Our State is a print magazine that publishes articles on the “people, places, culture, and history of North Carolina.” They prefer to receive a 1-2 paragraph query about the article you would like to write. View their Editorial Calendar to create a proposal that will fit into their schedule. Pay is on acceptance for the amount agreed upon. Writers’ Guidelines.
Coastal Review Online is a daily online publication
published by the N.C. Coastal Federation. It covers environmental and
conservation events and issues along the N.C. coast, the history and culture of
the coast, “green” travel stories, and profiles of noteworthy people. Editors
buy first-time serial rights (including the right to publish the material on the CRO website and archive the material indefinitely on the site).
Payment is $75-$200 for 800-2,000-word articles. To learn more, read the submissions guidelines: https://www.coastalreview.org/about/submissions/write-cro/
Carolina Parent is a parenting magazine published monthly by Morris Communication Company, LLC. It caters for Wake, Durham and Orange counties in North Carolina. A typical issue will have a theme and will include regular features and columns. They require that submissions by freelancers be exclusive within the magazine’s region. They consider reprints of articles from publications outside their region. Features range from 600 to 1,200 words. They pay between $75 and $300 per article. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
The Broad Street Review is conceived as an "arts and culture forum." They are primarily focused on things happening in Philadelphia, but accept submissions from writers around the world. They cover "Art, Books, the Creative Economy, Dance, Design, Film and TV, Museums, Music, and Theater, plus a catchall category called Cross-Cultural. " They pay $50 to $100 per post. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
Chicago Reader is Chicago's largest weekly newspaper. They are mostly staff written, but they welcome submissions of "narrative features, insightful criticism, timely blog posts, or expertly composed videos that
come from freelance contributors." They pay competitive rates. To learn more, read their submission
guidelines.
Minnesota Parent is a family magazine covering "maternity, childbirth, kid health and development, child care, education, toys and technology." They have a particular need for feature writers who are comfortable doing interviews and reporting. Payment is negotiated at a flat rate. One payment report indicates payment of $300 for a feature. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
Minnesota Conservation Volunteer is the magazine of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. They want features and essays on the state’s natural resources and outdoor recreation. They like anecdotes and quotes used liberally. They pay $0.50/word for features and essays, $50-100 for online rights to features, essays and reprints. Details here.
Outdoor Oklahoma is a magazine of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. They occasionally buy freelance articles, and accept reprints. Word count: Above 1,500 for features, 500-1,500 for shorter articles. Pay: $300-450 for features, $125-250 for shorter articles, $75 for sidebars and “Off the Beaten Path” articles. Details here.
Ventana Monthly wants sophisticated, tightly focused articles related to Ventura County. Topics of interest include personalities, philanthropy, architecture, food, sports, shopping and travel. Word count: 400-1,500. Pay: $0.20/word. Details here. –– http://www.ventanamonthly.com/writers.php
Kentucky Monthly features articles on Kentucky’s culture, food, history, lifestyle, outdoors, travel and human interest. Pitch early. Word count: 1,000-2,500 Pay: $0.15/word
Details
here. ––
http://www.kentuckymonthly.com/downloads/1110/download/Kentributor%20GuidelinesREV12-13.pdf