Market Monday is a weekly feature that looks at markets for you to pitch your work. The idea being that, while the daily job leads we send are good for paying the bills, these markets will give you an opportunity to work on projects that truly interest you. Each week we’ll be focusing on two to five high-quality markets. We’re looking to showcase lesser known markets that still offer rates of 50 cents a word or more and have immediate needs for freelancers’ work.
Trade magazines are not the nationally distributed glossies most freelance writers aspire to write for. But they often offer competitive pay rates and niches for writers with special interests or knowledge. Often they are more willing to work with newer writers, offering a chance to build up clips for those aforementioned nationally distributed glossies.
Technology Review
Target audience: covering information technology, biotech, material science, and nanotechnology.
Frequency: 10 times/year
Circulation: 310,000
Rates: $1-$3/word
Terms: Pays on acceptance
Address article queries to: David Ratman, executive editor (nanotechnology); Wade Roush, senior editor (information technology); Rebecca Zacks, senior editor (prototypes)
Mailing address: MIT, 1 Main St., 7th Floor, Cambridge MA 02142
Phone: (617)475-8000
Fax: (617)475-8042
Web site: www.technologyreview.com
In the editor’s words: "We place a high premium on in-depth, original reporting that produces stories rich in description, containing lively quotes from key researchers and industry analysts. Summaries of other companies or labratories doing similar work typically supplement articles. Looking for feature articles."
Market notes: Nonfiction articles range in length from 2,000 to 4,000 words. Fillers – 150 to 250 words – are short tidbits that relate laboratory prototypes on their way to market in 1-5 years.
(via Writer’s Market)
