I had those same thoughts back in 2005-ish when I had my third baby and was in the trenches. I checked into my local parenting magazine, Kansas City Parent, sent something to them about stocking up on meals instead of going grocery shopping daily, and I made a fast 25 bucks.
Then I wondered if I could maybe send the same piece to other magazines in other cities. Did they only want local content or would they take my little evergreen piece?
Fast forward MANY years: I present to you below a rockin' list of great magazines I have personally written for, and it increases every year. Once I figured out I could do this, I compiled a book of info and markets and guidelines and pay information so others could do the same thing. I've made as little as 10 bucks on a piece up to $250 (I don't write for national magazines yet).
This is the cover of the 6th edition (2015), which held about 285 paying family and parenting markets.
And this is the cover of the upcoming 7th edition. If you're interested in just buying the list of markets in PDF format instead of the print book, sign up for an email subscription at The Published Parent and you'll get an email right when it becomes available. If you'd like to wait for the print book with tips and tricks, that's cool too. I also plan to compile tips and tricks as a PDF you can purchase separately, so you get some choices!
I've written for every one of these on the list below, so I know all the information you want (guidelines, pay, how fast they pay, etc.). The ebook also includes national markets I have not broken into yet, like Babble.com, Parents, Working Mother, FamilyFun, Highlights, Brain,Child and many more. Check them out!
You can sign up for an email subscription to my writing site here (The Published Parent) and get a free sample of the book, including FIVE markets that pay $50 plus for reprints! Please also consider joining my Facebook group called Parenting Magazine Writers ... it's FREE and full of tips and tricks and markets and like-minded writer friends!
- About Families
- Alaska Parent
- Arizona Parenting
- Athens Parent
- Atlanta Baby
- Atlanta Parent
- Auburn Opelika Parents
- Augusta Family
- Austin Family
- Baton Rouge Parents
- Bay Area Parent Silicon Valley
- BC Parent
- Bermuda Parent
- Birmingham Parent
- Black Hills Parent
- Boom!
- Bowling Green Parent
- Bronx/Riverdale Family
- Brooklyn Family
- Broward Family Life (June 2018)
- Calgary's Child
- Carolina Parent
- Central California Parent
- Central Penn Parent
- Charlotte Parent
- Child Guide
- Cincinnati Family
- Cincinnati Parent
- Colorado Parent
- Columbus Parent
- CT Parent (Connecticut)
- Cy-Fair Parent
- Eastern Shore Parents
- Edmonton's Child (nonpaying)
- Family Time
- Family Times
- Findlay Area Family
- First Coast Parent
- First Time Parent
- Flagler Parent
- Florida Family News
- Fort Bend Parent
- Fredericksburg Parent
- Genessee Valley Parent
- Georgia Family
- Good Life Family (July/August 2018)
- Greater Fort Wayne Family (nonpaying)
- Greater Pensacola Parents
- Growing Up in the Valley
- Houston Baby Guide
- Houston Family
- Hudson Valley Parent
- Indy's Child
- Inland Empire Family
- Irving Parent
- Island Child (pays with ad)
- Ithaca Baby Book
- Ithaca Child
- Jersey Shore Family (nonpaying, for now)
- Jewish Journal
- Kalamazoo Parent (now defunct)
- Kansas City Baby
- Kansas City Parent
- Katy Parent
- Kern County Family
- Kids VT
- LA Family
- Las Vegas Family
- Little Egypt Family
- Long Island Family
- Mahoning Valley Parent
- Manhattan Family
- Memphis Parent
- Mendo Lake Family Life
- MetroFamily Oklahoma
- MetroKids Pennsylvania
- MetroParent Wisconsin
- MetroParent Michigan
- MetroPet (nonpaying)
- Mi Child
- Mobile Bay Parents
- Monterey Bay Parent
- Montgomery Parents
- Mother and Child Reunion (nonpaying)
- My Child Australia
- Nashville Parent
- Neapolitan Family
- New Beginnings (nonpaying)
- New Jersey Baby
- New Jersey Family
- New Jersey ParentWeb
- NOLA Baby & Family
- North State Parent
- North Texas Kids
- Northeast Pennsylvania Family
- Northern Kentucky Family
- Northshore Parents
- OC Family
- Okanagan Child
- Omaha Family
- On the Coast
- Orlando Family
- OV Parent
- Oxford Family
- Palm Beach Parenting
- Palmetto Parent
- ParentGuide Florida
- ParentGuide News New York
- ParentMap
- Parenting OC
- Parenting Plus
- ParentLine Maryland
- Parent News South Carolina
- Parents & Kids
- Parents' Source
- Pearland Parent
- Peekaboo (Arkansas)
- Piedmont Family
- Piedmont Parent
- Pittsburgh Parent
- Playground
- Portland Family
- Purchase Area Family
- Queens Family
- Red River Family
- Rio Grande Family
- Rochester Baby Guide
- Rutherford Parent
- Sacramento Parent (March 2018)
- San Antonio Kids (May 2018)
- San Diego Family
- Santa Clarita Family
- Saskatoon's Child
- Scary Mommy
- Seminole County Parenting
- Simply Family
- Sonoma Family Life
- South Bay Family
- South Jersey Mom
- Southern Child (nonpaying)
- Southwest Florida Parent and Child
- Space City Parent
- Staten Island Family
- Staten Island Parent
- Suburban Family (IL)
- Suburban Parent
- Sumner Parent
- Texarkana Parent
- The Kansas City Star
- The Parent Notebook
- Tidewater Parent
- Today's Family
- Toledo Area Parent
- Treasure Coast Parenting
- Tulsa Kids
- Turks and Caicos Parents
- Utah Family
- Valley Parent Georgia
- Valley Parent Oregon
- Vancouver Family (Washington)
- Ventura County Family
- The Village Family
- Volusia Parent
- Washington Family
- Washington Parent
- West Virginia Family
- Westchester Family
- Western New York Family
- Wholistic Family Health
- Williamson Parent
- Wilmington Parent
- Wise Youth Today (nonpaying)
- WZPL Family
