The Best of the Magazine Markets for Writers

Here’s Your Next Writing Job!

Dear Writer,

      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 2012, the odds are extremely high that the new 2012 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      Due to rapid changes in the magazine market, last year’s edition may be 60% out of date.

 

The best of the best markets
for writers and freelancers

 

In the 2012 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 1,857 magazines that have survived our winnowing for 2012 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 2012 published over 105,000 articles and stories last year alone. More than 14,000 of those were by previously unpublished writers and almost 30,000 were by authors who were new to that magazine.

 

140 brand-new markets for you

 

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 130 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 140 brand-new potential freelance magazine markets for your writing in the 2012 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 home decorating to science . . . from history to music and photography . . . from nature to crafts to design, with pay scales of up to $1,000 an article.

      You’ll find new listings for magazines that buy a lot of freelance material, like AKA Mom, Living, Crafts ‘n Things, Dirt, Film Threat, Good Times, Lightspeed, Lucky Peach, Military Heritage, Rising Tide, Spark, Sportsnet, Western Living, and many others.

      In addition, you’ll benefit from insightful articles and tips from editors on the thriving market for short fiction; where the best markets are for your humorous writing; the burgeoning market for how-to articles; and how to get into career writing for both career publications and industry and trade magazines.

Our directory if very selective

 

Sure, other directories are available. Some of them may be bigger. But no publication can direct you to the best freelance buyers like The Best of the Magazine Markets for Writers

 

      Our directory is very selective: to be included in the primary section, a magazine must buy more than 25% of its articles and stories from freelance writers; to be in the supplementary section, a magazine must accept more than 10% of its manuscripts from freelancers.

 

      Happily, the 2012 edition of The Best of the Magazine Markets for Writers has the big names—but also a lot of smaller, specialized magazines because they’re where the freelance opportunities and growth are. This directory includes:

General interest publications such as USA Today, Better Homes and Gardens, Smithsonian, Parade, Harper’s, The Nation, Saturday Evening Post, Mother Jones, The Christian Science Monitor, and Travel + Leisure. 

Women’s interest magazines such as Chatelaine, Glamour, Self, Family Circle, Chic Mom, Bon Appétit, Shape, Fit Pregnancy, Ms. Fitness, Women’s Running, More, Today’s Christian Woman, Whole Living, and Oxygen

Men’s interest magazines such as Esquire, Sports Afield, Field & Stream, Cigar Aficionado, Hot Rod, Popular Woodworking, Power & MotorYacht, Muscle & Fitness, Fine Tool Journal, Bassmaster, and Ducks Unlimited.

Special interest publications such as Asimov’s Science Fiction, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Fine Gardening, Scientific American, Antique Trader, Games, AKC Family Dog, Sea History, and Model Airplane News

Local magazines such as Denver Reign, Austin Woman, Oklahoma Today, St. Louis Magazine, Adirondack Magazine, Know Atlanta, New York Trend, Hudson Valley, Chesapeake Family, and many more.

      There are also hundreds of smaller publications that are eager to buy freelance material, such as Snowy Egret, Tin House, Jabberwock Review, Spitball, Threepenny Review, RiverSedge, River Styx, Willow Review, The Pinch, Zakar, and many others you would have difficulty finding without The Best of the Magazine Markets.

      The 2012 edition of The Best of the Magazine Markets for Writers will give you the competitive edge you need to get published in 2012, including insider perspectives on a variety of markets:

 

Exclusive:

Short fiction is of high interest to many writers. So we had editors from Glimmer Train, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Woman’s World, The Strand Magazine, Solander, Vestal Review, The Sun, Zoetrope: All Story, and a dozen other magazines discuss how unpredictable plots, compelling characters, engaging dialogue, and voice can lead to success in this genre.

 

Exclusive: Humor is wanted by almost every editor extant. They’re not always pieces defined as “humor” either. How-to pieces with humor are in demand, as are humorous personal essays and—always—humorous filler material. For shorter pieces, there is no need to query—just write them. Four successful authors and editors from Smithsonian, Family Tree Magazine, Creative Nonfiction, and The Star, plus others, provide advice.

 

Exclusive: Career writing is booming because the audiences are growing: college grads looking for their first jobs; established workers staying abreast of their fields; the unemployed searching for new jobs. Seven successful writers and editors from industry magazines like Turf, Limousine Digest, Paralegal Today, and others review career writing. One big benefit: it’s easy to recycle and restructure for multiple markets.

 

 

      With The Best of the Magazine Markets for Writers youll be able to make 2012 your most successful year ever.

 

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My copy of The Best of the Magazine Markets for Writers looks as though it has exploded . . . there are so many sticky notes and pieces of paper marking magazines I want to query about current and future articles. It was there that I found the magazine that offered to publish my article.”

—Patricia Reeder, Stockton, CA

 I am certain that the information I gleaned from The Best of the Magazine Markets for Writers helped in the sale of three newspaper articles and four articles to a well-known magazine. Your wonderful publication has shown me how easy it is to sell my writing.

Arthur Brown, Pine Bluff, AR

 

“I loved the book. I liked the format and found several new listings. I have one article under review already. Thanks for sending the directory to me.”

Brenda Luster, Flushing, OH

 

The Best of the Magazine Markets for Writers is a great book, full of just the right information. I like it far better than the other directory I have seen.

Joyce Johnson, Youngstown, OH

 

Your publication is superior to Writers Marketvery impressive! A listing in your publication helped me secure a spot on the writing team of an award-winning science newsletter.

Theresa Morr, Lexington Park, MD

 

After a couple of days my copy of Best of the Magazine Markets is full of notes and sticky tabs. The articles are priceless. Its a vast resource of opportunity and a wealth of information.

Ken Lewis, Ada, OK

 

      With the 2012 Best of the Magazine Markets for Writers, you’ll gain a competitive edge that no other directory can provide. We are pleased to provide you with this powerful marketing tool.

 

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Best regards, 

Pamela Kelly,                        

Editorial Director

 

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