Business Start-Ups - Description: We want writers with good reporting skills who can write about business in a fun, nonstuffy way. Our readers, tech-savvy and creative, want a lot of information fast and like to read about real entrepreneurs who are doing what we write about. Guidelines: Authors handle major revisions, receive byline & bio, see prepublication galleys. Full-length manuscripts are discouraged. SASE.
Word Length: Features: 1,500-1,800 words; department articles: 650-1,500 words.
Payment: Pays on acceptance, $500-$750 per feature; $400-$600 per department article; $200-$300 per short piece. prepublication galleys.
Address; Write to bsumag@entrepreneur.com or 2445 McCabe Way, Irvine, CA 92614

HR Magazine - Description: HR Magazine accepts manuscripts and queries for three types of articles: features, certain departments and columns, and agendas. We prefer that potential authors send us article outlines before they begin writing.
Payment: Payment for articles is offered only to professional freelance writers commissioned by our editors. Experts in the field, such as attorneys, consultants and professors are not normally compensated for articles in which they share their expertise.
Address: Queries and unsolicited articles must be sent to the HR Magazine web site at www.shrm.org/hrmagazine/contact.

InformationWeek - Description: InformationWeek.com delivers breaking news, a comprehensive array of proprietary InformationWeek research, as well as analysis on IT trends, a whitepaper library, and original editorial content, all designed to complement our print publication in a 24/7 environment. We don't publish unsolicited articles, though we sometimes run thought-provoking opinion columns by outside contributors.
Address: To pitch an opinion column, E-mail to Jenny Zaino (jzaino@cmp.com).

Intelligent Enterprise - Description: content is written almost exclusively by independent experts. Guidelines: Prepare an abstract, outline, or summary of your proposed article idea (maximum one page)
Word Length: Feature article length is 2,000 words, with a maximum of 4 figures, tables, or screenshots (include captions). Product reviews should be a maximum of 2,000 words in length, with no more than 3 figures, tables, or screenshots.
Payment: offers payment for the acquisition of publication rights; typically, first-time authors will receive $500 per article.
Address: send it to Editorial Director David Stodder (dstodder@cmp.com).

MyBusiness - Description: MyBusiness is a guide to survival and success in this new small business economy. We seek to highlight and celebrate the people and ideas making this movement a reality. In each issue, we also present the following sections: Upfront, Where I Do My Best Work, One Mistake I'll Never Make Again, MyBusiness Manual, MySay. Please don't send unsolicited stories, but query first.
Address: Send proposals by email to feedback@MyBusinessmag.com or in writing to: MyBusiness magazine, 3322 West End Avenue, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37203.