{"id":7673,"date":"2020-01-24T08:48:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T16:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/?p=7673"},"modified":"2020-01-24T08:49:01","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T16:49:01","slug":"16-entertainment-lifestyle-publishers-that-pay-for-essays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/uncategorized\/16-entertainment-lifestyle-publishers-that-pay-for-essays\/","title":{"rendered":"16 Entertainment \/ Lifestyle Publishers that Pay for Essays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Elite Daily<\/strong> is an online news platform for millennials. They are seeking pitches for Black History Month. They are \u201clooking for personal essays from millennials tagged to news issues including reproductive rights, politics, activism, social justice, and youth culture.\u201d They pay $150 to $300 per essay. For details, refer to their editor\u2019s Twitter post<\/a>. To learn more, visit their website<\/a>.
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Kali Letter<\/strong> is a biweekly publication that is \u201can unfilt(her)ed lens of news, pop-culture lifestyle and feminism for East African women.\u201d They publish opinions, personal essays, features, Q&As, profiles, and comic strips. They pay Kenya Shillings 10,000 on average per 800 to 1,000 word article. For details, visit this page<\/a>.
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Yes Plz Weekly<\/strong> is \u201can insanely delicious, ever-evolving mix of the best coffees and a gratuitously eclectic print magazine.\u201d It is important to note that the magazine is not just about coffee. According to their contributing editor, they are looking for pitches for pieces that are: \u201cweird; about your obsessions; unplaceable.\u201d They are also looking for profiles of artists, musicians, and entrepreneurs, personal essays, and mini-musings. They pay $200 to $500. For details, refer to this\u00a0Twitter post<\/a>. To contact them, refer to this\u00a0page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good Old Days<\/strong> accepts personal essays about growing up between 1935 and 1960. They should be informal and conversational in tone. Payment varies. http:\/\/www.goodolddaysmagazine.com\/contributor_guidelines.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Culture Eater<\/strong> is an online, Australian indie zine that is looking for feature submissions across these categories: the arts (e.g. music, theatre, and photography), gaming (e.g. video games and tabletop), film and TV, literature, fashion, podcasts, and personal essays. They pay $25 to $100 per feature submission. To learn more, refer to this page<\/a>.
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Mel<\/strong> is a lifestyle and culture magazine that is committed to producing content that men care about e.g. their bodies, mental health, jobs, money, sex lives, relationships, digital personas and entertainment. They publish features and essays of 1,500 to 3,500 words. Payment reports suggest that they pay up to $0.50 per word. To find out more, visit this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gay & Lesbian Review<\/strong> is a bimonthly magazine for GLBT men and women.\u00a0 They publish essays, book reviews, movie reviews, and plays. Payment is a flat fee of $100. To learn more, read their submission guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L.A. Affairs<\/strong> is the Los Angeles Times column about the dating scene in L.A. They publish essays with a strong sense of place \u2014 rooted in Southern California. They pay $300 per essay. Read their submission guidelines.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modern Love<\/strong> is a regular column published by the New York Times. They are \u201cinterested in receiving deeply personal essays about contemporary relationships, marriage, dating, parenthood\u2026\u201d They pay $300 per essay. The submissions page is old, but is still up to date. To learn more, or to submit, be sure to read their submission guidelines.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dame<\/strong> is a website “For Women Who Know Better.” They are “smart, quick-witted, opinionated and unapologetic.” They publish essays, news, analysis, and unique takes on relationships, gender politics, sex, race, entertainment, the arts, business, politics, Internet culture, health and everything in-between. Pay is negotiated. Previous reports indicate 13 cents per word. Learn more here.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sasee<\/strong> is a women\u2019s lifestyle magazine. They are interested in 500-1,000 word non-fiction submissions for and about women: essays, humor, satire and first-person experiences. Previous writers have reported payment from $100 to $200 per essay. Details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mask Magazine<\/strong> is a monthly \u201conline repository of youth and internet culture packed with interviews, editorials, news, and style in the age of unrest.\u201d Editors look for \u201cexpressive, evocative prose\u201d: personal essays, documentation of a singular event, studies of movements or phenomena from history, how-to guides or tutorials. Note: \u00a0Editors decide whether submissions are featured as free content or content to be paid for. Payment is $40-$200. To learn more, read the writers\u2019 guidelines: http:\/\/www.maskmagazine.com\/docs\/writers<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extra Crispy<\/strong> is a lifestyle blog owned by Time Inc. They publish “opinion pieces, reported stories, personal essays, works of humor, illustrated narratives, breakfast-y profiles, original recipes, how-tos and unusual points of view on the beloved morning meal are all welcome. ” Payment reports indicate a rate of 50 cents per word, but will need to be negotiated. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vox <\/strong>is seeking personal narratives for their “First Person” section. They are seeking “provocative personal narratives that explain the most important topics in modern life. ” Reports indicate they pay around $500 per essay. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

VFW Magazine<\/strong>\u00a0is the magazine for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, or VFW. They have a very large circulation, with many readers. Their primary interest is recognizing veterans and military service. They do not publish memoirs, first person accounts, or personality profiles. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Real Life Magazine <\/strong> is a website funded by Snapchat. They publish “essays, arguments, and narratives about living with technology.” According to reports, they pay around 15 cents per word. To learn more, read their contributors page. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elite Daily is an online news platform for millennials. They are seeking pitches for Black History Month. They are \u201clooking for personal essays from millennials tagged to news issues including reproductive rights, politics, activism, social justice, and youth culture.\u201d They pay $150 to $300 per essay. For details, refer to their editor\u2019s Twitter post. To…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7673","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=7673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7674,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7673\/revisions\/7674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}