As part of my weekly effort to find paid publishing opportunities for writeres, here is a list of magazines that accept queries and pitches from freelance writers.

Keep in mind that you’ll need to send pitches to each of these magazines. Writing Launch recently hosted a webinar all about pitching. Watch the Replay Here.

1. Clinician Today is a healthcare lifestyle blog that publishes news, career advice, tech articles, and day-in-the-life pieces from physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other healthcare professionals, as well as freelance writers in the healthcare space. According to their editor “most writers earn $100 per 500-800-word article (some earn up to $500; this is based on experience, quality, and profession), and we also act as a content curator and aggregator for other healthcare-related writers and sites.” Learn how to become a contributor here.

2, 3 & 4) Land and Order Magazine, Police Fleet Magazine, and Tactical Response are published by the Hendon Media Group. Their “purpose is to improve police operations in the widest sense.” They pay ten to twenty-five cents per word. Most articles are 1,800 to 2,400 words. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.

5. Coastal Virginia Magazine is 90% freelance written. They cover the Hampton Roads region of Virginia. They don’t publish their freelance rates, but they do offer a 30% kill fee, and openly accept simultaneous submissions, both of which are a good sign for writers. To learn more, read their freelance guidelines.

6. Hawaii Magazine is a regional travel magazine with a readership of more than a 250,000 per issue. It’s for “people who love Hawaii and visit often.” They use freelance writers for “travel stories, personality profiles, stories on activities, history, culture, music, food and environmental sustainability.” To learn more, read their freelance guidelines.

7. Grit is a rural lifestyle magazine with a long and storied history. Started in 1882, it has long been popular in rural communities. It has a circulation of 150,000. Grit “celebrates the intergenerational bonds among those who live on the land with spirit and style – a legacy of self-sufficiency, audacious ingenuity and pragmatic problem solving that gave this country its backbone and continues to shape its unique character.” Payment is negotiated. To learn more, read their writer guidelines.