Market
Report
Mar's
Market Report #15
By Margaret
McGaffey Fisk
© 2006, 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 or
reputation 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 because
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. In many cases, markets with some
compensation are more likely to stay around because they have considered
the economics of running a publication.
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Genre |
Speculative Fiction |
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Title |
Æon Speculative Fiction |
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Editor |
Marti McKenna and Bridget McKenna |
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Address |
202 North 39th Street
Seattle WA 98103
U.S.A. |
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Sub Email |
Only for qualified professionals. See site for details |
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Specifics |
Looking for all kinds of speculative fiction. |
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Requirement |
Prefers stories 7,500 and under but will consider longer works. |
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Payment |
$0.03 cents (3 cents) per word |
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URL for site |
http://www.aeonmagazine.com/index.html |
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URL for guidelines |
http://www.aeonmagazine.com/writersguidelines.html |
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Genre |
Speculative Poetry |
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Title |
The Magazine of Speculative Poetry |
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Editor |
Roger Dutcher, Editor |
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Address |
PO Box 564
Beloit, WI 53512 |
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Sub Email |
None |
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Specifics |
Looking for speculative poetry in the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and dark fantasy genres, though very demanding about the last two. |
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Requirement |
No length requirement. 2-3 page poems have been included before, but longer poems will have to be that much better. |
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Payment |
$0.03 (3 cents) per word with a $5 minimum and $25 maximum |
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URL for site |
http://www.sff.net/people/Roger-Dutcher/#msp |
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URL for guidelines |
http://www.sff.net/people/Roger-Dutcher/#mspgdln |
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Genre |
Mainstream/Genre/Literary |
|
Title |
Byline Magazine |
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Editor |
Carolyn Wall, Fiction Editor
Sandra Soli, Poetry Editor
Marcia Preston, General Editor |
|
Address |
P.O. Box 5240
Edmond, OK 73083-5240 |
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Sub Email |
None |
|
Specifics |
Looking for general short fiction, mainstream, genre or literary. Articles should be useful for writers. |
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Requirement |
Stories between 2,000 and 4,000 words, articles between 1,500 and 1,800 words. |
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Payment |
$100 for stories, $75 for feature articles, $10 for poems. |
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URL for site |
http://www.bylinemag.com/default.asp |
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URL for guidelines |
http://www.bylinemag.com/guidelines.asp |
|
Genre |
Speculative Fiction |
|
Title |
GrendelSong |
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Editor |
Paul M. Jessup, Senior Editor
Rachel Jessup, Assistant Editor |
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Address |
None |
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Sub Email |
paul.jessup@gmail.com |
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Specifics |
Looking for innovative, unique, strange stories that fall into the speculative fiction genres and subgenres. |
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Requirement |
Stories should be between 1,000 and 6,000 words |
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Payment |
Pays $0.01 (1 cent) per word for stories and $10 per poem |
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URL for site |
http://grendelsong.kapo.ws/ |
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URL for guidelines |
http://grendelsong.kapo.ws/guidelines.php |
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Genre |
Speculative Fiction |
|
Title |
Neometropolis |
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Editor |
John Jacobs, Editor
Peter Mondlock, Assistant Editor
Tim Knodel, Assistant Editor
David Pickston, Assistant Editor
A.R. Yngve, Assistant Editor
Anne Mondlock, Assistant Editor, Lead Artist |
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Address |
None |
|
Sub Email |
submissions@neometropolis.com |
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Specifics |
No gratuitous sex or violence, but otherwise this market is open to anything in speculative fiction. Also looking for articles, reviews, and poetry. |
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Requirement |
No word count restrictions |
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Payment |
$20-$40 per manuscript. No payment for poetry. |
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URL for site |
http://www.neometropolis.com/index.html |
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URL for guidelines |
http://www.neometropolis.com/guidelines.html |
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