The Best of the Magazine Markets

The one directory that brings you ALL
your best opportunities for
getting published in 2009!

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 2009, the odds are extremely high that the new 2009 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Due to rapid changes in the magazine market, last year’s edition may be 60% out of date.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 2009 Best you’ll find the usefully complete and dependably updated information you need to break into print this year.

The Best of the Magazine Markets for Writers 2009 provides more than 1,800 of the top freelance-buying markets in North America, with the latest information about their editorial wants and needs, and their submission requirements for 2009. 744 pages.

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 more than 1,800 magazines that have survived our winnowing for 2009 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 2009 published over 110,000 articles and stories last year alone. Nearly 15,000 of those were by previously unpublished writers and almost 42,000 were by authors who were new to that magazine.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 150 of last years—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 200 brand-new potential freelance magazine markets for your writing in the 2009 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.

The 2009 edition of The Best of the Magazine Markets for Writers will give you the competitive edge you need to get published in 2009, including “insider” perspectives on a variety of markets:

Exclusive:

Keep your editor in suspense with a good yarn of adventure fiction. Editors of Ellery Queen, Leading Edge, Glimmer Train, and MindFlights reveal what gives them thrills when it comes to whodunits, horror stories, science fiction, fantasy, psychological thrillers, and more.

Exclusive:

Renewed interest in creative nonfiction brings an eager audience for writers interested in telling true stories with literary flourish. Find out more more about the storytelling techniques and unique qualities associated with this genre from editors of the Bellingham Review, AGNI, Green Hills Literary Lantern, and Best New Writing.

Exclusive:

Inspiring stories, humorous anecdotes, useful advice, emotional pull—these appealing attributes describe the best writing for family publications. Editors at Mature Living, Chesapeake Family, and Living Magazine offer their insight on how to break into this rewarding, competitive market.

With The Best of the Magazine Markets for Writers you’ll be able to make 2009 your most successful year ever.

If you’re still not sure—read on!

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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

With the 2009 Best of the Magazine Markets for Writers, you’ll gain a competitive edge that no other directory can provide. I am pleased to provide you with this powerful marketing tool.

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Best regards,

Pamela Kelly,

Editorial Director