{"id":2229,"date":"2015-06-02T10:56:30","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T17:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/?p=2229"},"modified":"2015-06-02T10:56:30","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T17:56:30","slug":"kill-your-darlings-submissions-guidelines-550-for-essays-250-for-short-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/uncategorized\/kill-your-darlings-submissions-guidelines-550-for-essays-250-for-short-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Kill Your Darlings Submissions Guidelines: $550 for Essays, $250 for Short Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Kill Your Darlings, <\/em>a quarterly journal out of Australia, is now accepting submissions of essays, articles, blog posts, and fiction.<\/p>\n<p>They like &#8216;feisty&#8217; writing that generates discussion, pushes boundaries, and knows how to have fun. They don&#8217;t shy away from any topic, whether it is considered &#8220;high culture&#8221; or &#8220;low brow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to their website:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Print rates are negotiated with the editors on commission, however our minimum payment for a lead feature commentary is $550, commentary is $200, fiction is $250, and reviews $200 (for all of which we subtract $50 for a discounted yearly subscription, or renewal of an existing subscription).<\/p>\n<p>Killings columnists are paid $90 per post, for a year-long contract. All other Killings posts are paid a $50 flat rate.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>They publish writers from various stages of their careers. This means if you&#8217;re new to freelance writing, or an established writer, they will consider your work.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, be sure to read their full <a href=\"http:\/\/www.killyourdarlingsjournal.com\/submissions\/\">submission guidelines.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kill Your Darlings, a quarterly journal out of Australia, is now accepting submissions of essays, articles, blog posts, and fiction. They like &#8216;feisty&#8217; writing that generates discussion, pushes boundaries, and knows how to have fun. They don&#8217;t shy away from any topic, whether it is considered &#8220;high culture&#8221; or &#8220;low brow.&#8221; According to their website:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2230,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2229\/revisions\/2230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}