This list is provided daily and entries are not recycled. We review all writing job/contest announcements and calls for submissions daily and include those offering decent payment to writers.
1. From Knit Today, topic: craft, pays $375 per work
2. From Full House, topic: holiday stories, pays $150 per work
3. From Craigslist, topic: technology and business, pays $120 per work
4. From Craigslist, topic: personal, pays $50 per work
5. From Thriving Family, topic: family, pays $50 per work
6. From BizReef, topic: academic, pays $16.67 per work
7. From Craigslist, topic: products, pays $15 per work
8. From Odesk, topic: beauty, pays $15 per work
9. From ProBlogger, topic: home and garden, pays $15 per work
10. From Problogger, topic: art, painting, pays $10 per work
Note: To make rates comparable, we have converted them to 400-word rate (standard one-page article, double-spaced). Please click on the site link to see actual pay rates.
Free Writing Competition(s):
1. American Heritage Scholarship Series, essay, prize: $10000, deadline: 31 March 2011
2. Creative Loafing's Annual Fiction Contest, short story, prize: $1000, deadline: 31 August 2011
3. Amazing Travel Stories, travel articles, prize: $500, deadline: 30 September 2010
4. 2011 Sylvia K. Burack Writing Award (for students), essay, prize: $500, deadline: 19 November 2010
5. Sylvan Writing Contest (for students), essay, prize: $300, deadline: 29 October 2010
6. Life of St. Francis of Assisi, essay, prize: $100, deadline: 29 October 2010
7. Tis The Season Writing Contes, short story, prize: $100, deadline: 30 September 2010
8. Christmas Writing Contest, short story, prize: $20, deadline: 23 November 2010
Note: All prizes are converted to US dollars or valued as such in case of prizes in kind. Check the site for actual prizes.
Paying Market(s):
1. The Mothman Files, short story, payment: $0.05 per word, deadline: open
2. Riddle Fence, short story, payment: $30 per story, deadline: open
3. The New Writer, short story, payment: $15 per story, deadline: 1 July 2011
4. Gloaming Magazine, short story/nonfiction, payment: $0.01 per word, deadline: open
5. The New Writer, poetry, payment: $7.5 per poem, deadline: open
6. Gloaming Magazine, poetry, payment: $5 per poem, deadline: open
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