Freelance writers can decide between submitting a finished article or a query letter to an editor. These days most editors prefer a one-page query letter, usually emailed. But before you pitch any article, you must know what magazines publish your topic.
Magazine writing
Meet the Freelance Writer: Kaitlin Madden
Welcome to our new series, Meet the Freelance Writer! Here, you’ll meet a diverse range of individuals who have carved out a place in the world of full-time freelance writing. In this interview, you’ll find out all about Kaitlin Madden.
Becoming a Freelance or Telecommute Magazine Writer
To join the ranks of successful freelance magazine writers, you will need to write on assorted topics and sell your articles to many types of magazines.
Top 10 Topics to Pitch to Teenage Magazines
Learn about the hottest topics that teenage magazines editors frequently want from freelance writers and how to successfully pitch them.
Top 10 Topics to Pitch to Shopping & Style Magazines
Writing for style and shopping magazines is one of the most lucrative niches for freelance writers. These magazines target high-net-worth and high profile individuals and celebrities. They serve as the ultimate shopping guides, offering the latest news in celebrity fashion, makeup, style and hair makeovers.
Top 10 Topics to Pitch to Music Magazines
Learn about the hottest topics that music magazine editors frequently want from freelance writers and how to successfully pitch them.
Top 10 Topics to Pitch to Men’s Interests Magazines
In terms of freelance writing, what would interest men the most? The way society has programmed men, they’re attracted to and gravitate towards certain topics, and these are summed up as Men’s Interests.
Top 10 Hot Topics to Pitch to Editors at Health Magazines
Health magazines focus on human health and fitness with an emphasis on living a healthy lifestyle. These magazines usually target individuals who want to prevent lifestyle diseases and medical conditions or who already have them but want to live a healthier lifestyle.
Top 10 Hot Topics to Pitch to Editors at Arts & Crafts Magazines
The industry of arts and crafts is enormous, raking in 14 billion dollars annually for the United States economy. This also means arts, crafts, and hobby magazines are widely read by enthusiasts. The popular arts and crafts magazines distribute between 150,000 and 175,000 copies per new issue.
Top 10 Hot Topics to Pitch to Editors at Automotive Magazines
Simply put, you already have a large potential audience; the sheer number of auto magazines in the U.S. and loyal readership in the millions make auto-related articles in-demand by editors. But you can also target car shoppers, auto hobbyists, and motorsports fans. The average age varies among magazines, but is between 20 and 50 years old.
Top 10 Hot Topics to Pitch to Editors at Bird Watching Magazines
Many bird-watching magazines will pay you after they have published your article, while other magazines might pay you after accepting your article. Payment ranges from $250 to $600 per feature article, while shorter articles pay from $100 to $350.
Top 10 Hot Topics to Pitch to Editors at Golf Magazines
Because of its huge market, a freelance writer can find several magazines and trade journals covering the addictive sport of golf. You can be a prolific golf writer/freelance writer tackling the following top 10 hot topics.
Top 10 Hot Topics to Pitch to Editors at Health & Fitness Magazines
Today, Health and Fitness publications are booming. This makes them great places to pitch freelance articles. Learn how with these top tips.
Top 10 Hot Topics to Pitch to Editors at Home Improvement Magazines
Freelancing for home improvement magazines requires you to tap into readers’ desire to improve the appearance and luxuries of their personal living spaces.
Top 10 Topics to Pitch to Hunting Magazines
If you are a freelance writer who wants to write for popular hunting magazines, then review our list of hot topics that you can pitch to editors.
How to Write for Nostalgia Magazines
There are a number of ways you can construct your writing for nostalgia magazines to make it appealing. You could get together some old pictures and write a story around them. If the pictures are your own – great
Why SEO Copywriting is the Perfect High-Paying, Work-from-Home Job With Huge Growth Potential
If you’ve ever considered starting a freelance writing career, or want to find an ideal work-from-home job that pays well, then consider SEO copywriting.
Write For Magazines to Build a Lucrative Freelance Writing Career
Provide editors with information and contacts they cannot easily find on their own. This is not as difficult as it might seem, and it’s one way to prove to an editor
Opportunities to Write Articles for Sports Magazines
So what sorts of articles are sports magazines looking for? Most publications welcome ideas, feature articles,and reviews from freelance writers.
Writing Children’s Nonfiction For Magazines – Mistakes to Avoid
Generally, it’s easier to sell nonfiction to children’s magazines. Still most writers miss the mark because they overlook these three common mistakes.
How to Write for a Dance Magazine
If you are a freelance writer who has an interest in dance, writing articles for specific publications offers a great opportunity for you to earn extra cash
How to Write For Women’s Magazines
Although many women’s magazines say that they don’t expect good old-fashioned boy-meets-girl kind of storylines, this type of story is still a favourite. Most stories are quite simple – after all, you just haven’t got time in 1,000 words
Why Dont Magazine Editors Like My Article Ideas?
Use this list of 10 common reasons for rejection as a tool for crafting article queries that make it hard for editors to respond in any other way than ‘yes!’
10 Steps for Writing a Magazine Query
A query letter is a sales pitch: your goal is to convince the editor that your article idea is of interest to her readers and that you are the best person to write it.
10 Smart Moves For Getting Published in Top Magazines
Freshen up perennial topics. Some magazines revisit the same topics again and again because relationships, or toilet training, or camping in national parks lie at the core of the magazine’s mission.
Succeeding as a Health and Fitness Writer
Whether you want to (or already do) write health or fitness articles for your local newspaper, a widely popular national magazine, your website, or all of the above, consider these tips for ensuring your writing success
A Writing Career: Newspaper vs. Magazine Work
One of the great things about being on the newspaper’s features staff is the latitude you have; you have a beat to cover, sure, but you can basically write any feature story you want, with your editor’s approval.
News Writing Bloopers: 4 Common Journalism Mistakes
News writing is supposed to be the embodiment of perfectly produced prose. However, the reality is that it is the source of more grammatical, contextual and typographical mistakes
How to Be a Home-based Magazine Writer
Review the magazine counter at your local shop. Select a number of magazines you think you would be able to contribute to and study the content. Which ones suit your taste and talent best?
6 Important Tips for Magazine Article Writing
Make sure to choose a topic that you’re an expert on or you feel interested in. You’ll most likely to produce high quality magazine articles if you choose topics that are included in your areas of expertise and areas of interest.
How to Become a Healthy Lifestyle Writer
Freelance food writing does not always have to be exclusively about food, though. Other related topics such as exercise, aging and physical health can also be discussed, as well as other topics that have something to do with nutrition.
Magazine Writing – How to Write Winning Query Letters
While there are many online writing gigs to be found, magazine writing still offers the most lucrative pay for journalists and other nonfiction writers.
Journalism 101: Introduction to Writing for a Publication
The Lead The first sentence or two of the opening paragraph or a stand-alone introduction, the lead is the most important part of the story.
How to Write an Article for a Student Magazine
Here’s how to write an article for a student magazine that really sings, drawing on your own experience to provide interesting first hand material.
How to Write a Magazine Article
If you want to get your article published in a magazine, you must first sell your idea to the editors with a great query letter. But once you have an assignment, how do you write an interesting article that will keep your readers interested and keep your editor coming back to you time after time with assignments?
How to Break Into Magazine Writing
Thinking of getting into a career in magazine writing? Linda Formichelli offers three expert tips on how to break into the magazine industry.
How to Become a Magazine Writer – My Four Best Tips
Do you want to write for magazines? Here are 4 need to know tips on how to make money writing for magazines as a career.
Gossip Writer: Your New Career, No Kidding!
Gossip writing is a rarely discussed category for freelance writers. There are many avenues your career can take, so here are some tips on getting started.
Surefire Ways To Get Your Magazine Article Queries Accepted
There are certain ways to get your magazine queries accepted. Read the following article to find out how.
Freelance Writing For Trade Magazines
Breaking into trade magazines as a freelance writer can be tricky. Many editors of trade magazines choose not to list their writer’s guidelines
Freelance Writing For Environmental Publications
The earth matters. Our planet is in danger. Many of our world’s species are under threat of extinction. As people are becoming more aware of the current threats to our environment, more publications are emerging to update and inform readers of the latest environmental news and trends.
Can You Make a Living Doing Freelance Article Writing For Magazines?
Freelance article writing for magazines has been the staple of independent writers for decades, and it’s still going strong. If you are willing to become a real professional freelance writer and establish a business around your writing, then you can build up a clientele that will pay you again and again for doing something that comes natural to you.
Writing for the Holidays: When to Write and Pitch Your Seasonal Articles to Magazines
Writing for holiday issues of magazines can be a little tricky. At least for me. I only think of ideas for articles and stories during the actual holiday. The problem with that is it’s way too late, or way too early, to then send it into the magazine.
How to Find Great Subject-Matter Experts for Your Articles
Journalists and nonfiction writers often need subject-matter experts (SMEs) to lend credibility to their content. I have interviewed experts as far ranging as principals, teachers, fire fighters, real estate agents, lenders and nurses for a variety of published pieces. The information gleaned from these experts
The Realities of Selling Your Article to a Magazine or Website
Suppose you submit your article or query letter directly by e-mail or by postal mail. What happens to it? Who actually reads it first, if not the editor? The size of the magazine and editorial staff may dictate who reads your query letter or submission first. If not the editor, then the managing editor or an editorial staff member.
Be Your Own Magazine Writing Agent: 7 Effective Ways to Market your Articles
One of the best ways to job security as a freelance writer is to become your own marketing agent. Who can better promote your writing than you? Always view your writing as a business, because it is! You are a retailer, the Neiman-Marcus or topnotch magazine writing. Your articles are your merchandise, your inventory
How to Get Your Work Published in Reputable Magazines
Breaking into reputable magazines doesn’t require a secret power or any sort of special list. What it does require is planning, executing and being aware of what your targeted magazine needs are, outside of their printed guidelines. Learn how to break into magazine writing with this article.
Freelance Writing for Pet Magazines
Writing for a pet publication can a way to add to your portfolio and your pay packet. Learn all about the different publications and how to write for them.
Freelance Writing for the Christian Market
Do you write only for secular publications but are looking for new markets to tap into? The more markets you have to write the better your income can be. Writing for the Christian market may be just what you are looking for.
Freelance Writing for Pregnancy and Baby Magazines
The parenting writing niche is ripe with opportunity. Here are some useful tips to successfully approach pregnancy, baby, and parenting publications.
Freelance Writing for Agriculture Trade Publications and Websites
Learn how to write for agriculture and farming trade publications and websites from a freelance writer who has been doing it for more than 12 years.
To My Editor: “Messing Up My Manuscript May Make Me Mad!”
As a general rule, editors do not and cannot print articles exactly as they are written. The chances are that the proofreader, correcting the proof, may have observed some unnoticed variation from the established publication’s house style. All manuscripts are subject to scrutiny and revision.
Published on Page 1 or 100? Editors & Publishers Discuss the Importance of Article Placement in a Magazine
Recently the editor of a popular magazine accepted one of my stories for publication. She was full of kind words about it and how much she liked it. “In fact, we like your story so much,” she said, “that we want to put it in a more prominent position in our magazine.” After the first… Read more →
Breaking into New Markets with your Freelance Writing
One of the first articles I had published by a print magazine was a genealogy piece about an unusual quest to find a long lost relative in Ancestry Magazine. Had I known back then that magazines often paid more when photos or other graphics were submitted, I would have been paid even more
Writing For Profit – Breaking Into the Magazine World Can Break Out Some Serious Cash
Never send a magazine a complete unsolicited article; most editors simply do not have enough time to wade through them and there is also the possibility they may publish it thinking it is from a prepaid source.
Breaking Into Sports Journalism
The Internet has opened up incredible opportunities for wannabe sports reporters and journalists. Choose a topic, sport, or team that you are a passionate about and start a blog; it is a great way of beginning your reporting career.
Breaking Into International Magazines is Not That Easy!
Any aspiring writer, who hails from a country other than US or Canada, who wishes to become a freelancer and contribute articles to Suite101, is invariably rejected citing the reasons
Six Tips to Help You Break Into the Children’s Magazine Markets With Your Non-Fiction For Kids!
It’s no secret that one of the best ways to break into the children’s magazine markets is with nonfiction. So follow these 6 tips to have the best chance of acceptance with your short articles for children
Become an Article Content Writer Via Magazine & Internet Services
Magazines that do not follow the staff system depend largely or entirely on contributors. Every editor daily receives many manuscripts submitted by writers on their own initiative. From these he selects the material best adapted to his publication.
News Writing with a Soft Touch: The Way Ahead for Newspapers
News writing habits have been changing since the dawn of the Internet age. Journalists must adapt, especially those who have spent their lives in newspapers.
Writing for Teen Magazines: What You Need to Know
If you want to get published in the teenage market, you have to be familiar with the slang that kids these days use. This, among other helpful tips.
Travel Magazines: 10 Tips for Getting Published
Writing articles for travel magazines is a great way to get your articles published, earn some extra cash and become known as a travel writer.
Eleven Unusual Cures for Writer’s Block That Actually Worked
Take a cue from famous and uncelebrated writers alike in adopting one of these unusual cures for writer’s block that do actually work.