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By Michael Wong | January 3, 2022.
9. Trailer Life Magazine (Visit trailerlifemagazine):
- Earn $100 to $700 per original article, freelance writing for Trailer Life, a monthly magazine for recreational vehicle (RV) enthusiasts.
- Topics include:
- the purchase of an RV
- do-it-yourself maintenance projects (from brief items to full-length how-to features) leisure-time activities
- special RV campgrounds
- personalities who exemplify the RV lifestyle
- exciting travel destinations
- RV lifestyle
- controversial issues and legislation affecting RV owners
- RV humor
- RV news
- Pay rates:
- Manuscript with photos:
- Technical: $400 to $700 (1,000 to 2,000 words)
- Major Travel: $400 to $600 (1,500 to 1,800 words)
- Personality: $300 to $500 (1,200 words)
- Do-It-Yourself: $200 to $400 (1,200 words)
- Around the Bend: $100 (75 to 100 words)
- Supplemental photos:
- Cover: $400 to $600
- Spread: $250
- Full page: $175
- Half page: $125
- Quarter page: $100
- Spot: $75
- Kill fee: A third of the agreed rate.
- Target audience:
- Owners or prospective owners of RVs—folding trailers, fifth-wheel and travel trailers, motorhomes, camping vans, truck campers.
- Weekend travelers to full-timers.
- 50 to 60 years old.
- Photos:
- High-resolution digital images (300 dpi or higher at 5x7 inches) and/or transparencies.
- Numbered with descriptive captions.
- Transparencies must be submitted in protective sleeves.
- Photos with identifiable people must be accompanied by signed model release forms.
- Photos and transparencies returned after publication.
- Rights bought: First North American serial rights and electronic rights.
- Earnings per word: 33¢ to $1