Freelance writing, True West, pays $0.25 per word (Western US)

TRUE WEST relates our American West history back to the present day, to show readers the important role our heritage plays in keeping the spirit of the West alive during our everyday travels and adventures out West.

Below are the leading issue topics for True West's current editorial calendar:

2011 Editorial Calendar

Jan/Feb: Top 10 True Western Towns

March: Western Trains

April: Annual Travel Issue

May: Historic Ranches

June: Extreme History Vacations

July: Western Entertainment

Aug: Best Photography of the American West

Sept: Top 10 Western Museums

Oct: Western Art

True West seeks to establish long-term relationships with writers who conduct excellent research, provide a fresh look at an old subject, write well, hit deadlines and provide manuscripts at the assigned word length. Such writers tend to get repeat assignments.

Send your query and accompanying MSS and photos to: Meghan Saar

Via mail (SASE):
Editor-In-Chief
P.O. Box 8008
Cave Creek, AZ 85327

PAYMENT

Payment is upon publication only. Standard pay rate is $0.25 a word, with $20 payment for each permission-granted photo the author provides that is published with the article. For stories assigned to an author to write for a particular issue (not on spec) that are later withdrawn, we pay a kill fee of half of the agreed-upon original fee should the story have run in the publication. For work published in the print magazine, True West acquires first North American serial rights and archival rights.

More information here.