Top-paying writing job(s):
This list is provided daily and entries are not recycled. We review all writing job/contest announcements and calls for submissions daily and include those offering decent payment to writers. Best of luck.
1. From Day Spring Cards, topic: greeting cards, pays $60 per work
2. From Verona-Cedar Grove Patch, topic: green living, health, mom blog, pays $50 per work
3. From Record Breeze, topic: high school reports, pays $35 per work
4. From Alternative Press, topic: local events, sports, pays $25 per work
5. From eHow, topic: home and garden, pays $20 per work
6. From Craigslist, topic: business, finance, pays $17.6 per work
7. From Elance, topic: women's health, pays $12 per work
8. From In The Know Traveler, topic: travel, pays $8.89 per work
Note: To make rates comparable, we have converted them to 400-word rate (standard one-page article, double-spaced). Please click on the site link to see actual pay rates.
Free Writing Competition(s):
1. Macmillan Novel Competition, novel-crime, prize: $10000, deadline: 5 November 2010
2. Idea MI, slogan/short text, prize: $670, deadline: 10 October 2010
3. Baille Gifford, essay, prize: $400, deadline: 30 November 2010
Note: All prizes are converted to US dollars or valued as such in case of prizes in kind. Check the site for actual prizes.
Paying Market(s):
1. Fantasy & Science Fiction, science fiction, payment: $0.06 per word, deadline: open
2. Strange Horizons, science fiction, payment: $0.05 per word, deadline: open
3. Analog, science fiction, payment: $0.06 per word, deadline: open