Saturday, June 26, 2010

Market Notes and a Short Story Link

For those of you who write romance, you might be interested in Desert Breeze Publishing. They publish both print and ebooks but for you short story writers they also publish novellas of 25,000 to 35,000 words with 30,000 being the sweet spot for them. They want classic love stories in a variety of genres but no erotica. Pay is 35% of net royalties. You can find the payment schedule under the FAQ tab. Here's the link to the submission guidelines http://stores.desertbreezepublishing.com/-strse-template/policy/Page.bok

With a hat tip to Michael Bracken we have Short-Story.me! They're looking for hard genre fiction (mystery, sci-fi, horror) with pay at a penny a word with a $10 cap. There's no pay for super shorts of twitter length up to 200 words. Regular short stories should be no more than 5000 words. You can find all the details at http://www.short-story.me/submission-guidelines.html I've also put this link over on the left.

Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine (FMAM) is looking to put together an anthology of mystery fiction for publication in 2011 through Twilight Times Books. The submission dates are August 15 to September 5. You can find all the details at http://twilighttimesbooks.com/subs.html You'll have to scroll down the page.

And Thrillers, Killers 'n' Chillers will be reopening to submissions on July 1. Be sure to check out their guidelines for changes they've made to their submission requirements. http://thrillskillsnchills.blogspot.com

I haven't posted a link to a short story for a while (shame on me) but for fans of the Woodrell style of writing you might enjoy "Hawkins Boy" by Charles Dodd White over at Pank Magazine.
http://www.pankmagazine.com/?p=1401

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