Freelance Writing Jobs in Atlanta

According to SimplyHired.com the average annual salary for freelance writing jobs in Atlanta is $99,000. Of course, the average freelance writing salary can vary greatly due to company, location, industry, experience and benefits.

Atlanta Freelancers

If you're just dying to make your living as a freelance writer but don't know where to start, the answer will depend on you. If you currently work a full-time job and want to make your living writing instead, breaking into freelancing will be a transitional process. Just as with any job resume, the more experience you have the easier it becomes to sell your work. A great way to break into national magazines is with filler articles. Flip through the pages of any magazine and look for those short informative pieces. These attention-grabbing tidbits are known as filler articles. They provide makeweight copy that editors look for to fill out a page around feature articles and advertising. They usually consist of an opening paragraph and four or five astute points that grab the reader’s attention. This is a great way to add clips to your writing portfolio, and when you mention your previously-published articles in national magazines your proposal or query will bear more weight in the editor's decision-making process when you submit an idea for a feature.

Filler articles are short and easy to write. Atlanta is ripe with topics applicable to a variety of publications. Another benefit of writing filler articles is that you can submit the piece to multiple publications simultaneously. For example, the topic "Atlanta Table Hopping" is an idea that could be sold to travel magazines, local community publications, and even a parenting magazine if you make it a point to list child-friendly restaurants. The possibilities are as endless as your imagination. Often you can tweak the same filler and sell it to multiple markets.

As you seek out Atlanta freelance writing jobs, if you strive to break into the magazine market, it’s important to know about the publication to which you are submitting. The following lists provide magazines, radio, TV and freelance writing jobs in Atlanta. Read the guidelines of each market that interests you and follow them. Polish your manuscript and when it's ready, submit it.

• Atlanta Magazine
• Atlanta Business Chronicle
• Atlanta Daily World
• Atlanta Homes And Lifestyles Magazine
• Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters
• Atlanta Intown
• Atlanta Jewish Times
• Atlanta Journal Constitution
• Atlanta Latino
• Atlanta Sports and Fitness Magazine
• Atlanta Story
• Atlanta Tribune Magazine
• Brookhaven Buzz
• CAU Panther (university)
• ChopTalk Magazine
• Comcast Sports South
• Creative Loafing Atlanta Magazine (AAN)
• Dekalb Champion Free Press
• DeKalb Neighbor
• Emory Wheel (university)
• Fulton County Daily Report
• Georgia Latino News
• Georgia Runner Magazine
• Georgia Technique (university)
• GSU Signal (university)
• Jezebel Magazine
• KNOWAtlanta Magazine
• Mundo Hispanico
• Newcomer Atlanta Magazine
• Russian Town
• Southern Voice Magazine
• Sunday Paper Magazine
• Vida Latina

• WABE FM 90.1 (NPR)
• WAGA TV 5 (FOX)
• WATL TV 36 (MYTV)
• WCLK FM 91.9
• WGCL TV 46 (CBS)
• WGST AM 640 (FOX)
• WGTV TV 8 (PBS)
• Where Atlanta Magazine
• WIMO AM 1300
• WPBA TV 30 (PBS)
• WSB AM 750
• WSB TV 2 (ABC)
• WTBS TV 17
• WUPA TV 69 (CW)
• WXIA TV 11 (NBC)

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If you're on the front end of your career as a freelance writer, don't let your lack of clips hold you back. Many good writers remain unpublished because they don’t submit their work because they don't think they're qualified. Don’t let a lack of clips trick you into being one of them. Write with a purpose; plan to submit. Once you have recent clips, query with feature ideas or apply for freelance projects. One article at a time you'll build your new career.

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