Monday, February 21, 2011
Posts Tagged ‘markets’
Do you have a short story or two you haven’t quite been able to market? Here’s a helpful post with links to ten print publications that accept fiction, poetry and/or nonfiction. Read the guidelines carefully–there are a few more literary markets mentioned. Oh, and good luck!
10 Print Publications That Publish Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry by Heather Carriero at Yahoo’s Associated Content
Monday, February 14, 2011
Market Monday: Paying Personal Essay Markets
Today’s market listing is actually a past post from The Writer Abroad’s blog. I really like how she injects bits of herself and her own writing/submitting process to the markets. And I really love the idea of pitching your own essay series to a publication currently not running essays. Might have to give that a try…
The Writer Abroad’s Paying Personal Essay Markets
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Writer’s Guidelines: Learning Through History
If you’ve got a passing interest in Egyptian history and can write for a younger educational market, hustle yourself over to the Learning Through History website and look over their guidelines for their upcoming Egyptian-themed issue.
Wonder what types of articles they want? A sample of topics…
Valley of the Kings
Ahmose I and Egypt’s Expansion
Akhenaten, the Heretic Pharaoh
Boy King Tutankhamun
A Unusual Pharoah:Hatshepsut
The City of Thebes
Battle of Kadesh
Egyptian Deities
Ramses the Great
Tomb Robbing
New Kingdom Mummification
Farming in the Nile River Valley
Art During the Reign of Thutmose I
Amenhotep III’s Stone Scarabs
The only drawback is that they only take articles on spec, so if you can whip something up quickly, (deadline is April 15th), it might just be a fast $75 in your pocket.
Curious? Check out the guidelines for more information:
Accepting Submissions for Learning Through History Magazine’s Egyptian New Kingdom issue
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Article: Writing for Holiday Markets
While one of my favorite sayings is “Better late than never” because I’m normally late on everything in my life, getting your foot in the door when approaching holiday markets for potential articles isn’t one of those times when that saying applies.
Really, if you’re writing for the holidays, you CAN start now, but the earlier the better for most publications. Not only do they go to press earlier than the holidays (most of the larger ones are NOW or very soon), they often have themes to work with.
If you’re interested in the freelance holiday market, here’s a really informative article at aboutfreelancewriting.com (love this site–they send freelance job postings to my inbox on a regular basis)on this very topic. Don’t restrict your thinking to American holidays like Christmas and Thanksgiving. I’ll bet there are at least 100 holidays around the world that magazines feature that you’ve never even heard of…
Writing for Holiday Markets at http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com. Sign up for the newsletter while you’re there….
Happy Writing …
Beth
It's pretty simple, really. I'm a writer who loves writing about writing, and sharing all the tricks of the trade with other writers. And when I'm not writing, I'm thinking about writing. I have a hunch you know what I mean :)