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Freelance markets and contract jobs opportunities listed below. Since permanent jobs are so locale specific, we leave those to local publications since here we want to reach as many folks as possible. Note: these markets are the caliber of FundsforWriters and TOTAL FundsforWriters meaning $350 or 20 cents/word in payment. See FFW Small Markets newsletter for smaller paying markets. 

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 LEHIGH VALLEY STYLE (a Pennsylvania Regional Publication)
http://www.lehighvalleystyle.com/about-us
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We prefer a written proposal of 250 to 300 words as a preliminary query. The proposal should convince us that we should cover the subject, offer descriptive information on how you, the writer, would treat the subject and offer us an opportunity to judge
your writing ability. Background information and writing credentials are helpful.

You may send your submission via electronic mail to editor@lehighvalleystyle.com . If you have supporting material or clips of previously published work, you may prefer to send your proposal through the United States mail. Address it to: Lisa J. Gotto, Editor-in-Chief, Lehigh Valley Style, 3245 Freemansburg Avenue, Palmer, PA 18045. If you send your proposal by post, please include a self-addressed stamped envelope for materials to be returned. If we decide to commission an article, the writer receives full payment on publication. If the article is found unsuitable through no fault of the writer, 25% of the payment serves as a kill fee.

Lehigh Valley Style is buying First North American Serial Rights only. Our article length ranges from an 1,800-word HomeStyle
column to a 2,500-word full-length feature. We consider focused subjects that fall within the general range of Lehigh Valley Style interests, such as: home design, engaging personalities, gourmet food, art, culture, health, wellness, beauty, and fashion. We do not consider previously published articles. We have a three-month lead time. Pays 50 cents/word and up.

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MAKEZINE
http://makezine.com/submissions.csp
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Pays $25-$100 for a 50-250-word review of a gadget, website, tool, newsletter, instructional video, book, magazine, CD or instrument. If you've made something cool (or have come up with a cool hack or tweak for something) and want to show other people how to make one, we'd like to publish it in our projects section - 200-750 words. We have several sections with articles about interesting things made by people or groups of people. "Made on Earth" is a section with large photos of projects and their
makers, along with 200-word stories about them. "Maker" is a longer profile of a dedicated maker-of-cool-things. And we also have 600- to 1,000-word articles about groups, companies, clubs, and technologies relating to DIY projects. Everything other than reviews are negotiated for payment.

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YOUTH TODAY
http://www.youthtoday.org/template/page.cfm?id=137
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Youth Today is the national trade newspaper for people who work with children and youth. The Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit
newspaper is published monthly except for two combined issues — July/August and December/January. Our readers are primarily professional youth workers and administrators of youth service, youth advocacy and youth policy programs. They include direct care workers (teachers, day care providers, counselors, recreation staff, juvenile corrections officers), managers of nonprofit and for-profit agencies (from the YMCA down to the smallest community-based agencies), operators of faith-based programs and public agencies, academics, lobbyists, government administrators, and legislative and executive staff. We cover just about any issue involving youth and the adults who work on their behalf, from direct-care services, health and juvenile justice to government policies and legislation, funding for youth programs and youth development. Pays as much as 80 cents/word.

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 THE BIG ISSUE
http://www.bigissue.org.au/the-magazine/contribute/
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The Big Issue Australia is one of Australia’s leading social enterprises providing creative solutions to the issue of homelessness.
Accepts unsolicited manuscripts. Alternatively writers can pitch stories by email first. To be considered the pitch should be one paragraph long and contain a topic sentence, a sample introductory sentence, and give the story angle, writing tone, suggested word length, a list of possible interviewees (if appropriate) and whether or not photographs and/or illustrative material is available. Feature stories run between 600–1,200 words (and most commonly are two-page spreads of approx 850 words), columns are around 600 words, and one-page pieces are usually 600–650 words. The standard rate of pay for features and news stories is 20 cents a word. Payment for film, book, DVD and CD reviews is a flat rate of $30.

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JET AWAY MAGAZINE
http://jet2mag.com/contact/
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The in-flight magazine for Northern England’s low-cost airline, Jet2. Feature articles range from 1,000 to 1,400 words long, and compensation depends on the article length and topic. Query first. Send your story or photo pitch to: gemma.harris@ink-publishing.com . Guidelines not available on website. They prefer you request them via email.

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PINK
http://www.pinkmagazine.com/about/writer_guidelines.html
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The PINK reader is a sophisticated, highly successful female business executive or entrepreneur. PINK endeavors to be a vital tool to help her find greater financial independence and success in work and more joy in life.

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 ORION
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/mag/guidelines_for_article_submissions
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We are now only accepting queries and manuscripts during posted submission periods. The next submission period will be January 15-30, 2010. Manuscripts received during this time will receive a response by April 30, 2010. Orion welcomes your thoughtful submissions concerning the collision of nature and culture, the commingling of people and places. The editors place a high value on fresh and surprising material, as well as fresh and surprising approaches to material that might otherwise seem commonplace. Although the articles in any given issue of Orion range widely over a vast terrain, the notion of ecology is the glue that holds it all together. Feature articles range from 1,500 to 5,000 words, departments from 350 to 1,200 words. Lead time is
typically six to nine months. Pays $400 to $1,000 for feature pieces, $50 to $450 for shorter texts.

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GREATER GOOD MAGAZINE
http://peacecenter.berkeley.edu/greatergood/about_us/submission_guidelines.html
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Writers for Greater Good range from behavioral and social scientists to grade school teachers and journalists. Greater Good’s articles mix science reporting with storytelling, often highlighting groundbreaking academic research, but in a manner that’s engaging and accessible to a popular audience. If you are interested in writing an article for the magazine, please first submit a 250-word article proposal. Features are between 1,000 and 2,500 words in length. Payment for feature articles is $.25/word. Book reviews are a maximum of 400 words and pay a flat rate of $75. Payment for research briefs is a flat rate of $75. Interviews for Greater Good are between 1,500-2,000 words, including a brief introduction to the Q&A. Payment for interviews is a flat rate of $350.

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ACTION ONLINE MAGAZINE
http://www.unitedspinal.org/publications/action/writer%e2%80%99s-guidelines/
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The bimonthly news magazine of the United Spinal Association is a benefit to members of the organization: people with spinal cord injury or dysfunction, as well as caregivers, parents and some spinal cord injury/dysfunction professionals. The audience is better educated in the subject of spinal cord medicine than average, but be careful not to be too technical. Feature word count between 750 and 1,200 words--1,500 words maximum. Column word count of 350 to 500 words--750 words maximum. Pays up to $400.

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 AMERICAN WAY
http://www.americanwaymag.com/AW/ContactUs.aspx
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American Way, available to every passenger on every American Airlines flight, consistently delivers award-winning content
and design that covers the latest trends in travel, lifestyle, and business.

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YOU & ME
http://www.youandmemagazine.com/pages/submissions
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You&Me America's Medical Magazine seeks non-fiction articles, preferably from a first-person perspective, about the human
aspects of dealing with all medical issues, from the life threatening to the chronic to the so-called "trivial." We do not want all happy endings or all sad endings- and we invite articles dealing with end-of-life issues from a first person or close family perspective. We can use some health-care provider prospectives, poetry and expressionistic pieces, and cartoons. We do not want or use informational articles.

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GRANTA
http://www.granta.com/Magazine/Submissions-policy
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Granta does not have a political or literary manifesto, but it does have a belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story’s supreme ability to describe, illuminate and make real.

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CHARISMA
http://www.charismamag.com/ 
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A monthly magazine covering items of interest to the Pentecostal or independent charismatic reader. Buys all rights. Publishes expose, general interest, profiles and religious opinion and current events. Pays up to $1,000. Features are 2,000 to 3,000 words. No fiction.

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CHRISTIANITY TODAY
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/help/guidelines.html 
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Biblical teaching as it meets today's challenges. Pays up to 35 cents/word for 1,200 to 5,200 words. Must query first. Will consider reprints. Compiles articles on specific trends, hot issues, and people that have shaped the news and evangelical thought.

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DECISION MAGAZINE
http://www.billygraham.org/DMag_WritersGuidelines.asp 
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Decision magazine’s purpose is to set forth the Good News of salvation in Jesus Christ with such clarity that readers will be drawn to make a commitment to Christ; to encourage, teach and strengthen Christians to walk daily with Christ and to reach out to others for Christ. Publishes articles about finding Jesus, sharing faith and personal experience. Pays up to $400 for up to 1,500 words. Pays $200 for Finding Jesus columns pieces of up to 600 words.

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