Written by S. Kalekar

All the magazines in this list pay $200 for at least some articles; some pay considerably more. All of them require you to be familiar with the magazine before you pitch. Many prefer to read queries first, but some accept completed pieces too.

Here is the list, in no particular order:

1. Bitch Magazine

This independent, quarterly magazine is a feminist response to pop culture. They welcome well-researched discussion-provoking critical essays, reports and interviews with feminist culture-makers, and book, film and music reviews. They have features, dispatches and Department of Everything columns, and film, music and book reviews. They consider queries as well as finished pieces.
Pitch deadline: 30 November 2016 for the next issue – Family Values, Spring 2017
Response time: Unspecified
Word count: 2,000-2,500 words for features, 1,000-1,500 words for dispatches
Pay: $500 for features, $200 for dispatches, $50 for Department of Everything pieces
Details here: https://bitchmedia.org/writers-guidelines

2. Chatelaine     

This is a Canadian women’s monthly magazine with various sections and features, and look for articles on everything from politics to engaging profiles to first-person narratives. The magazine has five sections: Style and Beauty, Home, Health, Life and Food, and needs stories in various formats and lengths within each section. The readers are largely women, between ages 25-54.
Response time: 6-8 weeks
Word count: Unspecified
Pay: $1/word
Details here: http://www.chatelaine.com/about/writers-guidelines/

3. Backwoods Home Magazine

This is a country and self-reliance-oriented magazine specializing in showing people how to build their own home, produce independent energy, grow their own food, and how to make a living without being tied to a city. They also cover related subjects like health, home schooling, recipes, and book reviews. They are not looking at opinion or entertainment, but hard facts about how to do things better. They like straightforward, clear writing and concise writing, like you would find in good newspapers.
Response time: Unspecified
Word count: Unspecified
Pay: $40-200
Details here: http://www.backwoodshome.com/docs/writerguidelines.html

4. Ruralite

This is a family-oriented, general-interest monthly, used by 48 rural electric co-operatives and PUDs in seven Western states to communicate with their members. Readers are rural and small-town residents interested in stories about people and issues that affect their Northwest lifestyles. The cornerstone is their colourful people features, and features on Northwest travel, outdoors, and unique history.
Response time: One month
Word count: Unspecified
Pay: $50-200
Details here: https://www.ruralite.org/learn-more/writers-guidelines/

5. Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine

This quarterly magazine is for introducing readers to Pennsylvania’s rich culture and historic legacy. Articles are intended for intelligent lay people. Articles on various topics are suitable, including fine arts, heritage foods, oral history and popular culture. They prefer completed manuscripts, but also look at queries.

Response time: Unspecified
Word count: 2,000-3,500
Pay: $250-500
Details here: http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/pa-heritage/guidelines-contributors.html

6. Salvo

They publish eclectic articles on sex, science and society. Their articles systematically deconstruct false ideologies, philosophies, and worldviews. Articles should be logically sound, well-researched, and somewhat timeless. The audience is secular young adults in the ages 25-40.
Response time: One month
Word count: 600-2,500
Pay: $0.20/word
Details here: http://www.salvomag.com/new/mag/subguides.php

7. Rider Magazine

Articles are written for mature, discerning and affluent readers in motorcycling. The readers are mostly motorcycling enthusiasts. They buy mini travel stories called Favourite Rides, full-length travel/tour features, and other topics – which is almost anything in the world of motorcycling, including unusual museums or events, or stand-out motorcycle organizations.
Response time: 8-12 weeks
Word count: 700-900 words for Favourite Rides; up to 1,800 words for full-length travel features
Pay: $200 and up
Details here: http://ridermagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Edit-Guide.pdf

8. Brew Your Own

This bimonthly is for anyone interested in brewing beer, from beginners to advanced brewers. They publish recipes, homebrewing techniques, brewing science, brewing equipment, and general interest features. They also have regular columns and first-person brewing stories.

Response time: Unspecified
Word count: 1,500-3,000
Pay: $25-200
Details here: https://byo.com/about-us/writer-s-guidelines

9. Popular Woodworking Magazine

They accept five features per issue by freelancers. They invite woodworkers of all levels to share articles about their projects and techniques and primarily need how-to articles on woodworking projects, and instructional features dealing with woodworking and techniques. They rarely publish articles about woodworkers and their particular work, and prefer a conversational, informal tone. Pay for features depends on the total package submitted, including its quality, and the writer’s level of woodworking and writing experience. All submissions, except ‘Out of the woodwork’ column and ‘Tricks of the Trade’ must be preceded by a query.

Response time: Tries to respond to queries within 60 days
Word count: 1,200-2,500
Pay: Starts at $250 per contracted page (and $75 per image) for features; at $275 for the End Grain column, and $50-100 for Tricks of the Trade, which is a collection of tips from readers about their techniques.
Details here: http://www.popularwoodworking.com/submission-guidelines

10. Watercolor Artist

This is a bi-monthly magazine for water color artists of all skill levels. They seek queries for features or columns. Writers are paid depending on length and completeness of the article submitted. For features about artists, they like to match the artist with the writer, but also accept queries for articles about any specific artist whom the writer is in contact with. Writers should be able to write specifically about the artist’s techniques, from the artist’s viewpoint using the language of art.

Response time: Tries to respond to queries within three months
Word count: 500-2000
Pay: Usually does not exceed $600
Details here: http://www.artistsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/Queries_WCA_2012.pdf