Market Report:
Mar's Market
Report #12
By Margaret
McGaffey Fisk
© 2005, Margaret McGaffey Fisk
Publication announcements from
members of online writing communities are valuable resources for writers at
the beginning of their careers. Though the communities may contain members
at many levels of publication, overall, markets listed in these
announcements tend to be open to new writers.
All the markets presented in this
column came from a publication announcement. I receive announcements from
various sources including Vision; The Critter's Workshop; Online Writing
Workshop for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror; and the SF and Fantasy
Workshop. These announcements are all available online. They list markets at
varying levels of payment so, if you use these resources, be careful to
research the market yourself before submitting. Even the list below should
be used as a signpost rather than a definitive answer about any market as
situations do change. Reputable sites such as
www.ralan.com are good places to get
the latest news. Ralan's and
Quintamid Market Database have been
known to have information not yet listed on the publisher website. However,
always check the publisher's guidelines as well.
While not all the markets that
appear in this column offer "pro" rates, they all provide some
compensation. In my opinion, offering payment is an indication of the
editor/publisher's commitment and so, in many cases, markets with some
compensation are more likely to stay around because they have considered the
economics of running a publication.
|
Genre |
Science
Fiction/Fantasy |
|
Title |
Sci
Fiction |
|
Editor |
Ellen
Datlow, Fiction Editor |
|
Address |
SCIFI.COM
PMB 391
511 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
10011-8436 |
|
Sub Email |
None |
|
Specifics |
Looking
for strongly plotted, literate, thought-provoking and
mind-broadening stories that have strong characterization. Both
fantasy and science fiction stories are accepted. |
|
Requirement
|
Stories
between 2,000 and 17,500 |
|
Payment |
$0.20
(20 cents) per word up to $3,500 |
|
URL for site |
http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/ |
|
URL for
guidelines |
http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/submit.html |
|
Genre |
Weird
Speculative Fiction |
|
Title |
Fortean
Bureau |
|
Editor |
Multiple
Editors |
|
Address |
None |
|
Sub Email |
editors@forteanbureau.com |
|
Specifics |
Looking
for stories about the bizarre, unexplainable and weird that
contain speculative elements. They receive too many horror
submissions though and are not seeking fiction with horrific
elements. |
|
Requirement
|
Up to
4,000 words mostly firm. Anything over 8,000 words is not
wanted. |
|
Payment |
$0.03 (3
cents) per word up to $60 per story |
|
URL for site |
http://www.forteanbureau.com/index.html |
|
URL for
guidelines |
http://www.forteanbureau.com/guidelines.html |
|
Genre |
Children's Literature |
|
Title |
Dragonfly Spirit |
|
Editor |
Gisele
LeBlanc, Submissions Editor |
|
Address |
None |
|
Sub Email |
submissions@dragonflyspirit.com |
|
Specifics |
Looking
for content that speaks to ages 4-14 and inspires children's
imagination and creativity. Violence, profanity and/or sexual
situations are not appropriate. |
|
Requirement
|
Word
count depends on age group: 150-500 words for 4-6 year olds,
300-1000 words for 7-9 year olds and 800-2000 for 9-14 year
olds. Poetry up to 25 lines. |
|
Payment |
$0.01 (1
cent) per word for stories with a minimum of $5 and a maximum of
$10. Poems are $3 |
|
URL for site |
http://www.dragonflyspirit.com/index.html |
|
URL for
guidelines |
http://www.dragonflyspirit.com/submissions.html |
|
