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Nonfiction Publishing Resources:
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Library Resources
- The Writer's Market (2005), Reference
Section, Call Number R 029.6 W956
This reference work deals with all aspects
of paid publishing for writers. There is a section about the Consumer
Magazine market, which gives details about specific magazines (focus/theme,
contact information, et. cetera). Note that all magazines listed
in The Writer's Market pay for accepted articles.
- Magazines for Libraries (2005), available
at the Reference Desk.
Periodical arranged by subject- helpful to
see which magazines publish in your essay's subject area. Contact
information is usually included, though there are no publication details
such as those contained in the Writer's Market. It is important
to note that some periodicals do not accept outside submissions.
- Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, 4 vol.
(2005), available at the Reference Desk.
Similar to Magazines for Libraries, Ulrich's
is a another subject-based periodical directory, similiar in scope
but with more international coverage.
Specific Magazines that accept nonfiction
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Atlantic Monthly, like Harpers (see
below), is a monthly that features nonfiction.
It also has some fiction, poetry, and reviews.
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Harpers, similar to the Atlantic
(see above). All four genres with emphasis on
nonfiction.
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Creative Nonfiction, a quarterly. All
literary nonfiction. No ads, no fiction, no
poetry. Good quality.
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Georgia Review, a quarterly with a balance
of genres similar to the Virginia
Quarterly Review (see below).
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Agni, published twice yearly. Includes
fiction, poetry, reviews, and several
nonfiction works each issue.
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The New Yorker, a weekly. It publishes
a story and a couple of poems in each
issue, but it remains the most influential publisher of nonfiction.
It was the
first to print such momentous works as "The Silent Spring"
and
"Hiroshima." Major articles tend to be long and carefully
researched. Oth-
ers are short and humorous.
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The New York Times Magazine Section,
one of the few newspaper supplements
that prints nonfiction with literary merit.
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The Virginia Quarterly Review, a distinguished
quarterly that publishes a bal-
ance of fiction, poetry, reviews, and nonfiction works of high quality.
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