Sites That Pay You to Write About Sports & Outdoor
Canoeroots have just three publications every year, but they touch on all aspects of canoeing.
There is a limit of 2000 words on feature-length articles.
They pay $0.20 for every word.
2. Sporting Classics – $300-$700 per post
A magazine about fishing and hunting.
You will make $300-$700 for every accepted piece.
As the name suggests, this one is all about knives.
Naturally, your content needs to be relevant.
You can earn between 4150 to $300 per article.
A magazine all about birds and bird watching.
For each accepted bird related article or photo-essay, you are paid $400.
Sport Fishing magazine offers a good rate for freelance writers.
It pays $250 for short articles and $750 for longer, feature-length articles.
6. Canoe & Kayak – $100 to $800 per article
They have been around since 1973, providing content for paddlers of every style and ability level.
They don’t mention the pay, but according to WritingCareer.com, they pay anywhere from $100 to $800 per article.
This is a magazine by The United States Trotting Association.
Obviously, this is a very niche subject so you have to know what you are talking about to get published.
Depending on the length, the pay varies from $100 to $500.
This is published by the United States Dressage Federation.
They look for:
- features
- health articles
- personality profiles
- how-to training articles
- and first-person accounts of life in the dressage world
You can expect to be paid $40 to $400 based on the length and depth of your submission.
9. Wooden Boat – $250 to $300 per post
A bi-monthly magazine for wooden boat owners, builders, and designers.
They pay $250 to $300 for pieces containing around a 1000 word.
They look for Martial Arts related content – training, techniques, history, weapons, philosophy, well-known martial artists, etc.
They don’t mention the pay on their site.
According to the magazine, Black Belt Magazine is the oldest martial arts magazine in the U.S.
They pay $150 to $300 per article.
This is an educational magazine for young boys that only publishes six issues each year.
They look for “lively writing” that explains things from a 10-year-old boy’s point of view.
They like short articles between 500 to 750 words long.
You are paid ¢5 per word.
This is a magazine founded in 1973 geared towards dressage, hunters and jumpers, eventing, foxhunting, and steeplechase racing.
They accept the following submissions:
News stories
- Length: 1500 words
- Pay: $165-$220
Feature Articles
- Length: 1500-2500 words
- Pay: $150-$400.
- They also accept photographs which they pay $30 to $50 for each.
14. Kitplanes – $250 to $1,000 per post
This one calls itself “the leading independent voice of kit and amateur-built aircraft construction.”
They don’t have any restrictions on article length, but a typical article contains around 200 words.
They do pay generously, though – $250 to $1,000 per accepted piece.
15. Backpacker – up to $1 per word
As the name implies, this one focuses on hiking/backpacking related activities.
The payout can be as much as one dollar for every word subject to the complexity of the topic and your credential as a writer in this particular field.
16. Gray’s Sporting Journal – $100 to $1250 per feature article, $600 for yarns, and $100 per poem
Grays Sporting Journal revolves around the great outdoor, like hiking, fishing, hunting, etc.
The pay scale varies depending on the type of content. And according to the site, they pay based on quality, not length.
Here are the numbers according to the site:
- Feature articles: $600-$1250,
- Yarns: $600
- Poems: $100
- Expeditions pieces: $850 to $1,000 plus $75 per picture published.
For the photographers among you, they also pay for pictures – anywhere from $50 to $300 per photo.
All payment is made upon publication.
17. Horse & Rider – $25 to $400 per post
As you’ve probably figured it out already, this is a magazine for fans of horse riding, and as such, they want content related to horses and riders.
Their payment scale ranges from $25 to $400, depending on article length, department, and research.
Cricket Magazine is a sports magazine for young readers.
The rate here is $0.25 for every word and they usually restrict to less than 2000 words.
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