The 4 Best Websites for Freelance Writers Looking to Write for Magazines

In my quest for publication beyond my local area, I have become quite familiar with freelance writing sites. There are dozens upon dozens out there for all types of writers and all types of levels with all types of goals.

Since magazine-length features are my forte, I would like to highlight the four best websites I have come to use when looking for writing opportunities, or looking for places to "cold call".

They are:

1. Mediabistro

2. MastHeads

3. Wooden Horse

4. Ed2010

1. MEDIABISTRO.COM

The granddaddy of freelancing sites, especially those looking to break into magazines.

**OVERVIEW

I have been a member of this site since about 2000-as a freshman in college I stumbled upon this site and have been hooked ever since. As a paying member of their Freelance Marketplace, where you get to list a profile and portfolio, I have been found by editors of real, established and paying magazines! I have found story sources and have become a story source by being active on their message boards. And, I have been featured in a few of their blogs for some things I have done. (Really! Search mb for my name!)

Mb offers so much, it'd be hard to keep it to a minimum here. And, mb offers many things that all other writings site do not: hot job listings straight from the hot magazines themselves (no reposts from other job sites, like other freelance sites do-not that there is anything wrong with that), an extremely active forum, tons of real person-to-person networking opps through cocktail parties for members, how-to-pitch guides, industry news, blogs, newsletters, and so, so, so much more. Mb also offers writing classes, boot camps (online and in classrooms around the nation) and more taught by some of the best in the industry. They range from around $400 to over $1000.

Can you tell I really like this site? If you are one of the freelancers who have yet to discover this true gem, or have not really explored all it has to offer, put it on your to-list as a top priority!

**REQUIREMENTS/PRICING