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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the magazine market, last year’s edition may be 60% out
of date.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those were by previously unpublished writers and almost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: |
