There’s no better place to look for writers markets then The Writers Market, it’s the best to find paying markets. It is available from Writer’s Digest Books and the more current the version the better.
The number or paying online markets grows each year; there are over 1700 paying magazines that list their online submission guidelines or you can obtain guidelines by e-mail. And there are hundreds that don’t have websites or post their guidelines online. Many of those still offer guidelines by mail with a SASE.
You can get an idea of whether or not a site pays by taking a few minuets to examine the site. Here’s what you should look for:
Is the site a commercial site? Is the site sponsor trying to make money or is this a nonprofit organization run by volunteers
Are there advertisements? If there are ads what type of products and services are they promoting? Does the site look as if it was done by an amateur or a well paid web design company? Basically, the better funded the company the more likely it is that it can afford to pay writers.
If it is noncommercial, is there another source of income? For example, is the site supported by a well-funded organization?
Does most of the material appear to be produced by in-house staff? Look carefully at the content and the names of the writers. Do the names remain the same or do some change with every issue?
If you are looking to query a website or magazine about submission guidelines look for the Editor or the managing editor.
Below are two great job boards for freelance writers
http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=freelance+writing&l=
http://www.craigslist.org/
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