Want to earn some extra scratch with your freelance writing? Then consider writing articles for the education magazines. Overall the pay’s not great, and definitely not as good as what you’ll usually get creating supplements and ancillaries for college textbooks, but it’s a good way to get known and make connections, and to broaden your writing experience.
I just found an excellent piece by Laura Yeager on the Writers Weekly website about this very topic:
I’ve found (and hope you will, too) that the education market is a booming platform for inspired articles about all aspects of education. Whether you’re a teacher with innovative ideas for how to teach your favorite subject, or a parent who’s concerned about your children’s education, or a freelance writer with an interest in education, there are many paying education markets in the United States and abroad where you can publish your work. Let’s look at some of them.
Laura goes on to discuss ten paying markets, including contact details and web addresses.
I did some writing for outdoors and travel magazines in the 199os, including Sunset and VIA. I stopped when my supplements writing career took off, but I can say this: be prepared to make lots of queries and submissions, and then wait and wait…and develop a thick skin for rejection.
