Paying Market: Paste Magazine

06 May 2010
Paying Market: Paste Magazine
Paste Magazine pays $0.25/word

About the Magazine
Paste magazine is a monthly publication focusing on music, film, books and other forms arts and entertainment. We focus on a variety of musical genres—-rock, singer/songwriters, alt.country, Americana, indie rock, world music, electronica and whatever else we think will grab music-lovers seeking something a little deeper. Paste strives to cover the best music in this eclectic mix, devoting space to independent musicians alongside more established artists. The tagline, “Signs of Life in Music, Film and Culture,” refers to the depth and meaning we feel the best art is capable of conveying.

Solicitations & Assignments:
Paste Magazine welcomes unsolicited articles from anyone who believes the piece is appropriate for Paste and its readers. (Hint: Best way to figure out what is appropriate is to read the magazine.)

Submissions may be edited and may be published at any time. Writers will be paid upon publication. Paste retains the right to also publish everything that appears in our magazine on the PasteMagazine.com website and other sites that use our content.

Issues & Deadlines:
Print: Published monthly; submissions due 8 weeks prior to issue date.

Online: Published on a rolling basis.

Submission Format:
Electronic submissions (email, text files, MS Word files, or Rich Text Format files) preferred. Send review submissions to Kate Kiefer (reviews@pastemagazine.com), web submissions to Austin L. Ray (web@pastemagazine.com), front of book submissions to Nick Marino (marino@pastemagazine.com), Emergent/Band of the Week submission to Rachael Maddux (rachael@pastemagazine.com), film submissions to Kate Kiefer (film@pastemagazine.com), book submissions to Charles McNair (books@pastemagazine.com), feature and essay submissions to Nick Marino (marino@pastemagazine.com) and photo and illustration submissions to José Reyes (jose@metaleapdesign.com). Additional material may be mailed to the appropriate editor at Paste Magazine, PO Box 1606, Decatur, GA 30031.

On the first page, include your name (as you want it to appear in the magazine), e-mail address, phone number, mailing address, the artist, title and label of the piece, and any notes for the editors. Suggested headlines and sub-headlines are also welcome.

Length
Cover stories – 3000 to 4500 words; Features – 1500 to 4000 words; front of book pieces – 50 to 800 words; Film Reviews – 200-500 words; Book Reviews – 200-500 words; CD reviews – 100 to 800 words.

KNOW THE MAGAZINE. Buy one on the newsstand or at PasteMagazine.com.

(More information HERE.)
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