Orlando Family Magazine is a monthly publication for families in Central Florida area. The magazine includes parenting ideas, family activities and a wide range of invaluable resource guides. Their editorial content is aimed at parents with children aged 0 to 15. They generally pay $50 to $75 for original manuscripts for feature articles. To contact them, refer to this page.
Bay Nature is a quarterly magazine that is “dedicated to the intelligent and joyful exploration of the natural places, plants, and wildlife of the San Francisco Bay Area.” They welcome queries from people working in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their articles and features are generally 700 to 3,000 words long. Payment is a flat fee that works out to $0.20-$1.00/word based on the writer's experience and article difficulty. Further details can be found here.
Raising Arizona Kids is a local publication that is targeted toward “caring, open-minded, and intellectually curious Arizona parents within the 25-59 age range.” They only work with writers who are based in Arizona. For feature submissions (1,000 words or more), they pay $100 and up. For departmental submissions (300 to 600 words), they pay $50 and up. For web-exclusive posts (300 to 600 words), they pay $50 and up. To learn more, refer to their writer guidelines.
Western New York Family is a parenting resource for the Buffalo, New York metro area. They want articles that address parenting issues with a Western New York connection whenever possible. Since, it’s a regional publication, they give preference to local writers who bring local content for them. They pay $40 to $150 per article. To learn more, read their writer’s guidelines.
The Boston Globe Magazine is published weekly inside the Sunday paper of The Boston Globe (a newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts). For new writers, the best places to start with the magazine are the Perspective column (which includes opinionated essays of 800 words on timely local news topics) and Connections (which includes first-person essays of 650 words on relationships of any kind). According to payment reports, they pay up to $1.33 per word. To learn more, visit this page
South Dakota Magazine explores the experience of living in the state of South Dakota. It is published six times a year. They want articles that focus on South Dakota’s “culture, environment, lifestyles, history, heritage, natural resources or people.” They are more likely to approve articles that are accompanied by photos. They pay between $25 and $200 for feature articles of 500 to 2500 words. To learn more, refer to this page
Oregon Humanities Magazine is a triannual publication that “connects Oregonians to ideas that change lives and transform communities.” They exclusively publish work by Oregon-based creators. They prefer completed drafts but also accept queries and proposals. For shorter online pieces, they pay $200 to $300. For personal essays and features, they pay $500 to $1,000. Details here.
425 Business is a monthly business-lifestyle magazine with a readership of 89,000. Their content is focused on the Eastside’s business professionals and general consumers -- covering the Seattle area cities of Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Issaquah, and more. They cover “everything from the economy to startups.” Payment reports suggest that they pay $0.15 per word. To learn more, refer to this page.
Chicago Magazine is a print and online publication that focuses on the culture, lifestyles and politics of Chicago. They want writers to send a brief pitch of 1 to 3 paragraphs stressing why their idea is unique and compelling for their readers. They do not publish stories which lack a Chicago angle. Payment reports suggest that they pay up to $1.00 per word. To learn more, visit this page
Chesapeake Family is a free monthly parenting magazine for parents in the Chesapeake region of Maryland. Editors look for easy-to-read useful material. According to writers’ guidelines, editors want their readers “to feel understood, supported and empowered to make healthy parenting and life choices and learn something they don’t already know.” Editors consider both original articles and reprints. Payment is $75-200 for features (about 1,000 words) and columns (750 words). Payment is $35 for reprints. To learn more, read writers’ guidelines: https://www.chesapeakefamily.com/about-us-menu/37-employment/40-writers-guidelines.