“Write a sentence as clean as a bone.” ~~James Baldwin
Fifteen Markets That Pay
By B. Lynn Goodwin
I have not submitted to most of these sites but if their requests match your writing, please give them a try. Please let us know how it goes using the 
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What kinds of markets would you like to see here? Please let me know and I’ll see what I can do. Other subjects you’d like us to cover? Please let us know.
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe accepts personal essays about relationships for their Connections section. The essays should be about 650 words. Please send an email with “Query” as the subject line to magazine@globe.com to pitch your essay.
Extra Crispy
Extra Crispy pays for personal essays about food. The articles they publish have a conversational tone with a bit of humor. http://www.extracrispy.com/culture/185/how-to-pitch-extra-crispy
The New York Times: Modern Love
The New York Times Modern Love is looking for essays about love and relationships in modern times payment $300. The desired length for essays is 1500 to 1700. The submission page is old, but still up to date. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/fashion/howtosubmit_modernlove.html?_r=1&
The New York Times: Lives
New York Times Lives accepts essays about meaningful life experiences. http://www.nytimes.com/column/lives Read the section to get an idea of what they want and send pitches to lives@nytimes.com
Salon
Salon publishes personal essays. Send your pitches in the body of the email not as an attachment. They also would like to know about your background and what makes you qualified to write the piece you’re proposing. http://www.salon.com/about/submissions/
Chicken Soup for the Soul
Chicken Soup for the Soul releases themed books throughout the year. They accept uplifting essays that are less than 1200 words. The pay is $200. http://www.chickensoup.com/story-submissions/possible-book-topics
True Story
True Story is published by Creative Nonfiction. They accept personal essay between 5000-10000 words and pay $300. https://www.creativenonfiction.org/submissions/true-story
Good Old Days
Good Old Days accepts personal essays about growing up between 1935 and 1960. They should be informal and conversational in tone. Payment varies. http://www.goodolddaysmagazine.com/contributor_guidelines.php
Broadly
Broadly is a website devoted to representing a wide variety of women’s experiences. They publish personal essays. https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/page/about
Vox First Person
Vox First Person is dedicated to publishing thoughtful, in-depth first person narratives. They pay, but don’t list the rates on their site. http://www.vox.com/2015/6/12/8767221/vox-first-person-explained
History Through Fiction
Their website says, “History Through Fiction accepts historical fiction short story and novel excerpt submissions that, if accepted, will be published in the member-only content area of our website. They publish one story a month, have ongoing submissions, and pay $25. Novel submissions will reopen in September. Details here (scroll down).
Escape Artists: Cast of Wonders – Banned Books Week
Cast of Wonders publishes young adult fantasy, science fiction, and horror in podcast and online format. They welcome work by young writers (writers under 18) during all their submission periods. Pay is $0.08/word for stories up to 6,000 words. Details here (guidelines) and here (schedule).
Flash Frog
They want stories that are “Small. Brightly Colored. Deadly to the Touch.” They pay $25 for stories up to 1,000 words. They accept general submissions year-round, with some exceptions; they accept ghost story submissions during July. Details here.
Factor Four Magazine
Their website says, “We publish flash fiction in the genres of speculative fiction, specifically science fiction, fantasy, supernatural, super hero, or any combination of these.” They pay $0.11/word for stories up to 1,000 words. Details here.
Metaphorosis
Their tagline is, ‘Beautifully Made Speculative Fiction’. They want “Beautiful writing showing engaging characters in science fiction or fantasy settings.” Pay is $0.01/word for stories of 500-10,000 words. Details here.
