Magazines, newspapers and e-zines

Listing of E-Zines

leonau — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:10:41 GMT

Is there an on-line listing of e-zines that are on the web? I have checked the "Writer" market listings, but there aren't too many there. Thanks.

Writer's Ink now accepting submissions!

Iron Syndictae — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:48:47 GMT

Hello fellow writers,

I'd like to announce that Writer's Ink, a creative writing e-journal is accepting submissions for our July '09 issue.

For more information please check out the submission guidelines at: http://thewritersink.wordpress.com

Thank you,

Itai Rosenbaum, EiC, Writer's Ink

Re; UK Publishers hiring Writers, paid (Arts & Culture & Literature)

mandyGB — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:49:35 GMT

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Hiya, I thought some of you American writers might be interested in these two British publishers I found on UK writers’ websites who are recruiting writers at the moment – I don’t know if they’re advertising in the US so I thought it might be useful to let you know. Hope you’ll all return the favour if you come across any US publishers looking to hire a keen but relatively inexperienced British writer like myself.

Details now pasted, and if anyone can let me know any good job sites for freelance writers, please also let me know.

1) Freelance Writers, Editors & Reviewers for new Arts & Culture Website

US-UK Review is looking for writers who can produce articles and reviews displaying an obvious knowledge, articulacy and occasional humour within their own subjects and writing fields. The new website (us-ukreview.com) launches this April and is now accepting applications from all writers regardless of experience or previous publishing success.

The US recruitment phase will run alongside our UK recruitment in order to bring together a large pool of writers from both sides of the Atlantic to write and review a comprehensive range of subjects ranging from culture, lifestyle, The Arts & showbiz.

You don’t need to be an academic or be gifted in literary brilliance, but what we’re NOT looking for is writing in the style of, for example, local newspapers, tabloids, music mags, reportage, poetry, fiction, instructional or short pieces etc.

What we are looking for in applicants is the ability to write in a reasonably mature but engaging style within their field of knowledge. Our editorial stance is open to all styles ranging from chatty, conversational, quirky, irreverent and humorous to serious and factual.

Experienced editors & editor/writers are also welcome to apply.

Writers will be hired on a freelance basis and can expect fees up to $120 for a single article/review depending on the assignment/other factors, whilst smaller pieces will pay a commensurately lower figure.

Please send your application - something you've previously written, along with your resume – (stating where you read about our recruitment) by email and also post a second hard copy as a back-up. In subject window, please put : “your name/Application” then E-Mail to ; editorial-us@us-ukreview.com and also post hard copy to ; US-UK Review, USA Editorial, 23 Castalia Square, London, E14 3NG, United Kingdom. PLEASE PUT AN "AIRMAIL" STICKER ON YOUR ENVELOPE TO ENSURE QUICK DELIVERY. Deadline March 29th.

And 2) I am writing to you from Notes from the Underground, a new British free creative writing and literary publication with a readership of over 100,000 a month. Our magazine represents the work of both established and unpublished writers. Authors such as William Boyd, Bethan Roberts, Will Self and Terry Jones have contributed to the magazine in the past. We are also keen to cultivate links with international writers as we would like to represent a full spectrum of modern fiction. Writers in the past have been happy to contribute to the magazine not only to promote their work but to lend their support to emerging talent in what we hope is a culturally-beneficial enterprise.

If any of you are interested we would love to hear from you. Our maximum word count is 1800, however we are also very keen to receive even smaller pieces. To get an idea of what we publish you could head over to www.notesfromtheunderground.co.uk to look at our archive. If you'd like to send work in then please send it to info@notesfromtheunderground.co.uk as a word attachment with a word count and your contact details.

Thanks for your time and we hope to hear from some of you,

Chris Day at Notes From The Underground

Writing for newspapers

chimerique — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:59:18 GMT

Hi all,

I have written for several magazines, but now have quite a few articles that I think would work well in newspapers. I was wondering if the pitching/ query process is the same for magazines, i.e. write a brief intro to the editor to see if they are interested in the full article?

Thanks for any advice.

Angela Neal

http://angelanealwriter.blogspot.com/

Now I Twitter all my latest writing! @sparklyscotty

Montevideo Living - Searching for Writing Contacts/Ideas for Publications

txomin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:35:34 GMT

Hello all,

I have been writing on and off for the past eight years...been published with a few online sites like gonomad.com and intheknowtraveler.com.

I am now living here in Montevideo, Uruguay (http://movingmontevideo.blogspot.com) for a few months, and I am looking to take my travel further into guidebooks, other pubs, etc. I also provide Nikon D40x photos as well as I love photography!

If anyone has any advice, ideas, or would like to know more about me or what I search in the writing field please contact me!

Gracias adelante por todo amigos,

FOB pieces

letterstokate — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:46:21 GMT

If I am interested in writing FOBs as a way of breaking into magazines.

Do I pitch the idea via a short query first, or (since they are typically short pieces), should I go ahead and write it and then submit it?

Thank you

Kate

Clips

AndreaA — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:28:31 GMT

When a magazine asks for clips - do they simply want a citation or do they want a copy of the entire article?

Best magazines and papers for writers breaking in??

JReed1958 — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:17:04 GMT

Hello, everyone!

Greetings from centeral New Jersey! I'm new to the forums and look forward to learning all I can about the writing life from veterans and newbies alike.

I freelanced for a short period of time in 2000 but had to drop everything in order to take care of some medical concerns that came up. Six years later, I find myself in a situation where working from home would be more manageable for me than looking for a job that requires commuting. I don't drive, and mass transit around my part of the state is too inadequate to count on for work outside the home. I'm more than ready to begin working at something again and want to give freelancing another try.

That said, have any of you uncovered papers, magazines or Web publications that accept work from writers who are beyond the fledgeling stage but not experienced enough to have a wide variety of clips to submit with queries? It would be great if you could share your experiences with me so I can start off on the right foot.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Call for Submissions

staceytg — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:19:26 GMT

Hi all,

Bead Magic magazine is looking for submissions from beaders of all skill levels for our "What's Your Story?" section of our magazine. If you would like more information about what we are looking for please email me at stacey@beadmagic.org and feel free to visit our site at ww.beadmagic.org

Thanks and have a great day!!

Looking for contests!

runningwithstilettos — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 13:33:19 GMT

I'd like to enter the blog I've been writing for the past ten months in a contest or two, but when I searched "Yahoo" for ideas, it came up with 121 million hits. Any suggestions as to where I ought to start looking for legitimate on-line writing competitions?

www.runningwithstilettos.com

Novice on syndication

dbear — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:55:04 GMT

I queried a syndicate about a feature-length seasonal article and they said to send it. Well, I did, and now I'm feeling silly because I don't really know how these things work. I read on one syndicate's Website (for 600-word columns) that they post the story name and short description and then the newspapers that want to buy the column pay $20-40, and the writer gets half. I also talked with an established columnist who told me she self-syndicates (basically makes the arrangements with separate newspapers herself) and makes more. I'm thinking a feature-length article would go for a few hundred dollars (at least that's what I made on a similar article several years back) if I sold it directly to a newspaper. I've got 2 newspapers considering the article right now (in non-competing regions). Does anyone know how feature article syndication works?

Novice on syndication

dbear — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:54:05 GMT

Burnout?

StoryHunter — Fri, 25 May 2007 16:45:52 GMT

While not actually a question, since the answer is elusive or at best very personal, I would like to bounce something off other freelancers who may have run into the same wall.

I have been accepting assignments from the same two local newspapers for the past few years and dutifully completing them @.15 or .20 cents per word. I know - kinda lazy.OK fine. The thing is, they have both tagged me with specialties (art or bicycle politics) that I never really wanted to work in, which means I have had to constantly do research and make contacts in areas that I don't particularly care that much about - and I think it's beginning to show in my work. Here is my dilemma: should I start pitching the same editors with different subjects or reach out to new publications that I have never writtern for - magazines maybe - and risk starting over from scratch - or both? As it is, I'm reluctant to answer the phone. I dunno, maybe a vacation? Anybody been there?

Market listings

Supergeek — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:54:57 GMT

Hi. Writer looking to start freelancing for magazines, and I need a good source of market listings, and the listings on this site are very much out of date.

I've been given a list of collected market listing books, but I'm not sure which one(s) would have the most accurate listings for the genres I write for; speculative fiction, computers and technology, and video games.

If anyone has suggestions for complete market listing sources, please post them.

Which Editor?

LEBalvanz — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:12:01 GMT

I'm trying to write a cover letter for a short story I've written and I'm wondering: How do you decide which editor to address it to? For example, one of the literary journals I'm considering is McSweeney's. The editor is Dave Eggers, but the managing editor changes from issue to issue. Do I still address it to Dave Eggers? What if there is an Editor-in-Chief?