Washington City Paper

Washington City Paper publishes a variety of journalistic genres, including profiles, investigative pieces, polemical essays, “Talk of the Town” type articles, and stories about local institutions. Pays anywhere from $15 for a City Lights pick to $2,000 for a complex, high-enterprise cover feature. Cover stories run between 2,500 words and 5,000 words in length. Shorter stories run between 800 words and 2,000 words. City Paper buys only first rights.