Writing for ezines can be fun and rewarding, not only in monitory terms but also in the satisfaction that your work will be read by many thousands of regular subscribers.

Usually email based magazines, ezines are normally sent to subscribers only, but they can often be viewed on-line and, sometimes, they are produced in print.

Commonly known as ezines you may also come across zines, webzines, e magazines, and fanzines. But rest assured they are all ezines, and are a worldwide market available for you to write for.

Payment can range from as little as a few pence per word to several hundreds of pounds for a business ezine. You may come across ezines that give payment by way of a free subscription and some that don't pay at all other than giving your name a mention.

Ezines are produced by a diverse amount of organizations all over the globe; they include businesses, literary societies, poetry magazines, stamp collection clubs, music fan clubs. The list is endless. Whatever your interest, you are almost certain to find at least one ezine to suit you.

Writing for an ezine is not too much different to regular magazine work. You need to study the market and ensure you're submitting copy to the right organization; it's pointless sending that excellent piece of work on 'The Wild Flowers of Everest' to an ezine for Play Station gamers.

Check the submission guidelines for the ezine, these are usually available on the associated website, if not, an email to the editor will usually result in all the information you require.

Have a look at the ezine's web site; note the style, content, genre, and material covered already. Subscribing to the ezine is very often free, so go ahead and do that to glean the same information.

If you're writing for a non-fiction market you should be as brief as possible. Internet users tend to scan information. Have a title and first line that will grab the reader's attention, use bullet points to get across key information, keep sentences short and to the point. Fiction markets depend on the ezine's style and word length.

When you're ready to submit an article or story, read the guidelines again to make sure you're within the required word count, that you're using the correct format, and you're submitting it to the write person. You probably get the picture; you don't want to be rejected on a technicality.

Below is a list of ezines that you may find a market in, follow the link for more detailed information like;