Aswiebe's Market List Update 06-2013
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The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 7/15/2013.
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Editor's Note
The problem is that sometimes these lists give me tunnel vision. It's easy for the tiny details to overwhelm me, until I forget the larger goals. I stop using those goals as a compass to find my way through the confusing thicket of minutia and proliferating ideas. I get lost (a little like that metaphor).
It's amazing how much simpler dealing with a massive task list becomes once you set some medium-term goals. Call them resolutions, or project management goals, or a business plan, if you like. For me, I think that three months out is about the right time frame. Longer than that, and I start getting swallowed by generalities. Shorter than that, and I'm tripped up by task lists.
I wrote out some medium-term goals as part of my catching-up-from-sickness process, and I really like the way it's helped me focus again. So I'm adding that as a permanent item on my "recovery plan" . . . and I'm adding a recurring reminder in my calendar so that it becomes a regular part of my writing routine.
This summer's looking busy for me. I'm appearing on a few panels at local conventions and doing a "selling short stories" presentation. For more details, see http://cloudscudding.livejournal.com/1105028.html
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
- Abra Staffin-Wiebe
Things Shiny or Useful
Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/
* Drinking and creativity [humor]: http://lifehacker.com/why-you-should-drink-beer-for-big-ideas-coffee-to-get-513262326
* What place names mean [worldbuilding]: http://twentytwowords.com/2012/05/02/world-map-with-place-names-swapped-out-with-their-original-meanings/
* How many words does a publisher want in a novel? [writing business]: http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/word-count-for-novels-and-childrens-books-the-definitive-post
* Writing Methods [productivity]: http://pcwrede.com/blog/writing-methods/
* How Should I Become a Writer? [writing business]:
http://pcwrede.com/blog/spring-shadows-or-how-should-i-become-a-writer-ms-pro/
* 5 Key Book Publishing Paths [publishing industry]: http://janefriedman.com/2013/05/20/infographic-5-key-book-publishing-paths/
* Hard numbers and analysis of ebook sales [writing business, ebooks, self-publishing]: http://blog.smashwords.com/2013/05/new-smashwords-survey-helps-authors.html
Featured Market
Penumbra accepts all types of speculative fiction for its themed issues.
Penumbra has multiple issue calls open at the same time . . .
The basics: SF/F/H, 3,500 words or fewer, pays $.05/word, reprints okay. Note: currently not SFWA-qualified, due to not paying Rising Talent authors.September 2013: The Fae
What's not to love about the Fae? Whether you're writing about the fairies like Tinker Bell or pixies, or the Tuatha dé Danaan of older Irish legends, this is the issue to let the Fair Folk loose in your imagination. Be sure you follow the will o'the wisp into new worlds—and take the readers of Penumbra along with you on your journey down the faery paths.
CALL BEGINS ON APRIL 1, 2013
CALL ENDS ON JUNE 30 2013
October 2013 Alfred Hitchcock
Behind every great movie is a great story. Alfred Hitchcock ranks as one of the top storytellers of the twentieth century. We're looking for suspenseful stories of psychological horror—Hitchcock with a spec fic twist. Cause let's be honest—who doesn't feel a bit creepy crawly when they see a huge flock of blackbirds or seagulls overhead? So whether Hitchcock has his signature cameo in your story or not, the best tribute to a man considered to be the most influential filmmaker of the 20th century is a story he would have loved to put on the big screen.
CALL BEGINS ON MAY 1, 2013
CALL ENDS ON JULY 31, 2013
Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
| Name | What they want | Pay Per Word – Fiction | Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) | Website |
| Penumbra | Themed issues, all types spec-fic. | $0.0500 | http://penumbraezine.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html | |
| Shimmer Magazine | All spec-fic, mostly modern fantasy - likes strange, dark, funny | $0.0500 | http://www.shimmerzine.com/guidelines/fiction-guidelines/ | |
| Betwixt | All spec-fic | $0.0200 | http://betwixtmagazine.com/submissions/ | |
| Kisses by Clockwork (Ticonderoga) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/15/2013 | Steampunk with an element of romance | $0.0190 | http://ticonderogapublications.com/index.php/about-us/submissions/kisses-by-clockwork | |
| Tell Me a Fable ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/1/2013 - 7/31/2013 | Based on Grimm's fairy tale, with a dark side. | $0.0100 | http://www.betenoiremagazine.com/anthologyguidelines.htm | |
| Beware the Dark | Horror and erotic horror | $0.0075 | http://sstpublications.co.uk/sst/Magazines/BTD-Submissions.html | |
| Planetary Stories | Pulp-style fiction | $0.0000 | http://www.planetarystories.com/ContestPage.htm | |
| Rejected Quarterly, The | Offbeat, literary, must have been rejected 5 times. | $20.00 | http://www.rejectedq.com/Guidelines.html | |
| From Bitten to Braaaiiinnnsss! ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/15/2013 | Themed: what you do before you turn into a zombie | $10.00 | http://www.jollyminstrel.com/2013antho.htm | |
| Scigentasy | SF/F themed to gender identity and boundaries | $10.00 | http://www.scigentasy.com/submissions-2/ | |
| Fiction Vortex | All spec-fic | $3.00 | http://www.fictionvortex.com/submissions/submit-a-short-story/ | |
| Story Station - DEAD MARKET | Childrens | $0.0100 | http://www.viatouch.com/Learn/Storystation/Storystation_guidelines.jsp | |
| Hotel Guignol - DEAD MARKET | dark - horrible absurd or mysterious occurrences that took place in this hotel - 10 minutes in length - scripts or short stories | $50.00 | http://www.hotelguignol.com/submissions.html | |
| Flagship - DEAD MARKET | Escapist SF/F | $25.00 | http://flyingislandpress.com/FlyingIslandPress/FlagShip.html | |
| Cast Macabre (Podcast) - DEAD MARKET | Horror/dark – psychological | $7.41 | http://castmacabre.wolfsbanepublishing.com/submission-guidelines | |
| Solidarity Science Fiction - DEAD MARKET | SF with optimistic realism | $5.00 | https://sites.google.com/site/solidaritysciencefiction/submission-guidelines | |
| Nihilist Sci Fi - DEAD MARKET | Nihilistic SF | $5.00 | http://nihilistscifi.com/fiction/ | |
| Les Bonnes Fees - DEAD MARKET | Fairytales, modern fantasy, magic realism | $0.0100 | http://lesbonnesfees.wordpress.com/guidelines/ | |
| Arcane - DEAD MARKET | Horror and weird fiction | $0.0100 | http://www.arcanemagazine.com/submission-guidelines/ |
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Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
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