Friday, April 13, 2018
Shaking My Head
I just ran across an editor's anthology call that I thought might be interesting. Of course, there was no payment but when I checked out the Press the editors were using I found that they'd published two other anthologies with a similar theme which sold for $60 and $65 for hardcover copies and $20 and $22 for paperback copies. And they can't afford to pay the writers? It may be a University Press and scholarly editors but they could still pay the writers. Shame on them!
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Good morning Sandra,
Nice job as always on keeping writers posted.
I am amazed at the nerve of some of these publishers.
You posted a call a few weeks back, from a publisher that paid what amounted to almost nothing, and if they were willing to accept your work they required a professional head shot, no selfies.
It doesn't make sense that someone that has spent several hours working on a piece would go to a photographer, and pay for a passport quality photo that would cost more than they would get paid for their story.
Two of my favorites are the snarky rejection letter from some twenty something year old editor that has no life experience, and the publisher that wants a query letter that would be longer than the short story they are calling for.
I don't remember reading about professional head shots in any guidelines, Leroy. I probably wouldn't have posted if I'd noticed it. And you're right it's a ridiculous request for a short story. And yeah, query letters for a short story always seem weird to me. :)
It was in the March 30 post: 20 paying markets for speculative fiction short stories. Not your fault, there was a lot to read in that post.
PAYMENT: We pay our authors $0.02 per word via PayPal, and you will receive one complimentary print copy of the magazine.
AUTHOR BIO & PHOTO: If your story is selected for publication, you will need to send as an attachment a high-resolution headshot (at least 300 dpi .jpg or .tif file). Your headshot should be professional—no “selfies,” props, or excessive shadows.
Ah, that explains it. When I find market lists like that I usually just skim through them making sure they're paying markets.
That was easy to miss. It was listed under Splickety Publishing Group and there was a lot of material to read.
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