Contributed By S. Kalekar

Here is a list of magazines that pay up to $1,000 for articles. They want a variety of features: arts and culture, cycling, hunting, fishing, travel, and regional essays. Two of them have upcoming deadlines for their reading periods.

The list is in no particular order.

1. The Virginia Quarterly Review

They accept poetry, fiction and non-fiction, and do not publish genre fiction. In non-fiction, they publish literary, art, and cultural criticism; reportage; historical and political analysis; and travel essays. They publish both emerging and award-winning writers. Send one prose piece and 4 poems per submission period. Submissions close on 31 July 2017.
Word count: 2,000-8,000 for fiction; 3,500-9,000 for non-fiction; up to 4 poems of less than 15 pages
Pay: $200 per poem; about $0.25/word for prose, depending on length, with a higher rate for investigative reporting; $100-200 for online-only publication
Details here.

2. Adventure Cycling Association

They publish articles about bicycle travel and other recreational cycling subjects, and feature-length stories about tour accounts. They also accept shorter pieces for The Final Mile, which are about a singular experience while on a cycling trip, and humor pieces. Their submission period ends on 31 October 2017.
Word count: 2,000-3,500 for features; 1,200-1,500 for The Final Mile
Pay: $0.30-$0.50/word
Details here.

3. Gary’s Sporting Journal

This is a journal for hunters and anglers. They are always looking for features on hunting and fishing, and publish four themed issues a year. They publish Expeditions – travel pieces of hunting and fishing locations, Yarns – campfire tales that can be fact or fiction, and poetry.
Word count: 2,500-3,000 for Expeditions; above 1,500 for features; 750-1,500 for Yarns; up to 1,000 for poetry
Pay: $850-1,000 for Expeditions; $600-1,250 based on quality, not length, for features; $600 for yarns; $100 for poems
Details here.

4. Boys’ Life

This is a monthly magazine published by the Boy Scouts of America. Articles should interest and entertain boys of 6-17. They cover a broad range of non-fiction, from professional sports to American history. Department pieces include nature, aviation, health, pets, history and music. Fiction is assignment-only; do not query. Query by mail for non-fiction.
Word count: 500-1,500 for major non-fiction articles; up to 600 for departments
Pay: $500-1,500 for major non-fiction articles; $100-600 for departments
Details here.

5. Popular Mechanics

The departments accepting freelance articles are Home Journal, Science/Technology/Aerospace, Boating/Outdoors, Electronics/Photography/Telecommunications and occasionally, general interest articles – the guidelines detail what they want in each department, and the magazine audience. Query first.
Word count: Unspecified
Pay: $300 to over $1,000
Details here.

6. Kitplanes Magazine

This is a magazine of kit and amateur-built aircraft construction. Contributions are mostly by aircraft builders and recognized experts active in the field. They accept articles on all phases of aircraft construction, from basic design, to flight trials, to construction technique in wood, metal and composite. They also review and analyze products and services related to amateur-built and kit aircraft construction. Short, focused technical articles are always welcome. Query first.
Word count: About 2,000 for major features, unspecified for others
Pay: $250-1,000
Details here.

http://www.kitplanes.com/contact/writersguidelines.html

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7. Texas Highways

This is the official travel magazine of Texas, published by the Travel Information Division of the Texas Department of Transportation. Articles should document Texas destinations for readers in the US and across the world, through descriptive and evocative language. The style should be readable and well-informed. They prefer queries.
Word count: Unspecified
Pay: $0.50/word
Details here.

8. Northern Virginia Magazine

They primarily want profiles. Other topics of interest are getaways, medical, fashion/style, education, arts and business targeted at Northern Virginians.
Word count: 2,000-2,500 for features; 1,500-1,800 for profiles; over 1,000 for departments
Pay: $50-1,000
Details here.

9. Washington City Paper

Stories should be about the city and its surroundings, and narratives with a conflict of some sort at the centre are preferred. They publish a variety of journalistic genres, including profiles, investigative pieces, polemical essays, and stories about local institutions. They have news, arts and food departments that accept shorter pieces, an arts blog, and reviews. No op-ed pieces or ‘service journalism’.
Word count: 2,500-5,000 for cover stories; 800-2,000 for departments – not a firm limit; 500-2,000 for reviews; 150-250 for City Lights
Pay: Varies; they have paid $15-2,000
Details here.

10. Seattle Magazine

They want news-related stories about the city and region, civic and social issues, local travel, food news, home, interiors, and other lifestyle stories, arts and culture, home and garden, and front-of-book features. Query first.
Word count: 1,500-3,500 for features; 1,200 for departments; 200-300 for very short pieces
Pay: $400-$1,000 for features; $350 for departments; $50-100 for very short pieces
Details here.