High Paying Fiction Print Markets

Fiction markets are hard to find these days. These markets have outstanding pay rates for fiction pieces. High paying jobs can be lucrative in the freelancing field of writing. Try your hand at submitting to some of these great high paying fiction print markets after taking a look at their writer's guidelines.

1) The Atlantic Monthly, 77 N. Washington Street, Boston, MA (617)854-7700 letters@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com

This mommy of all fiction markets has a circulation of a half of million and was established in 1857. It will pay on acceptance and give you a byline. They accept queries by mail and will respond in 2 months to your manuscript. This makes a very lovely addition to your portfolio. Fiction appears in a newsstand only copy of a special edition, not to the general magazine. They prefer literary and contemporary pieces and prefers for you to send the entire manuscript for consideration. Fiction pieces should be between 2,000 and 6,000 words.

2) Harpers Magazine, 666 Broadway, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10012 (212) 228-5889 www.harpers.org

Another very well received fiction markets, Harper's has a circulation of 230,000 and was established in 1850. It will pay on acceptance. They will respond in 6 weeks and will consider unsolicited fiction. Please send them a query and not the finished piece. Contact person Lewis H. Lapham is the editor. They will buy around 12 stories a year and will pay 50 cents to $1 a word. All fiction should be between 3,000 and 5,000 words.

3) Playboy, Playboy Enterprises, 680 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611 (212) 261-5000 articles@playboy.com
www.playboy.com

Playboy is one of the very top fiction markets in the world today. They only publish serious contemporary, mystery, humor, sports, or sci-fi genres. Playboy magazine was established in 1953. They have a circulation of 3.2 million and will respond in 2 months to your work. They will not take anything by fax, or electronically, or handwritten. All fiction needs to be around 1,000 to 6,000 words in length and they have an undisclosed pay rate but is generally around $1 a word.