Freelance Writing Jobs for Friday, January 4, 2007
January 4, 2008 by Jodee
Filed under Writing Gigs
Leads…
- Freelance Writers @ Employment Times - Applicants from ME, NH, MA Only ($50-$100 per article)
- Freelance Writer with Journalism Skills – Seattle
- Orlando Area Freelance Writers Needed
- Copywriters/Medical Writers - New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Chicago, San Francisco
- Translators @ AbleInnovations.com
- Freelance Editors @ Edit911 – Ph.D Required
- Editors/Proofreaders/Manuscript Reviewers @ FreeSpirit.com
- Freelance Writers @ Disaboom.com
- Writers Needed for Literary Biography
- Editors for Humanities Reference Books
- Math and Science Test Prep Writer
- Russian Translator for Editing
- Food/Travel Writers @ Vezeo.com ($25-$100)
- Published Political Science Writer Needed
- Speech Writer/Global Business
- Dallas/Fort Worth Writers Needed ($15 per post)
- Writers/Editor - Dallas
- Call for Submissions – Animal Stories for Upcoming Book ($25 per story)
- Skilled Resume Writers Wanted ($100 per project to start)
- Seeking Gay Freelance Writers ($0.10 per word)
- Writer/Editor for Manuscript
- Fiction Proposal Writer Needed
- Technical Writer – Six Month Contract – Minneapolis
- Wanted: Editor Who Can Write
- Technical Writing/Financial Industry Specialist
- Fun Freelance Assignment – Seattle ($400 for copy and images)
- The Advocate Accepting Queries
- Aeon Magazine Accepting Manuscripts – Fiction ($0.06 per word)
- Flight Safety Foundation Accepting Manuscripts ($300 per full page)
- African American Review Accepting Essays
- AGNI Accepting Submissions of Poetry, Essays, Short Fiction ($10 per page for prose; $20 per page for poems)
Good Luck!
Jodee
Just a heads up about the Vezeo opportunity… they’ve been posting all over Craigslist and require every applicant to do a free review for them, which they will post on their site, as part of the application process.
Thanks, Jodee and Deb for this amazing blog!
No less than ten links that interested me and three I’m really excited about! Thanks for all of these, you are indeed amazing!
Food/Travel Writers @ Vezeo.com ($25-$100)
This particular website wants to publish reviews of “upscale” restaurants… To eat at these restaurants costs way more than the submission is worth.
Well, I suppose if you happened to already be eating at these places and wanted to make your tip back – it’s a great job!
Ahhh…. the life of the published… the frivolity of the fed…
I have gotten some work from the listings in this blog before but hit a dry spell (you’re too popular for my good! lol). Dry spell is over – I just got a contract from a listing that was on this blog! WOO HOO!
Love this blog and am so grateful for all the hard work and love behind it.
Thanks for all you do!
@ Kate N. and Kat: You are most welcome!
@ Dani: Glad to hear the dry spell is over!
I must admit I was starting to feel a bit like the bridesmaid who is never a bride – I applied for jobs as I found them and never even got a nibble back. I did finally get one in December that paid my highest per-word rate to date and the client added a bonus when he paid me. That was a very nice way to end 2007!
I’m excited about a few of these opportunities too. I’ve dipped my feet in your listings but I love the way you’ve covered some of the groundwork for me! I always come here first when hunting for commissions.
Thanks Jodee!!!
You are quite welcome, Rebecca!
Re: Vezeo
I’ve seen this quite a bit on some paid blogging sites and I can’t help but think this is a sneaky way to get writers to work for free. What do you think? Is it a legitimate way to screen writers or are these companies taking advantage?
Specifically I’m thinking of “submit three sample blog postings on the topic of our blog” and “pick three products from our website to review” requirements.
@ Robin: (re: Vezeo) I get nervous about ads like that. Requiring me to submit work for no pay at all, just to be considered, strikes me as a way for them to get free content.
Has anyone here any experience with Vezeo?
I agree with Gina. I applied for a job with Sugar Publishing http://www.popsugar.com Do NOT apply for a job with them! They’re on mediabistro.com all the time. They had me do an elaborate project for them, brought me in for an interview, didn’t hire me but did steal my advertising ideas! I will NEVER do that again! They started using my ideas soon after. I had too much writing experience for them anyways, when their sites are really just blogs with advertising. I’m still mad!