetry and occasionally creative non-fiction and cover art. Payment is $40/page to a maximum of $175 with two copies of Grain upon publication. http://www.skwriter.com/grain/submit.html

GreenPrints

PAY: up to $100 We want the best, personal (key word, that) garden writing we can find. Expressive, thoughtful, humorous, angry, contrite, flippant, searching, witty, observant, sad, inviting-whatever! We focus on the human, not the how-to side of gardening. On the people as well as the plants. After all, gardening is a relationship, not a recipe. GreenPrints explores that relationship, not by instructing, preaching, or lecturing about it. Instead, we celebrate it . . . by sharing the stories and experiences we all have trying (and sometimes failing) to get along with plants. I can put what we want in one word: Storytelling. Or maybe storyshowing. The most common shortcoming I see is people who forget the old high-school English-class dictum: Show, don't tell. Take us through the experiences with trenchant details and tight descriptions. Don't tell us how profound or funny or beautiful it was: make us experience the feeling. Guidelines: http://greenprints.com/wguidelines.html

Grey Ghost Press

Currently, Grey Ghost is looking for submissions from writers and game designers for Friend or Foe. More generally, we're looking for good roleplaying material to publish - especially supplements and adventures for the Fudge game system. In a few select cases, we will publish complete roleplaying game packages, with the Fudge game system integrated with and tailored to the accompanying campaign material. We pay royalties on large projects. We typically offer 2% of the retail price for projects whose copyrights are retained by the author, and 4% for projects whose copyrights are granted to Grey Ghost Press, Inc. Royalties are paid quarterly, and are based on the number of copies sold in the previous quarter. For smaller projects, we pay on publication. We pay 2 cents per word if the author retains copyrights, and 4 cents per word if copyrights are granted to Grey Ghost Press, Inc. Guidelines: http://www.fudgerpg.com/gggwrite.html

Growing Edge
PAY: $.05 - $.20/word
The Growing Edge magazine and Web Site provide the latest news & information for indoor & outdoor growers, including hobbyists, educators, researchers, and commercial growers. A moderate to high level of experience and knowledge is necessary for successful articles. Some research may be necessary. The Growing Edge is actively seeking writers and photographers to cover hydroponics, aquaponics, greenhouse growing, and other related subject areas. Freelance article inquiries are encouraged.
http://www.growingedge.com/contributors_info.html

HairTech.com
PAY: $50 - $100
HairTech.com is preparing to launch the first week of January and is seeking writers who are knowledgable in the field of cosmetology. Must be able to write articles pertaining to the nail and hair service industry such as latest trends, why cosmetologist should join hairtech.com, evolution of cosmetology, answer customer questions about hair or nail issues in an article format, etc. Beginning pay is $50-$100 an article and as the site grows in popularity so will your pay. Serious writers need only apply. For further details contact HairTech at mailto:GJEFFERSON01@MSN.COM

Handyman Magazine

PAY: $100 Seeking fillers about mistakes made in remodeling projects. Articles should be 250 words or less. Submit via mail: Handyman Magazine 2915 Commers Drive, Suite 700 Eagan MN 55121 USA

Herb Companion

PAY: $.33 per published word A bimonthly magazine devoted to the interests of avocational herb gardeners, cooks, crafters, and general enthusiasts. In each issue we attempt to encourage and inform both the novice and the more experienced. A typical issue will include practical horticultural information, original recipes illustrating the use of herbs, thoroughly researched historical insights, step-by-step directions for herbal craft projects, profiles of notable individuals in the field, helpful hints of many kinds, and book reviews. We invite written queries and submissions of manuscripts, photographs, and artwork related to most aspects of herbs. We occasionally accept articles describing proven herbal home remedies but we do not publish articles that prescribe herbs to treat conditions normally requiring the services of a health practitioner. Guidelines

Herb Quarterly

PAY: up to $350/article http://www.herbquarterly.com The Herb Quarterly uses freelance writers for the majority of articles featured in each issue. We welcome query ideas as well as manuscript submissions. Before contacting us, please keep the following in mind: We cover a mix of medicinal herbalism, cooking, herb lore and history, crafts, and gardening in each and every issue. We look for articles that tell readers something new about herbs (or uncover an old use from times past) in an engaging, entertaining style. Articles that simply list an herb's uses with no compelling story or overall theme linking these applications together are less useful. Our features run 1,500 to 2,500 words. We generate original watercolor artwork, although we will occasionally run photos. We welcome illustration ideas from authors. In articles relating to health, we strive to provide the latest research on herbs for various conditions. But we also respect and discuss traditional and folk uses of plants for healing. We plan our Spring issue in October, Summer issue in January, Fall issue in April, and Winter issue in July. We accept queries by email mailto:jenniferbarrett@earthlink.net or mail: The Herb Quarterly, 1041 Shary Circle, Concord, CA 94518. Please send full manuscripts via snail mail only.

Heritage Writer
PAY: CDN$10
As of July 2005, InkSpotter Publishing will begin publishing Heritage Writer Vol. 2, a monthly print newsletter for anyone interested in history, genealogy, biographies, memoirs, and scrapbooks. The original Heritage Writer started in 1992 in Albany, Oregon, under the direction of Margaret L. Ingram, and was acquired by InkSpotter in March 2005. The new Heritage Writer embraces all cultures and encourages submissions from around the world. We're interested in articles on the mechanics of researching, recording, and preserving our heritage, as well as essays about interesting family members, past and present, and about the personal side of historical events. If you wish to contribute to Heritage Writer, send a query or a 500-word article. We currently pay (on publication) CDN $10 for first Canadian serial rights. Contributors also receive one copy of the issue in which their work appears. Deadline for articles is the 1st of each month, beginning July 1, 2005. Guidelines: http://inkspotter.com/products/newsletters/heritagewriter/

Highlights for Children
PAY: $25 - $100+
Fun with a purpose. We do not pay persons under age sixteen for contributions. We buy all rights, including copyright, and do not consider material previously published. We prefer to see a manuscript rather than a query. All material is paid for on acceptance. We accept material, including seasonal material, year round. Submissions must include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for possible return.
Guidelines

Home At Last

PAY: $10/article If you live in Florida's Manatee or Sarasota Counties, Home At Last could benefit from your monthly 600-word article for the Your New Surroundings column. This new magazine is sent monthly to 12,000 new owners of new and existing homes, people who need to learn their way around the counties. Your New Surroundings contains some county info, e.g., what to do with hazardous waste, how to register to vote; some interviewing of experts and writing of articles on sea life, cloud formations, lightning; and some creative writing, e.g., where to view the gorgeous sunsets. Beginning pay is $10 per article upon publication. If interested, send email to: Margie Davis, Editor mailto:HomeAtLast1@verizon.net

Home Digest

PAY: $.10/word Home Digest has a strong service slant, combining useful how-to journalism with coverage of the trends and issues of home ownership and family life. In essence, our focus is on the concerns of families living in their own homes in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Durham Region of Canada. Articles are devoted to food and wine, health, household hints, fitness, family activities, Toronto-area events, home decoration and renovation, raising children, keeping pets, and other issues of concern to homeowners and their families. Unlike other city magazines, we do not aim our content exclusively at the region?s rich and famous, but at average middle/upper-income Canadians (household incomes are typically $60,000 or more). Guidelines: http://www.home-digest.com/editorialguidelines.html

Home & Family Magazine, USA

We are a small (30,000 circulation) monthly publication in the Central Ohio area. We pay .05 per word upon publication. I am looking for work between 150-550 words relating to anything to do with lifestyle, home remodeling, decoration, cooking, reflections, family, childcare, humor etc. I especially need pieces around 200-600 words. Contact Ed with submissions. Contact: Ed Heaton Email: themaxer@infinet.com

Home Improvement Stories - Good and Bad
PAY: $50 - $100
We are looking for good and bad home improvement stories between 500 - 1000 words. We publish a magazine with pre-screened contractors and home service providers in it. No specific names of companies or individuals should be included in the story. We will pay $50 - $100 per story depending on size and relevance. Humor is welcome. For additional information contact Melissa. Contact: mailto:melissadevita@1homesource.net
http://www.1homesource.net/

Home Schooling Companion

PAY: $50 - $75 Seeking Articles--Kids's History Magazine, Learning Through History Magazine. 95% freelance work. For kids ages 7 - 3. Articles on: Arts, Crafts Projects, Literature Study Guides, and Pre-School Units. Payment: $25-crafts; $50-articles, and $75-literature guides. Interest On: Art; Music; Food; Life In The Renaissance; Copernicus; Gutenberg's Printing Press; Leonardo Di Vinci; Michelangelo; Nicolaus Copernicus; Nostradamus; Protestant Reformation--Martin Luther; medici Family; The Inquisition; War Of The Roses; Galileo; Dante, and Shakespeare. Guidelines: http://www.homeschoolingcompanion.com/freelance_writers.php submissions@homeschoolingcompanion.com

Horse Healers Anthology
PAY: $50
Aams Media, Inc. is compiling an anthology called Horse Healers: Stories of Courage and Hope about how horses are sensitive to the emotional and mental needs of people. September 30 deadline. $50 for each true story published. 1,000 - 2,000 words. For full guidelines, email mailto:HorseHealers@aol.com

How Magazine

HOW is the business magazine for graphic designers and a leading source of ideas and creative solutions for the industry. Published bimonthly, it's about 75% freelance written. Katie Weeks, associate editor, suggests writers read HOW's 2002 editorial calendar so writers can pitch an appropriate query and increase the chances of getting published. Pays up to $800/article. HOW's 2002 editorial calendar is located at http://howdesign.com/editorial/preview/thm.html Editor, HOW Magazine, 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236 editorial@howdesign.com Fax: 513-531-2902

How-To Gardening

National Home Gardening Club, 12301 Whitewater Dr., Minnetonka MN 55343. Address "Horticulture Editor." Bimonthly. "The magazine aims to provide timely, interesting, informative, and inspiring editorial that will appeal to avid home gardeners across the U.S. and Canada. Our national audience of more than 570,000 paid subscribers is about 78% female, with an average age of 51 and an intermediate skill level. The editorial staff is always open to strong story ideas with broad, practical appeal to our readers." 1000-2000 words; pays $200-800, on acceptance for First North American Rights. Query first (one-page) with clips. Send seasonal stuff 6 months ahead. 25% kill fee. http://www.gardeningclub.com Contact: Telephone: 952-936-9333; Fax: 952-936-9755 Email: justin@gardeningclub.com

Humor and Gift Books Wanted
PAY: $5000 + royalties
Noble Literary Agency is calling for HUMOR and GIFT BOOKS: should be short, may utilize illustration or photography (we can supply); and ADULT NON-FICTION: all ideas will be considered; and REFERENCE BOOKS: take a complex subject and make it simple, almost any subject on which you’re an expert; and YOUNG ADULT NOVELS: prefer non-illustrated; and, now accepting ADULT FICTION: anything except romance, fantasy and science fiction. Submit word.docs to mailto:mikenoble@nobleliteraryagency.com -- for details, please see http://www.nobleliteraryagency.com

I Love Cats Magazine

PAY: $25 - $150 Do not want poetry (as seldom publish it) but am interested in feature stories about cats and their owners, interesting or odd happenings with cats, tips for cat owners, health issues, nonfiction pieces, behavior problems, that sort of thing. Please do not send stories about cats that live outdoors. Looking for a story--preferably with photos or drawings--that is 1,000 words, tops, ideally 500-700 words. Buys all rights, since we copyright all stories. Guidelines: http://www.iluvcats.com/i-love-cats/writguidfori.html

Impudent Magazine
PAY: varies
Impudent is a print publication offering young (18-34) Canadian urbanites the opportunity to indulge their curiosities through exposure to a wide variety of fresh, creative and independent debates, short articles, commentary, photos and essays. We want to make our readers smarter about things that directly affect them. We want to recognize and discuss the things that young, urban hipsters are already doing or might want to do. Sex, drugs, crime. We're not shy. What we want to present, however, is smart material. Our readers have generally attended university, so they are already literate, intellectual and worldly.
http://www.impudentmagazine.com/writeForUs.cfm

Inkwell Editorial
PAY: $25
Expanding online job and information portal for and about the editorial and creative industries seeks success stories. In May, we will add a "Success Story" section to InkwellEditorial.com. If you are a full-time, freelance creative professional (eg, writer, copy editor, graphic designer, etc.), we'd like to know how you did it. We seek essays/success stories that outline such particulars as:
1. What you do? Eg, are you a copy editor, graphic designer, writer, etc.
2. Your Background: How many years of experience do you have in your area of expertise.
3. Reason for Freelancing: Why did you decide to go out on your own.
4. How you did it? This is perhaps the most important. How did you build your client list; how long did it take before you were able to successfully sustain yourself fully from your freelance earnings.
All the above must be included, along with any other particulars you'd like to add: eg, advice to those starting out, what NOT to do, failures you experienced, what made you hang in there, how you set fees, etc. Length: Can be as in-depth as you like (as long as the first four points are covered). Resource Box: Feel free to include a resource box advertising your product/service at the end of the submission. Rights: We ask for first, non-exclusive rights for 90 days. Must be original; no reprints please. NOTE: If you do not freelance full-time, please do not submit, as we are only interested in submissions from those who make their living completely from freelancing. Pay: $25. We pay via PayPal, so you must be able to accept payment via this method. We publish one success story per month and will contact you if we intend to publish your submission. We pay only if we publish and we pay immediately. Contact: mailto:info@InkwellEditorial.com

InkSpill Media Services

PAY: $25 A Vancouver-based editorial content provider. We're currently gearing up for a PR and media 'offensive,' introducing the world beyond British Columbia to our writing and film-making capabilities. This fall, we're launching a monthly e-newsletter, full of marketing tips and products geared to the small- to mid-sized business owner. The e-newsletter will revolve around the marketing column, entitled 'The Write Way,' and we'd like to give qualified and vibrant guest writers the opportunity to pen this column. Do you have what it takes to write exciting and innovative marketing columns for the 21st century entrepreneur? Send us a brief description of your column idea in the body of the e-mail (do NOT send any attachments; e-mails with attachments will be deleted unread). mailto:inkspill@inkspillmedia.com Do NOT send completed columns. If we "dig" your idea, we'll let you know within two weeks, and the usual editorial process will occur (deadline, payment, etc). Payment is $25 (Canadian) on acceptance, and is made via PayPal. Try and think of something new, or at least something that might seem new to this new breed of entrepreneur. http://www.inkspillmedia.com

Inspirational Writing Story

"My Inspiration" - NAWW would like to publish your Inspirational Writing Story! Do you have an inspirational story you could share to encourage other women writers? NAWW would love to publish it! Send your story (maximum 600 words) to naww@onebox.com. Along with your story, please send a one paragraph bio./byline, e-mail/web site links, and picture (if available) as an email attachment. Authors of accepted stories will receive $10(US) upon publication. The accepted piece will appear for one week on our Daily Inspiration page on our Website and in one issue of NAWW Weekly.

International Living

PAY: $25 to $50/postcard We are always on the look out for more people to write for International Living. In particular we publish what we call postcards from people all over the world, telling us about undiscovered international gems...cities, restaurants, hotels / B&B's, festivals, golf courses, sports facilities or unusual sporting events, fishing, real estate, where to buy bargain goods, get any form of good value etc. etc. http://www.internationalliving.com/index.cfm?page=write4us

JAM Magazine
PAY: not listed
A youth magazine. Writers can send there freelance work. Check out the site at www.jammag.com find out more at -http://www.jammag.com/campus/jbc.htm

KALAN LP Greeting Cards

Freelance Cartoonists, Artists and Copywriters PAY: $60 - $100 Freelance cartoonists, artists and copywriters wanted for a Greeting Card and Novelty Gift company. We are looking to revitalize our company with many new fresh original artists to add to our freelancing family. Our specialty is humor ranging from cute and subtle to slightly raunchy but not profane. Our primary target audience is girls/woman age 15-24. We offer $100 for each card idea purchased, $60 for each one-liner and cash advances and a royalty percentage for finished art work that is chosen. We prefer that you email copy/art jpegs to mailto:editorial@kalanlp.com or just drop us an email for our guidelines, but you can also fax submission to 610-623-0366, or feel free to mail art and CDs to: Attn: Editor 97 South Union Ave. Lansdowne Pa 19050

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