Manuscript Fee
Payment For Writing
noun
稿料 is short for 原稿料, which is a combination of 原稿 (manuscript) and fee. Unsurprisingly, that makes this a manuscript fee. It's the payment for writing that an author gets for turning in their copy!
This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
わずかですが、稿料をもらいました。
It wasn't much, but I got an advance for the manuscript.