Freelance Writing - Paying Markets and More

by Gayle Trent

by Gayle Trent

Here are some resources to help you get published.Also see Gayle Trent’s article on Freelance Writing - Gaining Writing Experience.

NEWSPAPERS:
This link gives you information about newspapers in all fifty states and provides links to many of the newspapers’ web sites.
http://www.50states.com/news/

OP-ED PIECES:

Adbusters (paying market)
Guidelines: http://adbusters.org/information/guidelines

Home & Family (paying market)
Guidelines: http://www.worldwidefreelance.com/guidelines/homefam.htm

Woman Abroad (offers both paying and non-paying opportunities)
Guidelines: http://www.worldwidefreelance.com/Retired/womanabroad.htm

The Sacramento Bee
Guidelines: http://www.sna.com/sacbedit/opedinfo.html

Additional Op-Ed Markets include:
Chicago Reader, Daily News of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Chronicle Forum, The Star Ledger, Star Tribune, The Chronicle of Higher Education and Washington Free Press.
http://www.writersdatabase.com/oped.shtml

NON-PAYING MARKETS:

There are 285 listings for markets that do not offer pay at http://www.writerswrite.net/pubsrch3.cfm.

CONTESTS:

Freelance Writing.com
http://www.freelancewriting.com/contests.html

Writing-World.com
http://www.tipsforwriters.com/contests/index.html

Gayle Trent has been writing for a number of years and has published four novels and a children’s book. You can learn more about Gayle and her books at http://www.graceabraham.com/

Related articles:

  1. Freelance Writing - Gaining Writing Experience
  2. Freelance Writers - Finding the Right Publication for You