I'm mentoring a great newbie writer and editor here in the Seattle area. She has a couple of clips from some magazine work she lucked into, plus a lot of blog writing under her belt.
"My clips are from 2007 and 2008," she wrote me in May '09. "Do they still count as clips?"
You bet they do, Nicole.
I routinely submit articles that are 5-7 years old, if they hit a specific topic an editor wants me to have expertise in. Just because you didn't write something yesterday doesn't mean your clip can't show you know about a subject, or know how to write a complex feature.
So dust off those clips and send 'em out!
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Are My Clips Too Old?
6/1/09
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I was asked the same question just recently by someone in my marketing bootcamp class. Only this writer's clips went back 10 years. I think writing samples from many years ago are a tremendous asset and suggest that any freelance writer who has ever had their work published never hesitate to showcase pieces as writing samples or recycle them for other writing markets.
All best and great prosperity,
Sonya
http://www.freelancewritermarketingcenter.com