Monday, November 1, 2010

First of the Month Market News

Well, it's the first of the month again and there's plenty of markets out there looking for your stories. So get cracking and write, submit, write, submit, write, submit. Oh, where, you ask?

You can start over at Duotrope where there's 29 markets listed as opening today. http://www.duotrope.com/recentupdates.aspx

http://darkmarkets.com/ has several small presses listed that are looking for shorts for their anthology calls.

AskWendy updates on a regular basis and this past week she's listed a number of paying markets for shorts of all sizes and genres. http://askwendy.wordpress.com/

At http://www.sidhenadaire.com/submissions.htm you'll find the guidelines for an anthology called "Bad-Ass Faeries". They're looking for urban fantasy shorts of 3500 to 7000 words. The pay is one copy plus your share of 20% print royalties and 50% electronic. You need to query this market first and be sure to read all the guidelines because they're long and VERY specific.

If you write gay speculative fiction Icarus Magazine might interest you. They're looking for shorts up to 9000 words and the pay is $50. They'll also negotiate pay for reprints. You can find the details at http://www.lethepressbooks.com/guidelines.html You need to scroll down the page for the magazine guidelines. I was checking the link and it takes you straight to the front page of Lethe Press which features Icarus Magazine, so no scrolling. If you're offended by gay images, please don't click.

Print magazine "Not One of Us" has just published issue #44 and is open to submissions for #45. They're looking for shorts in all genres with a specific theme of not belonging. The pay is 1/4 cent a word with a $5 minimum. You can find details and sample stories at http://not-one-of-us.com/guidelines.php

And The First Line has published their first sentences and deadlines for 2011. This is a quarterly print magazine which, if memory serves, pays $10 a story. I forgot to check, sorry! http://www.thefirstline.com/

3 comments:

sandra seamans said...

And The First Line pays $20 for fiction and $10 for non-fiction.

Barb Goffman said...

Thanks for the info, as always, Sandra. I wouldn't have known about the Gulf Coast Writers anthology if it weren't for you. (Anthology with my story in it coming out in the winter!)

Anyway, do you know anything about deadlines for Not One Of Us? Perhaps I missed it, but I didn't see it on their website. If you don't, I'll query them, but I figured I'd ask first.

sandra seamans said...

Congrats, Barb! That's great news about the antho.

I don't think there's any deadline at Not One of Us. The editor, John Benson, is a wonderful editor. Before I actually knew anything about writing I used to submit stories to him and he'd always send back a written note explaining why he passed on the story and extending an invitation to submit again. Very cool, considering he must have realized he was dealing with a complete newbie.