Goal.com UK, the country’s fastest growing football news site, is seeking to commission talented freelance journalists. They are open to original, fresh ideas and put a high value on exclusive interviews with the biggest names in the sport. Please email your ideas (based on people you are confident of getting access to in the coming weeks) and past examples of your work to write@goal.com

The Library of Horror presents  Fearology: Terrifying Tales of Phobias. The submission period is now open and will close as the book fills. They require original stories that are centered around a phobia that are tales of psychological horror and/or suspense.  The stories may manifest the phobias in all ways – emotional, mental, physical, but not just by the symptons. Explore what actions occur due to the fear.  Be creative and scary in a way that would make a reader’s skin crawl. View website for full guidelines.

CountryClubuk, the high-quality magazine group and membership club (www.countryclubuk.com), requires skilled specialist copywriters to produce accurate, intelligent and engaging copy on subjects including travel, hotels, country sports (flyfishing, shooting, riding, hunting etc), food, wine, theatre, concerts, gardens, interiors, fashion, beauty, men’s tailoring, cars and gadgets. As connoisseurs for 40,000 high-net-worth members, all of whom enjoy the finer things in life, the aim is to ‘sell’—in the nicest possible way—goods and services in the above sectors via a weekly email, on the web, and in a 164-page bi-monthly glossy magazine. You will undertake short writing jobs on varied subjects for quick turnaround, plus 1,000-1,200- word feature articles with a longer lead-time. There may also be opportunities for full-time copywriter-subs. Please send your cv with examples of your work, and details of your specialist knowledge and interests, to julie.spencer@countryclubuk.com

Have you enjoyed an unforgettable historic holiday in Britain that you’re itching to share? Do you want to tell the world about an amazing heritage site that you have stumbled upon? Have you always wanted to try your hand at writing a feature for a travel magazine? Then here’s your chance! Heritage Magazine are running a competition to find Britain’s best amateur travel writers and give them the opportunity to tell their best historic holiday stories for a chance to win a dream holiday and see their story in print. Closing date is 26th February 2010. Visit the website for more information.

http://www.heritagemagazine.co.uk/Editorial.aspx?page=1474

Children & Young People Now is looking for a reporter. The title reports on issues such as underage drinking, sexual health, homelessness, knife crime, social care and child poverty. The position is full-time. View website for details.

Are you interested in joining the Vegan Mainstream team? They are looking for talented writers who understand the vegan and vegetarian lifestyle, and who can write about the professional aspects of this lifestyle. Writers should have experience in marketing, blogging, entrepreneurship, HR, legal, finance or another professional function. They seek individuals who can provide recommendations, advice, editorial analysis and commentary on the latest challenges and opportunities facing professionals, bloggers and businesses in the vegan/ vegetarian community. View the website at http://www.veganmainstream.com/blogger-application
(WTM: Please note that although they pay weekly they only offer $6 per 300 words post so be aware that this is a low paying market. We’ve posted this, however, for those members who may be looking for a way of gaining published clips and experience.)

Digital Spy is one of the UK’s largest entertainment and media news websites, registering over 100 million monthly page impressions and a unique audience reach of 7.2 million (January 2010). The site is also home to one of the busiest internet discussion forums in the world. They are looking for a new reporter to provide news and feature content for the music section. Salary: £19,000 Working hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. The music reporter is also expected to attend relevant events outside of these hours – including at evenings and weekends – from time to time. This position is based at Digital Spy’s offices off Oxford Street, near Marble Arch.  View website.

The Library of Science Fiction & Fantasy Press presents – Doomology : The Dawning Of Disasters. They are now open to submissions and seek original stories about disasters/apocalyptic events.  Stories can be from a global scale to a small localized event.  They can be about the beginning, middle, end/aftermath or all three aspects of an event. View website for full guidelines.

Virgin Media seek an authoritative, experienced writer who has built up a reputation in the money industry for consumer-friendly financial advice. They need someone who has bucket loads of opinion, experience and contacts and a proven track record in money-related content, preferably for the web. Their audience have a keen thirst to read money-related features particularly surrounding budgeting tips, discounts and money-saving advice. You should be able to find new, compelling and unique angles in money content and be able to inject a sense of fun and excitement into this topic. If this sounds like you, and you could be virginmedia’s money expert, please email michelle.smith@virginmedia.co.uk detailing your experience, and providing two detailed money feature ideas that would fit the virginmedia lifestyle brand.   Only successful candidates will be contacted. Apply before Thursday, 25th February 2010.

A variety of awards are on offer for the X International Poetry competition. Prizes to be awarded at the Celebration 1-3  October 2010. Closing 15th May 2010 View website for details.
http://www.poetryonthelake.org/main/page_competition_2010.html

American Taboo Press publishes provocative erotic works by women and men in all genres. They are open to both published authors and first time writers. They are especially open to writers experienced in other literary mediums, such as screenwriting, reporting, professional blogging and nonfiction, who are interested in pursuing their muses under an erotic pen name. View website for details.
http://www.americantaboopress.com/index-5.html

The Brit Writers’ Awards Unpublished 2010 are looking for the UK’s best undiscovered writers – people like you, who create stories, poems or songs that deserve to be shared. You might have been writing all your life… or maybe writing is a new interest for you. Perhaps you’ve never written seriously before, but you’ve always enjoyed telling stories. You might not even know that there is “a book in there somewhere”.  Whether you’re eight or 108, it’s possible that you’re one of the original, exciting and talented new creative writers they are looking for. You could even win an amazing £10,000 – the largest prize ever offered to unpublished writers in a creative writing competition. View website for details.
http://www.britwriters.co.uk

Pro Publishing Ltd seek an experienced features writer to join national consumer magazine Utopia Kitchen & Bathroom. The successful candidate will have editorial experience on a consumer magazine, ideally in the home interest market.  Joining a small team will mean that good communication skills are needed to help with the day to day running of the magazine. Duties will include subbing, feature and caption writing, and picture sourcing. Knowledge of Using a Mac, Entourage email, and In Design are preferred. Full Time/Part time applications considered. Salary dependent on experience. Deadline 22nd February 2010. Send your CV and covering letter to Clara Perry on clara@propub.co.uk
http://www.utopiamag.co.uk

New North-American lifestyle publication, is looking for writers. Illustrious Magazine, a gentleman’s guide to the finer things in life, is seeking people who have experience in writing articles, and editorials. Chosen candidates would be selected for fashion, business, technology, and entertainment categories.
Please submit resume, examples of your work, along with your area of expertise to: nbryan@illustriousmagazine.com

Litro is a free monthly literary magazine that publishes new, original short fiction that excites and offers a creative alternative to disposable free papers. Litro accepts submissions of short stories, flash fiction and creative non-fiction up to a maximum of 3,000 words.
http://www.litro.co.uk/index.php/submissions/

Tuts+ welcomes written tutorials on a range of creative niches including Photoshop and Graphics, Vectors and Illustration, Web Development and Design, Motion Graphics, Flash and ActionScript, Computer Graphics, Photography and Audio Production. If you have the skill to write an excellent tutorial for one Tuts+  then they’d like to hear from you. They pay $150 for each tutorial that is accepted, and you’ll have the honor of being published on the best tutorial blog network around! View website:

http://tutsplus.com/about/write-a-tutorial/

UK based Candis Magazine, welcomes fiction between 2300 to 2500 words that will appeal to women aged 30-58 and their husbands/partners. They are looking for clever, keep ‘em guessing story lines; twist in the tale/tales of the unexpected style writing. Stories of modern love, romance, friendship, family life, with warm, likeable central characters, are required.  They pay £300 payable by cheque or bank transfer. For submission details, view website at http://www.candis.co.uk/guidelines

Susie is a general interest magazine for Christian teen girls. Not only do they help girls grow in their faith, but also explore all the ins and outs of being a teen girl, and all the issues they face, such as boys, clothes, friendships, makeup, school… Pays a flat fee, but averages between $0.10-$0.30/word for depending on the subject matter and whether it’s a cover story or not. View website for more info.

http://www.susiemagazine.com

UK writers are being offered the chance to compete for a £3,000 award dedicated to the memory of Nick Darke, one of Cornwall’s best known and finest modern playwrights. The Award has been developed by Nick Darke’s wife, the artist and film maker Jane Darke, with the support of Nick Darke’s family. It is funded by University College Falmouth and The Works (Dance & Theatre Cornwall Ltd.), and supported by KEAP (Kernow Education Arts Partnership). Writers are asked to submit a piece of work that pursues an environmental theme to reflect Nick Darke’s lifelong commitment to this issue, and within one of the following four categories: Stage play; Screenplay; Radio play; and Documentary film. The deadline for submissions is Friday 12 March, 2010. Full details and application pack can be found at:
http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/downloads/Awards/nick-darke-award.pdf

Key Publishing, a leading UK based aviation magazine publisher, welcome freelance submissions for its titles. Find out more about the magazines and download guidelines from their website.
http://www.keypublishing.com/resources/download.asp