Update!
If you've been polishing your writing for a couple of years and have yet to send your work out to editors or, if you already have a few publishing credits, this page is for you.
For print magazine info, I subscribe to Scavenger's Newsletter and The Gila Queen's Guide to Markets and I have requested writers' guidelines from a number of magazines listed therein.
As I surf the net, I look for webzines that appear friendly to beginning writers and add them to these market listings. For more comprehensive guidelines, please check out their respective websites.
Excursions - Tim Corrigan, Editor/Publisher, New Voice Media, POB 25, Houghton NY 14744. True SF only, no horror or fantasy. Fiction 2k to 7k words. Pays $3.00 per published page plus five cc. "We are especially interested in new, unpublished writers."
Frightmares - Josh Bingham, Editor, 932 Brook St.,
Piqua OH 45356-3628. Horror fiction and poetry. Fiction to 2000 words. Originals and reprints. Pays 1/2 cent per word for fiction and cc. Poetry to 20 lines. Pays 25 cents per line and cc. Update!
Indigenous Fiction - Sherry Decker, Managing Editor, POB 2078, Redmond, WA 98073-2078. Literary F/SF/DF/H/Mystery/Poetry. Fiction 2k - 8k words. FNASR. Pays $10 - $20 plus contributor's copy (cc). Short shorts pays $5.00. Poetry: all types. 30 line maximum each. Pays $5.00 per poem. Response time about three weeks. "No SASE, no reply."
Tips - needs literary fantasy, especially dark fantasy, SF, horror, mysteries and mainstream. No email, fax or disk submissions. Include cover letter with previous credits, if any, and bio. Update!
LC-39 - Matthew Walls, Editor, POB 9307, Baltimore MD 21228. Fiction to 2000 words. Pays 1-2 cents per word upon acceptance. "We are a magazine for the SF writer. As such, LC-39 is more akin to an academic literary journal than the traditional "pulp..." Looking for hard/soft SF. "LC-39 is looking for intelligent, imaginative, character-driven stories with scientifically plausible plots. New and unpublished writers are encouraged." New! 3-18-99
Lore - Rod Heather, Editor/Publisher, POB 381,
Matawan NJ 07747-0381. FNASR. Fiction to 5000 words. "Our
emphasis is on traditional dark fantasy, but we're open to
stories that challenge established conventions." Include a
cover letter. Pays 2 cents per word for original fiction. Pays for reprints. Query first about reprints. No e-subs. [[Very open to fiction subs.]] Update!
Maelstrom Speculative Fiction - David L. Felts, Editor, POB 10906, Goldsboro NC 27532. SF/F/H or any combination thereof. Fiction to 5k words. Payment $20.00. Tip - snail mail subs only. No email subs. No email queries.
Not One of Us - John Benson, Editor, 12 Curtis Rd.,
Natick MA 01760. Primarily a horror market, but also use
SF, western, mainstream, beat, whatever. Excerpt from GL - "Need 2k to 5k word tales about people (or things) out of place in their surroundings, outsiders, social misfits, aliens - anyone excluded from society for whatever the reason."
Tip - no vampires, werewolves or S&S. "I've been getting too many silly stories, try to depress me." Pays 1/4 cent per word plus cc.
The Rejected Quarterly - Daniel Weiss, Editor, Black Plankton Press, POB 1351, Cobb CA 95426. "Fiction that doesn't fit anyplace else to 8k words." Tip - must be accompanied by at least five rejection slips; photocopies okay. Humor: all forms welcome and rejection slips preferred. Payment $5.00.
Vampire Dan's Story Emporium - Daniel Paul Medici, Editor, POB 15252, Syracuse NY 13215-0252. Open to horror submissions again. Excerpt from GL - "Also, keep the science fiction and fantasy coming. Remember, I don't cater specifically to vampires, but I will look at vampire tales too." Token payment.
XOddity - Editor, POB 61735, Boulder City NV 89006. Speculative fiction from 500 to 5k words. Payment 1/4 to 1 1/2 cents per word on acceptance. SF/F, paranormal, anything with a twist, anything odd, different, exotic. Excerpt from GL - "We most definitely want to work with new and unpublished authors as well as those established in the genre." Tip - include a cover letter.
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Dark Whisper - Fiction to 2000 words. Pays $20.00. Visit the web site for more info. Tip - include story in the body of the email message. New! 3-18-99
The Orphic Chronicle - Kay Elmore, Editor, POB 171202, Arlington, TX 76003-1202. SF/H/surreal. No word limit indicated. Pays 1/4 cent per word for fiction. Pays $5.00 for poetry. Excerpt from GL - "Accepts short stories, prose, poetry and artwork in the speculative/SciFi, surreal, and horror fiction genre. ...I'm looking for stories that have a strong sense of un-reality. Show me the side of your imagination that's been to hell and back, where strange events are common and things that have been hidden are suddenly revealed. No vampires, no fan fiction, no serial killers -- they've been done to death." Published quarterly.
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Eternity - The Online Journal of the Speculative Imagination. Steve Algieri, Editor. Eternity Press, POB 930068, Norcross, GA 30003. Ezine. SF/F/H/M. Fiction to 5k words. Rights not mentioned in GL. Pays $2 - $30 for short stories; $1 - $5 for poetry and non-fiction. Excerpt from GL - "We are very open to new and established writers." Tip - include cover letter with real name, address, telephone number and email address in both snail mail and email subs.
Sapphire Magazine - Ron Kolb, Senior Editor, POB 260050, Plano, TX 75026-0050. SF/F/M/H/W/mainstream, etc. "Internet Publication Rights," archival and one-time hard copy anthology rights. Fiction to 6k words pays $25.00 - $50.00. Non-fiction to 3k words pays $20.00 - $40.00. Themed issues. See specific GL at website.
Jackhammer - Ms. Raechel Henderson, Editor, 9220 Jill Lane, #2E, Schiller Park, IL 60176. Ezine. SF/F/H. Fiction to 2000 words. Pays one cent per word. Accepting email submissions only (in ASCII text, no attachments) around the Question of the Week found at the website. [[ Note from LQ - Usually comments on rejected mss.]]
Terra Incognita - (Mr.) Jan Berrien Berends, 52 Windermere Ave., #3, Landsdowne PA 19050-1812. SF. Pays 3 cents per word.
Millenium Ezine - S. Joan Popek and Diana R. Moreland, c/o JoPop Publications, Millenium Magazine, POB 8118, Roswell, NM 88202-8118. Fiction to 2500 words. Pays $10.00 pluc one cc. Tip - currently looking for interdimensional, alternate history and fantasy stories. Snail mail subs only. Update!Under new management.
E-Scape Magazine - the Digital Journal of Speculative Fiction. Marie Loughlin, Editor. Escape, 1228 Westloop #356, Manhatten, KS 66502. Fiction to 5k words. Excerpt from GL - "We invite submissions of all sorts of speculative fiction. Payment one cent/word upon acceptance for first electronic rights and non-exclusive anthology rights. ...send all sorts of SF, fantasy and horror today!" Update!
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Thanks to Scavenger's Newsletter for info on Indigenous Fiction. Millenium SF & Fantasy and The Rejected Quarterly. Thanks to Gila Queen's for update on E-Scape Magazine and info on LC-39 (GQ# 99). Thanks to Speculations for info on XOddity.
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