Magazine Article Writing
Magazine Article Writing Service
Magazine readers chose to spend time with you, and they expect articles worth it. We write features, profiles and service pieces for print and digital magazines, to your house style, your word count and your production deadline.
Starting from
$12.95
- Written by an in-house team, never subcontracted
- Written to your house style and word count
- Facts checked and sources supplied to your editor
- Revisions included until the brief is met
The problem
Filling the pages without filling them with filler
Every issue has the same problem: a flat plan full of slots and not enough good copy to fill them. Staff writers are stretched, regular contributors are unreliable, and the temptation is to run something adequate. Readers notice when a magazine starts padding.
Magazine writing is its own craft. A feature needs a lede that pulls the reader in, a structure that holds over 2,000 words, and quotes that do more than confirm what the writer already said. A service piece needs to be genuinely useful and fit a fixed layout. A profile needs a point of view. None of it is the same as writing a blog post, and editors can tell the difference in the first paragraph.
We write to magazine standards and to your production process: agreed pitch, delivery on the copy deadline, cuts to fit, and answers when your sub-editor has questions.
Formats
Magazine articles we write
Features
Long-form articles built on reporting, interviews and a narrative structure, for the well of the magazine.
Profiles and interviews
Portraits of people, businesses or places, drawn from interviews you arrange or we conduct with permission.
Service and how-to pieces
Practical articles, guides and roundups that readers clip, save or share.
Front-of-book items
Short news items, trend pieces, reviews and sidebars that give an issue its pace.
Brand and member magazines
Content for customer, trade association and in-house magazines that has to inform members while reflecting the organisation.
Digital magazine content
Articles adapted for online editions and newsletters, with headlines and subheadings written for screens.
Not sure which option fits?
Send us the brief. You will get a scope, a timeline and a fixed price within 24 hours — no obligation.
- A short pitch or outline agreed with the editor before writing
- Copy written to the agreed word count and your house style
- Headline, standfirst, pull quotes and suggested subheadings
- Sidebar or box-out copy where the layout calls for it
- A source list with contact details and links for your fact-checker
- Caption copy and image suggestions, or notes for your photographer
- Cuts or extensions to fit the final layout
Rights
Who owns the article
Freelance magazine work is often sold on limited rights, such as First North American Serial Rights, which let a magazine publish a piece first in North America while the writer keeps the right to resell it later. Our arrangement is simpler: articles we write for you are yours once paid for, to publish in print, online and in any later reuse you choose.
If you need us to keep a piece exclusive until a set date, or you have your own contributor agreement, tell us and we will work to it.
How it works
Working with your editorial calendar
1. Commission
Share your flat plan slot, brief, word count and deadline, or ask us to pitch ideas for an issue.
2. Pitch and outline
We agree the angle, sources and structure with your editor.
3. Reporting and writing
Research, interviews and drafting. Each feature is quoted with its own timeline; short items are typically delivered within 2 business days.
4. Edit and fit
We revise to your edit and cut or extend to fit the page.
Pricing
What magazine articles cost
Magazine writing starts at $12.95 per 100 words. Features with original interviews, travel or substantial research are quoted per article, and regular contributors can agree a fixed rate per issue. You always get the price before the commission is confirmed.
Free proposal
Tell us the goal. We’ll send the plan.
Share your requirements and a strategist gets back to you within 24 hours with scope, timeline and a fixed price. No obligation, no sales pressure.
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Response within 24 hours
Usually much sooner during business hours.
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Talk to a strategist
Not a call centre — the person who scopes your work.
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Fixed pricing upfront
You approve the number before anything starts.
Prefer to talk?
[email protected]Questions
Questions about magazine article writing
Still unsure about something? Talk to a specialist — no script, no sales pitch.
Yes. Send your style guide and a few recent issues. We follow your conventions on spelling, numbers, titles and tone, and keep notes so every later article matches. If you have no written style guide, we can infer one from your published pages and confirm it with your editor.
Yes. We can interview subjects you arrange, or approach them on your magazine's behalf with your permission. Interviews are recorded with consent where possible, quotes are accurate to what was said, and contact details are provided to your fact-checker. Subjects can review factual details if your policy allows it.
Yes. Tell us the theme, audience and slots available, and we will send a short list of pitches with a proposed angle, sources and length for each. Your editor chooses; we write. Pitches take your past issues into account, so we do not suggest stories you have already run.
You do, once it is paid for. Unlike many freelance arrangements that license limited rights, our articles are written for you to publish and reuse as you choose. If you have your own contributor agreement, we can work within it.
Yes. Customer and member magazines need articles that inform readers while reflecting the organisation. We write with genuine editorial value first, so readers keep picking up the magazine, and work with your communications team on approvals, building their review into the production schedule.
Ready when you are
Ready to work with the pros?
Get a free proposal in 24 hours — scope, timeline and fixed price. No obligation, no lock-in contract.
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