Thursday, July 1, 2010

Market Tidbits

The new issue of Mysterical E has hit the virtual streets today and, if you haven't already heard, the all fiction issue 3.5 of Crimefactory is out there for your reading pleasure. You'll find the urls to the left. Lots of familiar names and great stories in both issues.

Crimespree http://www.crimespreemag.com has opened for fiction submissions today until the end of the month. Click on the contact link for submission details.

I ran across a couple of new markets over at Duotrope that might be of interest.

First is Basement Stories. http://basementstories.org/submissions Their first issue is closed to submissions and will be published on July 15, but as of today they're open to submissions for their second issue. They're basically looking for sci-fi/fantasy stories, but will consider other genres, under 6000 words. The pay is a penny a word. They also take reprints and publish poetry, non-fiction, and comics. To get a feel for what they want in a story, check out their about page link which gives you a good look into the types of stories they want. They also have a blog that keeps you updated on their progress and gives you a feel for how serious these folks are about the new zine. http://basementstories.wordpress.com/

The second is a horror market called The Dark Fiction Spotlight http://thedarkfiction.com/?page_id=9 They are accepting stories in all the sub-genres of horror with a word count of 2000 to 6000 words. The submission period is July 1 to September 1 for the October issue. This is a paying market but only for the top three stories based on voting by the readers. The pay is $50, $25 and $15. They are also open to poetry and flash up to 666 words. The top flash story receiving $10.

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