From national magazines to regional family guides, here are 10 parenting publications in the Litworth markets database that pay freelance writers and charge no submission fees.

1. PDX Parent is a Portland parenting magazine and website covering family activities, and it accepts pitches from Pacific Northwest writers. According to its guidelines, it pays $400–$450 for print features, $250 for shorter features and $100 for web articles.
2. Bay Area Parent covers parenting news and family life for San Francisco Bay Area families and wants stories with a strong local angle. According to its writers’ guidelines, pay is typically 25 cents per word for departments and features.
3. CharlottesvilleFamily is Central Virginia’s parenting magazine, covering education, health, dining, recreation and local resources for families. It pays $75–$250 for commissioned articles and $50–$75 for reprints.
4. Chesapeake Family is a free monthly parenting magazine for Maryland’s Chesapeake region that looks for useful, locally sourced features, columns and regional travel stories. It pays $75–$200 for assigned articles and about $35 for reprints.
5. Focus on the Family Magazine covers marriage and parenting from a Christian point of view and runs ongoing calls for short submissions from North American writers. Its current calls pay $75–$150 on acceptance.
6. Alaska Parent is an all-in-one parenting resource for Alaska families that follows an editorial calendar. It pays $40–$45 for short pieces, $50–$200 for longer articles, $45 for short first-person parenting pieces and $35–$40 for reprints.
7. Chicago Parent is a parenting news magazine with a local focus that seeks writers from the Chicago area. It pays $25–$50 for short articles, $50–$100 for reader essays, and from $100 for features.
8. The Green Parent is a UK magazine about natural parenting and green family living that publishes features and short opinion pieces. It pays £75 per 1,000 words.
9. Family Traveller is a U.K.-born family travel brand whose U.S. website and magazine share advice for traveling with children. It pays $50 per online post, and magazine pieces are paid per word.
10. Washington FAMILY is a resource for Washington, D.C.-area parents covering parenting tips, camps, schools and local events. It pays an average of $50 for one-time reprint rights to feature stories.