The Content Authority is looking for top writers able to meet the following criteria:
*Strong grasp of the English Language
*Can write well researched articles
*Able to follow detailed writing requests
*Comfortable with deadlines
Writers are paid weekly for approved articles. View website for details on how to apply.
http://www.thecontentauthority.com/learn-writers.php

The Orwell Prize is the pre-eminent British prize for political writing. There are three annual awards: a Book Prize, a Journalism Prize and a Blog Prize. They are awarded to the book, the journalism and the blogposts which are judged to have best achieved George Orwell’s aim to ‘make political writing into an art’. The competition is now open to entries. View website for full details.
http://www.theorwellprize.co.uk/home.aspx

WOW! welcomes queries and submissions from its readers. Each issue focuses on Women, Writing and the monthly Theme.
Columns, Word Counts and Pay Rates:
Twenty Questions:  $50
How 2 (1,500 – 2,000 Words): $75
Inspiration (1,500 – 2,000 Words): $75
Feature Interviews (up to 3,000 Words): $75
Feature Articles (up to 3,000 Words): $150
View website for details.
http://wow-womenonwriting.com/contact.php

UK based Boathouse Books are interested in manuscripts about pretty much anything to do with boats – from blue water sailing to canal boats, barges, riverboats, etc; fiction as well as non-fiction. Travelogues, humour, practical help books, reminiscences are welcome. Submissions open after 25th January. View website for details.
http://www.boathooksbooks.com/index.html

Caspian Publishing seeks a reporter. This is a fantastic opportunity to report from the front line of the real economy, working on Europe`s leading private equity and venture capital title, Real Deals. Salary up to £25,000. Closing date: Friday, 12 February 2010. View website for details on how to apply.
http://www.caspianpublishing.co.uk/page/Vacancies

The New York Times Travel Section welcomes travel articles. View website for guidelines.
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/travel/SUBMISSION.html

The Pink reader is a sophisticated, highly successful female business executive or entrepreneur. The magazine endeavors to be a vital tool to help the reader find greater financial independence and success in work and more joy in life. They welcome articles. Please send a detailed query rather than a completed manuscript.  Include a relevant bio and two writing samples or clips. Payment varies. View website for contact details.
http://www.pinkmagazine.com/about/writer_guidelines.html

An Assistant Web Content Editor is required, with creative flair and proven writing skills, to get involved with all aspects of the day to day running of British Waterways’ websites. Pay is £18,000-£25,000 depending on experience – Based in Watford, UK. View website for full details.

http://britishwaterways.co.uk/working-for-us/detail.html?id=574

Painting™ magazine is dedicated to the acrylic painting enthusiast. The goal of Painting™ is to reach intermediate skill level painters. They welcome beginning to advanced articles and projects related to acrylic painting. View website for guidelines.
http://www.paintingmagazine.net/Guidelines.aspx

UK based Myriad Editions is an independent publisher specialising in three distinct but complementary genres: topical atlases, graphic non-fiction and original fiction. If you have written a novel or an original work of graphic non-fiction that you think would suit our list, they would like to hear from you. View website for submission details.
http://www.myriadeditions.com/submissions

The Walrus launched in September of 2003 with a straightforward mandate: to be a national general interest magazine about Canada and its place in the world. They invite writers to submit brief query letters about prospective story ideas (fiction and non-fiction). View website for full details.
http://www.walrusmagazine.com/queries/

Realms of Fantasy, a bimonthly magazine, is a professional market for the best in fantastic short fiction. Stories should be no longer than 10,000 words, and can address any area in the realms of fantasy: heroic, contemporary, traditional, feminist, dark, light, and the ever-popular “unclassifiable.” For stories under 7,500 words, rates begin at 6 cents per word for new writers and move upward as a writer gains recognition. For stories over 7,500 words, the rates break at 7,500 to 4 cents a word. A 10,000-word story by a newcomer would pay $550. Again, for established writers, the rates will be proportionally higher. View website for details.
http://www.rofmag.com/contact-us/

Wyvern Publications is a publisher of quality teen fiction and young adult novels and anthologies. They are a small but passionate and dedicated independant publishers based in the UK. They are open to submissions. View website for information.
http://www.wyvernpublications.co.uk/calls-for-submission

Brew Your Own  is designed to meet the needs of the more than one million homebrewers in the U.S. They seek articles that are straightforward and factual, not full of esoteric theories or complex calculations. They pay from $25 to $200 depending on the length and complexity of the article. View website for full details.
http://www.byo.com/about/guidelines

Wild is Australia’s wilderness adventure magazine. Published continuously since 1981, Wild continues to produce high-quality, educational and inspirational stories about rucksack sports, climbing and conservation. They welcome submissions. View website to download full writer’s guidelines.
http://www.wild.com.au/magazine/contributors.aspx

The magazine, Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture, provides a feminist critique and analysis of pop culture, to encourage discussion about how the media influences us, and to promote the connection between cultural critique and social-justice activism. They welcome articles. View website for full details.
http://www.bitchmagazine.org/contributors-guidelines

Samhain Publishing are calling for submissions for their Red Hot Fairy Tales Anthology. Submissions are open until February 1st, 2010 and final decision will be made by February 15th, 2010.The anthology will include novellas from 20,000 to 25,000 words in length and will be released individually as ebooks in August 2010 and in print in Spring 2011. View website for details.
http://www.samhainpublishing.com/submissions#fairytales

UK based Caspian Publishing’s contract publishing division is on the look-out for enthusiastic freelance editors to develop the content and direction of a number of publications. These roles will involve producing, commissioning, managing, editing and proof-reading editorial copy in close conjunction with clients and in-house editorial and production teams. Visit website and scroll down to view details.
http://www.caspianpublishing.co.uk/page/Vacancies

Enchanted Conversation is an online magazine, in Blogger format, that celebrates the art, history, analysis, charm, beauty, horror about fairy tales. Payment is 4 cents a word for articles (fiction or non-fiction), poems at a flat rate of $10. View website for submission guidelines.

UK based Fortean Times magazine welcome feature submissions on all aspects of the unexplained and are particularly interested in original research and investigations; first-hand reports, travellers’ tales and ground-breaking theories. The tone should be level-headed and accessible to the general reader. Outlines are required in the first instance. Payment is negotiated. View website for details.
http://www.forteantimes.com/front_website/contributorsguide/