I've written a fair share of articles in my time, mostly specialty (not unlike R'osity). The first thing I do is insure I have last editorial rights. That basically comes down to; "Yes, you can publish my article for the aforementioned price", or "No, you've slaughtered my original intent and if you go to press I'll have your (fill in the blank) in a vice and will beome mean! Ornlu: Every writer gets it once. The trick is to learn and not get it twice. PS Other than those scam poetry anthology sites, I don't know of any "legitimate" publication that doesn't offer authors at least one hardcopy...