Re: Fw: garden columns

**j* e* m* s* <h*@sbcglobal.net>**

I have been getting $65 for my weekly garden column in the 
Indianapolis Star since 1994, which was an increase from $50 from 
when I started writing it in 1989. I get paid $25 for photos that I 
shoot and $10 for stock art I buy to use.

I get $290 for writing a quarterly column, about 600 to 700 words, 
for the Indianapolis Business Journal, and $400 for 500 words for 
Angie's List magazine.

jems

>I'll chime in with my fee for a glossy regional magazine for which I've
>written a column for 14 years. At first it was monthly, then bimonthly, and
>now quarterly. There have been two owners and three editors. My pay went
>from $250 (for 2000 words and a photo) to $350 (for 900 words max and a
>photo). For me the pay scale works out because I retain copyright to the
>columns and have re-sold some and put others on my website. Fran used a
>couple of them for her newsletters in exchange for book ads for me. I think
>about publishing my selected columns as a book but over the years the chatty
>style had to give way to a zippy one.
>
>Betty Mackey
>www.mackeybooks.com
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Fran Gustman" <fgustman@gmail.com>
>
>>  Would those of you who write for publications be willing to say what you
>>  make per number of words, how long your articles are, and what type of
>>  publication (if you don't want to share the name)? I know I'm getting
>>  royally ripped off and want to know what is more typical . I'm embarrassed
>>  to say that I'm getting $60 for 1000 words, sometimes including a photo,
>>  for
>>  which I am not paid extra. This is for a weekly paper. You can write to me
>>  individually or to the group, your choice.
>
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________________________________________
Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
Garden writer, speaker, author, photographer
Region III Director Garden Writers Association
Phone: (317) 251.3261
Fax: (317) 251.8545
E-mail: hoosiergardener@sbcglobal.net
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