Monday, May 4, 2015
Another Sneaky Publisher Trend?
On two occasions the past couple of weeks I've clicked on Submittable pages and found that the market listed is charging a fee to submit. One was forty dollars and the other was twenty-five, neither of which was listed in their guidelines. So before you go to the trouble of writing for a market be sure to check their Submittable page. No point wasting your time,
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7 comments:
Thanks for the warning, Sandra - this does seem to be a new and worrying trend. :(
Yes it is, Fiona. For most of them the fees are under $10 but still they're not posting the fees in the guidelines at their site.
Those are rather steep submission fees! I would avoid such publications. A valuable warning.
Yes, and I think it's very unprofessional of the publishers not to post the fees up front. Plus I don't believe that writers should have to pay to submit, especially to a publishing house.
Not cool, at all.
I wonder whether your money at least buys you a reply.
In some cases it does, Al. Some of the fees pay for a critique, others guarantee nothing.
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