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Please feel free to peruse of this list of writers guidelines to assist you in your effort to market your work. Be sure to visit the publication's website because guidelines can change, publications can cease operation or the editorial staff can change too. To improve your odds of success, read the publication's guidelines to see what they have published in the last 6 months and ensure that your submission is submitted as per instruction from the guidelines.

Youth Worker Journal
http://www.youthworkerjournal.com/information/writersguidelines
Focus: For youth workers who work in churches, parachurch  and other settings
Needs: Various articles for online and print publications. Accepts reviews of books, music, curriculum products, articles on theology of youth, programs, teaching activities, encouragement
Pays: Pays $10 for small fillers and up to hundreds for major articles. Web only content is not paying market.
Email queries to:
Articles@youthworker.com.
 
Dovetail Institute for Interfaith Family Resources
http://www.dovetailinstitute.org/writers.html
Focus: From the website: Resource for Intermarriage, Interfaith Family Life and Raising Children Interfaith.
Needs: Themed editorial list incl. back to school, holiday, weddings, and various topics.
Pays: $25 plus 2 copies (800-1000 wrds), $15 plus 2 copies for 500 wrd book reviews.
Email submissions to:
DI-IFR@Bardstown. com
 
School Transportation News
http://www.stnonline.com/stn/aboutstn/writersguidelines/index.htm
Focus: news and information specific to student transportation
Needs: Current news (national, state, or regional), maintenance, current industry developments, products news, opinion news
Pays: On a case by case basis
Queries to:
ryan@stnonline. com
 
Poker Pages
http://www.pokerpages.com/contact/contact-writerguidelines.htm
Focus: Online poker portal
Needs: Articles pertaining to "novice-specific information, playing
strategy, trip and tournament reports, analysis, fiction, interviews,
professional player profiles, and features." 800-1200 words.
Pays: Set rate but rate not listed.
Inquiries via online form. Complete articles to:
editor@pokerpages. com

Theatre Forum
http://www-theatre.ucsd.edu/TF/contrib.html
Focus: Innovative theatre, dance and musical theatre in performance context.
Needs: Articles pertaining to specific performances concerning social or political context of work, relation to compariable works, audience,
Pays: 5 cents per word up to max. $150
Proposals to: to Theatreforum@ ucsd.edu
 
Herbs For Health
Focus: Herbs (benefits of herbs, including their role in various healing arts)
Needs: Articles on scientific research, medicinal recipes to legislative updates (300-3000 words)
Pays: Will be negotiated between writer and editor
Submissions via email: editor@herbsforhealth.com
 
Marco Polo Magazine
http://www.marcopolomagazine.com/writers/guidelines.asp
Focus: adventure travelers over 50
Needs: News, features on travel for tour company
senior travellers with photos
Pays: $200
Submissions and queries to:
james@marcopolomagazine.com
 
Today's School
http://www.peterli.com/ts/pdfs/writets.pdf
Focus: Magazine for K-12 administrators
Needs: Articles on administration, technology and facilities, training and staff development
Pays: $100 -$400 depending on subject. length and quality
Queries preferred to:
soconnor@peterli.com
 
Focus: The New York City subway system
Needs: Essays, poetry and photos.
Payment: Only offers payment for featured essays $20
Complete manuscripts to: submissions@thesubwaychronicles.com
 
Focus: Technologies
Needs: Articles, tutorials, reviews, opinion pieces
Pays: Payment varies depending on quality and length
No specific email address listed. Submit query via online form under 'Contact'.
 
Focus: Fitness
Needs: Publishes articles on wellness, fitness, nutrition and health, training, sports, active lifestyles
Pays: Not listed
Send queries to
editor@fitplusmag.com
 
Focus: international, interdenominational audience - Christians
Needs: devotionals
Pays: $25 US
Email submissions to:
TheUpperRoomMagazine@upperroom.org
 
Focus: Real life experiences of Westerners
Needs: Essays and opinion pieces of interest to target market
Pays: $100-$200 US
Submissions to:
betsym@hcn.org.
 
Focus: short private detective fiction (7-8K words normally)
Needs: Stories about private eyes, reviews
Pays: $10 US
Query first to:
g_so@yahoo.com
 
Focus: Humor
Needs: Articles relating to comedy, and of interest to performers, also essays, jokes and fillers
Pays: $25-$50 US for articles, $15- $20 US for essays, jokes
Submissions via online link.
 
Childbirth Solutions
Articles on preconception, childbirth, pregnancy, postpartum Maximum 2000 words
Pays $25.00 for unsolicited articles, $40 for assigned
 
Make: Technology On Your Time
From the website: Make is a do-it-yourself technology magazine written by makers. When you write something for Make, use your voice. Tell us the story behind your project.
There are four types of content in Make: Projects, Features, Reviews, and Everything Else. (If you have an idea for something that doesn't fit in one of the first three areas but is still related to do-it-yourself technology, we'd like to hear about it, too – hence the Everything Else category.)
Pays: $25 to $100 for a review. Payment for other types of content will be negotiated.
See website for complete submission details.
 
Real Money
From the website: REAL MONEY is an 8-page newsletter offering practical tips to help people live in harmony with their social and environmental values. REAL MONEY is published by Co-op America, a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to helping people put the power of their money to use for personal satisfaction and a better world.
Pay: Neg     Query First

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