$300 for Short Stories: 10 Calls for Submission

October 24, 2017

Next Show All These calls are for unclassifiable fantasy, stories showing monsters in a new light, alternative histories of the Jewish people, horror about people consumed by wealth, stories that depict technological advancement rather than decay, about awakenings, and young explorers, to name a few. Although most markets want speculative fiction stories (some also want…

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10 Blogs that Pay $100+ Per Guest Post

October 24, 2017

Next Show All The following is a list of ten blogs and websites that pay writers $100 per post for at least some of the writing they publish. They sometimes pay less, sometimes more. These listings are excerpted from The Paid Publishing Guidebook. The book is still free for a few more days, so I…

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$12,000 Short Story Contest from The Economic Security Project

October 17, 2017

The Economic Security Project is currently hosting a short story contest with a massive prize: $12,000 cash, given as “basic income” for an entire year. The short story should be about the idea of “basic income,” which is unconditional money given to an individual, and is able to cover their basic needs. The idea of…

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10 Magazines that Pay Writers $250 Per Article

October 17, 2017

Contributed by S. Kalekar Next Show All These magazines pay up to $250; some pay more. Topics include lapidary and gold prospecting, fiction and non-fiction for adults and children, articles on raising children, history, travel and food, woodworking, aviation and anecdotes at sea. Some of these are regional opportunities. Rock & Gem This is a…

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$250 for Mystery Stories

October 17, 2017

UPDATE: THIS MAGAZINE IS NOW CLOSED FOR SUBMISSIONS UNTIL EARLY 2018 Black Cat Mystery Magazine is a new magazine, published digitally and in print, that features short mystery stories involving a crime. They are currently accepting submissions for their second and third issue. The deadline to submit is December 15th, 2017. Although, their guidelines imply…

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30 Publishers that Pay $200 Per Article

October 13, 2017

Next Show All As many of you know, we just updated the Paid Publishing Guidebook. It now includes 501 publishers that pay writers. This list is a sample of 30 of those publishers. All of these publishers pay $200 for at least some of the articles they publish.For even more publishers, I encourage you to…

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22 Free Writing Contests With Cash Prizes

October 6, 2017

Contributed By S. Kalekar Next Show All This list has contests and awards for poets and writers of fiction and non-fiction in various demographics: there are contests of speculative fiction, envisaging future cities and economic equality; poetry on the massacre at Nanking, during World War II; for children’s writers and writers over 40; for Arts…

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