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Fifteen years ago, when I sold my first feature, very few people had even dreamed of writing for magazines and newspapers outside their own country. The few that did were usually old newspaper people who had worked their way up and often served as an overseas editor. For the average writer information on overseas markets was difficult to come by and the cost of sending a manuscript prohibitive.

When that first feature, which had been rejected by every suitable publication here in Britain sold to the American magazine Astronomy and they paid twice the rate I was expecting from domestic publications I was hooked. Within a year every feature and story I wrote was sent to overseas publications, sometimes selling several times.

Today, with the Internet making research easy and e-mail allowing an editor to accept or reject an idea within a day or two every writer who wants to be taken seriously has to write for the World Market. But how do you get started?

That's were Writing for the World Market comes in. There are many more opportunities today for the freelance writer apart from newspapers large and small, magazines and newsletters there are TV and radio stations and in the last couple of years ezines and e-mail newsletters, who all use freelance work. In many instances you still need considerable experience and good contacts, but more and more this situation is changing, particularly on the Net where editors are more inclined to judge you on the quality of your submission than your track record. More important, many of them are happy to take work from new contributors and develop fresh talent.

We will look in more depth at the various methods used by different writers in their approach to selling world wide later, suffice to say that each method has its merits and you must judge through trial, error and the size of your paychecks which method you prefer. The first step, however, must always be: Do your market research.

If you are connected to the Internet you will find this part of the job much easier, but long before the Net came along (I have only been connected since March last year) there were many of us selling our work Internationally on a regular basis using the old fashion methods. So if you are not connected, don't worry. Although you will be disadvantaged compared to those who are it does not preclude you from making valuable sales. Ideally you will need at least one and preferably several recent issues of any publication you hope to write for and a set of detailed guidelines if they provide them. Most magazines will be happy to provide their guidelines if you send sufficient return postage and a few will even send you a free sample copy. Even if you are connected to the Internet, their is no substitution for holding the printed copy in your hands and studying it thoroughly. The beauty of using the Internet though is the saving in time and money. You can read sample features from back issues and the guidelines can be downloaded in seconds.

I prefer to employ a little of both methods, getting hold of a few recent issues and then using the Internet to keep informed of any new developments and the editors latest needs. I also prefer not to pay for the magazines if I can help it, after all, as a writer you are a small business and you have to watch the overheads, so I write to or e-mail the advertising manager saying I would like some information about their publications with a view to future advertising. In less than week, even from the other side of the world, our postman struggles up the drive with a press pack containing several recent issues, advertising rates and data which gives me a complete run down of their readership profile and distribution, contributors guidelines and a features list of the types of subjects they will be covering at various times of the year.

Now I am armed with copies of the magazine for close scrutiny, I know a lot about what the editor will be looking for and when and I know how he/she wants it to be written.

There are books on the market which outline the editorial requirements of magazines in various countries, particularly America and Britain, but they can never be completely up to date since they are generally at least six months

out of date before they are on sale in the high street. Likewise, the listings in this book, although the most detailed and covering a wider geographical selection than you will find anywhere else, should be treated as a stepping to further research. In the USEFUL PUBLICATIONS section at the back of the book you will also find a range of magazines and e-zine which will help with your research.

We will be looking not only at magazines in English speaking countries and those where English is a close second language but also countries where you will be surprised to find magazines printed in English, such as Sweden and Spain.

Payment Rates and Methods

Payment rates around the world vary enormously. Most magazines rely less on news-stand sales in favour of a strong subscriber base and increased advertising, allowing them to pay the freelance contributor very competitive rates. But most pay for words published not words written so you could end up being paid far less than you expect. It is also important to find out whether you will be paid in your own currency or theirs since the exchange commission taken by your bank can swallow a large proportion of a small fee. Also ask whether they pay on acceptance or on publication. Many will pay on acceptance which makes them a much more inviting prospect.

It is worth asking your bank in advance what commission they take so that you can work it in to your budget for each job. Sometimes they will allow you to pay in several cheques at once and only charge one lot of commission. Alternatively, it might be worth talking to your editor to see if they have a system in place for paying international contributors, or they might be willing to make a direct bank transfer to your account which is usually cheaper.

How To Use This Book

Let's assume you have sold a feature to a magazine in your own country. How do you go about finding markets for further sales abroad?

Let's say you have written an article on the latest developments in virtual reality technology for a consumer electronics magazine. Your first step would be to turn to the magazines index and look under electronics for a list of relevant titles. Armed with your list of titles you now turn to the relevant pages and study the information on each magazine to select those that you feel offer the best opportunity for additional sales. Remember to check which country they are in because each different country represents another possible sale.

Now return to the subject index and identify all those magazines which we will call your secondary targets; those which are outside but closely related to you primary targets. These could include science, TV, hobbies, photography, men's interest, engineering. Again turn the to pages indicated and make a list of targets to which you could send your original article or whom you could restructure it to suit. This serves two purposes, you may find a secondary target in country where there is not suitable primary, or you may be able to see the same information (suitably rewritten) twice in the same country.

Return to the subject index one more time and search for Tertiary targets; those which at first glance you would not expect to be interested in something like virtual reality, (or whatever your subject), such as religion, travel, retailing, natural history. This may seem like grasping at straws but an Irish religious magazine recently carried a 2000 word article on Virtual Reality, illustrated with several half and quarter page photographs.

Reading casually through the listings can also help if you are at a loss for ideas. Refreshing your mind about a magazines requirements or the comments made about them may provide the catalyst to generate a whole series of sales.

Finally, don't forget once you have decided which magazines you wish to contribute to and obtained copies to aid your research, you can use the information contained within them to write articles for magazines in this country.

Making Your Sales Pitch

Having identified your primary, secondary and tertiary targets you can begin approaching them with your idea in its various forms. As I mentioned earlier, different writers use different methods. A popular method, particularly with American writers is the Guerrilla Marketing approach where the same idea in the same format is mass delivered to every editor on the list. The advantages here are the saving in time and effort and there is no doubting that it works if you have an enviable track record or you are writing for the same publications on a regular basis.

My own preference, is to employ the mass delivery technique of the Guerrilla Marketer but with a more tailored synopsis. Having done your research earlier and built a file of information on each publication you have more idea of how the editor wants to see the finished work set out. It is a little slower initially but it allows you a much wider publication base to work with in the future. In section 2 you will see some examples of how this method has generated over a dozen sales from just one interview.

A glance at the listing will show that most print magazines do not want the finished article arriving on spec. They prefer to see a concise but detailed synopsis. This works to your advantage because it saves time and you do not have to send valuable prints or slides until you are assured of a definite commission. It is important however, that you provide a detailed list of any photographs or illustrations you can provide. Fortunately, good quality photocopies can be obtained for little cost, and these will suffice to make you proposal more attractive. If you are submitting your proposal by e-mail you have the advantage of being able to scan in any photographs or illustrations and sending them as an attachment. But remember to scan them at low resolution and save them as a JPEG file or they will take forever to download. A good rule to stick with is not send image files larger than about 90k.

Now you wait for the reply. If you have submitted your idea by e-mail that might not be long. My record for getting a reply is currently six hours. If you have submitted your idea by fax or even regular post it can still be quite fast. many times I have submitted identical proposals to magazines in this country and abroad at the same time and received a reply from overseas first. On your first approach they may ask to see the article on spec and though you may feel aggrieved at using your valuable time with no guarantee of payment it will pay dividends in the long run.

There is no getting away from the one basic rule of first contact situations (sorry Star Trek fans) with a new magazine. You need to send a good resume containing a biography of your publishing credits, some tears sheets from your most prestigious successes and reasons why you are qualified to write a particular feature. If you are connected to the Internet it is worth developing your own web site which shows some of these successes, but be careful not to include the feature you are trying to sell for the first time or else the editor might decide free public access to your site constitutes current publication and offer a lower rate of pay.

The Internet as a Tool

1. There is no getting away from the fact that writing for the world market has and is being changed by new technology. The simple fax machine leveled the playing field in terms of getting your ideas to the editor on time, but the Internet has not only wiped out the disadvantage of long distance communication but brought huge advantages in both market and subject research and allows the writer to promote his/her work where thousands of editors can see it.

1. Most newspapers and magazines will now accept your you ideas and synopsis by e-mail, particularly if they have worked with you before and many prefer to receive the finished article by e-mail, because they can download it directly onto the page, saving time and avoiding errors in retyping. It also cuts down on the thousands of pieces of paper lying around the editors office.
2. Contacting a prospective interviewee and even doing the interview itself is now possible in the time it previously took just to type out an introductory letter or make an appointment by telephone. With e-mail you can also track down and obtain quotes from the relevant experts.

1. The amount of information freely available in the public domain is staggering. In the time it takes you to get to your public library and find one book you can have downloaded enough information from the Internet to fill an encyclopaedia.
2. Of course, it is not always as simple as typing a name or a subject into a search engine and hey presto you have a dozen links to the exact information you need. Often the search engine will come back with the massage "No instances found" or maybe it will deliver 20,000 possible references and you will have to add another parameter to narrow the field down and then still have to trawl through dozens of sites to find the details you are looking for. Search engines can be notoriously ineffective as a research tool. The trick, as with all forms of writing is to keep a well organised clippings file. The difference here is that your clippings file will be a log of all the information and links you come across either while searching for it or by accident.
3. An Internet search log can be an invaluable tool saving you hours of retracing your steps to find the information you want. Of course, you could just allow that information to accumulate in your history file but that will only give you the link and will eventually fill up your computers memory. With a carefully structured log you can record everything you find at a particular link and even make a few notes of your own. To save you time in making note print out any pages which offer links to several sites and if you have the latest versions of Internet Explorer of Netscape when you select print you have the option to have all the associated links to the site you are on printed out in a log for you. In section 2 you can see an example of an Internet log.
4. The resources specifically aimed at writers on the Internet are huge, and much of it is free. Market information, features on how to write, what to write, how to improve, how to make more money, tips, letters, chat lists for freelancing, writing fiction, critiques, self-publishing, e-books; if their is a subject you are interested in there is more than likely a group of like minded writers out there who are talking about it, and if there isn't you can start one, and in no time you will have new contacts world wide.
5. Free newsletters deliver by e-mail are another source of information. Most are aimed at getting you to by the products of the publisher or the advertisers who sponsor it - just like any magazine - but they a mine of useful information. There are now so many that there is a lot of duplication of information, so sift through it carefully to find out which ones deal with the subjects that interest you or bring you the market information first.
6. Another useful aspect of newsletters is as a tool to promote your work. Most will freely promote the successes of their subscribers. If you have just sold an article to a particular market, won a competition, published your book or you are having a book signing session send them a press release and they will try to include it in their next issue. You can also write features of the newsletter, and while many do not pay they do provide space for a brief bio and link to your own web page or e-mail address. This is a free and powerful way to increase your profile within the International writing community.

1. The Internet is the self publicist's dream. The opportunities are almost limitless and the methods wide and varied.
2. As a writer entering the new Millennium, you are fortunate to have a new means of communicating with readers, one that works on a global scale. By taking advantage of this and using it to make a name for yourself now you are giving yourself a head start on the rest of the field. Start querying e-zines for work now, practice this new writing style, and you're sure to become a success in the online writing field before the majority of your competitors have even gone on line.

1. We are not going into a dry historical discussion about the origins of the net thirty years ago, rather we will start just seven years ago with the launch of the first newsletters and e-zines. Their quality was poor, content limited and worst of all they did not pay. Things are changing fast. Writers all over the globe are buying personal computers, logging onto Internet service providers, sending e-mail and surfing the Web. They're also learning to use online publishing to promote themselves further afield than they ever could before as well as searching for news and information with increasing regularity.
2. These trends are forcing the big publishing houses to re-examine their relationships with both contributors and the reader. But while print publications are having to slash their budgets it not all bad news because many are launching on-line extensions to their print publications which are frequently more open to the freelance writer. Meanwhile, thousands of independent online zines are providing instant news, entertainment and topical information and being delivered right into a subscriber's e-mail box, and it doesn't cost the readers a penny.

 
3. ADAPTING YOUR WRITING STYLE

 
1. In order to write for the Net, you first have to understand the average person is subscribed to 5 daily newsletters, 10-15 weeklies and another 5-6 monthlies. Readers do not have the time or the inclination to sift through reams of words. As an ezine writer, you have to get your message across in 1,000 words or less.
2. Forget the old pyramid style of newspaper and magazine articles-- the most important information in the first paragraph ( who, what, when, where and why) followed by incidental information, furthering details and quotes. This style allowed editors to simply chop off the bottom of articles when space was tight - one of the major drawbacks of print being that space costs money.
3. In e-zines, space is practically unlimited. Most e-zine publishers have 2 - 3 megabits to play with and that's a lot of room for copy! But the key is to write to the online audience and with so many more publications being read each week their time and attention space sets the new limits.
4. It's imperative to get your message across quickly because e-zine readers tend to skim through content. Readers want writing that is concise and easy to understand. They want articles to be topic- sensitive and not run off into inconsequential ramblings.
5. Strong headlines accomplish this. So do graphics. But the actual writing

needs to be powerful enough to interest and inform within seconds. If you can hook them quick they are likely to follow the links provided to expand on the subject. This is extra copy which in all likelihood the editor will have you write. The best way to hook them is with a clear, concise treatment of the subject, bullet point lists, subheadings and a sensational first paragraph.
6. Do extensive research of your topic online. Seek out the best e-zines, Web sites and books and provide links to them either within your article or at the end of it. Remember to make a note of the postal address, telephone and fax number of any links or experts as well, just in case the editor asks for them; it could take hours of your valuable time to back and look for this information later on. Use quotes from experts in the field you are writing about and work with the e-zine's editor to make any links clickable. In no time you will become proficient in writing in this new style and your readers will find themselves wanting to know more.

 

1. The often quoted writers idiom 'write about what you know and what you enjoy' was never more true, and an e-zine editor can always tell a Net Veteran from a Newbie from the passion in their writing.
2. The current explosion of e-zines available means there are bound to be several on any subject you can think of. I am subscribed to a programme which informs me of every new e-zine that comes on the market and in the last week alone I have found everything from the usual new business ezines to things like sewing, obscure restaurant guides and model making. Search the e-zine directories online, and request submission guidelines. Tailor your query letters to fit the appropriate market or genre and provide a good resume of your writing.
3. You might consider sticking to a particular topic and specialising in it. Become an e-zine's resident expert in fishing, computer technology, writing or the arts, and the readers will give your work more attention. Once you have developed a reputation, finding e-zines to print your articles will not be as difficult.

 

You will be able to read Part 2 of Writing for the World Market on this site soon or you can go to our website
to discover more.
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Other features in this series include.
Writing for Women's Markets World Wide
Writing Travel Features for Markets World Wide
Writing for Small Press

The listings that follow have been compiled from information obtained during fifteen years of working for various bodies around the world, with the help of many others who write for the world market, and by using the research methods outlined in this book.  Every effort has been made to keep the information as up to date as possible but magazines and their editorial staff are constantly changing, and with them their requirements.  For this reason the information that follows should be used as a first step towards your own in depth research.

Payment rates and lead times should only be taken as a guide, being based on personal experience.  If an idea is topical or controversial the editor may reply more quickly and offer a higher than usual fee.  Whereas if they like your idea but only want to hold on to it for when ideas are slow they may sit on it for months.  But remember, it is your work and if you think they are trying to get it cheaply may editors will be willing to negotiate.

You are about to enter a whole new sphere of writing where you can earn twice, three times even ten times as much for your work than you previously though.  Do not always stick too closely to the guidelines given as many magazines are not always rigid in their thinking and welcome an original approach.  Adapt your ideas and you will be surprised where you will be able to make a sale.
 

In the interests of space general requirements have been abbreviated as follows:
1- News
2-Fillers
3-Letters
4-Features
F-Fiction
P-Poetry
B-B & W prints
C-Colour Prints
T- Transparencies

AABYE
Editor: Gerald England. NHI, 20 Werneth Ave, Gee Cross, Hyde. SK14 5NL. UK.
email:newhope@iname.com
URL: http://www.nhi.clara.net/nhihome.htm
Size: A5 Cost : £3.75 a copy  Requirements: P   Response time: 1 month
A new and vibrant poetry magazine from the stable of New Hope International. Issue A includes collaborative poetry, translations, long poems, short poems, prose poems, haiku, englyn and lots more from an international list of writers. New Hope International are one of the more active independent publishers with NHI writing and NHI Review. Payment in contributors copies.

ABOARD LlOYD AEREO BOLIVIANO
North-South network Inc, 6100 NW 153rd St, Miami Lakes, Fl 33014. USA.
 Tel: 305 673 8577
Requirements. 1,3,4,F,B,T  Response time: 5 weeks.  Circ 11k
Inflight magazine of Bolivian Airways produced in English and Spanish. 6 times a year.  Business and tourism features centred on Bolivia and the destinations the airline flies to.  News upto 300 words features upto 1500 words with 8 - 10 photographs.  Nature, environment, science, health and book reviews.

ABRAXAS
Paul Newman & Pamela Smith-Rawnsley Editors. 57 Eastbourne Road, St Austell, Cornwall. PL25 4SU UK  Tel/Fax: 01726 64975
Requirements: P,F,3  Response time: 8 weeks
Quarterly magazine with agrowing readership bringing together poetry and fiction, philosophy and metaphysics.  Essays cover everything from Angels and UFOs to criminal psychology.

 ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE
Warren Lapine, Editor, DNA Publications, INC., P.O. Box 2988, Radford, USA
     VA 24143-2988, tel: (540) 633-2220, fax: (540) 633-0989
     E-mail (NO subs, info only): dnapublications@iname.com
     GLs: http://www.sfsite.com/dnaweb/guide.htm
     URL: http://www.sfsite.com/dnaweb/abssum98.htm
Requirements: F    Response time: 8 weeks.   send SASE.
quarterly print; SF. Pays £6 - 30 ($10-50) per 1000 words for First English Language Serial Rights, up to 25k words (prefers 3-8k), "We do not use fantasy, horror, satire, or funny SF; while we will not reject the following out of hand, they are almost impossible to sell to us: present tense, police procedural, time travel, clones, alternate   history, or stories with religious overtones. We're looking for character-driven action/adventure based Technical Science Fiction. We want tightly plotted stories with memorable characters. Characters should be the driving force behind the action of the story   and not be thrown in as an afterthought. We need to see both plot development and character growth. Stories which are resolved without action on the protagonist's part do not work for us; characters should not be spectators in situations completely beyond their control or immune to their influence. The ideal AM story will have the plot resolution and  character growth tied together. That is, the plot resolution will happen as a result of  character growth, or vice versa. Some of our favourite writers are Roger Zelazny, Frank Herbert, Robert Silverberg, and Fred Saberhagen." NO e-mail subs.

ABORIGINAL SCIENCE FICTION
Charles C. Ryan, editor. P.O.Box  2449, Woburn MA 01888-0849. USA
 New URL: http://www.aboriginalsf.com
Requirements:F   . Response Time: 6-12 weeks  SASE for guidelines
- quarterly print; HardSF, Action-Adventure, Space Opera, SFantasy. Pays £125 ($200) for FNASR, 2.5-6.5k/words, Pays On Publication. "...make use of the latest scientific theories and discoveries, have lively, convincing characters, an ingenious plot, a powerful and well-integrated theme, and use an imaginative setting." No simsub, reprints, stories on disks, F , H /S&S / or Twilight Zone stories. May consider novel excerpt if it stands alone. .

 ACUMEN
Patricia Oxley, Editor. 6 The Mount, Higher Fuezeham, Brixham, devon. TQ5 8QY. UK
e-mail:pwoxley@aol.com.uk
Requirements: P,F, Reviews  Response Time: 6 weeks.  Circ 750. Payment negotiable
a literary magazine which leans towards poetry, with an extensive reviews section devoted mostly to poetry magazines.  Its overall aim is to emphasis the continuity of English poetry and literature into the present age.
 

Adventure Magazine
Kalee Thompson.  Ass Ed
National Geographic Adventure, 104 W. 40th St., New York, N.Y. 10018  USA
Requirements: 1,2,4,B,T    Response time:  5-6 weeks
(http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/index.html),
Requirements. 1,2,3,4,T
a new National Geographic-type publication,  but focused more on the active participation of the reader who enjoys adventure and exploration. News 100 - 600 words with accompanying photographs.  Features to 2000 words are accompanied by 10-15 professional quality photographs.  Most features are US based but they do include overseas destinations.  They might be interested in climbing the Matter horn or El Capitan, but equally the could be tempted by a feature about rustic communities in the Appalachians.  Payment: around £485 ($800) per 1000 words depending on experience and quality.
 

ADVENTURES OF SWORD & SORCERY MAGAZINE
Randy Dannenfelser, Editor, P.O. Box 807, Xenia, OH 45385 USA
     E-mail (subs & info): double_star@yahoo.com
Requirements F Response Time 3-5 months
- print; S&S, Heroic, High  Fantasy. Pays ££18 -36 ($30-60) per 1000 words for FNASR, 1-20k words, Pays On Acceptance. "We want fiction with an emphasis on action and adventure, but still cognisant of the struggles within as they play  against the struggles without. As examples, think of the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien, Fritz  Leiber, and Katherine Kurtz, but was required by the story, but not excessive/porn. I'm  recently looking for fiction with a wide variety of pre-industrial settings and fiction that makes the reader truly feel something. Look at your story's ending and make sure it is  appropriate, provides closure, and has resonance with the rest of the story. Think about the  audience we are targeted at, and send us suitable stories. Please include a cover letter with  publishing credits and submit the story in the standard format for fiction submissions." E-mail  subs OK, ASCII files.

B
BAJA LIFE
E-mail: erik@bajalife.com.  Payment on publication.
is a magazine devoted to promoting tourism, culture, environmental concerns and economic development in the Baja peninsula. Contributors should have a strong basic understanding of their subject matter.
Subjects of interest include:   Recreational Activities , Tourist Interests ,The People of Baja Environmental Issues, Historical Figures, Retirement Living , Historical Events , Cultural Events / The Arts , Business Development  Payment for articles may be reduced if Baja Life or Baja Communications Group manually enters an article. Also be sure to include your full name, address, phone number and social security number.
 Payment for feature articles of 2,000 words plus are paid at a rate of $.10 per word. The author is expected to provide accurate, researched facts and correct spellings of all proper names. Spanish words must include appropriate punctuation.   Columns and travel reports of 600 to 1,000 words are paid at a rate of $.10 per word. Writers are expected to deliver an unbiased, accurate description of the resort or location. Instructional columns and technical subjects should be written for the average reader.

Bakery World
Frank Dillon - Editor  53 Glasthule road, Sandy Cove, Co Dublin. Eire.  Tel: (01) 280 0000.  Fax: (01) 280 1818
Requirements: 1,2,4,B,C,T  response time: 1 month  Circ 2k  Pays on publication.
Bimonthly  trade magazine of the bakery trade in Ireland and world wide.  interviews with leaders in the industry, new developments, health and safety, retail, in store concessions, political news.  News to 250 words. features to 1200 words.  payment around £100 ($1600 per 1000 words

Balloon Life
Tom Hamilton       2336 47th Ave. SW Seattle, WA  98116-2331  USA Phone: 206-935-3649
Fax:  206-935-3326    Email:          tom@balloonlife.com
 Articles should be 1,000 to 1,500 words. Shorter articles in the 300 to 500 word range will be considered. Longer articles may be submitted, but are generally reserved for more technical or historical subjects. In addition, the writer may wish to present additional information as a separate item for use as a sidebar to the article.  Balloon events/rallies: Post-event articles should be submitted as soon as possible after the completion of the event.Types of information to include would be: the event's name, its history, its organisers, participating balloonists, other attractions in the area (famous restaurants, river raft trips, shopping, etc.), value of the event to the community, etc. Short articles (±300 words) will be accepted for our Logbook section, which deals with an event that has recently taken place. Balloon clubs/organizations: Tell us the history of the organisation, what they do, meetings, events, projects, activities, etc. How the club helps to promote the sport of ballooning and handles public relations. General interest stories: Can be interviews or biographies of people that have made a contribution to the sport of hot air ballooning, or other general interest items.
Crew Quarters: A regular column devoted to some aspect of crewing. May be educational, tell as story of a crew experience, or share some other aspect of the sport. 900 words preferred. The above contributions should include pictures (colour and black & white) with captions (pictures should be able to tell the story), charts, maps, or additional information that would be helpful in conveying the story to the readers.  Pays £30 ($50) per feature and £15 per photograph  for first American serial rights.

BRITISH FANTASY SOCIETY NEWLETTER
46 Oxford Road, Birmingham B27 6DT. UK
Requirements:1,2,3,4 No Payment  response time 1 month
This is a group of people who know all the latest publishing news and gossip.  Published bi - monthly the newsletter contains genre news, exclusives, publication information, interviews, features and other items of interet to memebers.  Also contains information about fanzines, small press magazines, television and radio productions, video and music.  There are regular celebrity collumns, members letters and artwork.  The Society enjoys the patronage of many of the top writers and editor frequently look to their publications when selecting material for the numerous 'Best of Anthologies'
 

THE BROADSHEET
C / Santa Hortensia, 15, Oficina A-3 28002 Madrid Spain     (34) 91 510 07 80  or  fax:       (34) 91 415 44 75
is published every month except August, and our primary aim is to help English-speaking ndividuals and businesses buy and sell their goods and services. We also hope to inform and amuse  and, with luck, even earn a crust so we can survive in this wonderful city
 

BRIDGES OF FICTION -
Melissa Beckwith   http://www.multi-zine@multi-zine.com
The new E-Zine BRIDGES OF FICTION is now accepting poems and short stories in: romance, horror, mainstream, special, gay/lesbian, erotica, sci-fi, fantasy, and fan-fiction. We are a professional E-Zine who injoy giving new writers their first by-line. For guidelines, please e-mail multi-zine@multi-zine.com.
 
 

Business Europa
 Karen Axelton    Managing Editor 2 Market Street, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 1HZ, UK.    Fax: +44 (0)1799 52480 E-mail: waldenpub@easynet.co.uk
Requirements:1,2,4,    Response time 3 weeks.  Payment on publication
Monthly magazine for all those interested in who is buying whom for how much, where when and why in the business community throughout Europe.  this is about the only publication which covers all of Europe, including the ex-Warsaw pact countries.  Their information is accurate and up to date.  If you have contacts in the business community in any of these countries they may be interested in what you can offer.  News upto 500 words.  features upto 2000 words with extra space available for side bars and info bars.  Payment negotiable.

BLUE RIDGE COUNTRY
Editor -BLUE RIDGE COUNTRY P.O. Box 21535 Roanoke, VA 24018 USA
Requiements: 1,2,3,4,B,C,T  respons time 1 month Pays on publication
BLUE RIDGE COUNTRY is a bimonthly, full-color magazine embracing  the feel and spirit of the Blue Ridge region--the traditions and  recipes, the outdoor recreation and travel opportunities, the  country  stores and bed-and-breakfast inns, the things to visit  and learn about. In short, it is everything that will allow and encourage the reader to "take a trip home for the weekend" even if he or she has never lived in the region.Our territory extends from Western Maryland south through Virginia's Shenandoah Valley of Virginia down into northern Georgia and including all territory within about a half day's drive of the parkway. It includes the mountain regions of Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, Tennessee, Maryland, Georgia, South Carolina, and Kentucky.
MAIN PIECES (750 - 2,000 words)PLACES The history, the current economic status, the quaint spots and characters, the best places to eat. A profile so complete our readers can make hard decisions on going to spend a weekend or even moving there.
HISTORY & LEGENDSFrom people and events to unexplained occurrences or phenomena, the magazine prints fascinating tales of past and present.
THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY AND THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL wildlife, beauty, history
GENERAL ARTICLES craft articles, natural history and wildlife, and especially pieces that embrace the whole of the region. Plus humor, first-person adventure or discovery and the "bests" of the region.
DEPARTMENTS like the main pieces, but in shorter versions;Pays from $25 (for department shorts) up to about $250 for   major pieces. Payment is upon publication. Manuscripts not
supplied on disk are paid 20% under the above rates.

BOATING  WORLD
Geoff green - editor, NZ Magazine Limited, Private bag 93209, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand.  Tel:9 309 8292.  Fax: 9 309 6361
Requirements: 1,2,3,4,C,T.  Response time 1 month.  pays on publication  circ 14k
monthly magazine covering boating, yatching and powerboats.  News of events, competitions and clubs.  news 100 - 500 words.  Features 100 -2000 words with up to 12 photographs cover events, sailing techniques, equipment and destinations.  payment around £150 ($240) per 1000 words.

BONETREE
Janice Kirkwood, Editor; Apt 112, 1104 109 Street, Edmonton AB T5H 3C3, Canada
 E-mail: kirkwood@nucleus.com
Requirements: 5 Responstime 1 month  Pays on Publication
monthly webzine; Horror /Dark Fantasy. Pays max.£6  ($10) for First Electronic or Electronic Reprint Rights, up to 4k words (query if longer), Atmospheric, character-driven, clearly-plotted stories, that cleverly deliver blows to the  reader's misconceptions. Horror that deals with the monster's psychology, rather than how badly he can rip up the victim. Indeed, when it comes to ripping, we prefer understated, subtle horror to splatter. However, we won't shy away from stories with violence, sexuality, or profanity in their pages -- as long as they are relevant to the story and not tacked on for shock value. (Likes:) Gothic-erotica, with an emphasis on sensuality rather than mechanics; dark satire using intellectual rather than slapstick humor; stories that re-work typical myths stereotypes, monsters etc., or that expand upon them." E-mail subs "strongly preferred," embedded - NO attachments - mark special fonts [italic-start]with brackets[italic-end]  Simsubs & reprints OK if informed. No multisubs. Include short cover with e-address, postal address, title, pen name (if any), & word count.

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COLONIES
John Dunne, Editor, Regent Publications, 40 Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1DG, UK, tel/fax:01902 423353  E-mail: john@voyage99.freeserve.co.uk
URL: http://members.fortunecity.com/regentbooks/Colonies1.html
Requirements; 1,2,3,4,5, Artwork     Response time 2 weeks  Pays on publication  Cirk 2K
quarterly print; SF. Pays up to 3¢/word (U.S.) for First U.K. Serial Rights (if used on website or e-mail newsletter will negotiate further payment for Electronic Rights!), 1-10k (longer could be serialized) words, POP. "Dateline July 21 2299: Mankind has expanded to occupy all the vacant plots in the Solar System. Travelling from Earth to  Mars or the Jovian moons is no more newsworthy than a flight from London to New York or Melbourne. People still have everyday concerns about mundane things, only the date, place and scope of human experience are different. In early issues the scope of your story is wide open to your own interpretation of what the year 2299 will be like, but once published these stories will become a part of the 'history' which will shape all future issues. Contributors should familiarise themselves with several issues in order to avoid contradicting stories which have already been published. In time we will create a future, with a history as complex as that found in either Star Trek or Babylon 5. But do not be misled by those programmes. In Colonies there are no warp drives , no transporters, and no jump gate technology. Mankind has yet to voyage beyond the limits of our own solar system, except for a few deep space probes and space stations.(although there's no stopping one or two alien races stopping off here for one reason or another). Colonies has been designed to produce the sort of stories which might one day form the basis of a new TV epic. It is accompanied and promoted by a web site where the stories, environments and characters created within its pages can be explored and experienced by a world wide audience."
 

CONFLICTING SPECTRUMS
-S.D. Campbell, Editor. E-mail ("Exodus" subs, info): exodus_zine@blindside.net
E-mail ("An Eclipsing" subs, info): aneclipsing@blindside.net
GLs ("Exodus"): http://blindside.net/Spectrums/Exodus/guidelines.html
URL: http://blindside.net/Spectrums
Requirements  5    Response time 2 months pays on publication
 bimonthly webzine split into two sections, "Exodus" for dark/heavy pieces & "An Eclipsing" for poetry only. Both accept all genres (except romance for "Exodus" & erotica for both), favorites are SF /Horror/Fantasy /Mainstream. Each spectrum has the same theme (visit URL for themes). "Exodus" pays $10 per story (& 6 month access to website) for First Electronic & One-time Anthology Rights (published stories included in anthology and voted for "Story of the Month" wins free anthology, & Story of the Year" wins anthology royalties, min. $75) , 0.1-5k words (will read shorter & longer, query if longer),"An Eclipsing" pays $2/poem. E-mail subs ONLY (prefer embedded), with "Submission (your piece's theme)" as the subject; include brief cover with title, name, pseudonym, snail & e-mail address, phone #, & exact word count (DO NOT send Bio or list of prior publications to "Exodus" only). No reprints or simsubs. EXODUS: "...submission(s) must contain 3 major aspects: Realistic Characters, Proper Topics (no sex, sexual abuse, or eroticism), & Dark/Heavy Style (extremely literary like John Gardner or Nathaniel Hawthorne, prefers heavy over dark, art is more than entertainment, no blasphemous material). Horror: (be original) Science Fiction: (all true types, keep it simple, no space operas or cyber punk). Fantasy: (dark; no princesses, barbarians, knights, gods and goddesses, or high fantasy). Mainstream: (heavy as opposed to dark)." Jon Hodges, Editor. AN ECLIPSING: "An Eclipsing is in search of writers willing to deal with the poetic side of Conflicting Spectrums' themes. I am especially looking for humorous and light hearted poetry, but I would also like to see poetry that deals with the issue's theme in a serious and darker manner. I want to see poetry that tells a story, and entertains me. Vivid images and vibrant use of language are sure to tickle my fancy."

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YACHTING MONTHLY
Geoff Pack - Editor - IPC Magazines Ltd, Room 2209, King's Reach Tower, Stamford street. London SE1 9LS UK Tel: 0171 261 6040  Fax; 0171 261 6704
Requirements: 1,2,3,4 , B, C, T Response time: 1 month  Pays on Publication
Monthly Yachting magazine with technical features to 2250 words, on all aspects of seamanship, navigation, the handling of sailing craft, their design, construction and equipment.  Well written first person narrative account of Yachting voyages.
up to 2500 words with 10 - 12 good quality photographs plus line drawings and maps.  Payment: £250 ($410) per 1000 words  Photos by negotiation.

The YELLOW CRANE
J Brookes, 20 princes Court, Plasnewydd, cardiff CF2 3 AU  Wales.
Requirements: P  Response time: 1 month  Pays in copies
Quarterly print magazine of new poetry. Pay in copies

YORKSHIRE LIFE
Catherine kelly - Editor -  Town & Country magazines, Oyston  Publications plc, Bately Business centre, Ings Road, Bately, West Yorkshire. WF17 8LT UKTel; 01924 44031  Fax: 01924 474302
Requirements: 1,2,3,4  Response time: 1 month  Pays on Publication
Monthly magazine with topics of interest to people in Yorkshire and elsewhere.  Features to 25000 words on history, culture, folklore, farming, towns, arts, crafts and people.  Pays £75 ($120) per 1000 words.  Also needs photos & line art to illustrate features.

YOU
Neil Hamman - Editor - African national Magazines 40 Heerengracht, cape Town 8001, S.Africa.  London Office: 73 Southampton Row, 1st Floor, London WC1B 4ET  Tel; 0171
323 5865  Fax: 0171 323 5872
Requirements: 1,2,3,4,5   Response time; 1 month  pays on acceptance
Weekly women's general interest magazine. Celebrity and sensational news features, articles on relationships, health and children.  Romantic and ghost stories to 2000 words.  Also serialisations of upto 20,000 words.  Pays £50 ($800 per 1000 words

YOU
Dee Nolan - Editor - Northcliffe House, 2 Derry street, Kensington, London W8 5TS  UK  Tel; 0171 938 6000   Fax: 0171 938 1488
Requirements: 1,2,3,4,5   Response time; 1 month  pays on acceptance
Free Glossy Sunday supplement to the Mail on Sunday primarily aimed at women.  Features 1000 - 2500 words on any subject.  There are the usual fashion, cookery and arts features but these are accompanied over the last year by features about people who use thing others throw away, interviews with authors, actors etc., people doing extraordinary things.  Almost all features being based around people.  Pays £600 ($1000) per 1000 words.

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THE WRITE EDGE
emil:Careers@WriteEdge.com    URL: http://www.WriteEdge.com
Requirements: 1,2,3,4   Response time: 2 weeks
Seeking writers with top skills for freelance work and long-term editorial relationship. Must be published and experienced with non-fiction for a general audience. Must write succinctly and with style. Send resume, writing sample, hourly payment guidelines, and availability schedule .

WRITERS AND ARTISTS
Quantum Muse http://www.quantummuse.com/
Requirements: 1,2,3,4   Response time: 2 weeks  Pays on publication
Quarterly ezine of SF & fantasy Quantum Muse strives to bring you the best in science fiction, fantasy and alternative writing and artwork. We are currently looking for sumbissions in both writing and artwork. Please visit our site for full submission details.

WRITER'S BULLETIN
Editors: Chriss McCallum & John Benton
Address: PO Box 96, Altrincham, Cheshire. WA14 2LN
Requirements: 1,2,3,4   Response time: 2 weeks  Pays on publication
26 A5 pages of the latest upto date market information for British magazines.  Editors pride themselves on the quality and up to date information gleaned from regular contact with editors(I can confirm this - Chris is regularly on the phone to me).  Competition news. Small press markets section. Courses, conferences and festivals. Letters, hints & tips, book reviews. Resources and radio.

WRITERSMARKETS.COM
To receive the current issue right now, send any e-mail to:  forwriters@fastfacts.net
http://www.writersmarkets.com  From: webmaster@biz2000.hypermart.net (Webmaster)
Requirements: 1,2,3,4   Response time: 2 weeks  Pays on publication
is seeking articles of around 300 words for its weekly e-mag (it's free). Pay is £6 ($10) flat fee plus a generous by-line.  We only publish articles on how to make more money writing. If you have unique marketing ideas for writers, we want to hear from you.  WritersMarkets.com features weekly freelance job listings, paying markets for writers, and articles on how to make more money writing.

WRITERS  OPEN WORKSHOP
John Dunne - editor - 14 Honor Avenue, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, WV4 5HH. UK  Tel: 01902 652999   Fax: 01902 652999   email John@voyage99.freeserve.co.uk.  URL: http://members.fortunecity.com/regentbooks/wowindex.html
Requirements: 1.2.3.4  Response time 2-3 days by e-mail. 2 weeks by post   Pays on publication.
Monthly e-mail newsletter of the Writer Open Workshop which provide features, market news about magazines & newspapers world wide, hints and how to articles about how to increase your sales by submitting to the world market, profiles and interviews with published authors, book reviews and just about anything that can help you sell more of your work.  Free subscription by sending an e-mail to the above address.  Market news is done to a set formula, see a copy first.  Query about longer market segment reports or longer features first.  No reprints or simultaneous submissions.  Pays £10 ($16) per 1000 words.
 

 
 
 
 

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