Paying market: Wow! Women on Writing's The Portable Writer issue

Deadline: 15 February 2012 (queries)

WOW! Call for Queries: The Portable Writer

Issue 50 (May/ June) is all about being a self-sufficient, independent woman. You have the ability to pick up and go at the drop of a hat because you have a portable career! You may be a travel writer, blogger, teacher, or website owner who knows the importance of not having to rely on anyone or anyplace for income. Maybe you're familiar with online technology (such as webinars, etc.) that helped launch your portable career? Or maybe you've found writing retreats are the only way you can focus on your novel? Travel writing articles are encouraged. So are writing escapes. Spark any ideas? This issue is wide open, and we're looking for solid tour guides to help us achieve this dream lifestyle!

Payment is $50 - $150 per article. Read the guidelines here.

Contact Information:

For submissions: submissions[at]wow-womenonwriting[dot]com

Website: http://wow-womenonwriting.com

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Today's Top-paying Writing Jobs, Free Competitions, Paying Markets

Top-paying writing job(s):

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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Today's Top-paying Writing Jobs, Free Competitions, Paying Markets

Top-paying writing job(s):

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. Best of luck.

1. From Day Spring Cards, topic: greeting cards, pays $60 per work

2. From Verona-Cedar Grove Patch, topic: green living, health, mom blog, pays $50 per work

3. From Record Breeze, topic: high school reports, pays $35 per work

4. From Alternative Press, topic: local events, sports, pays $25 per work

5. From eHow, topic: home and garden, pays $20 per work

6. From Craigslist, topic: business, finance, pays $17.6 per work

7. From Elance, topic: women's health, pays $12 per work

8. From In The Know Traveler, topic: travel, pays $8.89 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. Macmillan Novel Competition, novel-crime, prize: $10000, deadline: 5 November 2010

2. Idea MI, slogan/short text, prize: $670, deadline: 10 October 2010

3. Baille Gifford, essay, prize: $400, deadline: 30 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. Fantasy & Science Fiction, science fiction, payment: $0.06 per word, deadline: open

2. Strange Horizons, science fiction, payment: $0.05 per word, deadline: open

3. Analog, science fiction, payment: $0.06 per word, deadline: open

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Today's Top-Paying Writing Jobs (plus free-to-enter competitions/ paying markets)

Top-paying writing job(s):

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. Best of luck.

1. From Workingbase, topic: affiliate marketing, pays $40 per 400-word article

2. From Peopleperhour, topic: general/press releases, pays $20 per 400-word article

3. From Limeexchange, topic: general, pays $9.6 per 400-word article

4. From Craigslist, topic: random, pays $6.67 per 400-word article

5. From Odesk, topic: SEO material, pays $6 per 400-word article

6. From Freelancer, topic: general, pays $5.33 per 400-word article

7. From Elance, topic: about Glee, pays $4 per 400-word article

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 Contest(s):

1. The Bruised Peach Press, poetry - sonnet, prosodym prize: $50, deadline: 1 December 2010

2. The Bruised Peach Press, haiku, prize: $50, deadline: 1 March 2011

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The Parents Papers Seeks True Stories (payment - $100)

Deadline: open

The Parent Papers are true stories about the everyday challenges of raising kids. These are not preachy sermons as our intended audience is more broad than any single religion. All children present challenges and all parents have stories. We want to include rather than exclude any specific group. We're all in this crazy ride together... so let's help each other remember we're not alone with the challenges that bump us along the way.

Our stories are not for a 'how-to' parenting book. These are stories to make our readers laugh, cry, sigh, and see themselves through another's tale. We intend these anthologies to reflect the reality of parenting - warts and all. Overly sentimental and unrealistic stories will not provide the support for everyday parents that is the goal of this project. We want parents to feel support through our anthologies, NOT judgement.

We are currently concentrating our story collection on themes more specific to younger children although we have every intention of expanding our anthologies to include all age groups at later dates. Please see our 'Under Development' tab for the topics we are currently accepting.

The stories should be written in the first person. It should be more than an anecdote - a story about problems during potty training could end in the child's first full day of success; or a temper tantrum could end with a parent's new idea on how to deal with it; or a tale about a child talking back in a particular situation could end with how the problem solved or even if it was solved. Kids are so funny that even the worst situation can be funny or inspiring if it is approached from the right angle.

Mostly, these stories should come from your heart. No matter how angry or disappointed we may become with our children, they always hold our hearts in their little hands... so the story should come from the heart as well. And remember, yours may be the only story that speaks to another parent across the country. Your story is important!

The Nitty Gritty

Stories should be in the first person. Submissions from parents, grandparents, and any caregivers/babysitters are welcome.

Please submit only true stories - something that has happened either to you or someone you know.

Story length between 300-1000 words.

Please submit only stories that have not been previously published.

There are two ways to submit.

Option One: Use the submission form on this site.

Option Two: Submit via email at submissions@theparentpapers.co Please, no attachments. Send the story in the body.


If your story is chosen for publication in one of our anthologies, you will be paid $100 (US) upon publication of the book.

More information here.

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Paying Market: Girls Who Bite (Vampire Anthology)

Deadline: 1 November 2010

Girls Who Bite is open to all authors.

Editor Delilah Devlin is looking for lesbian vampire stories for a romantic anthology entitled Girls Who Bite.

“Dark hungers, shocking thirsts… For blood, for connection… A sharing of nourishment and comfort… Infliction and acceptance of pain…”

A vampire is the ultimate bad girl. The word invokes images of dark, shadowy liaisons. Whether the story depicts a traditional blood-drinker seducing a meal, a psychic vampire stealing life-force from an unknowing host, or a real-life sanguinarian seeking a partner to share a ritual bloodletting to cement a bond, the stories should be varied and unexpected. Writers are encouraged to investigate vampire myths from around the world, looking for something fresh to add to the pantheon. Published authors with an established vampire world may use that setting for their original short story.

Keep in mind there must be a romantic element with a happy-for-now or happy-ever-after ending. Strong plots, engaging characters and unique twists are the ultimate goal. Please no reprints. We are seeking original stories.

How to submit: Prepare your 2,000 to 4,500 words story in a double-spaced, Times or Times New Roman, 12 point, black font Word document with pages numbered (.doc, NOT.docx) OR rich text format. Indent the first line of each paragraph half an inch and double space (regular double spacing, do not add extra lines between paragraphs or do any other irregular spacing). US grammar (double quotation marks around dialogue, etc.) is required. Include your legal name (and pseudonym if applicable), mailing address, and 50 word or less bio in the third person to girlswhobite@gmail.com. If you are using a pseudonym, please provide your real name and pseudonym and make it clear which one you’d like to be credited as. Authors may submit up to 2 stories. Delilah will respond to you in November 2010. The publisher has final approval over the manuscript.

Payment will be $50.00 USD and two copies of the published book upon publication.

About the editor: Ms. Devlin has published over sixty stories in multiple genres and lengths. Her published print titles include Into the Darkness, Seduced by Darkness, Darkness Captured, Down in Texas and Texas Men. Her short stories are features in Cleis Press’s Lesbian Cowboys, Girl Crush, Fairy Tale Lust, Lesbian Lust, and will be featured in Carnal Machines and Passion. She is published by Avon, Kensington, Atria/Strebor, Ellora’s Cave, Samhain Publishing, and in 2011, Berkley.

Direct any questions you have regarding your story or the submission process to Delilah at girlswhobite@gmail.com.

More information here.

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