Updated: 100 Highest-Paying Magazines for Articles/Non-Literary Works

15 September 2010
Updated: 100 Highest-Paying Magazines for Articles/Non-Literary Works
Please click on the magazine title to view the guidelines and check if they are accepting submissions at this time. For magazines paying on a per-word basis, our assumption is that an article contains 1,000 words. Top-paying markets for poetry can be found here, and for short stories here. Kindly advise us of broken links.

(Note to editors/publishers of these magazines, advise us of corrections, if any. This list is updated as of September 16, 2010.)

Best of luck.

1. Explore Magazine pays $1500 minimum

2. Hispanic Business pays up to $1500 per article

3. National Parks Magazine pays $1300 for features and travel articles

4. The Progressive pays $1300

5. Family Fun pays $1.25 per word

6. Smithsonian pays $1000 to $1500 for last word humor page

7. Entrepreneur pays $1 per word

8. On Wall Street pays $1 per word

9. Discovery Channel Online pays $1 per word

10. Robb Report pays $1 per word

11. This Old House pays $1 per word

12. U.S Airways pays $1 per word

13. Vibe Magazine pays $1 per word

14. Wish pays $1 per word

15. Trazzler pays $1000 per month

16. Sierra Magazine pays $750 - $3500

17. Car & Driver pays $750 - $3000 per article; send e-mail to editors@caranddriver.com

18. Wine Enthusiast pays $750 - $2000; query by sending e-mail to tmoriarity@wineenthusiast.com

19. National Parks Magazine pays $750 - $1300 per article; issues kill fee if article doesn't run

20. About.com pays $675 per month plus bonuses for traffic

21. Scrap Magazine pays $600 - $1000

22. Chile Pepper pays $600

23. Baby Talk Magazine pays $500 - $2000; query by mail to 530 5th Avenue, NY NY 10036 and be sure to include a SASE

24. Sub Tropics pays $500 - $1000

25. Romantic Homes pays $500

26. Meetings Media pays $500 per article

27. HistoryNet pays $500

28. American Scholar pays up to $500

29. Vietnam Magazine pays $400 - $800

30. The Saturday Evening Post pays up to $400

31. Metro Parent pays $350 per article

32. The Sun Magazine pays $300 to $3000

33. North Shore pays $300 to $1500

34. American Kennel Club Gazzette pays $300 - $500 per article

35. America's Civil War pays $300 minimum

36. GoMediaZine pays up to $300 per article

37. Art Calendar pays $250

38. Chidren's Advocate pays $225 - $450

39. Paste Magazine pays $0.25 per word

40. Credit Today pays $200 - $1400

41. Kitchen and Bath Design News pays $200 - $650

42. Her Sports pays $200 - $600 per assigned article

43. Blade Magazine pays $200 - $300

44. Christian Science Monitor pays $200 - $225 per article

45. SQLServerPerformance.com pays up to $200 for 1500-word articles

46. AAA Living pays $150 - $1800 per assigned article

47. Laptop Magazine pays $150 - $1250

48. Model Railroad Hobbyist pays $150 - $1000

49. Aerospace Magazine pays $150 - $750

50. Boys Life pays $150 - $750

51. Persimmon Hill pays $150 - $300

52. The Network Journal pays $150 - $200

53. psd.tut pays $150 per tutorial

54. Threads pays $150 per page

55. Skirt Magazine pays $150 per article

56. New York Spirit pays $150

57. Minnesota Trails Magazine pays $125 minimum

58. ProBlogDesign pays $125 per post

59. SitePoint pays $100 plus bonuses

60. Astronomy pays $100 - $1000

61. Brick pays $100 - $500 per submission

62. International Living pays $100 - $500

63. Family Motor Coaching Magazine pays $100 - $500

64. Northwest Travel pays $100 - $500

65. Seattle Homes & Lifestyles pays $100 - $400 per article

66. Broken Pencil pays $100 - $400

67. Russian Life Magazine pays $100 - $300

68. Readers Digest pays $100 - $300 for accepted jokes and humor

69. Dance Teacher pays $100 - $300; e-mail jtu@dancemedia.com for guidelines

70. Bee Culture pays $100 - $250

71. Web Design Tuts pays $100 per tutorial

72. Web Design Tuts pays $100 per tutorial

73. Snafu Designs pays $100 per idea; guidelines at info@snafuguidelines

74. DotNet Slackers pays $100 per article

75. Common Ties pays $100 per story

76. Martini Media Network pays $100 per article

77. Dropzone.com pays $100

78. Technical Articles on Power Supply Power pays $100

79. Auto Pilot Magazine pays $100

80. Messaging Talk pays up to $100 per article

81. Greater Good pays $75 - $350

82. Graphic Design School pays $75 - $120

83. Qatar Vistor pays $75 per article

84. Sex, etc pays $75 per article

85. Apron Strings pays €60 - €100

86. LabMice pays $60 - $100

87. Freelance Switch pays $60 per guest post

88. Across the Board pays $50 - $2500 per article

89. Family Business pays $50 - $1000

90. Oregon Humanities pays $50 - $800

91. Tutorial9 pays $50 - $300

92. TutToaster pays $50 - $200 per article or tutorial

93. Australian Women Online pays $50 - $150 per article

94. Radish pays $50 - $150

95. DeveloperTutorials.com pays $50 - $100 for tutorials

96. Seattle Dining pays $50 - $60

97. Room Magazine pays C$50 - C$75

98. PS Deluxe pays $50 per tutorial

99. The Change Agent pays $50

100. International Living pays $50

101. Literary Traveler pays $50

102. Woman's Day pays $50
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