16 September 2010

100 Highest-Paying Magazines for Articles/Non-Literary Works

This is a general list and is not exclusive to African writers. Please click on the magazine title to view the guidelines and check if they are accepting submissions at this time. For magazines paying on a per-word basis, our assumption is that an article contains 1,000 words. Top-paying markets for poetry can be found here, and for short stories here. Kindly advise us of broken links.

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

Best of luck.

1. Explore Magazine pays $1500 minimum

2. Hispanic Business pays up to $1500 per article

3. National Parks Magazine pays $1300 for features and travel articles

4. The Progressive pays $1300

5. Family Fun pays $1.25 per word

6. Smithsonian pays $1000 to $1500 for last word humor page

7. Entrepreneur pays $1 per word

8. On Wall Street pays $1 per word

9. Discovery Channel Online pays $1 per word

10. Robb Report pays $1 per word

11. This Old House pays $1 per word

12. U.S Airways pays $1 per word

13. Vibe Magazine pays $1 per word

14. Wish pays $1 per word

15. Trazzler pays $1000 per month

16. Sierra Magazine pays $750 - $3500

17. Car & Driver pays $750 - $3000 per article; send e-mail to editors@caranddriver.com

18. Wine Enthusiast pays $750 - $2000; query by sending e-mail to tmoriarity@wineenthusiast.com

19. National Parks Magazine pays $750 - $1300 per article; issues kill fee if article doesn't run

20. About.com pays $675 per month plus bonuses for traffic

21. Scrap Magazine pays $600 - $1000

22. Chile Pepper pays $600

23. Baby Talk Magazine pays $500 - $2000; query by mail to 530 5th Avenue, NY NY 10036 and be sure to include a SASE

24. Sub Tropics pays $500 - $1000

25. Romantic Homes pays $500

26. Meetings Media pays $500 per article

27. HistoryNet pays $500

28. American Scholar pays up to $500

29. Vietnam Magazine pays $400 - $800

30. The Saturday Evening Post pays up to $400

31. Metro Parent pays $350 per article

32. The Sun Magazine pays $300 to $3000

33. North Shore pays $300 to $1500

34. American Kennel Club Gazzette pays $300 - $500 per article

35. America's Civil War pays $300 minimum

36. GoMediaZine pays up to $300 per article

37. Art Calendar pays $250

38. Chidren's Advocate pays $225 - $450

39. Paste Magazine pays $0.25 per word

40. Credit Today pays $200 - $1400

41. Kitchen and Bath Design News pays $200 - $650

42. Her Sports pays $200 - $600 per assigned article

43. Blade Magazine pays $200 - $300

44. Christian Science Monitor pays $200 - $225 per article

45. SQLServerPerformance.com pays up to $200 for 1500-word articles

46. AAA Living pays $150 - $1800 per assigned article

47. Laptop Magazine pays $150 - $1250

48. Model Railroad Hobbyist pays $150 - $1000

49. Aerospace Magazine pays $150 - $750

50. Boys Life pays $150 - $750

51. Persimmon Hill pays $150 - $300

52. The Network Journal pays $150 - $200

53. psd.tut pays $150 per tutorial

54. Threads pays $150 per page

55. Skirt Magazine pays $150 per article

56. New York Spirit pays $150

57. Minnesota Trails Magazine pays $125 minimum

58. ProBlogDesign pays $125 per post

59. SitePoint pays $100 plus bonuses

60. Astronomy pays $100 - $1000

61. Brick pays $100 - $500 per submission

62. International Living pays $100 - $500

63. Family Motor Coaching Magazine pays $100 - $500

64. Northwest Travel pays $100 - $500

65. Seattle Homes & Lifestyles pays $100 - $400 per article

66. Broken Pencil pays $100 - $400

67. Russian Life Magazine pays $100 - $300

68. Readers Digest pays $100 - $300 for accepted jokes and humor

69. Dance Teacher pays $100 - $300; e-mail jtu@dancemedia.com for guidelines

70. Bee Culture pays $100 - $250

71. Web Design Tuts pays $100 per tutorial

72. Web Design Tuts pays $100 per tutorial

73. Snafu Designs pays $100 per idea; guidelines at info@snafuguidelines

74. DotNet Slackers pays $100 per article

75. Common Ties pays $100 per story

76. Martini Media Network pays $100 per article

77. Dropzone.com pays $100

78. Technical Articles on Power Supply Power pays $100

79. Auto Pilot Magazine pays $100

80. Messaging Talk pays up to $100 per article

81. Greater Good pays $75 - $350

82. Graphic Design School pays $75 - $120

83. Qatar Vistor pays $75 per article

84. Sex, etc pays $75 per article

85. Apron Strings pays €60 - €100

86. LabMice pays $60 - $100

87. Freelance Switch pays $60 per guest post

88. Across the Board pays $50 - $2500 per article

89. Family Business pays $50 - $1000

90. Oregon Humanities pays $50 - $800

91. Tutorial9 pays $50 - $300

92. TutToaster pays $50 - $200 per article or tutorial

93. Australian Women Online pays $50 - $150 per article

94. Radish pays $50 - $150

95. DeveloperTutorials.com pays $50 - $100 for tutorials

96. Seattle Dining pays $50 - $60

97. Room Magazine pays C$50 - C$75

98. PS Deluxe pays $50 per tutorial

99. The Change Agent pays $50

100. International Living pays $50

101. Literary Traveler pays $50

102. Woman's Day pays $50
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