Anyway, I don't plan to keep this post updated for any length of time, either, but just for the heck of it, I'm going to link here to all the parenting magazine guidelines I come across as I'm surfing tonight. Regional parenting magazines are a great place to sell reprints. Enjoy!
("But how," you may ask, "How, Jenna, can I ever repay you for this great list?" See those books over there on the right? Buy one! Buy ten! I wrote them and they're good!)
- ADDitude: About attention deficit disorder in children and adults (pay rates not disclosed for articles and blogs)
- Adoptive Families: (modest payment)
- Arizona Parenting: For Phoenix and surrounding communities (variable pay for originals, $25-50 for reprints)
- Atlanta Parent: ("nominal" payment)
- Babble: online magazine (pays about $150 for features)
- Baby Corner: online magazine ($.01/word for essays, .02/word for articles)
- Birmingham Parent: Alabama print magazine (buys FNASR, accepts reprints, pay not specified)
- Brain, Child: national magazine (pays "modest fees")
- Carolina Parent: North Carolina's greater Triangle area (feature rates start at $50, accepts reprints, buys one-time print rights and online rights)
- Central Penn Parent: Pennsylvania print magazine ($50-125 for originals, $35 for reprints)
- Charlotte Parent: North Carolina ($45-125 for originals, $15-35 for reprints)
- Chesapeake Family: ($75-200 for originals, $35 for reprints)
- Chicago Parent: Local writers only ($25-50 for short articles, $50-100 for essays, $100 and up for features. Doesn't buy reprints.)
- Columbus Parent: (for Central Ohio writers only)
- The Dabbling Mum ($10-40 for originals, $0-15 for reprints)
- Family Fun: Disney's national parenting magazine ($1.25/word)
- Georgia Family: ($20-60 for originals, $10-30 for reprints)
- The Green Parent: UK-based print magazine (pays £75 per 1000 words)
- Hudson Valley Parent: ($80-120 for originals, $25-35 for reprints)
- The Imperfect Parent: online magazine (pays $10 for reviews, $25 for features and essays)
- Indy's Child: Indianapolis (pays $.10-.15/word for originals, $40-75 for reprints)
- Island Parent: Vancouver, Candada ($35 for print rights, additional $25 for e-rights)
- MetroFamily magazine: Central Oklahoma ($25-50, accepts reprints, prefers local writers)
- Metro Parent: Southeast Michigan (up to $350 for features, $35 for reprints)
- MomSense: Christian moms of preschoolers (all articles on spec, pays on publication, unknown rates)
- New Jersey Family: (pays about $.10/word for originals, $25-50 for reprints, $5-15 for blog posts)
- NOLA Baby and Family (discuss pay with editor, pays $25 kill fee, accepts reprints)
- NY Metro Parent: NYC and Long Island parenting magazines (it's just a contact page, but they pay up to $50)
- Ohio Family (pays $35-200, accepts reprints)
- Orlando Family: Florida magazine ($50-75 for originals, $25-40 for reprints)
- Parent Connect: Part of Christianity Today ($50-150 for exclusive online rights)
- Parenting: national glossy ($1/word and up)
- ParentLife: Evangelical Christian publication (pays, but pay rate not specified)
- ParentMap: Puget Sound area (pays negotiable rates for first American print and electronic rights)
- Parents: national glossy ($1.50/word and up)
- Parents and Kids: Mississippi ($25 and up for reprints and originals)
- Piedmont Parent: Part of Carolina Parenting ($35-110/article, accepts reprints)
- Portland Family: (no reprints, variable pay for originals)
- PTO Today: magazine about parent-teacher organizations (pays $150-700)
- Raising Arizona Kids: Arizona writers only ($25 and up for departments, $150 and up for features, all rights)
- Rutherford Parent, Nashville Parent, Sumner Parent, and Williamson Parent: Tennessee (pays negotiable fees for Work-for-Hire rights, $35 for reprints)
- Sacramento Parent : ($50-200 for originals, $25-45 for reprints)
- San Diego Family Magazine (pays on publication, rates not specified)
- Seattle's Child: (pays $75-450)
- Simply Family: Billings, Montana (rates vary, accepts reprints)
- Today's Parent: Canada monthly magazine (favors Canadian writers, pays $700-2000 for features)
- Treasure Valley Family: Idaho magazine (pay varies, FNASR, accepts reprints)
- True North: Central Oregon parenting magazine (pay rates vary)
- Western New York Family (pays $35-200)
- Working Mother: print magazine and blogs
