We end the week with 55 freelance writing jobs, blogging jobs, editing jobs, translation jobs and creative gigs today.
How to get freelance writing jobs is a category listing articles about how to get freelance writing jobs and the article, How to land a writing job is an article aimed at helping you when you apply to one of the freelance writing jobs listed here.
If you land one of these gigs, let us know. OTOH, if you find one is a problem, let us know that too.
- Hiring Nonfiction Freelance Writers! Suite 101 currently has openings for nonfiction freelance writers across all subject matters. With over 4,000 writers, 24 million monthly readers and lifelong advertising royalties, Suite101 offers a well-established platform for getting published, read and paid. Apply to write for us today!
- Business Writer Needed
- Need Editor for Non-Fiction Economics Book
- Freelance writers: Relationship and or Life
- Freelance Copy Writer Wanted
- Freelance Packaging Copywriter
- Looking for writers for an upscale e-magazine
- Editor for Autobiography
- Publisher Seeks Freelance Editor with Law Degree
- Ghost Writer for Urban Novels
- Blogging and Networking agent
- Full-Service Book Production Providers (Freelance)
- Market Research Analyst
- Medical Weight Loss Writers Needed
- Food Writers Needed
- Business plan Writer needed
- Writer’s Agent
- Canadian Real Estate Content for Electronic newsletter
- Article Writing
- 5 Freelance Writers Needed For Energy Website
- Logo / Stationery Design for Arch and Interiors Design Firm
- Hiring freelance writers
- Freelance Information Technology Writer
- Freelance Writers & Editors
- Mortgage Blogger — Ongoing Opportunity
- Writers, editors, proofreaders and translators
- Freelance Writer
- Need Freelance Blog Article Writers
- Non-Profit Seeks Entry-Level Reporters
- ICFJ seeks Knight International Journalism
- Fellows
- Writer needed for TheWannaBeSportsGuy.com
- Freelance Article Ghostwriter Wanted
- Freelance Copy Writer Wanted
- Photography Writers
- Healthcare Writer
- Online Editor and more
- Training Video Script Writing & PowerPoint Slides
- Write my cover letter
- Data Editors
- Pet Loving Bloggers Needed
- TV/Film/Entertainment Writers
- Alternative Health Editor
- Puzzle & Quiz Writers!
- Need help in translating huge technical text from Hebrew to English
- Need a writer
- Over 50’s Article Blogger – UK only
- Men’s Online Lifestyle Magazine (Need Writers)
- Social Media Blogger
- Web: Dev / Apps / Design Blogger
- Health/Exercise/Nutrition Writer
- Smart Freelance Writers
- Fiberarts magazine -201 East 4th Street, Loveland, CO 80537. Email: lizg-at-fiberarts.com. Website: http://www.fiberarts.com. Marci McDade, Editor; Liz Good, Assistant Editor. “For thirty years, Fiberarts has covered the best and most interesting work in basketry, fiber, knitting, needlework, papermaking, quilting, sculpture, surface design, wearable art, weaving & more!” 95% freelance. Welcomes new writers. Bi-monthly. Pays on publication. Publishes ms several months after acceptance. Buys exclusive first time rights, non-exclusive subsequent rights. Responds 2-3 months. Sample available at newsstands. Guidelines online http://fiberarts.com/submissions/submissionguidelines.asp. CURRENT NEEDS: Queries. “To submit an idea for an article, send a one-paragraph synopsis of your proposed article, writing samples, and images.” See guidelines. Pay varies by word count. PHOTOS/ART: “Images are accepted in the form of slides, transparencies, or high-resolution digital images. Send up to twenty examples of recent work with full caption information (artist, title, year completed, materials, techniques, dimensions and photo credit, where applicable). If you are submitting digital images, please include printed thumbnails. We prefer the high-resolution digital images to be TIFF format, 300 ppi resolution, and at least as big as they would be printed in the magazine. If your high-resolution images do not meet these requirements, please do not convert them. Upon submission we will determine if they suitable.”
- Imagination Cafe -P.O. Box 1536, Valparaiso, IN 46384. Email: editor-at-imagination-cafe.com. Website: http://www.imagination-cafe.com. Rosanne Tolin, Editor. 65% freelance. “A safe, fun ‘edutainment’ website. Articles in the Career-o-Rama section include interviews with people in careers of all kinds, helping kids to answer the question, ‘What do I want to be when I grow up?’, while other areas of the website include features on animals, history, science, and sports, plus games, quizzes, and writing contests.” Typically works with published writers, “but we’re willing to take a look” at new writers. Circ. N/A. Updated continuously. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms 1 week to 6 months after acceptance. Buys web rights and non-exclusive print rights. Accepts reprints. Responds 1 day to 3 weeks. Sample articles online. Subscription free. Guidelines online at http://www.imagination-cafe.com/info/guidelines.asp. CURRENT NEEDS: “Quizzes, articles on sports, and kid-friendly recipes.” Pays $25-$125 for 100-350+ words depending on department and length. Submit query or complete ms by email. PHOTOS/ART: “Photos are a bonus!” Payment is negotiable. HINTS: “This is not a beginners market. It’s imperative that writers look throughout the entire site, reading content in all applicable departments before submitting. Also, remember that this is a KIDS market. Think like a kid–editorial voice is a no-no.”
- Poisoned Pen Press- 6962 E. 1st Ave, Suite 103, Scottsdale, AZ 85251. P(480)945-3375. Email: editor-at-poisonedpenpress.com. Website: http://www.poisonedpenpress.com. “Adult Mystery Fiction.” Publishers approx. 36 titles/year. Welcomes new authors. Average first print run is 3K. Offers advance. Publishes book approximately 12-18 months after acceptance. Responds within 3 weeks. Catalogue can be received by request online, or by calling 1-800-421-3976 – select option 2. Guidelines online at http://www.poisonedpenpress.com/submission-guidelines. CURRENT NEEDS: “Well-written mysteries.” Payment: “$500 on signing of contract; $500 on delivery of manuscript. Royalties are (9%) of the suggested retail price on the first 3,500 hardcover or trade paperback copies sold, twelve percent (12%) on the next 2,500 hardcover or trade paperback copies sold, and fifteen percent (15%) on all copies sold in excess of 6,000 hardcover or trade paperback copies sold.” Manuscripts are 65K-90K words. “Begin with a query letter to our editor. If it is successful, follow with synopsis and full manuscript. Please read our submission guidelines so your pages are ready for our readers. We look forward to your work.” HINTS: “Please carefully proof your documents. Nothing pulls a reader away from a story more than obvious mistakes.”
Canadian writing job seekers may find what they want at the Canadian Freelance Writing Jobs Blog. Deb Ng publishes jobs at FreelanceWritingGigs as does Jennifer Mattern at All Freelance Writing. Problogger also posts blogging jobs.
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I always love an ad for a “smart freelance writer” #52. What, they don’t want an ignorant freelance writer? Is that discrimination?
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hi Anne,
thanks a lot for the job postings! just wanted to let you know the links for ‘how to get a job’ and ‘how to land a job’ are kind of wonky. they only worked after i removed the ‘10′ in the URL. i dunno, maybe it’s just my browser or something. thanks again!
Angela, thanks, I’ll check.