Monday, October 18, 2010

Market Notes

If you're looking for a contest, Creative Writing Contests has listed close to 20, both paying and non-paying since the beginning of October. http://writingcontests.wordpress.com

Duotrope has declared "Tweet the Meat" a dead market. There's been no postings since June at the site. Also at Duotrope there are 175 theme deadlines listed for those staring at a blank page wondering what to write. http://www.duotrope.com/themecal.aspx

The Lorelei Signal has opened for fantasy subs until November 15 for their June issue. They need fantasy stories that feature a strong female as one of the main characters. Flash under 1000 words and shorts to 10,000. Pay is $5 for shorts $2 for flash and poetry. http://www.loreleisignal.com

And issue 5 of Light Speed Magazine has gone live. They have an author spotlight and short story by Joe Lansdale up with a short by Stephen King coming on October 26. They update the zine weekly. They're also open for sci-fi subs of 1000 to 7500 words with a payment of 5cents a word. There is an online form at the site. http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issue/oct-2010-issue-5/

2 comments:

David Cranmer said...

I dig Lightspeed. Sharp-looking site.

sandra seamans said...

Yes, they've got a great set-up over there, David. And that's one of the wonderful things about zines, they all have different personalities.