His work has been published in a variety of UK magazines, including Truck and Driver, Ships Monthly, Lancashire Magazine and Dorset Magazine. A Way to Win Your International Spurs by Dave Rice New writers in the UK are frequently advised to try the county magazine circuit. Virtually every part of the country has a local glossy magazine, and all accept freelance material. With a little imagination, county magazines can also be fertile ground for writers outside the UK keen to win their international spurs and broaden their range of clippings. Often running to a tight budget, county magazines are not especially high payers and consequently tend to be ignored by more established writers.
Editors are thus more likely to be receptive to an unsolicited approach from a freelancer.
At first glance, such parochialism may be off-putting to anyone outside the area, but it also provides opportunities. Writers outside the UK, for example, can find a route into the market by cultivating British expatriates. The achievements of Brits abroad will, after all, be of interest to readers back in their old hometown. Presented in the right way, laced with memories of life in the UK and illustrated with pictures of their new life, such a piece becomes a marketable package. If you are unsure which publication to pitch your story toward, ask your subject which magazine best serves their old hometown.