Indy’s Child is always looking for talented, experienced freelance writers to enhance our magazine. Our general goal is to have a good mix of fun and substantive local stories of interest to local parents. Indy’s Child magazine has a broad circulation throughout Indianapolis, so it’s important to us that our sources reflect our readership. Payment: Features 600-800 words: $60-$100.
View Submission GuidelinesWestCoast Families Magazine (Canada)
WestCoast Families Magazine is a free, full-colour, full-gloss family and parenting magazine, published 8 times per year in British Columbia, Canada. Our publication promotes the unique, vibrant West Coast lifestyle popular among todays parents. Story length can be anywhere from 600 to 1,200 words, and will be set by the editor. Payment is negotiated once a proposal has been accepted, and is based on the length of the article, the amount of research involved and the experience of the writer.
View Submission GuidelinesThriving Family magazine
Thriving Family focuses on marriage and parenting from a biblical perspective. Most articles address marriage and the needs of families with 4- to 12-year-olds in the home, but parenting preschoolers and teens are not ignored. Thriving Family includes 1,200- to 1,500-word articles that include well-known personalities in the Christian world. Payment begins at 25-cents per word.
View Submission GuidelinesSimply Family magazine
Simply Family Magazine is a popular, monthly family lifestyle magazine designed to be a free resource for parents and families in Billings, Montana and the surrounding areas. Readership is largely composed of families with children ages newborn through beginning college. Articles submitted should address current parenting issues with Billings tie-ins whenever possible. Payment is made upon publication. Fees vary upon length, depth of piece and whether its an original manuscript, submitted, assigned, or if it is a reprint.
View Submission GuidelinesSan Diego Family Magazine
The editors of San Diego Family Magazine are looking for informative articles related to parenting, health, education, and family life, with special topics year-round: babies, arts & crafts/activities, holidays, special needs, family travel in Southern California, finance, nutrition, teens, camping, parties, green living, and home and garden. Pays upon publication. No spec assignments. Most stories should be 700-1000 words for feature articles and 400700 words for short articles.
View Submission GuidelinesSacramento Parent magazine
Founded in 1992, Sacramento Parent has become the largest and oldest locally owned parenting publication in Northern California. Pays: $25 to $45 for reprints and $50 to $200 for original articles. Length: 300-500 words for short articles and 600-900 words for medium-length articles.
View Submission GuidelinesRaising Arizona Kids
Raising Arizona Kids is targeted to caring, open-minded and intellectually curious Arizona parents within the 25-59 age range. Feature articles run from 1,000 to 3,000 words in length. Departmental submissions run 250 to 750 words in length. Pays: $150 and up for features; and $25 and up for departments. Payment is negotiated per piece.
View Submission GuidelinesParents & Kids Magazine
Parents & Kids Magazine is a resource for busy families providing real-life solutions, sound advice, creative ideas, and practical information to make their lives easier. Word length: 700 words/article. Payment starts at $25/article.
View Submission GuidelinesMomSense magazine
The purpose of MomSense magazine is to connect and encourage mothers of preschoolers from a Christian perspective with articles that inform and inspire on issues relating to being a mother and a woman. Most articles published in MOMSense Magazine are one page with 450 words. MomSense buys first rights to material.
View Submission GuidelinesMetro Parent Magazine
Metro Parent Publishing Group is always looking for talented, experienced freelance writers to enhance Metro Parent Magazine, ancillary publications and website. The editors want to have a mix of fun and substantive local stories of interest to local parents. Word length: 1000-2500 words for feature articles. Payment (includes web rights): $20-$35 up to 500 words; $35-$50 over 500 words, paid upon publication.
View Submission GuidelinesIsland Parent magazine (Canada)
Island Parent Magazine targets Vancouver Island parents with children aged newborn to 18 years. Our average article length is 1000 words (3 columns) or 700 words (2 columns). Pays $35 for original articles for publication in Island Parent (both the magazine and the website) and additional $25 for those articles posted online.
View Submission GuidelinesBrain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers
Brain, Child is the only literary magazine dedicated to motherhood. For features, new items, and debate essays, query with clips first. Each issue devotes space to at least one traditional feature, a piece that relies more heavily on reporting than introspection. Examples of this sort include an in-depth look at the home-schooling movement and an investigation into the frontiers of genetic testing. Word length: 3K-6K words for features. The magazine also publishes 2-5 poems per issue. Payment: competitive rates.
View Submission GuidelinesHudson Valley Parent magazine
Hudson Valley Parent covers issues of health, finance, travel, and more for active Baby Boomers in Mid-Hudson Valley New York. The editors typically run two to three feature articles in each local edition every month (700-1,200 words). The editors prefer articles with local information using local sources. Payment: $80 for locally-slanted, assigned one-page story of 700-800 words, $90-$120 for 1,200 word or more features. Fees for reprints are between $25-$35 depending on the word count.
View Submission GuidelinesGulf Coast Parents & Kids magazine
Gulf Coast Parents & Kids Magazine is a resource for busy families, providing real-life solutions, sound advice, creative ideas and practical information to make their lives easier. The magazine pays upon publication and buys one time North American print and web rights to the article. Payment starts at $25+/article.
View Submission GuidelinesCincinnati Parent Magazine
Articles in Cincinnati Parent Magazine should address current parenting issues with a Cincinnati and/or Indianapolis tie-in whenever possible. Strong emphasis is placed on how and where to find family-oriented events, as well as goods and services for children, in Cincinnati and Central Indiana. The editors are interested in well-researched, non-fiction articles on surviving the newborn, preschool, school age and adolescent years. Payment is 10 cents per word for first publication rights.
View Submission GuidelinesChicago Parent magazine
Chicago Parent is a parenting news magazine that offers a lively editorial mix of timely topics for local families, including issues relating to childcare and education, balancing work and family and handling the everyday joys and challenges of parenting. Word length: 300-400 words for short articles; and 800-1500 for feature articles. Payment: $25-$50/short article; $50-$100/reader essay; and $100 per 800 words.
View Submission GuidelinesCharlotte Parent Magazine
Charlotte Parent magazine is a monthly publication for parents, teachers, child-care providers and other advocates for children ages newborn through teens. Each issue has a theme, regular features and departments. We prefer articles and essays with local relevance. Word counts range from 500 to 1,200 words. Fees vary depending on the length, depth and use of the story. Assigned articles generally pay $45-$125, and reprints pay $15-$35.
View Submission GuidelinesBay Area Parent magazine
The editors are looking for articles with a strong local flavor, filled with local names, references and issues of particular interest and relevance to parents and children in the greater Bay Area (including Marin, San Francisco, the Peninsula, East Bay, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties). Payment is somewhat flexible, depending on your experience.
View Submission GuidelinesBabyFit.com
BabyFit articles are written by experts or well-researched writers. They should appeal to our average member, who is seeking healthy living, family-oriented information. The voice of BabyFit is helpful, encouraging, entertaining, easy to follow and/or relatable. Generally, articles are between 500 and 1200 words in length. BabyFit articles generally fall into the broad categories of Nutrition, Fitness, Pregnancy or Post-partum (parenting). Freelancers are typically paid between $25 and $90 per piece.
View Submission GuidelinesAtlanta Parent magazine
Atlanta Parent Magazine is a monthly magazine aimed at parents with children from birth to 18 years old. Articles should address the parent, not the child. Our readers also want to read articles that are activity-based. Nominal payment may be offered, if used. Payment is upon publication.
View Submission GuidelinesAtlanta Baby magazine
Atlanta Parent Magazine is a monthly magazine aimed at parents with children from birth to 18 years old. It is the only magazine in the Atlanta area providing pertinent, local, and award-winning family-oriented articles and information. Nominal payment may be offered, if used. Payment is upon publication.
View Submission GuidelinesA Fine Parent (website)
A Fine Parent is an online community for parents who believe that Great Parents are Made, Not Born. The site focuses on one topic each month that can help us become better people and better parents. Each week on the blog the editor publishes one in-depth article related to the monthly topic. Articles selected for publication will be paid $100.
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