LUCREZIA MAGAZINE

Lucrezia Magazine specializes in erotica and sexuality in its artistic forms–namely, its presence in the art, fiction and entertainment world. Lucrezia Magazine is edgy and provocative, but never explicit. In other words, they like reports on the latest erotic finds (such as erotica writers or erotica in the media), but it’s not okay to send submissions about sex toys or positions.
What they accept: articles or reviews (dealing with erotica/sexuality), personal essays, confessions, fiction and flash fiction.
Payment: $20.00 for 2000-6000 word fiction submissions; $10.00 for flash fiction, personal …

Scribophile, a fiction writing community, is launching a new contest in the spirit of the new decade–and new beginnings.
Scribophile’s New Beginnings Contest gives budding writers the chance to write a short story featuring the theme of new beginnings. How you intepret it is up to you, but the best work gets a $100 Amazon.com gift card and a 3000 word editing credit for Elite Editing. You’ll need to sign up on Scribophile.com to submit your short story, however.
Here’s the rest of the specs:

Submit: To submit, post …

Again, before you begin your query letter, there are some things you should avoid.  Here are some common mistakes writers make when compiling a query letter.
4 Common Query Mistakes to Avoid

Pitching more than one article. You shouldn’t be pitching more than one article per letter.  If you must, write a separate letter for the other topic.

Writing a query that is longer than one page. Editors skim the letter quickly to see if it interest them, and they’re not likely to read a long query.

Claiming you are the “perfect fit” for …

Skirt! Magazine is seeking personal essays covering interests pertaining to women, including family life, health and spiritual issues.  Although they ask for an emphasis on topical women’s issues, it is not a feminist or pro-woman magazine.
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Requirements: 900-1,200 words in rich text format (.rtf), detailing your personal experience dealing with a woman-oriented topic.  A short two to three sentence biography is also required.  Humor and thought-provoking essays preferred.  Increase your chances of acceptance by writing an essay that fits under one of their monthly themes.
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Query/Manuscript: Queries are preferred by email but …

Smithsonian.com
Smithsonian, a national monthly magazine that chronicles popular culture, the sciences, history and art from an American perspective, is looking for humor pieces to fill The Last Page, their monthly humor column.  They are specifically looking for stories, ideally from the writer’s own experience, about a typical event that had a surprising or humorous twist.
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Requirements: 500 to 650 words, detailing a short but humorous story from a writer’s own experience.

Query/Manuscript: Do not query.  They only accept completed manuscripts through their online submission form.

Payment: $1,000 per accepted article for first North …

The Saturday Evening Post is looking for informative, but intriguing, articles and features that cover all aspects of American culture.  Humor helps, but is not required for acceptance.  Although they pay less than other national magazines, their notoriety should be noted–this magazine originally began as the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1728, owned by Benjamin Franklin and Hugh Meredith.
Who They Are: One of the oldest publications in the United States that publishes articles about unique and refreshing insights into American life, culture, and society.  They aren’t a typical magazine, and interested writers …

High Times is looking for articles, features, and news stories relating to cannabis, including growing techniques, articles covering cannabis in the media, reviews, and commentary about current events relating to marijuana.  Photographs are highly encouraged for marijuana how to’s or growing advice.
Who They Are: High Times is a very well known magazine that advocates marijuana use and its legalization.  It is considered to be the best source for marijuana news and stories.  Former writers for High Times include Truman Capote and Hunter S. Thompson.
What They Want: High Times is looking …

This magazine is not for writers who aren’t passionate about women’s rights (and feminism, to an extent).  Bitch Magazine is for pop savvy feminists who can dig deep into the undiscovered meanings of pop culture and its relation to feminism.
Being a feminist is not a requirement, but you should have some knowledge about feminism and pop culture.
Who They Are: Bitch Magazine is a quarterly magazine (read: they only produce four magazines a year) that regularly publishes lengthy features, interviews, and columns about pop culture.  Each snippet evaluates pop culture from …

Common Ties
Want to release your innermost thoughts and feelings to possibly secure a book deal?  Then Common Ties might be for you.
Who They Are: Common Ties (commonties.com), is looking for illustrated submissions to insert in their upcoming book, set for release in 2010.
What They Want: Common Ties is looking for illustrated submission answering one of their twenty questions on the website.  The answer must be 50 words or less — but this shouldn’t be a problem if you’re already accustomed to twittering.
When They Want It: Common Ties is accepting submissions …