20 April 2012

Paying Market: Readers Digest South Africa Seeks Story Contributions

So you want to be a writer… Send Readers Digest South Africa your joke, anecdote or story, and if they publish it in the magazine they’ll pay as follows:

MY STORY R2500 - Personal stories beyond the call of daily life. They must be true, unpublished, original and 800-1000 words in length. Email your story to: mystory@readersdigest.co.za

KINDNESS OF STRANGERS UP TO R1500 - Inspiring acts of unexpected kindness and generosity: tell us how one made your day – or changed your life. 100-500 words. Email your story to: kindness@readersdigest.co.za

LIFE, LAUGH, WORK! R300-R600. SMART ANIMALS UP TO R600 - What made you laugh today? A crazy pet? A child’s comment? A colleague’s blunder? Send in your real-life gem for Life!, Work, Smart Animals or As Kids See It, or for use as a short filler. Got a new joke? Send it in for Laugh! It’s the Best Medicine. For Smart Animals email: smartanimals@readersdigest.co.za. For jokes, anecdotes, and everything else email: editor@readersdigest.co.za

IS IT JUST ME? UP TO R1500 - Can you be witty about the trials and mysteries of modern life? Get it off your chest in 500 words. Send your submissions to: isitjustme@readersdigest.co.za

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For submissions: see above contact e-mail addresses

Website: http://www.readersdigest.co.za
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