UK based Cross Stitcher magazine are on the hunt for top stitching stories and want to hear from you. Maybe you’re stitching for a special event – a wedding, perhaps, or for charity. Perhaps you’ve created a project for someone special, a family member, friend or maybe a celebrity. Or perhaps you run, or are a member of, an extra special stitching group. Whatever you’re story, they are keen to hear from you. View website for more details.
http://www.crossstitchermagazine.co.uk/page/crossstitch?catname=/Contact%20us!

Got a great interesting story about electronic music or the digital music landscape? Future Music are looking for provocative writers who are interested in communicating “What’s Next…” Introduce yourself and email an example of your work that truly demonstrates your talent. View website for details.
http://www.futuremusic.com/contact/

YES! Magazine documents how people are creating a more just, sustainable, and compassionate world. They welcome submissions that relate directly to this focus. Each issue of YES! includes a series of articles focused on a theme—about solutions to a significant challenge facing our world—and a number of timely, non-theme articles. Pay rates for articles vary and are negotiated based on the circumstances of the writer and the assignment. YES! pays higher rates for original reporting and deeply researched stories that break new ground. View website for details.
http://www.yesmagazine.org/default.asp?ID=15

Scottish based Mainstream Publishing have relaunched their fiction list and welcome proposals for 2010. View website for details of the type of fiction published and for their detailed submission guidelines.

http://www.mainstreampublishing.com

UK based Guitarist Magazine welcomes article proposals from writers with knowledge of guitars, equipment, and artists. You must spend time reading the magazine so that you’re familiar with their style before submitting proposals. The magazine is highly specialised and its readers are knowledgeable. Provide a brief outline, detailing whether you can also provide images. View website for contact details.
http://www.guitarist.co.uk

Vibe magazine focuses on urban music and the current youth culture. They welcome feature proposals and you need to submit a query with clips, resume, and SASE in the first instance. Features are up to 3000 words. Columns are up to 740 words, and music reviews up to 800 words. Pay is $1/word. View website for details. http://www.vibe.com/about/contact/

UK based Country & Border Life is aimed at people who are passionate about the countryside and rural life, particularly in the areas of Shropshire, Mid Wales, Cheshire, and Herefordshire. They do welcome freelance submissions. View the website for details about the magazine and send a pitch in the first instance to the editor. Contact details on the website.

http://www.borderpublishing.com/countryborderlife/

UK based publisher, Phillimore & Co Ltd, welcome authors of local and family history, archaeology and architectual history. Please contact the Editorial Department at the earliest possible stage in the preparation of a manuscript for publication. View website for details.
http://www.phillimore.co.uk/acatalog/Contact_us.html

Search is a non-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian magazine exploring the intersection of science, religion, and culture. Their intellectually curious, educated readers have an interest in how technology, faith, ethics, and the arts connect in both global affairs and our everyday lives. As a magazine that has published Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, Search has high standards of writing and research, but they are always seeking new voices. Pitch your idea in detail and include sources, possible sidebars, and prospective photos or artwork. If you have not contributed before, please send two to three links to published articles. As always, the best way to determine what they are looking for is to read recent issues of the magazine in the archive. View website for details.
http://www.searchmagazine.org/About%20Us/about-us.html

UK based Robert Hale are currently considering book proposals in the following genres:

· General Fiction
·  Regency
·  Crime Fiction
·  Westerns
·  Equestrian books (under our J A Allen imprint)
·  Non-Fiction titles – a limited range

Please visit the website for full submission details.
http://www.halebooks.com/submissions.asp?TAG=&CID=

UK based Pension Insight is a monthly magazine for pension professionals and their advisers. First published in April 2009, it aims to be a single source of reference to help cut down on information overload. Combining news digests and summaries of all the key developments it also provides intelligent analysis of what it all means. Pensions Insight also analyses how macro-economics, capital markets and politics impact occupational pension funds. The editor welcomes feature ideas in the first instance. View website for contact information.
http://www.pensions-insight.co.uk/index.asp

German Life is a bimonthly magazine, written for all interested in the diversity of German culture, past and present, and in the various ways that the United States has been shaped by its German element. The magazine is dedicated to solid reporting on cultural and historical events as well as travel information. To suggest a story, send us a query letter (3 or 4 paragraphs) with backup clips of your idea. View website for contact details.
http://www.germanlife.com/submissions.html

Legend Writing Awards are open to entries.

Short stories up to 2000 words. Prizes: 1st £500, 2nd £250, 3rd £100. Runners-up 3 x £50

and new this year:

Flash fiction 100 words exactly (excluding title). Prizes: 1st £50, 2nd £30, 3rd £20. Runners-up 3 x £10

Closing date: 31st August 2009. View website for entry details.
http://www.legendwritingaward.co.uk

GoNOMAD prides itself on providing excellent, entertaining, informative and unique travel articles and research about destinations, activities and experiences. No glossy magazine fluff, no standard guidebook descriptions, no promotional hype; just honest, accurate, well-written and detailed articles and destination guides that speak to an educated, curious and well-traveled audience. View website for guidelines.
http://www.gonomad.com/corp/writerguidelines.html

UK based Myrmidon Books are written to an exceptionally high standard: crisp and engaging prose; captivating and imaginative story-telling. Their goal is to become the UK’s most influential independent publisher of commercial and literary adult fiction outside the capital. They value their authors highly and treat them accordingly. They welcome new and original submissions from both established and first-time writers. View website for information.
http://www.myrmidonbooks.com/new_writers.html

US based The North Coast Journal is looking for freelancers. If you’re a good writer and you’re interested in writing about Humboldt County, they would like to hear from you. They pay $300-400 for 3,000-4,000 words. View website for detailed guidelines.
http://www.northcoastjournal.com/about/writers_guidelines/

Adventure Kayak celebrates all the adventures of kayak touring, from a tour through the local marina to an arctic expedition to all the diversity in between. Adventure Kayak’s content has an internationalscope, with roots in the Canadian paddling scene. Readers range from rank beginners to expert paddlers who share the desire to learn, explore and experience the paddling world. The magazine welcomes feature submissions and pay a pre-negotiated rate of up to $0.20 per word depending on length, content and quality. Outlines are required. Please download PDF guidelines.
http://www.rapidmedia.com/files/AK-guide.pdf

UK based Bladonmore is a corporate communications business with a global client base spanning the corporate, finance and investment communities. They are currently recruiting talented freelance journalists, especially those who cover financial services, corporate finance, infrastructure and emerging markets. Please send your details, including samples of your work, to careers@bladonmore.com   http://www.bladonmore.com/freelance-writers

The Canadian Organic Grower depends entirely on freelance submissions, and they welcome articles from all parts of the country – and from writers abroad. Articles tend to fall into the following categories:
*Personal experiences/ observations/ techniques. They are looking for new and different ideas on growing and marketing.
* Profiles of growers, of operations or of well-known or important people in the organic movement. These almost always include new ideas or techniques for readers to try * Research and its results. From formal research conducted by universities, colleges and governments to simple experiments done by individuals at home, these informative articles can point out new directions for readers to move in.
* How-to articles related to farming and gardening. Whether its your own experiences or an account of how an expert does things, all steps should be thoroughly explained, and diagrams/photos should be supplied where needed for clarification.
If you would like to write an article for The Canadian Organic Grower, please email the editor to discuss your idea before you start to write.  View website for contact details.
http://www.cog.ca/magazinecontributors.htm

Flashfictiononline.com publish stories from 500 to 1,000 words in length. They look for previously unpublished material, with the exception of their Classic Flash selections. They pay $50 per story. View website for full details.
http://www.flashfictiononline.com/submit.html