freelance writer's guide to the uK

Journalists might consider registering with the UK National Union of Journalists (www.nuj.org.uk). In addition, this website http://media.gn.apc.org/feesguide/ will give you an idea of how to negotiate your freelance fees.

For national newspapers, you can do no better than going to www.guardian.co.uk, www.timesonline.co.uk, www.telegraph.co.uk and www.independent.co.uk.

For regional newspapers, the Newspaper Society www.newspapersoc.org.uk has the scoop on every regional and local newspaper published in the UK. Altogether a very impressive website.

For magazines and their publishing groups. Try:

For health magazines, try www.rodale.co.uk;
For the women's magazines; http://www.natmags.co.uk/work/d efault.asp, http://www.natmags.co.uk/ contact_us/default.asp (this gives you the contact details of all the editors that natmags publishes);
http://www.condenast.co.uk/
For the Christian market, try www.thegoodbookstall.org.uk. It lists all the Christian publishers in the UK;
For paying devotional titles, try www.scriptureunion.org.uk, www.cwr.org.uk and www.brf.org.uk . They each publish several devotional/Bible reading notes titles, so try them;
For Christian magazines, try www.womanalive.co.uk, www.keepthefaith.co.uk and www.christianitymagazine.co.uk

For online magazines, there's www.christianwriter.co.uk. The editor (yours truly) accepts articles for the website but will pay only for the monthly devotionals on the site. This offer currently extends to UK residents only. The rate is £100 flat fee for 4 months worth of weekly devotionals. You could also try www.thewalkmagazine.com, www.benchmarkmag.com and www.christianitymagazine.co.uk.

If you are a greeting card writer, try www.greetingcardassociation.org.uk.

For writing support, you can join www.subway-writers.org, www.writersservices.co.uk and the forums on www.christianwriters.co.uk.

Abidemi Sanusi, 24/12/2005