NUJ Rate for the Job:
Words, per 1000 / mags

Updated: 20 December 2017

These rates have been reported by members of the National Union of Journalists and others, and printed in the Freelance, newsletter of London Freelance Branch. They are sorted by publisher/publication, then by date (most recent first). TIP: Use the "Find in page" command under your browser's "Edit" menu to be sure of finding all occurrences of a publication/publisher. AND do note the year in which the rate was reported! See also the Freelance Fees Guide, which gives general recommendations. And read the disclaimer and the key to exactly what the entries mean.

Words, per 1000 / mags Work paid by the thousand words, whose primary use is in a magazine. (Generic rates for publishing groups appear at the end.) Completists may want to see the older rates for some publications listed here.
Tell us what you've been paid for Words, per 1000 / mags		Freelance Fees Guide
Publication / Programme - details & terms	Group	Year		Basic fee	Extras	GR	XXXX
Caterer + Hotelkeeper feature print and web use	_RBI	2013		240		GR
Cycle Sport , terms All rights	_AOLTW	2015		150	0		X
Spectator book review 800 words @ £350		2012		438			O
24 Housing (owned by 3fox - who they?)		2010		312.50
Absolute Sport		1998		204	-
Access magazine feature, 1400 words @ £130		2015		93
Accountancy Age	_VNU	1996		175	-
Accountancy		2010		300	0	GR
Accountancy		1997		166.67	-
Accounting Technician (Think Publishing)		2012		350
Aeon feature don't know terms		2017		250	0		X
Aeon magazine (online) (Touchstone Trust) online, terms not specified		2013		350			O
Africa Business articles of unspecified length		2012		160			XX
Africa Confidential		2017		300
Africa Investor articles		2012		260
Africa Report		2013		400
Africa Report all rights		2013		400	0	GR
Africa Report (Jeune Afrique) feature all rights		2010		400		GR
Agreement 1600-word feature for £200 FBS & SBS		2011		125	31.25
AirForces Monthly		2011		50			XXX
Alive (USA)		1996		1050	-
All About History Researching and writing topic all rights to text, text can be republished unattributed and shared with international licensees without writer's permission	_Future	2017		100	0	GR	XXX
Alpha feature: 1000 Emirati Dihram on 09/09/13 =		2013		173		GR
Amateur Photographer	_IPC	1999		150	-		X
Anthem feature		2012		100			X
AOR feature	_Future	2012		106			XX
Architects' Journal		1997		150	-
Architects' Journal		1997		165	-
Arena	_EMAP	2006		400
Art Monthly exhibition review		2013		100			X
Arthritis News		2011		250
Asianlite	__misc	2010		100			XX
Ask Men column, 600 words @ £120	_Ziff	2014		200			X
Atlantic online arts feature		2011		125
Audi Magazine (Northstar) 300 words @ £150 =	_NorthSt	2011		500
Audience /Live UK feature		2010		190			X
AUTlook (Association of University Teachers)	_TU	2004		333.33
Auto Express news writing, including sourcing and providing appropriate images for free all rights, no expenses	_Dennis	2007		670		GR	X
Auto Express	_Dennis	1999		541.66	-
Automotive Cog. (Ultima media)		2009		250
Automotive Insight exes 40p per mile		2007		200
Aviation Security International 2500 word includes fee for phonecalls, published in magazine and online (for fee payers)		2008		250	0		X
Aviation Week online blog item	_McGraw	2010		700			O
Aviation Week , terms all rights		2009		1000			X
Backpass magazine features		2015		45			XX
Bass Guitar Monthly FBSR & option on website use		2015		167
BBC Travel feature 700 - 900 words @ £220	_BBC	2012		314
Beer (CAMRA) features		2013		200			X
Bella feature FBS	_Bauer	2013		450		GR	O
Bella magazine (Italian Marie Claire) 800 words @ £80 =		2016		100
Best feature		2014		400
Best feature		2014		400
Best feature		2014		400
Big Issue Cymru	_BI	2008		120		GR
Big Issue in the North news feature FBS	_BI	2007		120
Big Issue	_BI	2008		165		GR
Bird Watching magazine feature	_Bauer	2014		200
Bird Watching magazine feature	_Bauer	2014		200
Blues reviews		2012		150			X
BMJ 450 words @ £180 all rights		2007		400
Body Language		2008		220
Bookseller 'NUJ rates'		1994			-
Britain travel FBS	_Chelsea	2013		175		GR
British Baker features FBS	_Quantum	2004		150			XX
British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing (Mark Allen Group) FBS + subscription website		2009		215
British Journalism Review		2010		90
BThere travel feature	_Ink	2010		300
Business Destinations travel feature no licence specified		2007		150			X
Campaign	_HM	2007		275
Canadian Jewish News 800 words @ $CAN 150 =		2017		106			X
Canadian Stamp News (Trajan) four-weekly column First North American rights		2013		85		GR
Candis (New Hall)		2012		250
Canmaking News (JayMac International Media or McRitchie Media?) 10k words @ £1500		2014		150			X
Canmaking News (JayMac International Media or McRitchie Media?) 10k words @ £1500		2014		150			X
Cargo Systems	_Informa	2009		220
Caster wanted first article for free, wldn't tell member rate from then on		2013		0			XX
Catalyst (Commission for Racial Equality) 1800-word feature @ £ 495 =	_HMG	2007		275
Catholic Herald		2017		120			X
Catworld	_Ashdown	2015		30			XXX
Change Co-operative Bank mag FBS	_Redwood	2007		625
Chat - It's Fate 900 words @ £ 200 =	_IPC	2014		222
Chat - It's Fate 900 words @ £ 200 =	_IPC	2014		222
Children + young people now	_HM	2010		230
Choice consumer journalism FBS	_EMAP	2013		280		GR
CJS Now! 1200 word cover feature @ £550 = FBS, travel expenses paid	_HMG	2007		458
Clash magazine features, interviews, reviews , prod/exes 0		2011		0		GR	XXXX
Classic Pop features paid £60 per page, approx 500 words , terms vary, sometimes 3 months exclusivity	_Anthem	2015		120			XXX
Classic Pop cover feature	_Future	2013		121			XX
Classic Pop 350-word review @ £30 =	_Future	2013		86			XXX
Classic Pop cover feature sidebar	_Future	2013		100			XXX
Classic Pop review, 435 words @ £30 =		2013		69			XXX
Classic Pop review, 375 words @ £ 20 =		2013		53			XXXX
Classic Pop review, 110 words @ £10 =		2013		91			XXX
Classic Rock features, reviews	_Future	2017		100			XX
Classic Rock	_Future	2010		200			X
Closer	_Bauer	2015		571			O
Coast	_NatMag	2012		563			O
Collect It (Warners) research words and pictures, exes paid		2008		100		GR
Commercial Motor feature	_Rhineg	2013		250
Community Care	_RBI	2008		220			XX
Computer Weekly (TechTarget)	__misc	2016		250		GR
Computer Weekly 500 words @ £100	__misc	2014		200			X
Computer Weekly (Tech Target) 800 words @ £250 =	__misc	2014		312.50
Computer Weekly (TechTarget Inc.)	__misc	2014		250
Computer Weekly (TechTarget Inc.)	__misc	2014		250
Computer Weekly 500 words @ £100	__misc	2014		200			X
Computer Weekly (Tech Target) 800 words @ £250 =	__misc	2014		312.50
Computer Weekly (Tech Target) 700 words @ £ 250 =	__misc	2014		357
Computer Weekly (Tech Target) 700 words @ £ 250 =	__misc	2014		357
Computer Weekly (TechTarget Inc.)	__misc	2014		250
Computer Weekly 800 words "tech target" @ £250	__misc	2014		312.50
Computer Weekly 500 words @ £100	__misc	2014		200			X
Computing "favoured" writers (10% rise after complained about free re-use)	_VNU	2001		400	40
Computing minimum	_VNU	2000		250
Condé Nast Traveler US authors - up to $4000 all right licence for 90 days	_CondN	2002		2746			O
Condé Nast Traveller 400 words for £160 FBS	_CondN	2007		400
Construction News feature article with interviews	_EMAP	2017		275
Construction News features		2013		230		GR
Construction News	_EMAP	2009		240
Construction News	_EMAP	2001		375			O
Construction Today NUJ+25 per cent		1996			-
Construction FBS + website - still discussing pay for rewrite they demanded	_EMAP	2008		244	0
Cornwall Today FBS		2011		100		GR
Cosmopolitan cover story feature in 2007 , all rights	_NatMag	2008		325
Cosmopolitan US authors - up to $3000	_Hearst	2002		2060			O
Country Life 400 word book review @ £100 =	_IPC	2011		250			X
Country Living	_NatMag	2007		667			O
Countryfile all rights requested; limited licence negotiated	_BBC	2011		140			XX
Countrymans Weekly (Diamond Publishing) non commissioned article terms not given		2014		35		GR	XXXX
Countrymans Weekly (Diamond Publishing) non commissioned article terms not given		2014		35		GR	XXXX
Countryside (NFU) mileage paid FBS		2014		300
Countryside (NFU) mileage paid FBS		2014		300
Creative Teaching and Learning (Imaginative Minds)		2013		50		GR	XX
Cycling Mobility (Verlags Modern)		2012		375
Cyclist All rights	_Dennis	2015		275	0
Daily Mail 1400-word health interview @ £700 =	_Assoc	2016		500			O
Dance Today (Dancing Times group) 200 words @ £50		2013		250			X
Design Week feature	_Centaur	2012		400
Direct Response	_HM	2007		250
Director		2007		350			O
Disability Now (Scope) 650-word news article @ £ 125 , terms not discussed so assume FBS		2010		192
Diva (unchanged since 1998!)		2009		100			XX
DJ magazine		2012		100			XX
Dogs Monthly		2014		100			X
Dogs Monthly		2014		100			X
Dogs Today 1200 word interview @ £85 SBS - Second British Serial		2007		71			XX
Dredging + Port Construction £10 for photo plus	_Fairpl	2011		250
Dredging + Port Construction 1000 words plus 5 photos	_Fairpl	2010		325
Drive In Magazine 2000 words @ 20 = £10		2016		10			XXXX
Early Years Educator Education article one use only		2015		100	0	GR
Easy Living	_CondN	2009		350			X
Easyjet Traveller Travel feature, 900 words	_Ink	2016		200			X
Easyjet Traveller travel feature	_Ink	2014		333
Easyjet Traveller travel feature	_Ink	2014		333
Easyjet Traveller travel feature	_Ink	2014		333
Easyjet Traveller 900 word article @ £ 300	_Ink	2013		333		GR
EasyJet Traveller front of book and short features FBS	_Ink	2013		300		GR
Easyjet Traveller feature	_Ink	2011		300
Economia 2500-word feature @ £875	_Progres	2012		350
Economist 800 word blog @ £300 =	__misc	2015		375			O
Economist 500 words @ £ 100 plus £25 per image	_Pearson	2014		200	0		XXXX
Economist 500 words @ £ 100 plus £25 per image	_Pearson	2014		200	0		XXXX
Economist all words minimum rate		2013		400
Economist 700-article for The World in 2013 @ £450 = all rights	_Pearson	2013		643	0		O
Economist 400-word blog @ £160 all rights	_Pearson	2013		400		GR	O
Economist	_Pearson	2012		417
Economist	_Pearson	2011		417			X
Economist 250 words @ £300 =	_Pearson	2013		1200			O
EDF Energy magazine FBS	_Cream	2007		500			O
Elle Decoration	_Hearst	2012		700			O
Elle feature FBS	_Hach	2006		700			O
Empire features	_Bauer	2013		300		GR
Energy Risk 30p a word		2011		300
Engineering and Technology		2010		300
Engineering		1997		300	-
English Language Gazette interview, phone exes paid		2009		200
Entertainment Weekly US$1600	_AOLTW	2006		867			O
Entertainment Weekly feature licence not specified, US$2000 =	_AOLTW	2006		1149			O
Entertainment Weekly (USA) album reviews contract all rights plus other bad bits but they say "just delete what you don't like" “ no, really!	_AOLTW	2006		1180			O
Esquire feature, 900 words @ £500	_Hearst	2014		555			O
Esquire any writing	_NatMag	2013		500			O
Esquire	_NatMag	2005		400
Esquire US authors - up to $3000	_Hearst	2002		2060			O
Estates Gazette 800 word feature @ £300 = FBS	_RBI	2007		375	0	GR	O
Etapes International (French design mag) 600 words Euro 416 for 600 words = £587/thou		2010		693			X
Ethical Living feature for family secction		2007		250
Eurograduate features all rights	_Setform	2013		261	0	GR
European Chemical News (7.15 per inch... those were the days...)	_RBI	1996		198.67	-
European Frozen Food Buyer		1996		150	-
Eurostar magazine feature	_Ink	2010		300			X
Eva (250w for #200)	_IPC	1998		800	-
Fabulous FBS	_NI	2010		533		GR	O
Fabulous FBS	_NI	2010		400		GR
Fair Planet report, 350 words @ £85 =		2016		243
Fair Planet 1300 words @ £300 =		2016		230
Fairplay Marine article plus £10 per photo, 20p per mile exes.		2009		190
Farmer's Weekly £640 for 2800-word feature including case studies was based on 2 days, but took 8!	_RBI	2013		229
FC Business Intelligence 800 words @ £300		2017		375
Fest 250-word theatre review @ £25		2011		100
Fiesta (Galaxy Publications) work declined		2013		125			XX
Fiesta (Galaxy)		2012		150
Fiesta (Galaxy Publications - er, 'top shelf') features FBSR		2003		500		GR	O
Financial Adviser feature writing the whole nine yards - they take everything	_Pearson	2014		200	0		XX
Financial Adviser feature writing the whole nine yards - they take everything	_Pearson	2014		200	0		XX
Financial Teach		2013		500			O
Flybe FBS	_Brookl	2007		375
Focus	_GJ	1998		200	-
Focus (UK science magazine)	_GJ	1997		300	-
Folk Roots with pic		2009		120			X
Football Monthly		1998		136.36	-
Football Punk 800 words £100.00 no exes		2010		125
Foreign Policy (Carnegie Endowment)		2012		250			X
Fortean Times 4000 words @ £300 talked up from an even worse offer	_Dennis	2017		75			XXX
Fortean Times 4000 words @ £300, talked up from even worse standard rate. Rate for photos to be negotiated later, £10 travel paid	_Dennis	2017		75			XXX
Fortean Times 1600 words @ £ 100 - they didn't dare offer this member reduced "standard" rate	_Dennis	2016		62.50			X
Fortean Times 3000 words @ £360 - reduced rate :-(	_Dennis	2011		120			XXXX
Fortean Times 4000 word feature @ £560 + two 250-word boxes; £100 of fee for picture research), photocopying exes paid; FBS + web	_Dennis	2009		140			X
Fortean Times (negotiated rate up from previous) 1500 words @ £195 =	_Dennis	2008		130			XXX
Freemasonry Today desk-based research all rights demanded, currently negotiating FBS rights for web and print		2013		275
Fresh 2 page article, 800 words @ £325 licence not specified	_IncisiM	2006		406		HA	O
Frieze Arts feature		2011		250
Front feature (has been known to pay £500)		2008		250		GR
FT Business exes £70	_Pearson	2015		750	0	GR
fVL (Ultima media)		2009		250
Gay Times (online) 700 to 800 word articles		2017		50			XXX
Gaz7etta Grazia	_Bauer	2010		500			O
Geographical		2012		300
Glamour	_CondN	2010		500			O
Glamour US authors - up to $4000 all right licence for 90 days	_CondN	2002		2746			O
Global Health (£640 when reported )		2011		1000			O
Gluten Free Heaven / Free From Heaven writing , terms not specified	_Anthem	2016		0			XXXX
Good Housekeeping feature writer retained copyright	_NatMag	2015		666			O
Good Housekeeping	_NatMag	1998		350	-
GQ US authors - up to $4000 all right licence for 90 days	_CondN	2002		2746			O
Grazia	_Bauer	2015		500			O
Grazia news story for '10 Hot Stories' section, 600 words @ £300 =	_Bauer	2013		500			O
Green Parent feature FBS		2008		75			XX
Grocer FBS and web	_WReed	2013		275			O
Guardian short travel pieces for a sponsored supplement	_GMG	2013		350			X
Guitar World reuse of (4000-word) feature from 1998 $1000 =		2010		500
Harpers Bazaar US authors - up to $3000	_Hearst	2002		2060			O
Health Care Risk Review (syndication 50:50 split)		2010		266
Healthy + Organic Living		2008		250
Healthy Magazine FBS	_River	2007		250
Hello! 1800 word interview @ £750 FBS	_Hola	2007		417		GR
High 50 profile, 600 words @ £160 = "skinflints"		2016		267
History Today		2010		115			X
History Today all rights demanded, licensed FBS		2009		120
History Today 250-word news shorts sent on spec, £50 paid		2009		200			X
Home Farmer 600 words plus photos		2012		80			XX
Home Farmer		2009		120			X
Homes and Gardens 500-word interview and captions @ £350 =	_AOLTW	2017		700			O
Honcho magazine		2017		500
Hospital Post (Europe)		2009		1000			X
Hot Press reporting		2013		100		GR
Hot Press (Ireland) licence terms unsure		2008		100			XXX
Human Rights 4000 words @ £90 all rights		2017		22.50			XXX
IHS Dredging plus 42p/mile	_IHS	2014		800			O
IHS Dredging plus 42p/mile	_IHS	2014		800			O
IHS Dredging plus 42p/mile	_IHS	2014		800			O
Imbibe (Monomax) features		2013		250
Imbibe (Monomax)		2009		250
InAVate (IML Group)		2011		200
Independent review, 800 words @ £0	_Lebedev	2014		0			XX^7
Information Week	_VNU	1999		250	-
Information World Review member says: 'tried to get all rights for all time but forget it'	_VNU	2007		312
Inside Housing	_TMG	2013		250
Inside Housing 850 word feature @ £212.50	_Ocean	2013		266
Inside Housing feature	_Ocean	2008		250		GR
Inside Housing feature	_Ocean	2008		250
Inside Housing features	_Ocean	2007		260
Inside Housing features	_Ocean	2007		220
Inside Housing feature	_Ocean	2007		240			X
Inspirations		1998		400	-
Insurance Day FBS	_Informa	2010		200			X
Insurance Times all rights	_NQ	2010		360
Investment feature		2012		300
IRIN News (United Nations) all rights		2013		375
Jane's Airport Review	_Janes	2008		170
Jane's Defence Weekly news or features	_IHS	2013		250
Jane US authors - up to $2000	_Fairch	2002		1373			O
Janes's	_IHS	2014		220
Janes's	_IHS	2014		220
Jetaway feature	_Ink	2013		300
Jewish Independent 850 words @ $CAN 100 =		2017		48			XXX
Journalist Freelance Fees Guide rates	_TU	2004		220		GR
Kent Life piece plus provision of photo contacts all rights	_ECN	2012		130		GR	X
Kerrang! cover feature	_EMAP	2008		144			XX
Kerrang! cover feature	_EMAP	2008		240
Kitchens, Bedrooms, Bathrooms		2005		666			O
Latin Finance		2018		350			O
Leeds (university alumni magazine) feature FBS		2008		385		GR	O
Leeds (university alumni magazine) feature		2007		370			O
Leeds (Leeds University alumni magazine) features, additional days' research paid at Fees Guide rate; FBS		2009		375		GR	O
Lexus (it's about cars)		1999		440	-
Life (county magazine) 650-750 words @ £150 =	_ECN	2007		230
Live (USA) $1200		1997		745	-
Lloyds Register +42p/mile		2008		180
Lloyds Register 1000 words + 40p per mile exes		2008		180
Lloyds Register exes 40p per mile		2007		190
Lloyds TSB magazine FBS	_Cream	2007		500			O
Lloyds 40p per mile exes		2008		190
Loaded short feature	_IPC	2015		166			X
Local Government News features	_HM	2014		160			X
Local Secrets 500-600 words @ £20: no exes; all rights taken, moral rights waived, photo expected, no pay, no further royalities, perpetual publishing rights, very fiddly pitch system, turned down		2015		40	0	GR	XX
Logistica	_RBI	1996		160	-
London Review of Books £10 per photo on top; 40p/mile expenses		2010		210
Look feature all rights	_IPC	2010		850
Loud & Quiet magazine features, interviews, reviews, etc... the whole shebang		2016		0	0		XXXX
Macworld review rights grab	_Ziff	2005		200
Mail on Sunday (in fact 1000-2000 words)	_Assoc	2014		500
Marie Claire US authors - up to $3000	_Hearst	2002		2060			O
Marie Claire USA US$1250 =	_Hearst	2003		800			O
Marine News 40p/mile exes	_Fairpl	2010		195
Market Trade News		2008		250
Marketing	_HM	2007		260
Marketing	_HM	2007		250
Materials Recycling	_Bauer	2009		230
Maxim feature	_Dennis	2008		300		GR
Maxim	_Dennis	1996		700	-
Media Week	_HM	2009		500		GR
Media Week	_HM	2007		250		GR
MEED	_EMAP	2009		250
Men's Health	_NatMag	2011		400
Mental Health Today features		2009		250
Metal Bulletin Monthly	_Assoc	2009		300
Metal Bulletin (Euromoney)	_Assoc	2010		300
Middle East Eye print and online		2016		350
Mixmag music writing	_DH	2015		250			O
Modern Railways Feature article, took at least 8hrs to research interview and write - 2000 words @ £350 =	_Key	2014		175
Modern Railways Feature article, took at least 8hrs to research interview and write - 2000 words @ £350 =	_Key	2014		175
Modus magazine (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) researching and writing feature article plus three sidebars including profile interviews all global rights + all moral rights waived		2017		400
Mojo 500-word online blog (per Mojo mag freelance agreement)	_Bauer	2009		300		GR
Mojo opinion/blog	_Bauer	2009		300
Mojo Q&A feature FBS + other by agreement with Q/Mojo freelance group	_Bauer	2009		274		GR
Mojo features FBS + other use per agreement with Q/Mojo freelance group	_Bauer	2009		304		GR
Mojo Blog (commissioned) terms as Q/Mojo freelance agreement	_EMAP	2007		300
Mojo online blog	_Bauer	2009		250
Moneywise 2000 words @ £400 = £200	_Moneyw	2014		200			XX
Moneywise 2000 words @ £400 = £200	_Moneyw	2014		200			XX
Moneywise	_RD	1998		333.33	-
Monocle features		2009		700			O
Monocle FBS + web		2007		1000
Movies Magazine 2000 words @ 20 = £10		2016		10			XXXX
Ms London	_INM	1998		175	-		X
Ms London	_INM	1998		175	-
Munchies (Vice media) A Quietus Interview 20p per word		2016		200		GR
Museums Journal feature FBS and web		2008		250		GR
Music Choice		1996		250	-
Music Week feature	_Intent	2010		170			X
Music Week feature no terms specified at commission, assume FBS	_UM	2010		172
Musician (Musicians' Union) feature , terms FBSR (quarterly) plus audio version for visually impaired union members	_TU	2008		250
Muso interview , not sure of terms	_Rhineg	2013		90			X
Muso	_Impromp	2009		150		GR	X
My Weekly 750 DPS for £ 300 , FBS	_DCT	2008		400			O
My Weekly 2800 words @ £75 = FBS	_DCT	2008		26.79			XX^9
National Catholic Reporter (Kansas City) first serial rights (print and online)		2012		250			X
National Geographic Travel	_NatGeo	2012		201			X
National Geographic	_NatGeo	2011		210			XX
National Review feature		2013		155.41		GR
Natural Health 1800 words @ £250 FBS		2007		139		GR	X
Network News	_VNU	1996		160	-
Network Week	_VNU	1999		160	-
New Consumer	_CondN	2008		200		GR
New Consumer		2008		200		GR
New Humanist		2009		100			XX
New Internationalist		2018		250
New Internationalist 3000 words for £500		2011		167
New Internationalist		2011		230
New Internationalist		2010		230
New Law Journal (Butterworth)	_RBI	1998		125	-		?
New Scientist news report: 500 words @ £245 = all rights and firstborn, if any	_RBI	2013		390
New Scientist 500 words @ £210 all rights and firstborn	_RBI	2013		420			O
New Scientist per published 1000 words all rights	_RBI	2013		660	0
New Scientist 100 words	_RE	2011		350
New Scientist online news article , terms all rights + first born	_RBI	2009		440		GR
New Scientist commissioned features - US writers	_RBI	2008		1220
New Scientist all rights demanded	_RBI	2007		500
New Scientist all rights demanded	_RBI	2007		500		GR
New Statesman 1600 words @ £75 =	_Progres	2016		47			XXX
New Statesman	_Progres	2013		250
New Statesman	_Progres	2011		187.50
New Statesman	_Progres	2009		214
New Statesman syndication split 50-50	_Progres	2005		333.33
New Statesman on pointing out firmly that this is the Fees Guide minimum recommended rate		2004		230
New Statesman (online for The Staggers)	_Progres	2016		75		GR	XX
New Statesman CityMetric (down from £80 which was bad in 1991!)	_Progres	2016		50		GR	XXXX
New Woman monthly column offered	_IPC	2006		650
New Yorker US authors - up to $4000 all right licence for 90 days	_CondN	2002		2746			O
Ngamer 1000 words + sourcing images	_Future	2012		250
NME feature	_IPC	2014		130			XX
NME feature	_IPC	2014		130			XX
NME features , all-rights contract pressed	_IPC	2011		130			XX
NME feature	_IPC	2010		140			XX
NME feature	_IPC	2009		120			XX
NME feature	_IPC	2009		180			X
North East Life	_ECN	2010		200
NorthWest, SouthWest (was Hill Publishing - by 2005 Archant)	_ECN	2000		50	-		X
Nursing Standard	_TU	2011		220
Nursing Times	_EMAP	2006		192
Oasis (Saudi)		2011		400
On Course magazine (ADM Media) writing articles and features for web and print		2014		100	0		X
On Your Doorstep community-style reporting		2016		125
Opera (Metropolitan Opera of New York) (no travel expenses)		2013		1000			O
Optician	_RBI	1998		150	-
Oxford Times Limited Edition mag feature 1500 words @ £85 = no exes	_Gannett	2016		57
Oxford Today no exes!		1999		200	-		X
Parliament magazine (Dod's)		2007		400
PC	_Ziff	1996		200	-
Pen 1000 words		2008		170
Pensions Expert feature writing/news analysis	_Pearson	2014		300	0	GR
Pensions Expert feature writing/news analysis	_Pearson	2014		300	0	GR
Pensions Week (Financial Times) reporting	_Pearson	2013		300	0
Performance Ford (by 2006 is Unity Media)		1999		150	-
Period House	_Essent	1999		220	-
Personnel Today	_RBI	1998		175	-
Pet Product Marketing 1200 words @ £240 =	_Bauer	2017		200
Pet Product Marketing 1200 words @ £150 =		2015		125		GR	X
Petroleum Economist (also supplied photos) print and online rights	_Assoc	2016		300
Petroleum Economist features, max 2000 words	_Assoc	2015		350
Photo		2008		150
Photography Monthly 3000-word interview @ £300 =	_ECN	2011		100		GR	X
Photonics Spectra (USA)		1998		250	-		X
Physics World features		2013		380
Ping Magazine 1000 words print and online		2016		75			X
Plan B lead album review		2008		12.50			XXXX
Popcorn overdue		2000		250	-
Portfolio	_CondN	2008		750			O
Positive News Features		2016		200
Positive News Features		2016		250
Practical Photography	_EMAP	1998		150	-
Practical Preschool (MA Education)		2012		100		GR
Pregnancy and Birth all rights	_Bauer	2009		300
Pregnancy: Baby + You 600 words	_Future	2008		167			XX
Press Gazette analysis features with supplied images FBS, no additional payment for online use		2012		200		GR	O
Press Gazette	_Quantum	2007		222			X
Preview feature all rights		2011		180
Pride		1997		150	-
Primary Teacher Update		2014		100			X
Primary Teacher Update		2014		100			X
PrintWeek technical feature research & writing, working from home all rights	_HM	2013		240	0
Private Eye 300 word piece @ £100		2006		333
Professional Broking	_IncisiM	2000		176	-		X
Professional Broking	_IncisiM	1999		176	-		X
PSNEurope feature - 1400 words all rights	_Intent	2013		238	0	GR
Psychologies UK use only	_Hach	2009		500			O
Public Finance features FBS + web	_Pearson	2009		300
Public Finance feature	_Pearson	2008		330
Public Finance 1700 word feature @ £510 =	_Pearson	2007		300		GR
Public Service interview - rate up by £35 on previous	_TU	2008		330
Public Service feature	_TU	2008		300
Public Service (First Division Association)	_TU	2007		275			O
Pychologies	_Hach	2010		400			O
Q Reuse of 1995 feature in special , terms Writer retained copyright then and now	_Bauer	2017		120
Q feature copyright retained, various restrictions	_Bauer	2014		300		GR
Q feature copyright retained, various restrictions	_Bauer	2014		300		GR
Q "page rate" elaborate licence, copyright retained by freelance	_Bauer	2012		185		GR
Q words minimum rate extensive license or all rights depending on corporate contract signed	_Bauer	2013		300
Radio Times	_BBC	2010		500			O
Radio Times	_BBC	2007		500
Rail	_Bauer	2010		375	0
RBS magazine review	_Brown	2010		462.50			O
Reader's Digest Asia office all rights, no expenses	_RD	2008		2000	0	GR	O
Readers' Digest	_RD	2010		600
Real People feature	_NatMag	2014		650			O
Real People feature	_NatMag	2014		650			O
Real Travel		2012		133			XXXX
Record Collector features, includes discography		2007		100			XXX
Red feature all rights	_Hearst	2016		400	0
Refinery 29 feature		2016		200
Regeneration	_HM	2009		250
Reinsurance feature	_IncisiM	2013		250		GR
Renewable Energy Focus	_RE	2011		250
Resource seemingly all rights - turned them down!		2009		100			XXX
Resurgence feature		2012		100
Revolution	_HM	2000		266	-
Right Start magazine (Avid) , all rights		2012		250		GR	X
Rolling Stone news story from UK	_Wenner	2013		400
Rolling Stone US authors - $1500	_Wenner	2002		1030			O
Ronda 900 words @ £300 = , terms FBS, transport expenses paid	_Ink	2016		333
Ryanair inflight mag	_Ink	2007		300
Ryanair magazine feature	_Ink	2011		300
Saga magazine FBS		2010		450
Saga Magazine		2005		500
Saga Magazine feature		2005		1000			O
Saga culture page FBS		2009		667		GR
Salisbury Review		2012		100			X
Scientific Computing	_RBI	1998		200	-
Scoop (Children's mag)		2017		100			XXX
Serendip 1000 words print and online		2016		500
Service Management (Ithaca)		2008		220			X
Shortlist features		2013		200			X
Shortlist feature		2012		200			X
Sight and Sound		1999		100	-		X
Silverkris mag -Singapore Airlines travel feature, 1400 words @ £500, no exes terms - the world and universe		2014		357	0
Ski+board (Ski Club of Great Britain)		2015		180		GR
Sleeper (Mondiale Publishing)		2014		220		GR
Sleeper (Mondiale Publishing)		2014		220		GR
Sleeper (Mondiale Publishing)		2014		220		GR
Small Press Review 1500 words @ £ 80 =		2009		53			XXX
Small Press Review 1200 words @ £150 =		2009		125			X
Songlines plus 2 photos real payoff was trip to Lithuania for other work		2015		100
Songlines feature		2010		100			XX
Songlines feature		2010		122			X
Sony Magazine print+website, exclusive for a while	_HM	2008		500
Sound On Sound features copyright retained, mag shares syndication		2011		150			X
South China Morning Post travel/design feature commissioned to produce 1000 words at 2.50HKD "per word"; much later emailed contract stating rate was "per published word"; piece published considerably shorter than 1000 words; after a long wait and Hong Kong taxes deducted paid £79 for the piece		2012		79			XXXX
Spears magazine 1200-word feature @ £480 =		2018		400			O
Spectator 700-word book review @ £200 =	_BarcB	2011		286
Spin US$1000 =		2006		529
Spirit + Destiny health piece all rights	_Bauer	2004		438		GR
Sport first		1998		200	-
Square Meal (Monomax)		2009		350			O
Square Meal		2009		350			X
Studio International review		2014		175
Stuff	_HM	1999		333.33	-
Stuff	_HM	1999		300	-
Stylist 500 word feature @ £200 all rights		2015		400	0
Sun + Wind Energy per page (7000 characters =~ 1100 words)		2011		150			X
Superyacht Business 6500-word feature @ £2145 =	_AOLTW	2017		330
Sure Start FBS	_Redwood	2007		500
Sussex Life writing local feature which is used on web	_ECN	2010		200	0
Sussex Life local feature used on web	_ECN	2010		200
Swimming Times feature		2008		250
Swimming Times column - 400-800 words @ £50		2008		125			X
Take a Break 600 words @ £450 FBS	_Bauer	2010		750
Tate		1995		350	-
Tatler column FBS	_CondN	2013		550	225	GR
Teaching Drama 800 words @ £90 =	_Rhineg	2013		113			XX
Teaching Drama book review - 250 words @ £25 all rights	_Rhineg	2011		100
Teaching Drama feature all rights	_Rhineg	2011		167
That's Life health piece all rights	_Bauer	2004		438		GR
The Biz		2009		400
The Biz (pharma company in-house mag) 1-page feature (3-500 words)		2008		600		GR	O
The Biz (pharma company in-house mag) 2-page feature (up to 1000 words)		2008		350		GR
The Ecologist online		2012		150		GR
The Ecologist		2009		180
The Establishment (Empress Media Inc.) 1250 word feature, roughly $1/word , terms Paid in dollars; good international terms		2016		1250		GR
The Green Parent day shift of unspecified activity	__misc	2014		75			X
The Green Parent day shift of unspecified activity	__misc	2014		75			X
The Humanist feature		2015		550			O
The Inquirer 400 words @ £100 =		2016		250
The Journalist	_TU	2011		300
The Lady interview		2012		250			X
The Lady		2012		1000
The Lancet Neurology 1600-word feature @ £500 BUT fee shrinks with amount of editing required to £150 "floor".	_RE	2017		312.50			XXXX
The Lancet	_RE	2011		437
The List (Edinburgh and Glasgow)		1997		70	-		X
The Living Tradition music review "very determined on terms - you won't even get a free copy of the mag"		2014		0			XXXX
The Living Tradition music review "very determined on terms - you won't even get a free copy of the mag"		2014		0			XXXX
The Living Tradition music review very determined you won't even get a free copy of the mag		2014		0			XXXX
The Nightwatchman (quarterly cricket magazine) 2000 word feature - "didn't realise until too late" the rate was...		2017		0		GR	XXXX
The Publican	_Quantum	1997		130	-
The Quietus feature		2008		150			X
The Quietus online features		2008		100			X
The Register news story/feature		2007		250
The Scientist news item		2004		600			O
The Stage interview, 1200 words @ £120		2014		100			XX
The Stage		2014		125
The Stage		2014		125
The Stage feature all rights		2013		150	0
The Stage feature FBS, no web use		2013		150		GR	X
The Stage		2011		120			X
The Stage		2014		125
The Tablet		2009		130			X
The Tablet		1997		93.75	-
The Wire (now owned by staff) features + reviews		2012		70
The Word feature	_DH	2012		133			X
The Word longer album reviews (eg 750 words)		2008		200
The Word feature	_DH	2007		250
The Word 150 word standard review £40	_DH	2007		266.66
Think Africa 800-1000 words		2014		150
This is Africa feature		2013		300
Timber Trades Journal		1997		150	-
Time Europe US$0.80 per word	_AOLTW	2006		425	0		X
Time Out	_TOut	1998		550	-
Times Educational Supplement regular travel page: cut of one third from £500 per thousand for more than five years; declined; terms FBS incl web use	_TSL	2008		333			XX
Times Higher Education 500-word advertorial @ £90 =	_TSL	2016		180			XX
Times Higher Education reporting and features	_TSL	2011		200	0	GR	X
Times Literary Supplement review	_TSL	2010		100			XX
TNT magazine		2011		185.40
Total Football	_Future	1997		250	-
Travel Trade Gazette		2011		200		GR
Uncut feature	_IPC	2015		170			X
Uncut feature	_IPC	2015		143			XX
University Business (Wildfire) FBS		2014		100	0		X
University Business (Wildfire) FBS		2014		100	0		X
US (USA) dollar-a-word		1997		621	-
Utility Week 1200 words @ £270 =	_RBI	2007		225
Vanity Fair US authors - up to $4000 all right licence for 90 days	_CondN	2002		2746			O
Vanity Fair (USA) 1000 words $3000	_CondN	2001		2086			O
Variety (Penske Media Corporation) according to whopayswriters.com		2017		750	0
Vegetarian Times FBS		2007		150
Velocity features	_Ink	2009		200		GR	X
Vice 1000 words + sourcing images		2013		80			XX
Vice news 10 pix thrown in		2018		430			O
Vice UK		2018		120
Vintage Rock feature: 2000 words paid at "page rate"		2012		150			X
Visa Black Card Magazine features, mainly lifestyle, consumer and travel all rights, no expenses, no tax at source		2013		3000		GR	O
Vogue (50% of syndication paid)	_CondN	1996		350	-
Voice		2011		100			X
Wallpaper	_IPC	2007		500			O
Wallpaper features first world rights	_AOLTW	2003		500		GR	O
Wallpaper	_AOLTW	2000		1000	-		O
Wanderlust extensive research and photography, expenses £500 work done unpaid with view to securing paid work: submitted 2 articles. No paid work followed.		2016		0	0		X
Weatherwise first North American rights		2008		100			XXX
Weekly Standard (USA) 1000 words, member wouldn't do it again		2011		100			XX
When Saturday Comes 800 words @ £70		2017		87.50		GR
When Saturday Comes	__misc	2015		215		GR	X
When Saturday Comes £75 for 600-700 word piece all rights		2009		125			X
Which 200 words @ £150		2010		750
Wiltshire Life FBS		2011		140
Wizz Air 1350 word feature @ £360 =	_Ink	2013		267			X
Woman's Own 750 word feature (no pics) @ £150	_AOLTW	2015		200
Woman's Own	_IPC	1998		500	-
Woman's Weekly	_IPC	2007		625
Woman Interview 900 words FBS	_IPC	2007		450			O
Women's Lifestyle 500-word advertorial @ £120 =	_AOLTW	2016		240
Wonderland		2007		150		GR	X
Works Management feature FBS + web rights	_Findlay	2007		300		GR
Workstyle 3000 words @ £130 =		2014		43			XXX
Workstyle 3000 words @ £130 =		2014		43			XXX
Workstyle 3000 words @ £130 =		2014		43			XXX
World Cruise Industry Review		2009		200
World of Animals 2000 word travel article - turned down!		2015		125		GR	XX
World of Cruising feature		2016		100			XXX
World Policy Journal		2010		100			XX
World's Fair (trade newspaper) rate based on 15 word average per 26p column cm	_Tindle	2008		17.50		GR	XX
XL Basic 250	_EMAP	1997		300	-
XpertHR feature	_RBI	2013		250		GR
Yeahbaby feature	_Ink	2013		300
Yeahbaby BMIbaby inflight mag	_Ink	2007		300			X
YoungMinds 1500 word feature FBS		2008		222
Yours feature FBS	_Bauer	2010		350
Yours	_Bauer	2010		300
Zest exclusive rights	_NatMag	2010		292
3Fox International feature no expenses	_3Fox	2015		200		GR
A health journal (Pavilion) "better than before but not great"		2014		150			X
A health journal		2014		100
A health journal		2014		100
artphaire.com (curated by Park Hyatt hotels) preview, 300 words @ $150	_Ziff	2014		500			O
BBC News website, technology 800 word feature @ £250 , terms None specified	_BBC	2009		312.50		GR	O
British Airways inflight magazine lead article, 1500 words @ £350 =		2014		233			XX
British Airways inflight magazine lead article, 1500 words @ £350 =		2014		233			XX
Business Destination (Tower Business) 1800 words @ £324 =		2013		180
CN Traveller.com 900-word web feature @ £200 =	_CondN	2017		222
Condé Nast mag 450 words @ £200 =	_CondN	2017		444	0
Digital magazine, unnamed 800 words @ £ 80 = (terms offered - rejected!)		2014		100			XXX
Digital magazine, unnamed 1100 words @ £100 =		2014		91			XXX
Digital magazine, unnamed 800 words @ £ 80 = (terms offered - rejected!)		2014		100			XXX
Digital magazine, unnamed 1100 words @ £100 =		2014		91			XXX
easyJet inflight mag original feature	_Ink	2011		275	0	GR
eMusic Q+A features all rights plus indemnity clause non-negotiable		2007		214			X
eMusic reviews all rights with useful "license back", tricky indemnity clause		2007		500	0		O
eMusic.com 200-word online music reviews all rights + obnoxious indemnity clause		2007		500		GR
Euromoney features	_Assoc	2013		350
Euromoney titles	_Assoc	2000		250	-
Freelance Newsletter any - for the sense of self-worth only, web licence granted too	_NUJ_LFB	2001		0	0
Global Island News 1800 words @ £300 =		2018		167
Healthcare journal, unnamed background for correspondents		2014		66
Healthcare journal, unnamed background for correspondents		2014		66
Hobbyist magazine regular column 1300 words plus photos FBS		2013		100			X
Human rights publicatrion 700 words @ £100 =		2017		143
IHS Fairplay magazine(s) feature	_IHS	2013		250	0	GR
Imagine Publishing magazine piece		2011		200
Leeds University alumni mag feature		2014		375			O
Lloyd's Loading List feature , All rights	_Informa	2011		220			X
Magazine Branch survey non-recognised workplace average		2005		217
Magazine Branch survey NUJ-recognised workplace average		2005		235
Magazine Branch survey overall average		2005		224
Maritime magazine		2013		150
MC Financial 1000 word articles		2009		50			XXXX
Natmags	_NatMag	2000		300	-
Northern+Shell (XX if smut)	_NS	1996		150	-
Pro Sound News Europe feature all rights	_Intent	2016		200	0	GR	X
Recreational magazine 500 word ("plus thumbnail") @ £75 =	_Bauer	2018		150			X
Reed group	_RBI	1997		160	-
Regeneration magazines		2012		230
Small music mag 600-word reviews (part staff-owned - rate hasn't changed in 30 years)		2016		40			XXX
Time Inc printed specialist mag 500 words @ £75 =	_AOLTW	2017		150			XX
TRVL app writer retains copyright		2012		200
trvl.com 2000 words @ 500 Euro , use on iPad platform		2012		250		GR
Unnamed magazine Second British Serial rights		2013		300		GR	O
Unnamed Russian lifestyle magazine 800-word reviews @ £200 =		2016		250			O
The above are the rates for Words, per 1000 / mags notified by members up to 20 December 2017.
Key to the rates, by column:
1 Publication / Programme, any details of work and licence
2 Owner at the time the rate was reported, where known	Group
3 The year in which the rate was reported		Year
4 Currency: either or
5 Amount paid for basic licence - e.g. first use in print:				Basic fee
6 Paid for extra licences - web use, database resale... (no data pre Jun 2000)				...	Extras
7 "Going Rate" according to experienced NUJ members - do try to better it:				...	...	GR
or Minimum rate set out in NUJ House Agreement (more will be made soon):				...	...	HA
8 Underpaid, in the fallible opinion of the Freelance editor:				50	0		X
or Just sometimes we're pleasantly surprised:				1500	300		O