Trade Publications

Scrap is the bimonthly magazine of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), a Washington, D.C.-based trade association with more than 1,600 member companies that process, broker, and consume scrap commodities, including ferrous and nonferrous metals, paper, glass, textiles, rubber, and plastics. Most assignments are multisource features that focus on topics of interest and importance to those recycling scrap, such as new scrap processing and handling equipment, environmental regulations and legislation, market trends, management and operational techniques, and more. Scrap pays $600-$1,000 depending on the length and difficulty of the assignment. Payment upon acceptance. Byline given.

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KEY CLUB is published two times during the academic year. It is the official publication of Key Club International, the largest high school service organization in the world with more than 245,000 members in 28 nations. Members of Key Club are service-minded students interested in helping others and in making their communities and schools better places in which to live and learn. Payment for accepted material ranges from $100 to $800 for 250 to 1,500 word articles. We pay on acceptance for publication.

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Kiwanis club members are business leaders and professionals who are actively involved in community service. General interest articles may be considered for free-lance assignments. Publishes articles on young childrens issues (in particular), small business, parenting, personal finance, social, humanitarian, self-improvement, and community-related topics. Manuscripts may vary between 750 to 1,700 words in length, depending on the assignment. Payment is upon acceptance, ranging from $300 to $750.

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Model Aviation is the flagship publication of the Academy of Model Aeronautics. Model Aviation strives to inspire, inform, and instruct enthusiasts who share a passion for aeromodeling. Model Aviation has a payment-on-acceptance policy (we do not buy all submissions). Once the author is paid, Model Aviation owns the rights to the article and/or model design, and reserves the authority to edit or change the manuscript as necessary.

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Museum is the bimonthly membership magazine of the American Alliance of Museums. The editors seek timely pieces on issues that help museum professionals do their jobs. Writers should have background in or access to the U.S. museum community and its concerns. The magazine pays freelance writers competitive rates with those of similar association publications.

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Overtones is the Handbell Musicians of America’s official bi-monthly journal. The editors welcome articles about handbells, handbell music, techniques, and people, including feature stories, interviews, how-to articles, and news items as well as column pieces. Word length: 1200-2000 words/feature article. Payment: up to $80/article.

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Pizza Today is a monthly four-color trade publication for owners and managers of pizza-based restaurants. Articles for submission to Pizza Today should provide readers with bottom-line operational and management advice applicable to the pizza industry. Authors should offer insights into innovations leading to future money-making ideas for pizza restaurant owners. Payment is 50 cents/word.

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Response publishes about 20 freelance-written stories per year. All are assigned by the editor. However, queries for specific stories may be accepted. Pay: Response Magazine pays 60 cents per word. Length: Features are typically 2,000 words. Rights: Response Magazine acquires first North American rights and retains all reuse rights, including reprints and electronic distribution.

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Rock & Gem is interested in field-trip and step-by-step lapidary project articles. The editors also accept articles on specimen collecting, gold prospecting, club activities, basic and advanced lapidary skills, lapidary artist profiles, and other hobby-related subjects. Feature length: 2,000 to 3,000 words. Rights and payment are negotiated with the editor. Payment is between $100-$250.

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Italian America is a quarterly magazine produced, published and distributed by the Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA). The editors seek stories about Italian Americans, their history, culture, and contributions. Topics can include an important person of Italian heritage living or dead; little-known facts from Italian and Italian American history; a new Italian or Italian American product, discovery, cultural accomplishment or issue; cultural/scientific/medical news from Italy. Word length: 750-1K words. Payment: $100-$250/article.

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The Cattleman covers all aspects of the beef industry in Texas, Oklahoma and the Southwest. Feature stories are generally more in-depth than other livestock publications. Word counts average between 1,500 to 2,000. Fees are negotiated and depend upon the amount of research, travel and photography required and terms of payment are on acceptance. Payment: up to $500 per article.

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The Elks Magazine is published 10 times a year for the nearly one million members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America. Each year, the editors buy 20 to 30 articles. Articles are reviewed on speculation and a per-word fee is paid on acceptance.

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Established in 1933, the Toastmaster magazine explores the topics of leadership and communication for an international audience. We accept authentic, well-researched and well-crafted articles written on the topics of communication or leadership. Article length should be from 650 to 1,800 words, double-spaced and with minimal formatting. Compensation and acceptance of articles is decided on a case-by-case basis depending on the originality and excellence of the work submitted.

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VETERINARY ECONOMICS is a monthly professional trade magazine for practicing veterinarians that provides detailed articles about the business of client and patient care. We cover topics related to practice management, including personnel solutions, communication, practice finances, personal finances, day-to-day management issues, client relations, life balance, and more. We review all material submitted by first-time contributors, and we generally respond within 12 to 16 weeks. We pay on publication. Our rates vary depending on the length and scope of the article and the writers experience.

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VFW magazine is published by the Veterans of Foreign Wars at its national headquarters in Kansas City, Mo. VFW is the nations 42nd largest magazine in circulation. Articles related to current foreign policy and defense along with all veterans issues are of prime interest. Payment depends upon length, writing quality and research performed. Commissioned articles are negotiable, from $500 to $1,000 per article. Payment is made upon acceptance.

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WineMaker is designed to meet the needs of the more than one million home winemakers in the United States and Canada. Publishes interviews with commercial and amateur winemakers, historical pieces, and articles about winemaking trends. Each general feature must have a strong home-winemaking angle. Length is generally 1,500 to 3,000 words. Pay scale ranges from $50 to $150 depending on the length and complexity of the article.

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Zymurgy is the Journal of the American Homebrewers Association. It is published six times a year. Feature articles are typically closely matched to the established themes for each issue (generally established each summer for the following calendar year) and are generally homebrewing related. The best place for writers to break into the magazine are The Last Drop (500 words) and feature articles (1,500-2,000 words). The Last Drop is a light-hearted look at anything homebrewing (or beer) related. Fees for articles vary, depending on writer and piece.

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ICMJ’s Prospecting & Mining Journal is a source of information for miners and prospectors. You’ll find up-to-date methods on prospecting, assaying, refining, dredging, mining, detection; legislation, regulations, geology, technology, history, and first-hand accounts from those who have worked the equipment, dug the trenches and the tunnels. Payment will be considered if requested. Payment is made once the article is published. Submissions are accepted at any time.

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Horological Times magazine strives to provide technical and horology-related information that is important to the business of watch and clock repair. HT is mailed monthly to members, libraries and the industry. Pay ranges from $50 for half-page book reviews up to $200 per multi-page articles.

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Glass Magazine, the monthly four-color flagship of the National Glass Association in McLean, Va., reaches executives in all facets of the commercial and residential glass industry, from manufacturers to glass-shop owners, fabricators and installers of bath enclosures. Glass Magazine contracts with freelance writers for feature stories and department articles. Glass Magazine pays on acceptance. Types of features include five- or six-page, 3,000-word cover stories; one- to three-page, 1,200-word features; and one-page, 750-word commentary or personal-opinion columns.

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DRAFT provides its audience with current, accurate and creative coverage of beer and other areas of life enjoyed by its readers. Pitches need not be beer-centric, but those that are should focus on beer/brewery news, trends and ideas, rather than the technical aspects of brewing and/or profiles. Word length: up to 2500 words. Payment: 50-90 cents/word.

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As the leading source for composites education, CM teaches technical competence, quality control, shop floor safety and health, regulatory standards, marketing strategies. The magazine buys feature articles and columns from freelance writers. Feature articles are 2,000 words in length. Columns are no more than 500 words. Payment: 20-40 cents/word.

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Boys’ Life is a general-interest, four-color monthly, circulation 1.3 million, published by the Boy Scouts of America since 1911. The magazine buys first-time rights for original, unpublished material. Major articles run 500 to 1,500 words; payment is $400 to $1,500. Departments run up to 600 words; payment is $100 to $400. Subject matter is broad. The magazine covers everything from professional sports to American history to how to pack a canoe.

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Bee Culture is the magazine of American Beekeeping. We cover beekeeping its history, how-to, equipment used, and even the humorous side of this craft. But theres so much more to the world we touch pollination, honey plants, gardening with bees, wildlife and woodland plantings, and all the creatures that bees affect and interact with. Bee Culture has a constant demand for articles on bees and beekeeping, pollination and honey plants, garden and forest management for bees, and a wide variety of related topics. Averaging 64 pages/monthly issue, we generally run eight to 12 regular articles, all averaging 800-2000 words. Unsolicited regular or feature articles, between 1500-2000 words pays roughly $150-$200, including photos (more on negotiation). Payment is usually made on publication.

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BedTimes focuses on news, trends and issues of interest to mattress manufacturers and their suppliers, as well as more general business stories. Regular departments include Plant Management, Marketing Report, Regulatory Update, Management Issues, Cost Management and Employee Relations, Sustainability Report. Length: 500-2,500 words. Payment: up to $1 per word for short features.

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Backyard Poultry is a bi-monthly magazine circulated internationally to people interested in small-flock poultry raising. Backyard Poultry welcomes original nonfiction stories, informative how-tos, photo essays and interviews with poultry experts. Word length: under 2K words. Payment: pay varies depending on the length of story, depth of information included, experience included and quality of story and photos.

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Backroads is a publication created with the idea of giving readers places of interest to ride to and getting the most enjoyment out of their motorcycles. Although Backroads is geared towards the motorcycling population, it is not by any means limited to just motorcycle riders. Non-motorcyclists enjoy great destinations too. Payment for all articles is a month after publication, and varies from $75 and upward. Backroads buys first-time North American publication rights.

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The American Woodturner journal is dedicated to providing education, information, and organization to those interested in woodturning. The journal welcomes articles covering all aspects of woodturning: its history, tools and materials, techniques, projects, local chapter news, profiles, galleries and exhibits, and design and criticism. The journal pays authors for feature articles and for some news items, upon publication

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Mushing magazine provides comprehensive coverage of dog-powered sports worldwide. The editor seeks articles on canine health and nutrition, sled dog behavior and training, musher profiles and interviews, equipment how-to’s, trail tips, expedition and race accounts, etc. Word length 1,000-2,500 words (feature articles). Columns and departments run from 500 to 1,000 words. Short news pieces run from 150 to 500 words. Payment: up to $250/article.

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American Gunsmith, the official, monthly publication of the American Gunsmithing Association, is a technical journal covering all aspects of gunsmithing. Topics of interest cover all facets of gun work, including repairs, customization projects, tools and tool making, and business issues. Pay: $100 per published page.

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The American Bee Journal, the oldest English language beekeeping publication in the world, is a bee magazine for professional and sideline beekeepers, as well as those with interest in bee-related subjects. The American Bee Journal purchases first North American serial rights, as well as exclusive worldwide electronic rights.

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ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy magazine publishes stories on the newest treatment arenas, protocols and products, therapy equipment and modalities as well as regular columns by highly respected leaders in the field. Feature stories published in print are paid at the rate of up to $250 per one full page or more. A $50 total bonus will be added for pictures and/or artwork provided by the writer that appear in the article. Features shorter than one full page of copy may be pro-rated according to length. Feature articles that appear on the website only are paid at a rate of $150 total.

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32 Degrees: The Journal of Professional Snowsports Instruction is the membership publication of the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) and the American Association of Snowboard Instructors (AASI). Published three times per season (in the fall, winter, and spring), 32 Degrees contains information on a wide range of topics relating to snowsports instruction in various disciplines (i.e., alpine, nordic, snowboarding, and adaptive). The pay scale for publication in 32 Degrees is 15 cents per word.

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