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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.

1. From Knit Today, topic: craft, pays $375 per work

2. From Full House, topic: holiday stories, pays $150 per work

3. From Craigslist, topic: technology and business, pays $120 per work

4. From Craigslist, topic: personal, pays $50 per work

5. From Thriving Family, topic: family, pays $50 per work

6. From BizReef, topic: academic, pays $16.67 per work

7. From Craigslist, topic: products, pays $15 per work

8. From Odesk, topic: beauty, pays $15 per work

9. From ProBlogger, topic: home and garden, pays $15 per work

10. From Problogger, topic: art, painting, pays $10 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. American Heritage Scholarship Series, essay, prize: $10000, deadline: 31 March 2011

2. Creative Loafing's Annual Fiction Contest, short story, prize: $1000, deadline: 31 August 2011

3. Amazing Travel Stories, travel articles, prize: $500, deadline: 30 September 2010

4. 2011 Sylvia K. Burack Writing Award (for students), essay, prize: $500, deadline: 19 November 2010

5. Sylvan Writing Contest (for students), essay, prize: $300, deadline: 29 October 2010

6. Life of St. Francis of Assisi, essay, prize: $100, deadline: 29 October 2010

7. Tis The Season Writing Contes, short story, prize: $100, deadline: 30 September 2010

8. Christmas Writing Contest, short story, prize: $20, deadline: 23 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. The Mothman Files, short story, payment: $0.05 per word, deadline: open

2. Riddle Fence, short story, payment: $30 per story, deadline: open

3. The New Writer, short story, payment: $15 per story, deadline: 1 July 2011

4. Gloaming Magazine, short story/nonfiction, payment: $0.01 per word, deadline: open

5. The New Writer, poetry, payment: $7.5 per poem, deadline: open

6. Gloaming Magazine, poetry, payment: $5 per poem, deadline: open

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

Assumption: For journals/ magazines paying on a per-word basis, we assumed that a story had 2,000 words on the average. Rates were converted to US$.

Sites are ranked based on the rates, from highest-paying to lowest-paying market. To visit the site/ see the complete guidelines, please click on the magazine/ journal title.

1. Tor.com - pays $0.25 per word

2. Cosmos Magazine - pays a flat rate of $500

3. Odyssey - pays $.20 per word

4. Heritage Tales - pays a flat rate of $250

5. Heliotrope - pays $0.1 per word

6. Clarkesworld Magazine - pays $0.1 per word

7. Futurismic - pays a flat rate of $200

8. Twelfth Planet Novella Series - pays a flat rate of $180

9. Daily Science Fiction - pays $0.08 per word

10. Alfred Hitchcock's - pays $0.08 per word

11. Wrong World - pays $0.075 per word

12. Futures - pays a flat rate of $130

13. Realms of Fantasy - pays $0.06 per word

14. Jim Baen's Universe - pays $0.06 per word

15. Asimov's Science Fiction - pays $0.06 per word

16. Grantville Gazette - pays $0.06 per word

17. Intergalactic Medicine Show - pays $0.06 per word

18. Analog Science Fiction and Fact - pays $0.06 per word

19. F & SF - pays $0.06 per word

20. AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review - pays $0.059 per word

21. The Night Land - pays $0.055 per word

22. Fantasy Magazine - pays $0.05 per word

23. Universe Annex - pays $0.05 per word

24. Doorways Magazine - pays $0.05 per word

25. Redstone Science Fiction - pays $0.05 per word

26. Nature Futures - pays $0.05 per word

27. Lightspeed Magazine - pays $0.05 per word

28. Bull Spec - pays $0.05 per word

29. Dark Discoveries - pays $0.05 per word

30. Apex Magazine - pays $0.05 per word

31. Shock Totem - pays $0.05 per word

32. vMeme21 - pays $0.05 per word

33. Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine - pays $0.05 per word

34. Beneath Ceaseless Skies - pays $0.05 per word

35. On Spec - pays $0.05 per word

36. Illusion Presents: Transmitter - pays $0.05 per word

37. Cemetery Dance - pays $0.05 per word

38. Wee Ones - pays $0.05 per word

39. Lenox Avenue - pays $0.05 per word

40. Dark Cloud Press - pays $0.05 per word

41. Strange Horizons - pays $0.05 per word

42. GigaNotoSaurus - pays a flat rate of $100

43. Heroic Fantasy Quarterly - pays a flat rate of $100

44. Pseudopod - pays a flat rate of $100

45. Vulgata - pays a flat rate of $100

46. Podcastle - pays a flat rate of $100

47. Tetragon Science Fiction - pays a flat rate of $100

48. Ennea - pays $0.047 per word

49. Twelfth Planet Novelette Doubles - pays a flat rate of $90.97

50. New Ceres Magazine - pays $0.04 per word

51. Enchanted Conversation, The - pays $0.04 per word

52. Onirismes - pays a flat rate of $78.56

53. Abyss & Apex - pays a flat rate of $75

54. Parabola - pays a flat rate of $75

55. The Internet Review of Science Fiction - pays a flat rate of $70

56. Basement Stories - pays $0.03 per word

57. Damnation Books - pays $0.03 per word

58. Brain Harvest - pays $0.03 per word

59. Untied Shoelaces of the Mind - pays $0.03 per word

60. Vestal Review - pays $0.03 per word

61. Weird Tales - pays $0.03 per word

62. Ideomancer - pays $0.03 per word

63. Spacesuits and Sixguns - pays $0.03 per word

64. Trabuco Road - pays $0.03 per word

65. GUD Magazine - pays $0.03 per word

66. Aberrant Dreams - pays $0.03 per word

67. Black Gate - pays $0.03 per word

68. Carnifex Press - pays $0.03 per word

69. Panverse - pays a flat rate of $60

70. Big Ole Face Full of Monster - pays $0.025 per word

71. Icarus - pays a flat rate of $50

72. Nil Desperandum - pays a flat rate of $50

73. Flash Fiction Online - pays a flat rate of $50

74. Wily Writers - pays a flat rate of $50

75. Hotel Guignol - pays a flat rate of $50

76. Hub Magazine - pays a flat rate of $50

77. Edge of Propinquity, The - pays a flat rate of $50

78. I Love Cats - pays a flat rate of $50

79. AlienQ - pays a flat rate of $50

80. TQR Total Quality Reading - pays a flat rate of $50

81. Chrysalis Reader - pays a flat rate of $50

These are paying markets for poetry (see a separate list for short fiction here, and for articles here) that accept online submissions or submissions via email. Please check the site first if they are open to submissions at this time.

Note that this is a general list (not markets exclusive to African writers) and that we categorize a journal/magazine as a paying market if payment rates are clearly stated in their submission guidelines. If not, they will not appear on this list. For magazines/journals that pay per line, our assumption is that a poem contains 20 lines.

This is not comprehensive but we will update this on a monthly basis as we discover more journals/magazines with online submission system that pay for literary works.

(Note to editors/publishers of these journals, advise us of corrections, if any. This list is updated as of September 16, 2010.)

1. Poetry Magazine
Payment rate: $300min ($10/line)
Submissions: https://submissions.poetrymagazine.org/

2. Virginia Quarterly
Payment rate: $200min ($5/line)
Submissions: http://www.vqronline.org/submission/

3. Progressive
Payment rate: $150
Submissions: editorial@progressive.org

4. Voiceworks
Payment rate: $100
Submissions: editor(at)expressmedia(dot)org(dot)au

5. US Catholic
Payment rate: $75min
Submissions: literaryeditor@uscatholic.org

6. Westerly
Payment rate: $75
Submissions: westerly@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

7. Weavings
Payment rate: $75
Submissions: weavings@upperroom.org

8. Black Warrior Review
Payment rate: Up to $75
Submissions: http://bwrsubmissions.ua.edu

9. Ploughshares
Payment rate: $50min/ $250max ($25/page)
Submissions: http://www2.pshares.org/submit/

10. New Love Stories
Payment rate: $50-$75
Submissions: submit@newlovestories.com

11. Tin House
Payment rate: $50min
Submissions: http://www.tinhousesubmissions.com/

12. Turnrow
Payment rate: $50
Submissions: ryan@ulm.edu

13. Ancient Paths Literary Magazine
Payment rate: $50
Submissions: SSBurris@cox.net

14. Pedestal Magazine
Payment rate: $40
Submissions: http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/submitwork.php

15. Iron Horse
Payment rate: $40
Submissions: not open for submissions at this time

16. Red Stone Science Fiction
Payment rate: $40
Submissions: submissions@redstonesciencefiction.com

17. Etchings
Payment rate: AU$35
Submissions: etchings@ilurapress.com

18. The Missouri Review
Payment rate: $30/page
Submissions: http://www.missourireview.org/store/e-submit_gateway.php

19. Missouri Review
Payment rate: $30/page
Submissions: http://www.missourireview.com/main_info/e-submissions.php

20. Gulf Coast
Payment rate: $30/poem
Submissions: http://www.gulfcoastmag.org/submissions/

21. New Welsh Review
Payment rate: £25
Submissions: submissions [at] newwelshreview.com

22. Hayden's Ferry
Payment rate: $25/page ($100 maximum)
Submissions: http://submit.haydensferryreview.asu.edu/

23. Ninth Letter
Payment rate: $25/page
Submissions: https://www-s.art.uiuc.edu/ninthletter/submissions/

24. River & Sound Review
Payment rate: $25
Submissions: poetry@riverandsoundreview.org

25. Heroic Fantasy Quarterly
Payment rate: $25
Submissions: editors [at] heroicfantasyquarterly.com

26. Nashville Review
Payment rate: $25
Submissions: http://nashvillereview.submishmash.com/

27. Crazy Horse
Payment rate: $20-$35/page
Submissions: http://www.crazyhorsejournal.org/submitionmaneger/index.php?page=login&module=account

28. Agni
Payment rate: $20/page
Submissions: http://www.bu.edu/dbin/agni/

29. West Branch
Payment rate: $20/page (+$10 additional page)
Submissions: http://westbranchsubmissions.bucknell.edu/

30. Strange Horizona
Payment rate: $20
Submissions: poetry@strangehorizons.com

31. Bear Deluxe Magazine
Payment rate: $20
Submissions: bear@orlo.org

32. Contrary
Payment rate: $20
Submissions: http://www.contrarymagazine.com

33. Contrary Magazine
Payment rate: 20
Submissions: http://contrarymagazine.com/Contrary/Submissions.html

34. DesiLit
Payment rate: $20
Submissions: poetry@desilit.org

35. Scribblers and Ink Spillers
Payment rate: $20
Submissions: submissions@scribblersandinkspillers.com

36. Aberrant Dreams
Payment rate: $1/line ($50 maximum)
Submissions: http://www.aberrantdreams.com/content/user/register

37. Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
Payment rate: $40max($1/line)
Submissions: http://asimovs.magazinesubmissions.com/

38. Philippines Ripe
Payment rate: $15-30
Submissions: inkslinger215@live.com

39. Zoland Poetry
Payment rate: $15/page ($150 maximum)
Submissions: http://www.zolandpoetry.com/submission.htm

40. Jerseyworks
Payment rate: $10-$50
Submissions: jerseyworks@gmail.com

41. Dirtcakes
Payment rate: $10-$50
Submissions: http://dirtcakes.org/node/add/submission

42. Cornerstone
Payment rate: $10-$25
Submissions: poetry@cornerstonemag.com

43. Stickman Review
Payment rate: $10-$20
Submissions: poetry@stickmanreview.com

44. Indiana Review
Payment rate: $5/page ($10min)
Submissions: http://www.indianareview.org/submissions/

45. Witness
Payment rate: $10/page
Submissions: http://witness.blackmountaininstitute.org/submit/login.php

46. Chiaroscuro
Payment rate: $10
Submissions: savory@rogers.com

47. Critical Writing
Payment rate: $10
Submissions: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/poetry-/

48. Damazine
Payment rate: $10
Submissions: poetry@damazine.com

49. Strong Verse
Payment rate: $10
Submissions: http://www.strongverse.org/submitform.html

50. Basement Stories Magazine
Payment rate: $10
Submissions: basementstoriesmag@gmail.com

These are paying markets for short stories (see a separate list for poetry here, and for articles here) that accept online submissions or submissions via email. Please check the site first if they are open to submissions at this time.

Note that this is a general list (not markets exclusive to African writers) and that we categorize a journal/magazine as a paying market if payment rates are clearly stated in their submission guidelines. If not, they will not appear on this list. For magazines/journals that pay per word or page, our assumption is that a story contains 1,000 words, or around four pages.

This is not comprehensive but we will update this on a monthly basis as we discover more journals/magazines with online submission system that pay for literary works.

(Note to editors/publishers of these journals, advise us of corrections, if any. This list is updated as of September 16, 2010.)

1. Glimmer Train
Payment rate: $700
Submissions: http://www.glimmertrainpress.com/writer/html/index2.asp

2. Poetry Magazine
Payment rate: $150/page
Submissions: https://submissions.poetrymagazine.org/

3. American Scholar
Payment rate: Up to $500
Submissions: scholar@pbk.org

4. KNOW
Payment rate: C$0.50 per word
Submissions: adrienne@knowmag.ca

5. US Catholic
Payment rate: $300min
Submissions: literaryeditor@uscatholic.org

6. New Love Stories
Payment rate: $300
Submissions: submit@newlovestories.com

7. Westerly
Payment rate: $150
Submissions: westerly@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

8. Black Warrior Review
Payment rate: Up to $150
Submissions: http://bwrsubmissions.ua.edu

9. Virginia Quarterly
Payment rate: $0.15-0.20/word
Submissions: http://www.vqronline.org/submission/

10. Weavings
Payment rate: $0.13/word
Submissions: weavings@upperroom.org

11. The Missouri Review
Payment rate: $30/page
Submissions: http://www.missourireview.org/store/e-submit_gateway.php

12. Missouri Review
Payment rate: $30/page
Submissions: http://www.missourireview.com/main_info/e-submissions.php

13. Ploughshares
Payment rate: $50min/ $250max ($25/page)
Submissions: http://www2.pshares.org/submit/

14. Voiceworks
Payment rate: $100
Submissions: editor(at)expressmedia(dot)org(dot)au

15. Iron Horse
Payment rate: $100
Submissions: not open for submissions at this time

16. Heroic Fantasy Quarterly
Payment rate: $100
Submissions: editors [at] heroicfantasyquarterly.com

17. Nashville Review
Payment rate: $100
Submissions: http://nashvillereview.submishmash.com/

18. DesiLit
Payment rate: $100
Submissions: poetry@desilit.org

19. One Story
Payment rate: $100
Submissions: https://www.one-story.com/submissions/

20. Hayden's Ferry
Payment rate: $25/page ($100 maximum)
Submissions: http://submit.haydensferryreview.asu.edu/

21. Ninth Letter
Payment rate: $25/page
Submissions: https://www-s.art.uiuc.edu/ninthletter/submissions/

22. Pedestal Magazine
Payment rate: $.08/word
Submissions: http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/submitwork.php

23. New Welsh Review
Payment rate: £80
Submissions: submissions [at] newwelshreview.com

24. Gulf Coast
Payment rate: $20/page
Submissions: http://www.gulfcoastmag.org/submissions/

25. Red Stone Science Fiction
Payment rate: $20/page
Submissions: submissions@redstonesciencefiction.com

26. Abyss & Apex
Payment rate: Up to $75 ($0.05/word)
Submissions: abyssandapex@gmail.com, aandapoetry@gmail.com

27. Etchings
Payment rate: AU$75
Submissions: etchings@ilurapress.com

28. Chiaroscuro
Payment rate: $0.07/word
Submissions: savory@rogers.com

29. Apron Strings
Payment rate: €60-100
Submissions: ssmith3@ireland.com

30. Indiana Review
Payment rate: $5/page ($10min)
Submissions: http://www.indianareview.org/submissions/

31. Turnrow
Payment rate: $15/page
Submissions: ryan@ulm.edu

32. Ancient Paths Literary Magazine
Payment rate: $50
Submissions: SSBurris@cox.net

33. River & Sound Review
Payment rate: $50
Submissions: poetry@riverandsoundreview.org

34. Flash Me Magazine
Payment rate: $50
Submissions: sfh@wingedhalo.com

35. Wily Writers
Payment rate: $50
Submissions: submissions@wilywriters.com

36. Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
Payment rate: $0.05/word-$450
Submissions: http://asimovs.magazinesubmissions.com/

37. Strange Horizona
Payment rate: $50/min ($0.05/word)
Submissions: poetry@strangehorizons.com

38. Bear Deluxe Magazine
Payment rate: $0.05/word
Submissions: bear@orlo.org

39. Apex Magazine
Payment rate: $0.05/word
Submissions: apex.submission@gmail.com

40. Gum Show Review
Payment rate: $0.05/word-$50
Submissions: editor@gumshoereview.com

41. Scribblers and Ink Spillers
Payment rate: $40
Submissions: submissions@scribblersandinkspillers.com

42. Agni
Payment rate: $10/page ($150 maximum)
Submissions: http://www.bu.edu/dbin/agni/

43. West Branch
Payment rate: $10/page
Submissions: http://westbranchsubmissions.bucknell.edu/

44. Witness
Payment rate: $10/page
Submissions: http://witness.blackmountaininstitute.org/submit/login.php

45. Critical Writing
Payment rate: $30
Submissions: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/poetry-/

46. GUD Magazine
Payment rate: $5min ($0.03/word)
Submissions: http://www.gudmagazine.com/user/edit.php

47. Aberrant Dreams
Payment rate: $.03/word ($100 maximum)
Submissions: http://www.aberrantdreams.com/content/user/register

48. Damazine
Payment rate: $25
Submissions: poetry@damazine.com

49. Spinetingler
Payment rate: $25
Submissions: spinetinglermag@gmail.com

50. Brain Harvest
Payment rate: $0.03/word-$22.50
Submissions: submissions@twelfthplanetpress.com

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Deadline: 30 September
Accepts (genre): short stories
Payment: $10

People of color are dramatically underrepresented in speculative fiction. So for our second annual oversized “end-of-year” issue, we’ve chosen Characters of Color as the theme. All main characters must be characters of color. This applies to both fiction and artwork.

We will consider submissions from everyone, regardless of race or ethnicity – what we’re looking for are characters of color. Everyone is encouraged to submit their work!

The stories do not have to focus on the character’s ethnicity, but it must be clear from the content/context of the story that the MC is a character of color. We are not interested in stereotyped, derogatory or racist caricatures. (This does not mean that you can’t address issues like racism and stereotyping in your stories.)

Remember, this is a double-sized issue. We’re looking for about 10 stories for the issue! We’re also interested in articles, comics, artwork, reviews, interviews, etc. so long as they’re about the theme. We have our cover art but otherwise we’re open to almost anything. Tell your friends!

Submissions for Issue 24 will be accepted until 11:59 pm US EST on September 30. Please send in your submissions via the online submission form.

African Vibes Magazine does not accept unsolicited poetry, fiction or drama. Writers of poetry are encouraged to enter our upcoming poetry contest for Best New African Poet Prize. For updates on these contests, please send an email to contest@africanvibes.com

HOW TO QUERY US

We welcome queries from inexperienced writers, but particular care should be taken with these proposals: much of what is rejected is a result of poor execution and/or inappropriate story ideas.

African Vibes Magazine is not interested in stories that have been widely covered in the mainstream media unless the writer has developed a genuinely original angle—a challenge to the mainstream’s coverage. This Magazine publishes only six issues per year; stories must not be so time-sensitive that they will seem dated six months in the future. Our schedule means that we are best able to provide in-depth analysis of issues and strong people-oriented reportage—as opposed to responses to fast-moving news stories.

Promising queries are discussed by the editorial board. If a proposal is accepted, the writer will be contacted by the editor. Please allow six to eight weeks for a response. Unsolicited manuscripts (completed articles) must be accompanied by a query letter. African Vibes Magazine is not responsible for loss or damage to unsolicited submissions. Please do not send originals.

To submit your ideas, please write a query letter that includes the following:

* Send a well fleshed out proposal with an outline. Be sure to tell us what is new or fresh about your idea
* Send writing samples, if you have them
* Specify the section of the magazine for which the piece is intended
* Convey your specific qualifications to write on this topic
* Specify the proposed story length
* Include possible experts (if it is a reported piece) and what access you have to them
* Provide an explanation of why this idea would appeal to the African Vibes reader.

Query letters for specific features and departments should be no more than one page in length and accompanied by recent writing samples ( Your samples should not include the actual story that you are proposing).

Features and departments cover the following categories:

* Arts and Entertainment: Music, Movies, Books, Theater and the web
* Fashion and Beauty: tips, trends and news pieces
* Finance: investments, legal matters, and work issues
* Health and Fitness: tips, trends, studies and guides
* Travel: travel to Africa
* Home: tips and guides
* Relationship: practical information and advice
* General interest: new thinking, research, information on timely topics, trends
* Profiles or first-person accounts of people who have made a dramatic change in their lives or the lives of others
* Culture: culture essay, trends, studies and guides
* Reflection: first person essay on a personal experience

SPECIAL SECTION: The departments below do not require a query or writing sample.

* *We Like Your Style: Submit 4 pictures of yourself that reflect your style
* *Cuisine: Submit your recipe with 4 pictures
* *Question of the Issue: Submit your response with the Question as your subject

Note: We do not print articles that have been previously published. We also do not accept queries that do not meet our writer’s guidelines. All submissions must be sent via email to editor@africanvibes.com

ACCEPTANCE PROCEDURE

Once your proposal has been accepted and your article written, please keep in mind that there will likely be more work to do. Additional research and editing are normal parts of the editorial process, and every African Vibes Magazine article will undergo several complete edits. For substantial alterations, stories will be returned to writers for revisions or rewrites. If time is short, changes will occur after telephone or face-to-face consultation. However, last-minute cuts without notification may be necessary because of space limitations.

PAYMENT

Our pay depends on a number of varying factors such as length, research involved, etc. Payment will be discussed at time of assignment and upon publication. Payment assumes African Vibes holds non-exclusive first North American rights and electronic rights. Unless otherwise agreed upon the story is exclusive to African Vibes. Checks are mailed to writers along with a copy of the issue in which their article appears. Some writers prefer to write as contributors without a cash compensation. Such writers are listed with a mini bio in our contributors section.