We want you to have your best possible shot at getting published this year, so we’ve taken special pains with our new directory. If you want to see your work in print in 2010, the odds are extremely high that the new 2010 edition of The Best of the Magazine Markets for Writers has the publications most likely to buy what you write. It has all the updated, accurate information you need to make a sale.

     Some directories merely recycle old marketing news. Nothing is more disheartening than to waste time, energy, and money on sending out a manuscript, only to draw a blank—not because your work is rejected, but because the magazine no longer exists . . . or the editor has moved on . . . or the magazine’s publishing interests have changed. Imagine the disappointment of missing out on a brand-new magazine that may be a perfect fit for what you write. Due to rapid changes in the magazine market, last year’s edition may be 60% out of date. 

     In the 2010 Best you’ll find the usefully complete and dependably updated information you need to break into print this year.

     It’s usefully complete because our staff has spent thousands of hours analyzing more than 16,000 magazines published in North America. We don’t waste your time with weak potential markets—magazines that buy very little freelance, have very small circulation, or have too esoteric an editorial mission. The 1,842 magazines that have survived our winnowing for 2010 are the best of the best in terms of their openness to new writers and their payments to freelancers.

     The magazines included in the Best of the Magazine Markets for Writers 2010 published over 121,000 articles and stories last year alone. Nearly 17,000 of those were by previously unpublished writers and almost 39,000 were by authors who were new to that magazine.

     And you can be sure of getting the dependably updated information you need for each listing because our staff that interviews the magazine editors is made up of seasoned “insiders”—professional writers and editors who know how to get the real lowdown from their peers in the marketplace.

     More than 160 of last year’s listings are gone—either defunct, no longer accepting freelance, or no longer meeting our requirements. But the good news is that you’ll find over 213 brand-new potential freelance magazine markets for your writing in the 2010 edition!  That’s a win-win situation for you.  

     New markets include magazines that buy freelance articles and stories on a wide range of subjects . . . from crafts to computers . . . from history to music and photography . . . from nature to decorating and design, with pay scales up to $1,000 an article.

     You’ll find new editorial contacts and addresses for FamilyFun, Home Business, Highways, The Lutheran Digest, The Living Church, Military Review, Ploughshares, Plain Truth, and other publications.

     In addition, you’ll benefit from insightful articles and tips from editors on how to break into the women’s short fiction market . . . strategies for pitching and writing for the Internet . . . and crafting a compelling essay and marketing it.  

     The 2010 edition of The Best of the Magazine Markets for Writers will give you the competitive edge you need to get published in 2010, including “insider” perspectives on a variety of markets:

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