mental_floss is now publishing short fiction in conjunction with apt23.com. Check out the first of No Small Tales here. The editors of mental_floss put out an excellent magazine, and submitting a short story to apt23 is a really solidly good idea.
All genres of short fiction for young adults and children — fairytale rewrites, horror, romance, and the ubiquitous six word short-short story — are being sought by TBR Tallboy, deadline June 1st. Tallboy is a new zine that’s going to see the light of day March first, and will have wide distribution among bookish types. Though it’s not a paying market, like the mental_floss, it looks to be a good place to read great stories and get one’s name known; the ‘zine editor is a reviewer and blogger. And a librarian, incidentally.
EDITED TO ADD: Miranda Literary Magazine has put out their 2009 Submission Guidelines. This magazine publishes an online edition, and has a print audience as well.
Prick of the Spindle, a webzine of unique fiction (and weird fairytale retellings), has submission guidelines here.
Strange Horizons, my very favorite speculative fiction ezine pays $.50/word, with a minimum payment of $50 per story. They’re considered a professional market. Another ezine that has some great tales is Beneath Ceaseless Skies — it’s got a very old-school SF feel. Perhaps one of the weirdest and narrowest niche markets for science fiction, ever is … Space Westerns. Some odd but funny stories, and they only pay teensy amounts, but it’s good fun and something for the writing résumé/CV.
Oh, SERIOUSLY. Me too!!! Or else that really weird story of the guy trying to go through a field on a cow with man-eating plants. And his ex-wife, if I remember properly.Why is it that many of his stories sound like things you dream up when you have indigestion?SERIOUSLY, I think you have EVERY RIGHT to withdraw your story from Blooming Tree. They. Just. …SUCK. I’m so disappointed in them, and I know you must be beyond disappointed. Ugh.
Oh, SERIOUSLY. Me too!!! Or else that really weird story of the guy trying to go through a field on a cow with man-eating plants. And his ex-wife, if I remember properly.Why is it that many of his stories sound like things you dream up when you have indigestion?SERIOUSLY, I think you have EVERY RIGHT to withdraw your story from Blooming Tree. They. Just. …SUCK. I’m so disappointed in them, and I know you must be beyond disappointed. Ugh.
Oh, SERIOUSLY. Me too!!! Or else that really weird story of the guy trying to go through a field on a cow with man-eating plants. And his ex-wife, if I remember properly.
Why is it that many of his stories sound like things you dream up when you have indigestion?
SERIOUSLY, I think you have EVERY RIGHT to withdraw your story from Blooming Tree. They. Just. …SUCK. I’m so disappointed in them, and I know you must be beyond disappointed. Ugh.
God, I hope Neil submits a space western.These sound like some good markets. Maybe I’ll give it a go with the material I’ve got. I was thinking of sending my Willow Bay story, Found, to Leila’s zine. I also think I’m going to get in touch with Blooming Tree Press and ask them to basically shit or get off the pot (‘scuse my French) with respect to the alleged YA anthology, because if they’re never going to do it, I want to submit that story somewhere else!
God, I hope Neil submits a space western.These sound like some good markets. Maybe I’ll give it a go with the material I’ve got. I was thinking of sending my Willow Bay story, Found, to Leila’s zine. I also think I’m going to get in touch with Blooming Tree Press and ask them to basically shit or get off the pot (‘scuse my French) with respect to the alleged YA anthology, because if they’re never going to do it, I want to submit that story somewhere else!
God, I hope Neil submits a space western.
These sound like some good markets. Maybe I’ll give it a go with the material I’ve got. I was thinking of sending my Willow Bay story, Found, to Leila’s zine. I also think I’m going to get in touch with Blooming Tree Press and ask them to basically shit or get off the pot (‘scuse my French) with respect to the alleged YA anthology, because if they’re never going to do it, I want to submit that story somewhere else!
God, I hope Neil submits a space western.
These sound like some good markets. Maybe I’ll give it a go with the material I’ve got. I was thinking of sending my Willow Bay story, Found, to Leila’s zine. I also think I’m going to get in touch with Blooming Tree Press and ask them to basically shit or get off the pot (‘scuse my French) with respect to the alleged YA anthology, because if they’re never going to do it, I want to submit that story somewhere else!
God, I hope Neil submits a space western.
These sound like some good markets. Maybe I’ll give it a go with the material I’ve got. I was thinking of sending my Willow Bay story, Found, to Leila’s zine. I also think I’m going to get in touch with Blooming Tree Press and ask them to basically shit or get off the pot (‘scuse my French) with respect to the alleged YA anthology, because if they’re never going to do it, I want to submit that story somewhere else!