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1/22/2011 Market List Update


The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 2/15/2010.

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive.html#011511

Editor's Note

My humble apologies for the overlong hiatus between this newsletter and the last! Between travel for the holidays and two months of sickness that pretty much wiped me out, I am behind on absolutely everything. January's a traditional time for starting things over and wiping the slate clean, right?

- Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Things Shiny or Useful

Ira Glass on Storytelling: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ira+glass+on+storytelling&aq=0
* How to Improve Your Writing Style in 10 Minutes or Fewer: http://www.writersdigest.com/article/brush-up-on-your-style-in-10-minutes-or-less/?et_mid=73697&rid=2957480
* Have High Expectations of Yourself: http://blog.writersdigest.com/norules/2011/01/13/HaveHighExpectationsForYourself.aspx?et_mid=73697&rid=2957480
* Are These Filtering Words Weakening Your Fiction: http://writeitsideways.com/are-these-filter-words-weakening-your-fiction/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+writeitsideways+%28writeitsideways.com%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
* The Unsuccessful Self-Treatment of Writer’s Block: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1311997/pdf/jaba00061-0143a.pdf
* How Authors Can Hold Awesome Events: http://www.conradzero.com/how-authors-can-hold-awesome-events
* A Comprehensive and Totally Universal Listing of Every Problem a Story Has Ever Had: http://www.andromedaspaceways.com/EveryProblem.htm
* Passing the hat for web fiction: http://www.novelr.com/2010/10/28/passing-the-hat
* Self-promotion and what works: http://1stturningpoint.com/?p=5036
* How to Format Your Self-Published Book in Writing-World 10:21: http://www.writing-world.com/newsletter/2010/WW10-21.shtml

Featured Market

Bride of the Golem: An Anthology of Humorous Jewish Horror is a new anthology accepting submissions until filled.

The stories can employ a new Jewish twist on a mainstream horror theme (e.g. a tale about a Hassidic vampire mohel or about the Lubbavitchers reanimating Rebbe Schneerson). Or they can reinterpret horrific elements in classical Jewish folklore like the Golem or dybbuk. Or they can venture into entirely new territory.

...The content of the story should have some connection to Jewish culture deeper than the names of the main characters. Subtle references to Talmud, the prayerbook, Midrash are very welcome, though not required. You don't have to be Jewish to submit, but it helps if you have some prior knowledge of Jewish traditions.

The basics: H, 500-10,000 words, reprints okay, pays $500.

Market List Updates

To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.

Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Sinister Tales – DEAD MARKET Literary horror and Gothic
$0.00 http://darknessproductions.com/guidelines.htm
Zombie Zak's House of Pain: Tales of Dark Horror ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/30/11 Dark – no zombie stories. $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/12/31/zombie-zaks-house-of-pain-tales-of-dark-horror-sub/
Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, The (opens for submissions 05/2011) Compressed creations – flash fiction, micro fiction, art, etc.
$50.00 http://matterpress.com/journal/
Clonepod – DEAD MARKET SF/F
$25.00 http://www.clonepod.org/submission-guide-lines/
Poe Little Thing dark poetry and flash fiction – themed $0.0500
http://nakedsnakepress.net/?page_id=18
Enchanted Conversation, The Inspired by themed fairytales $0.1000
http://www.fairytalemagazine.com/p/submissions.html
Chizine Dark. $0.0700
http://www.chizine.com/submissions_fiction.htm
Strange Horizons F/SF/Spec-fic $0.0700
http://www.strangehorizons.com/guidelines/fiction.shtml
Polluto Dark counterculture, themed $0.0630
http://www.polluto.com/submit.html
Analog Science Fiction and Fact Science Fiction $0.0600
http://www.analogsf.com/information/submissions.shtml
Bull Spec F/SF $0.0500
http://bullspec.blogspot.com/search/label/guidelines
Apex Magazine SF, fantasy, and horror $0.0500
http://www.apexbookcompany.com/submissions/
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Literary adventure fantasy in secondary world settings. $0.0500
http://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/page.php?p=submissions
Black Gate adventure epic fantasy $0.0300
http://www.blackgate.com/submission-guidelines/
Scheherezade's Bequest (Cabinet des Fees) fairytales $0.0100
http://www.cabinetdesfees.com/submissions/
Shadows & Tall Trees Literary genre fiction $0.0100
http://www.undertowbooks.com/submissions
Triangulation: Through the Wormhole ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 03/1/11 Surreal SF $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/10/20/through-the-worm-hole-submissions-open/
Fantastique Unfettered SF/F - “fantastic fiction”
$33.00 http://www.fantastique-unfettered.com/p/writer-guidelines.html
Abyss & Apex Spec-fic
$75.00 http://www.abyssapexzine.com/submissions/
Science Fiction Trails SF in the Old West
$20.00 http://www.sciencefictiontrails.com/whats_new.html
Boy's Life – DEAD MARKET Fiction subs now by assignment only. - 1/16/11
$750.00 http://www.boyslife.org/main.jsp?abo
Cosmos Magazine SF
$297.04 http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/pdf/CMag_FictionGuidelines.pdf
Unspoken Water Supernatural only—wants weird and uncanny, not regular fantasy etc.
$15.86 http://www.ian-hunter.co.uk/index.php/unspoken-water
Fiction Desk All genres.
$31.73 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/submissions/short-story-submission-guidelines.php
Demeter's Spicebox Lesser-known fairytale types set in unfamiliar cultures. Themed issues.
$10.00 http://www.cabinetdesfees.com/demeters-spicebox/ds-submission-guidelines/
Box of Delights ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 05/31/11 OR WHEN FILLED Horror, dark fantasy, and weird
$13.23 http://aeonpressbooks.com/titles/box-of-delights/
Phantom Drift New weird, slipstream, fabulism
$50.00 http://www.wordcraftoforegon.com/pd/?page_id=2
Crimson Pact – RECURRING ANTHOLOGIES Shared world
$10.00 http://thecrimsonpact.com/submission.html
Bride of the Golem ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED Humorous Jewish horror.
$500.00 http://mimeticdeclination.blogspot.com/2010/12/call-for-stories-bride-of-golem.html
Ocean Stories ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/31/11 Ocean-themed
$25.00 http://www.elektrikmilkbathpress.com/submissions
It Lives ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/25/11 Themed: creation, birth, rebirth
$10.00 http://www.runewright.com/submissions.html
Spirit Legends ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 5/15/11 Themed: spirits, ghosts, and gods
$10.00 http://www.runewright.com/submissions.html
Best Served Cold ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 6/15/11 Themed: justified revenge
$10.00 http://www.runewright.com/submissions.html
Hallows Eve Vol. 1 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/20/11 Themed: Halloween
$10.00 http://www.runewright.com/submissions.html
Holiday Spirit and Mayhem Vol. 1 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 10/10/11 Themed: winter holiday
$10.00 http://www.runewright.com/submissions.html
The Journal of Unlikely Entomology All genres, must pertain to bugs. $0.0100
http://www.grumpsjournal.com/
FaePublishing Fantasy and science fiction. $0.0500
http://www.faepublishing.com/blog1/?page_id=2
Damnation and Dames ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 11/01/11 Supernatural noir. $0.0200
http://ticonderogapublications.com/tp/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=114:new-market-da
Schrodinger's Mouse SF – hard and philosophical. $0.0200
http://www.schrodingersmouse.com/Fiction_Submission_Guidelines.html
Ray Gun Revival space opera and golden age sci-fi $0.0100
http://www.raygunrevival.com/nov2010/index.html#submit
Technicolor Tentacles (Library of Horror) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 04/20/2011 Bizarro horror $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/12/05/technicolor-tentacles-new-bizarro-horror-anthology/
These Terrible Times Zombie-themed $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/08/10/these-terrible-times-a-new-quarterly-pulp-will-beg/
Malicious Malpractices (Library of Horror) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 03/31/11 Medical-themed $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/11/09/malicious-malpractices-submissions-now-open/
Zombies Without Borders (Library of Horror) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 03/01/11 Zombie stories set in non-US countries. $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/09/01/zombiekind-zombies-without-borders-submissions-now/
Through the Eyes of the Undead II (Library of Horror) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 05/2011 Stories from a zombie POV. $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/11/28/through-the-eyes-of-the-undead-ii-open-for-submiss/
The Reaper Virus (Library of Horror) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED Shared universe zombie apocalypse. $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/11/07/submissions-are-open-for-the-reaper-virus-antholog/
Made You Flinch—Again! (Library of Horror) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 03/21/11 Horror $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/12/07/made-you-flinch-again-submissions-now-open/
Freud and Kinsey All genres, themed to sexual politics and sexual repression (not erotica). $0.0025
http://freudandkinsey.weebly.com/submissions.html
OG's Speculative Fiction speculative fiction
$35.00 htp://theopinionguy.com/submissions
On the Premises THEMED CONTESTS Themed contests.
$180.00 http://www.onthepremises.com
Mortis Operandi ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 1/1/11 UNTIL FILLED. Supernatural crime
$50.00 http://theharrowpress.com/submissions/
parABnormal Paranormal, folklore-based—spooky okay, but no horror.
$15.00 http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/parabnormalGL.htm
Phantasmacore All spec-fic
$5.50 http://www.phantasmacore.com/submissions/
In Flux ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE ? Themed to powerful abusers in a self-correcting universe. $0.0050
http://www.blueberrylanebooks.com/?page_id=65
Leather, Denim & Silver (Pill Hill Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED Themed to monster-hunters. $0.0025
http://www.pillhillpress.com/monsterhunter.html
Detective Horror (Grand Mal Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL CLOSED Detective stories with a horror slant
$25.00 http://www.grandmalpress.com/submissions.php
Frightmares ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 07/2011 Horror flash fiction.
$0.00 http://horrorwritingcontest.com/Frightmares%20Flash%20Fiction.htm
Sci-Fi Short Story SF fiction, novel excerpts, poetry, reviews
$3.00 http://scifishortstory.com/#/submissions/4545206101
Attack of the 50 Ft Book ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/1/11 Giant monster stories $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/12/01/attack-of-the-50ft-book-a-giant-monster-antho-open/
Candle in the Attic Window ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 01/01/11 – 02/28/11 Gothic horror $0.0100
http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=9409
Wumpus Tales All speculative. $0.0050
http://www.wumpustales.com/submissions.html
How the West Was Wicked ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 01/05/11 UNTIL FILLED Dark/weird fiction in an Old West setting. $0.0025
http://www.pillhillpress.com/wickedwest.html
Dark Heroes ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 01/19/11 UNTIL FILLED. Something monstrous is the hero. $0.0025
http://www.pillhillpress.com/darkheroes.html
A Hacked-Up Holiday Massacre ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/1/11 – 7/1/11 Holiday-themed extreme horror. $0.0025
http://www.pillhillpress.com/massacre.html
Fantasy World Geographic Fantasy, including flash fiction and choose-your-own-adventures
$5.00 http://skaggsworld.com/fwg/submission-guidelines/
Daikaijuzine – DEAD MARKET All genres, mostly spec-fic
$5.00 http://www.daikaijuzine.com/dkz/?page_id=40
The Epocalypse ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED. Collaborative email-formatted post-apocalyptic communications.
$0.00 http://www.pillhillpress.com/epocaylpse.html
Zombie Kong ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 02/15/11 Stories involving a giant zombie ape. $0.0200
http://booksofthedead.blogspot.com/2010/11/zombie-kong.html
Linger Fiction Fantasy, science fiction, and horror
$10.00 http://lingerfiction.com/submission-guidelines/
Dark Highlands SEMI-ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY – SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED YEAR-ROUND Dark SF/F, Horror, and Mystery.
$25.00 http://www.darkhighlands.com/submission.php



Aswiebe's Market List

  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
  • If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.
  • To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
  • If you get a story published in a market on this list, let me know and I'll add a note to the next newsletter!
  • Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage.
  • To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.

Links
Aswiebe's Market List
About Aswiebe's Market List
Abra Staffin Wiebe's main website
Abra Staffin Wiebe's blog

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin Wiebe, Compiler of Lists

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11/15/10 Market List Update

Market List Logo
http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html

The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 12/15/2010.

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive.html#111510

Editor's Note
When I'm so busy with day job work that I barely have time to get any writing done, at least I can still "work" on my writing by listening to various writing how-to podcasts.

For inspiration and advice for beginning writers:
http://isbw.murlafferty.com/

For higher-level writing discussions:
http://www.writingexcuses.com/
http://www.sff.net/odyssey/podcasts.html

For business aspects of writing:
http://writingmeviocom.mevio.com/

And the most recent addition to the writing podcasts out there is my very own MinnSpec writers group podcast, which I've just started up. These are recordings of our monthly discussions/presentations. I still need to get an RSS feed set up, but you can listen to the first session here:
http://files.meetup.com/137839/MinnSpec-ep1-conventions-pt1.mp3
http://files.meetup.com/137839/MinnSpec-ep1-conventions-pt2.mp3

I also have a story out in Northern Lights, an anthology of local Minnesota spec-fic authors. The stories include are fantasy, science fiction, horror, and unclassifiable weird--and my story, "Radiator Burped," is among them. You can buy a copy here.

Northern Lights Anthology Cover


Excerpt:

"Tsang!" he began, opening the door. He stopped when he realized that he was looking at Michael. "Michael, sorry. I thought you were my housemate coming back. I still haven't met him. Excuse me, I was just taking a nap." He ran a hand through his rumpled hair.

"I had to work longer than expected," Michael explained as he tossed his coat onto the couch. "Forgive me? It's too late to go out, but I did pick up a nice bottle of burgundy. If you have some spaghetti and sauce, we could improvise." Michael smiled. "Next time I'll do better. Hey, those are some pretty fine pictures. You paint, right? Are they yours?"

Eric shuffled his feet. "Yeah."

Michael's smile vanished. "Do you have a pet snake?"

Eric blinked. "No. Why?"

"I thought for a second that I saw something scaly in the corner . . . my eyes must be tired from looking at legal contracts. Never mind." Despite his words, Michael squinted at the corner.

Buy Northern Lights

- Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Things Shiny or Useful

* Dealing with Writer's Block: http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2010_08_31.html#019441
* An interesting editing exercise: http://blog.writersdigest.com/promptly/Cut+One+Word+Per+Sentence+This+Technique+Is+Pure+Magic.aspx
* The importance of structure: http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/anatomy-of-a-best-selling-novel-structure-matters-part-one/

Featured Market

AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review is a new, pro-paying SF market that now accepts submissions from anywhere (though Canadian ones are preferred).

AE welcomes submissions from both established and emerging authors. We publish exclusively science fiction, though our interpretation of the genre can be quite inclusive.

The basics: SF, 500-3,000 words, no reprints, pays CA$.06/word (currently $.059/word in U.S. currency).

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.

Note: Realms of Fantasy has risen from the dead once more! If you had a story in the slush pile at the time of closing, please let them know if you still want them to consider it. See http://www.rofmag.com/2010/11/11/rof-fiction-help-me-internets/ for details.



Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Realms of Fantasy Fantasy and unclassifiable $0.0600
http://www.rofmag.com/contact-us/
Fantasy Magazine Fantasy $0.0500
http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/about-2/about/
Wild Passions ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 11/30/10 Male/male romance (need not be explicit) with anthropomorphic character. $0.0130
http://stormmoonpress.com/submissions.aspx
Daughters of Artemis ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 11/30/10 Female/female werewolf romance (need not be explicit). $0.0130
http://stormmoonpress.com/submissions.aspx
Clones and Crucifixes ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/20/10 Futuristic horror themed to demonic possession. $0.0100
http://corpulentinsanitypress.com/submissions/clones-and-crucifixes/
Beta City ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 1/31/11 Shared world, themed to alien invasion. $0.0100
http://betacity.weebly.com/submission-guidelines.html
Through the Wormhole ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/1/11 Mondo SF $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/10/20/through-the-worm-hole-submissions-open/
Ghostology ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 1/31/11 Ghost stories $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/10/01/ghostology-hauntings-from-the-librarysubmissions-n/
Kasma Magazine SF
$10.00 http://www.kasmamagazine.com/submissions.html
Greek Myths Revisited ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – CANCELLED. Greek myths remixed into H/SF/F
$40.00 http://www.sonar4publications.com/gmr.html
Innsmouth Free Press Lovecraftian
$24.77 http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/submissions.html
Reflection's Edge – DEAD MARKET All spec-fic
$15.00 http://www.reflectionsedge.com/submit.html
Futurismic – DEAD MARKET SF - no space opera
$200.00 http://futurismic.com/about/guidelines.html
Icarus Spec-fic with a gay male protagonist
$50.00 http://www.lethepressbooks.com/guidelines.htm#About_contributions_for_Icarus
io9's Environmental Writing ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 12/11/11 Themed to dealing with an environmental disaster.
$2,000.00 http://io9.com/5681230/io9s-environmental-writing-contest
AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review Science Fiction $0.0590
http://aescifi.ca/index.php/submissions
Dark Moon Digest Horror – dark, scary
$10.00 http://www.darkmoondigest.com/Submissions.htm
Escape Pod spec-fic
$0.05 http://escapepod.org/guidelines/
Trembles Horror
$5.00 http://www.tremblesmag.com/guidelines.html



Aswiebe's Market List

  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
  • If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.
  • To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
  • If you get a story published in a market on this list, let me know and I'll add a note to the next newsletter!
  • Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage.
  • To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.

Links
Aswiebe's Market List
About Aswiebe's Market List
Abra Staffin Wiebe's main website
Abra Staffin Wiebe's blog

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin Wiebe, Compiler of Lists

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10/15/10 Market List Update


The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 11/15/2010.

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive.html#101510

Editor's Note
When life gets really busy, you're doing good if you can meet your obligations. And don't worry about the frills.

That is all.

- Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Things Shiny or Useful

* http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/09/07/we-5-1-third-person-limited/
* Public appearance: http://kellyrfineman.livejournal.com/605955.html
* http://podcasts.odysseyworkshop.org/odysseypodcasts_41_gregoryfrost_viewpointvoicepsychicdistance1.mp3

Featured Market

Basement Stories has recently increased their pay rate to $.03/word, boosting them to the upper level of semi-pro magazines. And that's just darn awesome.

Basement Stories are stories that you don't want to believe but know to be true, stories you whisper to your kid sister at two in the morning in the dank dark moldy basement of your parent's house, stories that you wish were true but know aren't. Basement Stories are the stories you wake up dreaming, the really great ones that fade within a couple of seconds.

Basement Stories is a diatribe against the ordinary and the mediocre. We believe that there's room in everyone's life for the fantastic, the unbelievable, and the wonderful. The staff of Basement Stories have all, at one point or another in their lives, worked as readers for various magazines, from the great and terrible literary giants of the midwest to the tiny leak zines of undergraduate schools across the land, and watched fantastic, brilliant, daring, soaring stories get rejected because they didn't work for the magazine in question. And that's a damn shame.

The basics: all genres, prefers SF/F, all lengths, but prefers under 6,000 words, pays $.03/word.


Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.

Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Basement Stories All genres - prefers SF/F $0.0300
http://www.basementstories.org/submissions.html
Jack-o'-Spec ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE WHEN FILLED Halloween-themed spec fic $0.0300
http://ravenelectrick.com/Jackospec.html
Dead Red Heart ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/01/10 Australia-themed vampire stories. $0.0198
http://ticonderogapublications.com/news/jobs/dead-red-heart/
Dreams of Decadence – DEAD MARKET urban fantasy and paranormal romance $0.0100
http://www.dreamsofdecadencemag.com/
Three-Lobed Burning Eye All speculative – especially Horror Dark Fantasy and Magic Realism $0.0100
http://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html
Liminality: Tales from the Borders of Speculative Fiction ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 01/15/11 Stories in-between genres. $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/10/05/liminality-tales-from-the-borders-of-speculative-f/
Steam Works ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/31/2010 Steampunk $0.0100
http://www.hydrapublications.com/2010/09/28/submissions-now-open-for-steampunk-anthology/
Blue Dream Magazine All genres – especially weird, horror, bizarre, and dark $0.0025
http://bluedreampress.blogspot.com/2010/10/now-open-to-submissions.html
Fantastique Unfettered SF/F - “fantastic fiction”
$33.00 http://www.fantastique-unfettered.com/p/writer-guidelines.html
Forgotten Prophecy ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED High fantasy
$5.00 http://www.hydrapublications.com/2010/10/04/submissions-now-open-for-forgotten-prophecy-e-anthology/
Explorers: Beyond the Horizon ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/31/10 SF/F themed to “explorers”
$5.00 http://deadrobotssociety.com/anthology/
Eschatology Journal Lovecraftian or apocalyptic
$5.00 http://eschatologyjournal.org/submissions/
Extinct Doesn't Mean Forever ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY DUE 01/30/2011 Themed: extinction $0.0025
http://phoenixsullivan.blogspot.com/p/extinct-call-for-submissions.html
Fantasy World Geographic Fantasy, including flash fiction and choose-your-own-adventures
$3.00 http://skaggsworld.com/fwg/submission-guidelines/
Onirismes Fantasy, science fiction, and slipstream $78.5600
http://onirismes.com/



Aswiebe's Market List

  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
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09/15/2010 Market List Update


The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 10/15/2010.

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive.html#091510

Editor's Note
This month I launched The Circus of Brass and Bone, a post-apocalyptic steampunk story that follows a circus as it travels through the collapse of civilization. Things fall apart. People come together--or die. Above all, the show must go on.

All donations go to help cover the costs of my mother's cancer treatment. She was recently diagnosed with stage 3c ovarian cancer, which is very serious but treatable--though the odds are not in her favor. She was working at a school in India at the time of diagnosis, so she doesn't have health insurance. My parents came back to the U.S. for treatment, so they've both given up their jobs. And they've spent much of their lives working to help others--working with farmers in Africa and teaching in India--so they don't really have anything in the way of a savings cushion.

I am humbled by how awesome people are. The response so far has been great: I've gotten enough donations so far to fund the next several episodes, and the money raised will help pay for my mom's next chemo treatment.

So that's your moral for this editorial. When you're tucked away, writing in your garret, thinking that the whole world is cold and uncaring, remember--people are awesome. And they do care.

(Also, go take a look [or a listen] at
The Circus of Brass and Bone if you haven't already.)

- Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Things Shiny or Useful

* What you need to get started writing a novel: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/08/how-to-write-novel.html
* How to maintain the writing life (search for "Writers Anonymous" to find the article): http://www.writing-world.com/newsletter/2010/WW10-16.shtml
* The writer's block spider! http://darkmarkets.com/2010/09/harper-collins-does-something/
* Writing Dialogue: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/09/seven-keys-to-writing-good-dialogue.html
* Textual density: http://alecaustin.livejournal.com/264709.html
* The choose-your-own adventure that getting published is: http://jddeshaw.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/lesson-4/
* Steampunk and alternate history: http://ripping-ozzie-reads.com/2010/07/29/more-thoughts-on-steampunk-alternate-history/
* Enlisting the Aid of Your Inner Customer: http://mcahogarth.blogspot.com/2010/07/enlisting-aid-of-your-inner-customer.html

Featured Market

The Universe Annex, part of the Grantville Gazette, is essentially Jim Baen's Universe reborn. I am really delighted to see this. Jim Baen's Universe is where I made my first professional-level sale. All submissions are through a workshop format that will get you comments from readers and editors, and you are *encouraged* to revise and resubmit. It's a wonderful greenhouse for up-and-coming talent, and now it will once again be the first place I submit my stories.
The Universe Annex section of the Grantville Gazette publishes short-form science fiction and fantasy. The editorial emphasis for the Universe Annex will be adventure stories (with "adventure" very loosely defined). But we will consider any science fiction or fantasy story.
The "Baen's Universe Slush" forum is first and foremost the submission venue for The Universe Annex. As such, we consider all stories posted to be submissions for publication.
However, the "Baen's Universe Slush" forum is also a writers' workshop, and we consider the critiquing process to be vital to what we do.
The basics: SF/F, prefers under 15,000 words, pays $.05/word.


Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.

Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Mothman Files, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 07/01/2011 Themed: mothman $0.0500
http://michaelknost.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-anthology-guidelines.html
In Situ ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 10/15/10 – 04/15/11 SF themed to archaeology and discovery $0.0200
http://daganbooks.com/current-projects/
Dark Things (Pill Hill Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED Horror $0.0025
http://www.pillhillpress.com/dark-things.html
Wretched Moments (Pill Hill Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED Darkly comic $0.0025
http://www.pillhillpress.com/wretched-moments.html
What If? ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 11/2010 Themed: a world suddenly encased in ice
$25.00 http://www.goldenvisionsmagazine.biz/Cpmtests.html
Roar and Thunder Spec-fic
$4.69 http://roarandthunder.com.au/submission-guidelines/
Liquid Imagination Spec-fic and literary. Also has a special flash fiction section.
$5.00 http://www.liquid-imagination.com/Guidelines.html
Universe Annex (part of the Grantville Gazette – the rebirth of Baen's Universe) F/SF $0.0500
http://www.grantvillegazette.com/Universe_Annex_Submissions
Zombie Feed, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 10/31/10 Themed: zombies $0.0100
http://thezombiefeed.biz/submissions/
Gloaming Magazine, The Spec-fic $0.0096
http://www.thegloaming.com/
Dark Recesses Press Horror/Dark fiction
$30.00 http://darkrecesses.com/submissions/
Kasma Magazine – DEAD MARKET SF
$10.00 http://www.kasmamagazine.com/guidelines.htm
Cosmic Crime Stories Crime...in...SPAACE!
$20.00 http://samsdotpublishing.com/cosmiccrimestoriesgl.htm
All American Horror of the 21st Century ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE ? (pub date Spring 2011) “American” horror – reprints only, stories 1st published Oct 99 – Dec 2010

http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2010/09/07/american-horror-a-book/



Aswiebe's Market List

  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
  • If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.
  • To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
  • If you get a story published in a market on this list, let me know and I'll add a note to the next newsletter!
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  • To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.

Links
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About Aswiebe's Market List
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Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

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08/15/2010 Market List Update


The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 09/15/2010.

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive.html#081510

Editor's Note
Sometimes the best way to work through pain or grief or fear is by writing it out. I've done that a couple of times--I have stories that I've written like a surgeon cutting out a tumor. I think/hope that I've buried it well enough that a casual reader wouldn't say, "Ah, there is the writer working out their trauma," which is what happens when it's done badly.

Rarely does a chance come along to prevent pain or grief through writing, but that's what I'm doing next. I'm writing a donation-funded serial story (launching soon) to help cover the cost of my mother's cancer treatment. The story is a steampunk murder mystery about a circus surviving and traveling through post-Civil War America after an aetheric event wipes out 3/4s of the population on the same evening the circus ringmaster is murdered. This is a scary project for me--the reason for it is stressful, the format is unfamiliar (serial story, podcast), and I'll be working under time pressure to produce episodes every other week. Wish me luck! And buy a ticket for the circus.

- Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Things Shiny or Useful

* Balancing a character's pain: http://www.apexbookcompany.com/2010/08/slush-lessons-balancing-pain%E2%80%94things-to-consider-when-throwing-rocks-at-your-character/
* How to Write a Book: http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2010/06/28/how_to_write_a_book.html
 

Featured Market

L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest is the most prestigious award for beginning science fiction and fantasy writers. If you have not yet sold 3 stories to pro markets, you should be submitting every quarter. And now they accept email submissions!

Established and sponsored by L. Ron Hubbard in 1983, the "Writers Award Contest" was a budding competition aimed at discovering, and eventually publishing, deserving amateur and aspiring writers. The field of speculative fiction and fantasy, was chosen not only for Mr. Hubbard's love of and success within the genre—but for the freedom of imagination and expression it provided as what he described as the "herald of possibility."

The Writers of the Future Program, established in the finest tradition of the professional giving a helping hand to the novice, has become the largest, the most well-known and the best established discovery vehicle in the field. To date, winners have gone on to publish over 700 novels and 3,000 short stories, and have appeared on international bestseller lists, even reaching the #1 slot on the New York Times and London Sunday Times.

The basics: SF/F, 17,000 words max, no professionally published reprints, quarterly first prize $1,000, annual grand prize an additional $5,000.


Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Rockets, Swords, and Rainbows ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/21/2010 SF/F with GLBTQ elements $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/08/01/rockets-swords-and-rainbows-tales-of-science-ficti/
Made You Flinch ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/31/2010 Unnerving, disturbing horror $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/07/23/made-you-flinch-horror-stories-to-unnerve-disturb-/
Cthulhurotica ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 09/15/10 Lovecraft-inspired erotica $0.0100
http://www.cthulhurotica.com/Submission_Guidelines.html
Gone with the Dirt ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED Zombies in the American South during Civil War/Reconstruction $0.0025
http://www.pillhillpress.com/gwtd.html
L Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future QUARTERLY ANTHOLOGY. Spec-fic
$5,000.00 http://www.writersofthefuture.com/
Speakeasy ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 09/30/2010 Fantasy stories set in/themed to the 1920s.
$44.78 http://www.twelfthplanetpress.com/anthology/submissions-call-for-2011-anthology
Fantastique Unfettered SF/F - “fantastic fiction”
$33.00 http://www.fantastique-unfettered.com/p/writer-guidelines.html
Assassins: Clash of Steel ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/30/10 Fantasy themed to assassins/killers.
$30.00 http://www.roguebladesentertainment.com/products/rb-presents/rb-presents-anthologies/assassins-a-clash-of-steel-anthology/
Flash Me Magazine - DEAD MARKET (on indefinite hiatus) all genres
$25.00 http://www.wingedhalo.com/guidelines.html
Alien Horror ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/01/2010 Horror themed to aliens
$25.00 http://grandmalpress.com/submissions.php
Hard Boiled Horror ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/01/2010 Detective stories with a horror slant
$25.00 http://grandmalpress.com/submissions.php
Literary Hatchet Dark fiction
$15.00 http://www.hatchetonline.com/HatchetOnline/LiteraryHatchet/submissions.htm
Potter's Field 4 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED Horror themed to graveyards
$12.00 http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/pottersfield.htm
Escape Velocity - DEAD MARKET hard SF and non-fiction
$10.00 http://www.adventurebooksofseattle.com/evsubmissions.htm
BĂŞte Noir All genres, dark
$10.00 http://www.betenoiremagazine.com/submissionguidelines.htm
It Came From Her Purse ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED (pub Spring 2011) SF/F/H themed to the anthology title
$10.00 http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/purse.htm
Tower of Light Fantasy Magazine All fantasy and blended fantasy genres
$5.00 http://www.tolfantasy.net/
Etched Offerings ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 09/01/10 - 10/31/10 Themed to Paganism, magick, and/or gods and myth.
$5.00 http://misanthropepress.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/etched-offerings-voices-from-the-cauldron-of-story/
Innsmouth Free Press: Historical Lovecraft ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 09/01/10 - 01/03/2011 Historical fiction with a Lovecraftian twist $0.0096
http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=7050
Often Inspired Themed issues. F/SF/H/Mystery
$25.00 http://ofteninspired.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=349&sid=e0baf85b46c135f1fd5c2bb26a5453b7
Revenant - DEAD MARKET Undead, especially zombies. $0.0025
http://www.revenantmagazine.com/Printguidelines.htm
Third Order - DEAD MARKET Stories about faith and religion
$20.00 http://www.thirdorder.org/guidelines.html
New Fairy Tale ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/01/2010 Themed: "New" fairy tales--cautionary tales.
$15.00 http://aurorawolf.com/guidelines/ (scroll to bottom)




Aswiebe's Market List

  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
  • If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.
  • To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
  • If you get a story published in a market on this list, let me know and I'll add a note to the next newsletter!
  • Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage.
  • To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.

Links
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About Aswiebe's Market List
Abra Staffin Wiebe's main website
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Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin Wiebe, Compiler of Lists

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07/16/2010 Market List Update


The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 08/15/2010.

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive.html#071610

Editor's Note
It's...done. Vicesteed, the steampunk mystery novel that I've been working on for way longer than I care to think about, is for-real, until-a-publisher-tells-me-otherwise, final-polishing-complete finished.

What do I do now?

For months and months, all my writing time has gone to editing this beast, and the short stories I've written have been squeezed in around the edges. It's a very strange feeling to try and get back in the butt-in-chair, producing at least a set number of words mindset. It's not writer's block, because I know what I need to do next. I have another novel barely started (from my idiot phase when I thought I could edit Vicesteed in a couple of hours on Saturdays). I have an outline. I know what needs to be written next.

It's like the sign taped up over my writing desk says, "There is no stress, there is only do."

- Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Things Shiny or Useful

* Writing and a Faith Perspective: http://www.apexbookcompany.com/blog/2010/07/on-faith-and-friction/
* What 81% of Agents Expect on the First Page (funny): http://stiryourtea.blogspot.com/2010/06/what-81-of-agents-expect-on-first-page.html
* Why Smart Characters Make Dumb Mistakes: http://www.plottopunctuation.com/blog/show/why-smart-characters-make-dumb-mistakes
* Writing Realistic Injuries: www.users.totalise.co.uk/~leiafee/ramblings/realistic_injuries.htm
* Enhancing POV: http://www.writersdigest.com/article/using-perception-to-enhance-your-characters-pov/
* Nonstandard Structure: http://mrissa.livejournal.com/727223.html
* QueryTracker - a resource for looking up what agent represents what writer: http://querytracker.net/clients.php
* Researching an agent's track record: http://www.sff.net/people/VictoriaStrauss/trackrecord.html
* Show vs. Tell - without cliches: http://magicalwords.net/faith-hunter/show-dont-tell-conveying-emotion
* How to handsell a book (step-by-step): http://writersdigest.com/article/10-simple-steps-to-handselling-your-book/
* How warfare will work in the future (SF research): http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/05/28/the-big-idea-david-j-williams-2/
* A good writing blog (by published fantasy authors): http://magicalwords.net/
 

Featured Market

Pixiu Press' Heritage Tales series is made of speculative fiction stories for children ages 8-12. These will be published as fully illustrated, stand-alone books.

Heritage Tale stories are speculative fiction stories about American immigrants. We're interested
in all aspects of American immigration: the events leading up to decision to immigrate, the journey
to America, the trials and triumphs of a new life in America, the subsequent journeys back to the
homeland, and anything else that might constitute the "immigrant experience." The only
requirement is that the story be told using myths and/or legends from the native culture of the
immigrant.

The basics: all speculative fiction, themed, 8,000 - 12,000 words, pays $250 + royalties.


Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Science in my Fiction SF inspired by a scientific discovery or innovation
$25.00 http://crossedgenres.com/simf/submissions/
Flagship SF and F
$25.00 http://sites.google.com/a/flyingislandpress.com/flyingislandpress/flagship/submission-guidelines-1
Their Dark Masters (Lame Goat Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 08/15/10 - 01/15/11 Themed: vampires
$10.00 http://lamegoatpress.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=tdmasters&action=display&thread=342
Harrow - DEAD MARKET Fantasy Supernatural H
$6.00 http://www.theharrow.com
State of Horror: Pennsylvania ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/15/10 Themed: Pennsylvania horror
$3.00 http://rymfireebooks.com/submissions.html
Heritage Tales Middle-grade speculative fiction about American immigrants using myth/legend from native culture
$250.00 http://pixiupress.com/submissions.html
Afterburn SF – DEAD MARKET traditional F/SF/H
$30.00 http://www.afterburnsf.com/SubmissionGuidelines.aspx
Sci Phi – DEAD MARKET Philosophical sci-fi and sci-fi-ish philosophy
$10.00 http://sciphijournal.com/submission-guidelines/
Fantastique Unfettered SF/F - “fantastic fiction”
$10.00 http://www.fantastique-unfettered.com/p/writer-guidelines.html
Groanology 2: A Horror Comedy ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 09/30/2010 Humorous horror themed to monsters with psychiatric illnesses. $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/07/01/groanology-2-a-horror-comedy-submissions-now-open/
Hazard Cat Cat-themed $0.0050
http://hazardcat.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html
Zombie Art-Inspired ONE-TIME ANTHLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED Zombie-themed, inspired by cover art. $0.0025
http://www.pillhillpress.com/zombie.html
2013: The Aftermath ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED 2013 post-apocalyptic $0.0025
http://www.pillhillpress.com/2013.html
Misfit Magazine Eclectic, all genres
$10.00 http://www.misfit-magazine.com/2010/02/call-for-submissions.html
Kasma Magazine SF
$10.00 http://www.kasmamagazine.com/guidelines.htm
Death Rattle Horror
$10.00 http://www.evilcatpress.com/submissions.html
Science Fiction and Fantasy Cookbook, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED Food-themed F/SF, and F/SF recipes
$15.00 http://www.swordandsagapress.com/sf--fantasy-cookbook.html
Portable Muse – DEAD MARKET Literary
$25.00 http://www.portablemuse.com/submit.html
Red Penny Papers, The Dark pulp and gothic $0.0100
http://redpennypapers.com/submissions/
Darwin's Evolutions – DEAD MARKET (closed to outside subs) Speculative fiction.
$25.00 http://darwinsevolutions.com/wordpress/index.php/submissions-2/submissions/
Cast Macabre Horror/dark – psychological
$7.41 http://www.castmacabre.org/p/submission-guidelines.html




Aswiebe's Market List

  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
  • If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.
  • To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
  • If you get a story published in a market on this list, let me know and I'll add a note to the next newsletter!
  • Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage.
  • To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.

Links
Aswiebe's Market List
About Aswiebe's Market List
Abra Staffin Wiebe's main website
Abra Staffin Wiebe's blog

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin Wiebe, Compiler of Lists

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06/15/2010 Market List Update


The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be on 7/15/2010.

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive.html#061510

Editor's Note
You'd think I'd have learned by now that I will always have more than enough writing tasks to do. But no--I keep thinking that I have time to squeeze in just one more. Then something else comes up and that one last thing just becomes impossible. Deadlines help some, but their effectiveness relies on correctly estimating a) how long things will take, and b) how much time you have. This month the thing that slipped through the cracks was a story I hoped to get written for a contest that closes at the end of the month. I do have an excuse--something else more urgent came up--but it's still disappointing. On the other hand, I did get a lot done, including giving a presentation on social media for writers and working up an agent list and a query letter for my novel, Vicesteed.

My blog post on social media for writers: http://cloudscudding.livejournal.com/981958.html
And my post wherein I drew up my own rough guidelines for writing a query: http://cloudscudding.livejournal.com/983157.html

Things Shiny or Useful

* How to write Twitter fiction: http://nelilly.greententacles.com/twitter-fiction-is-a-joke/
* Making research a little more fun with sexy librarians and Lady Gaga: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html
* Balancing online time and writing time: http://1stturningpoint.com/?p=4151
* Timeline for marketing once you have a book contract: http://anywherebeyond.livejournal.com/279474.html
* Writing a one-sentence pitch: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/05/how-to-write-one-sentence-pitch.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NathanBransford+%28Nathan+Bransford+-+Literary+Agent%29
* The Importance of Specificity: http://blog.writersdigest.com/mfaconfidential/The+Importance+Of+Specific+Details.aspx


Featured Market
This month there are two featured markets, both pro-rate paying.

Daily Science Fiction is a new pro-rate paying market for all speculative fiction.

Daily Science Fiction (DSF) is a market accepting speculative fiction stories from 100 to 10,000 words in length. By this we mean science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, etc. All that fits under the broader science fiction umbrella. We have a special need for flash fiction.

The basics: science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, and speculative, 100 - 10,000 words, no reprints, pays $.08/word + additional $.05/word if used in anthology.

Towards an Accessible Future ONE-TIME CONTEST (by Redstone Science Fiction) is a pro-paying contest with a noble goal.

What does a world, or space station, or whatever look like when it has been designed to be accessible to everyone and how would people live together there?

The submissions should portray disability as a simple fact, not as something to be overcome or something to explain why a character is evil. The submissions should also incorporate the portrayal of disability in a world where universal access is a shared cultural value.

The basics: science fiction themed to universal access, 5,000 words max, winner receives $300 (at least $.06/word).


Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Dreams and Nightmares Magazine SF & F poetry and short-short fiction
$12.00 http://dreamsandnightmares.interstellardustmites.com/
Heliotrope -DEAD MARKET SF, F, Mystery, H $0.1000
http://www.heliotropemag.com/submission-guidelines/
Daily Science Fiction All speculative fiction except “pure horror.” $0.0800
http://dailysciencefiction.com/submit/story/guidelines
Bewere the Night ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/30/2010 Were-creature themed urban fantasy $0.0500
http://squirrel-monkey.livejournal.com/144059.html
Damnation Books Dark fiction: Thrillers/SF/F/H $0.0300
http://www.damnationbooks.com/submissions.php
Brain Harvest Unique, original, and weird $0.0300
http://www.brainharvestmag.com/submit/
Horror Library Vol. 5 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 06/01/10 UNTIL FILLED Horror $0.0150
http://cuttingblock.net/submissions.html#hl5
Fearology 2: Beware All Animals Great and Small ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 08/22/10 Horror themed to 1 or more real-world creatures. $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/05/25/fearology-2-beware-all-animals-great-and-small-sub/
A Glitch in the Continuum ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 10/15/10 Themed to time travel and alternate realities/dimensions $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/06/10/a-glitch-in-the-continuumsubmissions-open/
Fallen: An Anthology of Demon Horror ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 08/31/10 Horror $0.0100
http://northernfrightspublishing.webs.com/guidelines.htm
Bourbon Penn Odd and imaginative $0.0050
http://www.bourbonpenn.com/submissions.php
Out of Ruins Dark, weird $0.0025
http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/submissions/
Towards an Accessible Future (Redstone Magazine) ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 08/15/10 Themed to a world/space station designed to be accessible to all (incl disabled)
$300.00 http://redstonesciencefiction.com/contest/
The Speculative Ramayana ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 07/31/10 Speculative fiction where the Ramayana is used in a key way
$25.00 http://www.zubaanbooks.com/RamayanaAnthology.asp
Marginal Boundaries – ON INDEFINITE HIATUS All spec-fic
$20.00 http://www.marginalboundaries.com/submission-guidelines/
Fear and Trembling Magazine – DEAD MARKET Horror and dark fiction
$5.00 http://www.fearandtremblingmag.com/guidelines.php
Rigor Amortis ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 07/01/2010 Zombie erotica/romance

http://wingsliftingwide.wordpress.com/2010/05/31/rigor-amortis-official-guidelines/
Tor.com SF/F $0.2500
http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=59268




Aswiebe's Market List

  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
  • If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.
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05/17/2010 Market List Update

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http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html

The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 6/15/2010.

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive.html#051710

Editor's Note
Convention season is coming up! And do go to those SF/F or writing conventions in your area--you'll learn a lot, come back at your work with a different perspective, and maybe even make some friends. But maybe your budget doesn't extend to the entrance fees and hotel room. Or maybe you just need a warmup to ease into things. Or maybe you just think the idea of an online SF/F writing convention is awesome.

Allow me to introduce you to Coyote Con (http://coyotecon.com/), an online SF/F writing convention hosted by Drollerie Press. It's taking place on weekends throughout the month of May, so there are two more sessions left (http://coyotecon.com/the-schedule/). I've really enjoyed the panels I've sat in on, and I highly recommend it. Or, if you don't have time to follow a panel in realtime, the transcripts (http://coyotecon.com/transcripts/) could be a gold-mine.

Publications:
"These Things Take Time" is my story about a man who takes unusual measures to figure out what went wrong in his first marriage. It's out now in Volume Two Number Two of Emerald Tales, It Was a Bright and Sunny Day (scroll to the bottom), which can be purchased in print or downloaded for free.
"The coffee's weak," Mark said. It came out more accusatory than he'd intended, but Lily had become quite inconsiderate recently. On top of the smaller things, like making the coffee the wrong strength, she no longer asked about his day, complaining about her work problems instead.

Of course, if she had asked about his day, he would have lied. She still believed he was working extra hours at the office. He didn't dare tell her about the project that was truly taking up his time.

Read more.

Things Shiny or Useful

* The power of nicknames: http://www.plottopunctuation.com/blog/show/78
* What characters need: http://www.firstnovelsclub.com/2010/04/workshop-whose-story-is-this-and-why.html
* Telling signs: http://storyflip.blogspot.com/2010/04/re-write-wednesday-dont-tell-me-why.html
* Making flawed characters appealing: http://scribechat.com/archives/1150
* Increasing writing productivity (good stuff past the quotes): http://kathykulig.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-to-increase-productivity.html


Featured Market
Tor.com is a highly professional SF/F market. They don't have any submission guidelines up on their site, but suffice it to say that you shouldn't bother submitting a story unless you truly believe it's really high quality. All submissions should be emailed directly to the editor.

The basics: science fiction and fantasy, any length (prefers under 12,000 words), pays $.25/word for the first 5,000 words and decreases after that, no reprints.

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Tor.com SF/F $0.2500   http://www.ralan.com/m.pro.php#Trdotcm
Appalachian Folklore ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 09/01/10 Horror/dark fiction themed to Appalachian superstition $0.0300   http://michaelknost.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-anthology-guidelines.html
More Scary Kisses ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 11/01/2010 Paranormal romance $0.0170   http://ticonderogapublications.com/news/2010/05/more-scary-kisses/
Tattered Souls 2 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/31/2010 Horror $0.0150   http://www.cuttingblock.net/submissions.html#tattered
Nossa Morte - DEAD MARKET horror/thriller $0.0100   http://nossamorte.com/guidelines.html
The Snuff Syndicate ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 06/30/10 Themed to serial killers. $0.0100   http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/02/19/the-snuff-syndicate-guidelines/
Malicious Deviance ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED Spec-fic with strong horror element, unsympathetic protagonist $0.0100   http://maliciousdeviance.yolasite.com/submission-guidelines.php
Scape Speculative YA (broadly defined) $0.0100   http://www.scapezine.com/index.php?p=1_5
Hazard Cat All genres - cat-themed $0.0050   http://hazardcat.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html
Haunted (Pill Hill Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED Themed to “located in a haunted environment” $0.0000 $0.00 http://www.pillhillpress.com/haunted.html
Tales from the Velvet Chamber ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 08/2010 Stories that revise the bad-girl image in myth, fairytale etc.   $50.00 http://talesfromthevelvetchamber.blogspot.com/p/mission-statement.html
Nil Desperandum All genres - must speak to "the human condition"   $50.00 http://ndstories.com/?page_id=17
Clonepod SF/F   $25.00 http://www.clonepod.org/submission-guide-lines/
Strangetastic Supernatural fiction, especially ghost and folklore stories   $25.00 http://strangetastic.com/submissions/
Call of Lovecraft ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 07/15/2010 Lovecraftian   $20.00 http://site.papercutbooks.com/Announcements.html
Marginal Boundaries All spec-fic   $20.00 http://www.marginalboundaries.com/submission-guidelines/
Abandoned Towers All genres - unique   $10.00 http://abandonedtowers.com/
Plutonian Times All genres, SFF preferred   $5.55 http://www.plutoniantimes.com/call-for-submissions/
Membra Disjecta - DEAD MARKET All genres, themed   $5.00 http://www.membradisjecta.com/submissions/
Crime and Suspense - DEAD MARKET MUST have crime or a mystery   $5.00 http://www.crimeandsuspense.com/guidelines.htm
Sam's Dot Drabble PERIODIC CONTEST (Currently Contest 17 – DUE 05/31/2010) Themed to “When Food Attacks”   $1.00 http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/drabbler/drabbler17.htm
The Sleep Club All genres—stories to lull people to sleep     http://www.thesleepclub.co.uk/The_Sleep_Club/Bedtime_Stories_Guidelines.html



Aswiebe's Market List

  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
  • If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.
  • To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
  • If you get a story published in a market on this list, let me know and I'll add a note to the next newsletter!
  • Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage.
  • To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.

Links
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About Aswiebe's Market List
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Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin Wiebe, Compiler of Lists

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04/18/2010 Market List Update


The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be on 5/15/2010.

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive.html#041810

Editor's Note
Sorry, this newsletter is going out a little late! The last couple of weeks have been pretty busy, what with one thing and another. Sickness, work, other projects, taxes....

Speaking of taxes and getting things done ahead of time, now's a good time to think about whether you want to take the step to claiming writing as a business for tax purposes (or, if you already are, about being better organized for next year!). You don't have to be making a profit to do this, just investing a significant amount of time and trying to get your writing published. A dated writing log that documents what you do for your writing career documents the former, and a submissions tracking spreadsheet will take care of the latter. How can you make claiming it in taxes easier next year? Keep all your receipts (for writing supplies, postage, books, movies, conventions, etc) in a folder, and enter them into a spreadsheet now. Record the date, amount, and what it was for. I like to keep the amounts in different columns depending on where it will be claimed on the tax form: advertising (web hosting), office expenses and postage, books and equipment, travel and lodging, food at events/workshops/etc, other--convention registration fees, and other--movie tickets and DVDs. It makes doing the math a lot easier next tax season, and you won't have to dig out a bunch of faded receipts.

Things Shiny or Useful

* Analyzing a Sherlock Holmes story on the craft level, worth a re-read: http://holmes.spontaneousderivation.com/series/retyping-the-speckled-band/
* How to Target Your Submissions to Agents: http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/How+To+Target+Your+Submissions+To+Agents.aspx
* Contests to AVOID: http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/contests-to-avoid/
* How to correctly format an email query letter: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/03/how-to-format-query-letter.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NathanBransford+%28Nathan+Bransford+-+Literary+Agent%29
* Start your stories with action is bad advice: http://blog.writersdigest.com/norules/2010/03/11/TheBiggestBadAdviceAboutStoryOpenings.aspx
* Structuring your agent pitch: http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2010/03/pitching-to-agents-how-to-throw-fiction.html
* Writing specific queries: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/03/secret-strength-of-killer-queries.html
* Myth-busting--How recent pro authors broke in: http://jimhines.livejournal.com/496760.html and http://jimhines.livejournal.com/497092.html


Featured Market
Crossed Genres is holding the Science in My Fiction contest to counter the claim that science fiction is obsolete and no longer needs science.

Here’s how it works: Authors write a science fiction or fantasy short story which is inspired by a scientific discovery or innovation made or announced within the past year. It can’t be peripherally added: the science must be integral to the story. Writers must include a link to a relevant article or study of the applied science when they submit their stories.

We’ll be looking for thoughtful, creative and well-researched application of science to a story. This doesn’t mean you should neglect your plot or characters, though! The best entries will be those which use science to enhance the plot, setting and characters, rather than dominate them.

The basics: science fiction, 2,500 - 10,000 words, no reprints, submit April 1st - June 30th. 1st prize = $250, 2nd = $100, 3rd = $50.

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Books for Monsters – DEAD MARKET All genres, as long as fits into action/adventure
$15.00 http://booksformonsters.com/submissions/
Best Horror of the Year Vol. 3 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/15/2010 Horror published in 2010

http://ellen-datlow.livejournal.com/244823.html
Darker dark speculative fiction
$5.00 http://www.darkeronline.com/
Rock & Roll is Dead ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 07/13/10 Horror inspired by a song $0.0050
http://bloodboundbooksforum.lefora.com/2010/01/17/attention-artists/
Clockwork Chaos: A Steampunk ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 06/14/10 Steampunk $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/04/05/clockwork-chaos-a-steampunk-anthology-submissions-/
Magazine of Bizarro Fiction, The bizarro, dark $0.0100
http://bizarrocentral.com/magazine.html
Twitter-Fiction Contest for Haiti, A ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 04/30/10 Twitter fiction
$50.00 http://nanoism.net/meta/nanoism-contest-for-haiti/
Groanology ONE-TIME ANTHOLOY – DUE UNTIL FILLED Humorous horror with 2 monsters $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/03/30/groanology-a-horror-comedy-antho-submissions-open/
Times of Trouble ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 07/04/10 Themed to the dark side of time travel $0.0100
http://www.permutedpress.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56%3Atimes-of-trouble-submission-guidelines&catid=38&Itemid=67
Smash Cake Magazine Any genre
$2.00 http://www.smashcakemagazine.com/submission-guidelines/
GigaNotoSaurus Science fiction and fantasy, especially long
$100.00 http://giganotosaurus.org/submission-guidelines/
Fright Field – DEAD MARKET Horror, widely defined $0.0020
http://www.frightfield.com/Submissions.html
Bizarro Horror ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED Bizarro horror $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/02/06/bizzaro-horror-anthology-submissions-now-open/
Arct Magazine SF/F
$5.00 http://arct-mag.com/submissions/
My Best Fiction ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 05/10/2010 Any genre, at least 20 “BookRix pages” long
$1,000.00 http://www.bookrix.com/precontest.html?show=BX_1268319265&sub=0
Science in My Fiction ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 06/30/10 SF story inspired by specific science discovery in the last year
$250.00 http://crossedgenres.com/simf/contest/
Dead Bait 2 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 07/01/2010 Themed to fishing and aquatic creatures—horror, humor, or deviant writing $0.0100
http://severedpress.lefora.com/2010/03/23/dead-bait-2-open-for-sumissions/
Singularity F/SF/H
$29.80 http://www.singularitymagazine.co.uk/
Probing Uranus ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 04/23/10 Humorous SF $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/02/10/probing-uranus-an-antholy-of-humorous-science-fict/
Pseudopod Flash Fiction ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 05/01/10 – 05/31/10 Horror
$20.00 http://krylyr.livejournal.com/231435.html
Escape Pod Flash Fiction ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 06/01/10 – 06/30/10 Science Fiction
$20.00 http://krylyr.livejournal.com/231435.html
Podcastle Flash Fiction ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 04/01/10 – 04/30/10 Fantasy
$20.00 http://krylyr.livejournal.com/231435.html



Aswiebe's Market List

  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
  • If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.
  • To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
  • If you get a story published in a market on this list, let me know and I'll add a note to the next newsletter!
  • Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage.
  • To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.

Links
Aswiebe's Market List
About Aswiebe's Market List
Abra Staffin Wiebe's main website
Abra Staffin Wiebe's blog

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin Wiebe, Compiler of Lists

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03/15/2010 Market List Update


The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be on 04/15/2010.

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive.html#031510

Editor's Note
Sometimes the process of getting a story from an idea to a submission feels overwhelming. Weeks to write it. Days to get it critiqued and edited. Hours finding a good market for it, formatting it according to their submission guidelines, and sending it in.

Why not shrink that process down a little? Give yourself a break. Rev up your imagination, find a great idea that can fit in a nutshell, and write a tiny story. Twitfic, or Twitter fiction, is made of complete stories that fit within Twitter's 140-characters-or-less limitation. It's a good exercise in finding just the right words and editing a story down--way down. It'll loosen up your imagination. And it pays a professional rate per word, although that's only because there are so few words.

In the Featured Market section below, I've listed all the active, paying, spec-fic-friendly Twitfic publications that I'm aware of.

As a writing exercise for myself, I've started always keeping a twitfic submission in play. As soon as I hear back about it, I send in an another one. The writing and editing doesn't take much time, and it's fun.

I've had decent success at it, too. Here are two twitfic stories of mine that Thaumatrope has published in the last month, both science fiction with a dash of humor.  They're tiny tweets of stories, and free to read. If you like them, share the link.

http://twitter.com/thaumatrope/status/9347673982

http://twitter.com/thaumatrope/status/10535596412



Things Shiny or Useful

* Michael Moorcock's rules for writing: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/22/michael-moorcock-rules-for-writers
* (This is going in my writing challenges file.) The Lester Dent pulp plot outline: http://www.paper-dragon.com/1939/dent.html
* Palahniuk's tips for writers: http://chuckpalahniuk.net/features/essays/chuck-palahniuk
* An exercise for writing a query letter with voice: http://elanajohnson.blogspot.com/2010/02/writing-query-letter-with-voice.html
* The Starter Guide to Twitter: http://tribalwriter.com/2010/02/22/a-writers-starter-guide-to-twitter-or-everything-i-wish-someone-had-told-me-when-i-first-started-using-twitter/
* Approaches to making a living as a writer: http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/files/2010/02/Guillebeau_WD.pdf
* Know that "every scene should do at least two things" adage? Here are some of those things: http://writersdigest.com/article/showing-and-telling-excerpt
* On Writing Rules: http://ann-leckie.livejournal.com/144298.html
* Read for the editorial inspired by Terry Pratchett: http://www.writing-world.com/newsletter/2010/WW10-04.shtml
* 10 Synopsis Dos and Donts: http://writersdigest.com/article/10-synopsis-dos-and-donts
* Making your story good: http://writersdigest.com/article/21_Tips_to_Get_Out_of_the_Slush_Pile
* Funny: http://storyfix.com/a-slightly-off-color-joke-for-anyone-who-has-published-a-book-or-wants-to

Featured Markets
Thaumatrope: Science fiction, fantasy, or horror. Pays $1.20.
Nanoism: All genres, esp. science fiction and fantasy. Reprints okay. Pays $1.50
Outshine: Optimistic, near-future SF prose poems. Pays $5
Tweet the Meat: Horror/weird. No reprints. Pays $1

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Best New Vampire Tales ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 04/30/10 Themed to vampires, reprints only $0.0100
http://booksofthedead.blogspot.com/2010/03/best-new-vampire-tales-vol-1.html
Fear of the Dark ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/01/10 Themed to fear of the dark, unknown, nightmares $0.0090
http://www.horrorbound.com/news.php?readmore=98
No More Heroes ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED SF - themed to shared world $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/03/08/no-more-heroes-a-super-powered-antho-submissions-o/
Short Sharp Shock All genres - popular fiction
$19.64 http://s3digest.blogspot.com/
Moonlight Tuber All genres - absurdist, experimental, surreal
$45.88 http://moonlighttuber.wordpress.com/
Doorways Magazine - DEAD MARKET? ALL $0.0500
http://www.ralan.com/antho/listings/eclipse2.htm
Mountain Magic ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 03/20/10 - 06/21/10 Appalachian-themed "rural" fantasy and quiet horror $0.0500
http://www.brianjhatcher.com/mmguidelines.htm
Dreams of Decadence urban fantasy and paranormal romance $0.0100
http://www.dreamsofdecadencemag.com/
Dark Valentine All genres as long as the story is dark
$10.00 http://darkvalentine.net/index.php/submission-guidelines/
Flash Me Magazine all genres
$25.00 http://www.wingedhalo.com/guidelines.html
Tower of Light Fantasy Magazine All fantasy and blended fantasy genres
$5.00 http://tolfantasy.bookazon.co.uk/submissions.htm
Willows - DEAD MARKET Turn-of-the-century Weird Tales type stories
$25.00 http://thewillowsmagazine.com/guidelines.htm
The Strand Magazine mystery, terror, and the supernatural
$25.00 http://www.strandmag.com/htm/strandmag_guidelines.htm
Twelfth Planet Novelette Doubles Spec-fic
$90.97 http://twelfthplanetpress.wordpress.com/submissions/
Dark Fiction Spotlight, The dark fiction
$0.00 http://tdfspublication.webs.com/submissionguidelines.htm
Aoife's Kiss F/SF/H $0.0025
http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/aoife/AKguidelines.htm
Twelfth Planet Novella Series Spec-fic
$180.00 http://twelfthplanetpress.wordpress.com/submissions/
Redstone Science Fiction SF $0.0500
http://redstonesciencefiction.com/guidelines/
Basement Stories All genres - prefers SF/F $0.0100
http://www.basementstories.org/submissions.html
This Mutant Life Superhero fiction & non-fiction
$4.47 http://www.thismutantlife.com/submissions.htm
Seasons in the Abyss ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 04/28/10 Flash horror themed to the seasons $0.0000 $0.00 http://bloodboundbooksforum.lefora.com/2010/01/06/seasons-in-the-abyss/
TheDF_Underground Dark and disturbed, edgy, cross-genre, and horror
$10.00 http://www.df-underground.com/submissions-underground_subm/



Aswiebe's Market List

  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
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02/15/2010 Market List Update


The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be on 03/15/2010.

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive.html#021510

Editor's Note
Writing process logjams. We all have them (at least I hope I'm not the only one!).  I'm not talking about procrastination or writer's block; I'm talking about things blocking the process of doing all the things that go into having a writing career. Writing.  Story research.  Getting critiques--and usually doing critiques in order to get your story critiqued. Editing. Doing market research (hopefully this market list helps). Submitting. Keeping track of everything: submissions, income, expenses, publication dates. Craft improvement. Publicity. If you're working on a novel, add agent research, synopsis, chapter summaries, query letter, and submitting to agents.

In a perfect world, this would be a wonderful smooth flow and everything would get done in a timely fashion. Naturally, at the same time you'd be producing thousands and thousands of new words daily.

It's not like that for me.  I have three logjams.

1.  Writing (side project) even while editing a novel (main project) is something I'm working on. 

2. For a long time, I had a huge problem with not submitting stories.  I just always had something else to do.  I got around that by setting Sundays aside as submission days. Though I still have a submissions backlog, I have a fair number of stories out being considered, and several have even been accepted! 

3. I tend to collect critiques and then take forever to get around to marking up and making editing changes to stories.  I only realized how very bad this got a couple of days ago, when I finally made some small editing changes to "The Unkindness of Ravens," which I consider to be one of the best stories I've written. Do you know how long it had been sitting in a drawer waiting for those changes to be made? Over a year. That's time that one of my best stories was lying fallow, and that's unacceptable. It took only 20 minutes to make those changes.

Figure out where your logjams are. Be aware of them. Track all your manuscripts and where they're at in the process (I use a spreadsheet and some simple color-coded statuses).  And if anything important gets hooked up on a logjam, try to dislodge it in a reasonable amount of time!

As a closing note, this month my steampunk twitfic went up at Thaumatrope! http://twitter.com/thaumatrope/statuses/8159537369 It's a tiny tweet of a story, and free to read.

Things Shiny or Useful

* Publisher-Author Outreach as it could be: http://christinakatz.com/publishers-seven-types-of-outreach-to-cement-the-publisher-author-bond-boost-the-sales-of-every-single-book/
* Donald Maas' _The Career Novelist_ available as free PDF download: http://www.maassagency.com/books.html#career
* Write with awareness and honesty: http://ann-leckie.livejournal.com/143513.html#cutid1
* The Novelist Survival Kit, for use while waiting for publication/acceptance: http://jenniferechols.livejournal.com/120823.html
* When somebody on the internet is Wrong: http://jimhines.livejournal.com/490688.html
* Nathan Bransford's query letter workshop forum: http://forums.nathanbransford.com/viewforum.php?f=12
* Flow: http://blog.writersdigest.com/mfaconfidential/On+Words+Flowing+And+Why+Its+Worth+It.aspx
* The Much Maligned Adverb: http://blog.writersdigest.com/norules/2009/10/20/TheMuchMalignedAdverb.aspx
* You May Be a Bestseller on Tralfamadore: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/01/guest-blog-week-you-may-be-bestseller.html
* Using characters to cut word length in revision: http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2010/01/using-characters-and-scenes-to-trim-fat.html
* An excellent revision checklist: http://betweenfactandfiction.blogspot.com/2009/03/revision-reference.html?spref=tw
* How authors can be interviewed on radio: http://thewriteathomemom.blogspot.com/2010/01/december-issue-of-savvy-book-marketer.html
* Breakdown of why an author believes her query letter led to publication: http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/04/23/queries-and-agents-and-rejects-oh-my/
* Transitions: http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2009/12/28/ask-the-editor-help-with-transitions-and-bridges/

Featured Market
ReadingWriters Contest Cafe has regular themed contests with no entry fee, open to all genres. Their current contest is Once Upon a Day.

Your protagonist is about to have a day. He doesn't know it yet, but it's going to be a day that, for him, will live in infamy. A day she will point to, years later, as the specific moment when something in her soul changed. It can be a teeny tiny change or it can be a ginormous change. But it has to occur in the light of day.


The basics: contest entry due 05/15/2010, no fee, all genres, 0 - 1,000 words, no reprints, $100 for the winner, winning story will be published in The Verb.

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Last Man ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED (before pub date 08/31/2010) Literary "last man" science fiction
$5.00 http://lastmananthology.weebly.com/submissions.html
Daikaijuzine All genres, mostly spec-fic
$5.00 http://www.daikaijuzine.com/dkz/?page_id=40
ReadingWriters Contest Cafe - PERIODIC CONTESTS Themed contests.
$100.00 http://www.readingwriters.com/contestcafe.htm
Once Upon a Day (ReadingWriters) ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 05/15/2010 All genres, themed to a character's dramatic change over the course of a day
$100.00 http://www.readingwriters.com/contest.htm
The Speculative Ramayana ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 06/01/10 Speculative fiction where the Ramayana is used in a key way
$25.00 http://www.zubaanbooks.com/RamayanaAnthology.asp
SFZine.org Podcast - DEAD MARKET All spec-fic $0.0100
http://www.sfzine.org/blog1/
Clonepod - DEAD MARKET SF/F
$25.00 http://www.clonepod.org/submission-guide-lines/
Doomology ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE WHEN FILLED Disasters/Apocalyptic events - no zombies $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/02/02/doomology-the-dawning-of-disasters-submissions-ope/
Horror Library Vol. 4 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED Horror $0.0150
http://cuttingblock.net/submissions.html#hl4
Terminal Earth ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 03/15/2010 intelligent stories with a backdrop of the end of the world
$5.00 http://poundlitpress.weebly.com/anthology.html
Tower of Light Fantasy Magazine - DEAD MARKET Fantasy - including science fantasy, dark fantasy etc
$5.00 http://www.tolfantasy.com/
Title Goes Here All spec-fic except sword&sorcery
$5.00 http://www.title-goes-here.com/Guidelines.html
Extreme Creatures ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 05/01/2010 OR UNTIL FILLED Creature/mythological creature horror, incl. humans with monstrous qualities $0.0050
http://cometpress.us/guidelines/extreme-creature-anthology-2010.html
31 Days of Halloween Horror ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 08/01/2010 Horror, Halloween-themed not needed but acceptable
$2.00 http://shadowfirepress.com/guidelines_1_22_genref.html
JoRi Publications ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 03/01/2010 Fantasy
$25.00 http://site.joripublications.com/Announcements.html
Extreme Zombies ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 07/01/2010 Extreme zombie horror $0.0050
http://cometpress.us/guidelines/extreme-zombie-anthology-2010.html
Fearology ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE WHEN FILLED Themed to phobias $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/01/26/fearology-a-phobia-anthology-submissions-open/
Flash Fiction Online All genres, including SF/F/H
$50.00 http://www.flashfictiononline.com/submit.html
Fictitious Force - DEAD MARKET Spec-fic $0.0100
http://www.fictitiousforce.com/
Shantytown Anomaly, The - DEAD MARKET SF/F poetry, articles, and short-shorts
$1.00 http://theshantytownanomaly.blogspot.com/
Full Armor Magazine Fantasy, slipstream, and mystery with strong Judeo-Christian message or symbolism $0.0100
http://www.dragondreamzpublications.info/submissions.html
Robot Romance ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 07/01/2010 romance with at least one robotic character
$50.00 http://www.stonymeadowpublishing.com/romance_novella_contest_robot_romance.htm
Like Butterflies in Iron ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 02/19/2010 erotic F themed to urban faeries
$25.00 http://www.circlet.com/?p=716
Nossa Morte horror/thriller $0.0100
http://nossamorte.com/guidelines.html
Distant Realms ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 03/31/2010 novella-length fantasy
$100.00 http://dwdr.wordpress.com/guidelines-for-distant-realms/
Zombology: A queer bent on the undead ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED Zombie stories with GLBTQ characters/themes $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/01/21/zombology-a-queer-bent-on-the-undead-submissions-o/
Queerpunk ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 02/19/2010 erotic SF themed to GLBTQ in a cyberpunk setting
$25.00 http://www.circlet.com/?p=718
Like That Spark ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 02/19/2010 erotic F/SF themed to first connection
$25.00 http://www.circlet.com/?p=713
Albedo One Very broad definition - wants boundary-pushing, thoughtful, well-written $0.0042 $0.00 http://www.albedo1.com/html/writers_guidelines.html
Zombidays ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED Holiday-themed zombie stories $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2009/12/22/zombidays-submissions-open/
Arkham Tales Pulp adventure, weird horror, and fantastic $0.0100
http://arkhamtales.leucrotapress.com/?page_id=13
Cezanne's Carrot visionary, magic realism, transformative, spiritual
$10.00 http://www.cezannescarrot.org/guidelines.html



Aswiebe's Market List

  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
  • If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.
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01/16/2010 Market List Update

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The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be on 02/15/2010.

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Editor's Note
I've always been proud of my ability to get the rough draft written without being afraid of writing crap and without necessarily "feeling inspired." (Inspiration comes with effort, not vice versa.) I only recently realized that I've fallen into another similar trap--the "I can't write under these circumstances" trap. Sure, I get my best writing done in large chunks of time, in relative isolation, with a particular story soundtrack, cats to pet, and a mug of tea. That doesn't mean I can't or shouldn't write under other circumstances if I'm not going to get "ideal" writing time. 100 words written longhand on the bus here, 100 words typed into google docs during downtime there--and I'll end up with a short story.

Writing in two different mediums means that there are bits in between left out that I'll need to write in later, as I type the whole thing up. And writing longhand means when I know how a later scene goes, or how an earlier scene *should* go, I have to put in a little section break with a note about where that bit should go. In short, it's something of a mess, but it's getting a story written.

It's good that I've realized I need to produce more short stories even under difficult circumstances, since I seem to be getting a number of them published recently. My short fantasy science fiction story, "A Phoenix By Any Other Name," is now up at Short-Story.me! It's a quick, free read. This is an older story of mine that I revamped and sent out, and I'm quite pleased it's found a home.

Excerpt:

"I need a creature that none have seen, and it should be wild and impressive to the eye. It must be perfect. I am hosting a party, and I intend it to be an occasion that people will speak of for months. It occurred to me that a live, exotic creature would add a touch of novelty." Lupant looked down his nose at his surroundings, as if doubting such a thing could be found here.

"Certainly, sir," Bruant said. "Let me show you our stock." He gestured to the store window, where two rigid gray lizards balanced upright on the tips of their tails, their eyes closed, their forelegs crossed over their chests. "These tomb-lizards are from the planet Cassial. They are known as tomb-lizards because of the resemblance between their dormant state and gravestones: the gray color, the posture--"

"Do they do anything interesting?"

Bruant blinked. "Every half-hour, they revive, change to their normal color, and run around frantically for about ten minutes."

"In other words, no."

Read more.

Things Shiny or Useful

* On book readings: http://aprilhenry.livejournal.com/663262.html
* Kelly Carmichael's comprehensive and step-by-step guide to writing a synopsis: http://www.kathycarmichael.com/articles-and-seminars/articles-and-workshops/general-fiction-synopsis/general-fiction-synopsis-seminar/
* Computer wallpapers with writerly quotes: http://www.writersdigest.com/bonus-wallpaper
* 20 min technique-heavy video, really worth watching, about marketing on the internet (based on non-fiction book marketing, but applies to fiction or other endeavors). Good enough to be added to my "to do once novel published" file: http://timferriss.posterous.com/tim-ferriss-how-to-create-a-global-phenomenon
* Deepen your scenes: http://gideonsway.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/deepening-your-scenes/
* How to personalize your revision checklist (This motivated me to start my own revision checklist): http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-to-personalize-your-revision-checklist/
* Encouraging and useful video of 28 authors giving writing advice--set to music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqVEoKu7AZE
* Fully Exploiting a Character's First Scene: http://acrowesnest.blogspot.com/2009/10/marianna-pleased-to-meet-you-fully.html
* How writing is like running (and yes, for me it's this exactly): http://blog.writersdigest.com/mfaconfidential/The+Wind+In+My+Face+The+Play+In+Writing.aspx
* "Ten Mistakes Writers Don't See:" http://www.holtuncensored.com/hu/the-ten-mistakes/
* Avoid using the wrong cliche: http://peadarog.livejournal.com/79367.html
* A humorous guide to avoiding misspellings: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling


Featured Market
Realms of Fantasy is a professional market for all types of fantasy and the "unclassifiable."

Stories should be no longer than 10,000 words, and can address any area in the realms of fantasy: heroic, contemporary, traditional, feminist, dark, light, and the ever-popular “unclassifiable.” What we do not want to see is standard SF (this means no alien worlds, no hard-edged technology, no FTL drives, etc.)  Additionally, ROF is not a market for poetry.  What we do want to see is the very best in the field—Realms of Fantasy is a highly competitive market.

The basics: Fantasy and unclassifiable, 0 - 10,000 words, pay begins at $.06/word (less for > 7,500 words, more for professional writers), accepts snail mail submissions only.

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Zombidays ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED Holiday-themed zombie stories $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2009/12/22/zombidays-submissions-open/
Arkham Tales Pulp adventure, weird horror, and fantastic $0.0100
http://arkhamtales.leucrotapress.com/?page_id=13
Cezanne's Carrot visionary, magic realism, transformative, spiritual
$10.00 http://www.cezannescarrot.org/guidelines.html
Clarkesworld Magazine likes language $0.1000
http://www.clarkesworldmagazine.com/submissions.html
Realms of Fantasy Fantasy and unclassifiable $0.0600
http://www.rofmag.com/contact-us/
Best New Zombie Tales ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 01/31/2010 Zombie story reprints $0.0100
http://booksofthedead.blogspot.com/2009/12/first-book-best-new-zombie-tales-vol-1.html
Escape Pod spec-fic
$100.00 http://escapepod.org/guidelines/
TiconderogaOnline - DEAD MARKET SF/F/H – esp. stylistic/gonzo
$32.53 http://ticonderogaonline.com/guidelines.php
Electric Dragon Short Story CONTEST - QUARTERLY - DEAD MARKET Themed.
$25.00 http://www.electricdragoncafe.com/
Black Ink Horror Horror
$20.00 http://www.blackinkhorror.com/submissions.html
Marginal Boundaries All spec-fic
$10.00 http://www.marginalboundaries.com/submission-guidelines/
Greek Myths Revisited ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/30/2010 Greek myths remixed into H/SF/F
$40.00 http://www.sonar4publications.com/gmr.html
Twisted Fairy Tales V2 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/31/2010 Fairytales rewritten into H/SF/F
$40.00 http://www.sonar4publications.com/tft2.html
Frightening Fables and Freaky Fairytales ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - CLOSES WHEN FILLS Fables or fairytales with a horror twist
$5.00 http://house-madam.blogspot.com/2009/12/intorducing-first-look-at-our-next.html
State of Horror: Louisiana ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 04/01/2010 Horror themed to the state
$3.00 http://rymfireebooks.com/submissions.html
State of Horror: New York ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 02/01/2010 - 05/01/2010 Horror themed to the state
$3.00 http://rymfireebooks.com/submissions.html
State of Horror: Texas ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 04/01/2010 Horror themed to the state
$3.00 http://rymfireebooks.com/submissions.html
Steampunk Reloaded: Volume 2 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 02/15/2010 Steampunk--reprints only. $0.0100
http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/11/27/steampunk-reloaded-volume-2-open-to-reprint-submissions-december-15/
Terminal Earth ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 03/15/2010 intelligent stories with a backdrop of the end of the world
$5.00 http://poundlitpress.weebly.com/anthology.html
Null Immortalis - Nemonymous Ten ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 04/30/2010 Themed to "null immortalis"--whatever that means to you $0.0160

Wily Writers all spec-fic--issues are themed
$50.00 http://www.wilywriters.com/blog/?page_id=1234



Aswiebe's Market List

  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
  • If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.
  • To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
  • If you get a story published in a market on this list, let me know and I'll add a note to the next newsletter!
  • Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage.
  • To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.

Links
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About Aswiebe's Market List
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12/15/2009 Market List Update

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Editor's Note

This has been a good month for my stories! I've had a number of stories accepted, and my first pro-level publication was in this month's Baen's Universe. Go here to read "Salvaging Scottwell," my story about an obsolete police dog robot that gets an upgrade with unintended consequences to the Powers That Be.

Excerpt:
Max woke up inside his kennel, unplugged his tail from the wall, and ran an automatic systems check. Recharging his battery had taken a half-hour longer than last month. He connected to the BigDog network so that he could send an error report about the battery. The automated reply told him that his error report had been filed, and a handler would contact him if any further action was required. The last handler contact recorded in Max's memory log was three years old.

He limped to the door of the jailhouse. His right third leg had broken down two years ago. It had taken three weeks for his movement pattern to functionally reform, but he still limped. His speed was a fraction of his original specifications. His right second leg couldn't provide the same motive power. It had been designed for stability, not speed.

He stepped out into Scottwell neighborhood to begin his patrol. His tail wagged once. Scottwell was more than just the neighborhood that he guarded; it was as much a part of him as his paws. When he kept himself and his neighborhood protected and well-maintained, he was a Good Boy.

His tail drooped. He hadn't been a Good Boy for a long time.

Read more.

Less happily, I also learned that a couple of my emails were snagged in people's spam filters. To help prevent this, please add this email to your contacts list and, should one appear in your spam folder, mark it 'not spam.' Thanks!

Things Shiny or Useful

* The role of a sex scene and how to write one: http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/11/23/love-and-war/
* How to respond to a manuscript critique/editorial letter: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2009/11/how-to-respond-to-manuscript.html
* http://talktoyouniverse.blogspot.com/2008/09/show-dont-tell-exposed.html
* Top Ten Reasons Your Editor Doesn't Love What Your Critique Group Does: http://edittorrent.blogspot.com/2009/11/top-ten-reasons-editor-doesnt-love-what.html
* Performance advice from a poet: http://inktea.com/2009/12/07/performance-advice/
* Ann Leckie on how to "write better": http://ann-leckie.livejournal.com/141905.html
* http://lifehacker.com/5303204/top-10-productivity-basics-explained
* Locus' list of genre convention events, by date: http://www.locusmag.com/Conventions.html
* Dealing with the "Too Many Ideas" Syndrome: http://writersdigest.com/article/too-many-ideas-syndrome/ To this I add, ubiquitous capture allows me to keep the the ideas from overwhelming me, and tagging them gives me a nice sorting system to find them later.
*http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/Agent+Paige+Wheeler+On+Her+10+Pieces+Of+Advice+For+A+Successful+AgentAuthor+Relationship.aspx
* Three things to look out for while revising: http://karenfollowingthewhispers.blogspot.com/2009/11/end-is-really-beginning-by-helen-ginger.html
* Use conflict in your novel query: http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2007/03/give-me-conflict.html
* Pace Charts: http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=1937

Featured Market
Roar of the Crowd Anthology just extended their submission deadline to 01/31/2010. This means they haven't gotten enough submissions of the kind they want, which makes it a great time for you to submit a story to them. They want stories of historically real war games or games of violence, with fantastical elements.

These are the tales of ancient cultures locked in mock battles of deadly intent; of forgotten generations playing violent games in lieu of warfare; of individuals vying to the death for the favors of rulers and lovers. These are the tales of the games where winning is survival – and where the crowd determines all. These are historically real games** from real cultures, but fantastical elements are required! The crowd must be involved: Either the game carries into the crowd or the crowd overwhelms the gamers. The crowd is the key: your story cannot be told the same minus the crowd.

The basics: Fantasy, 5,000 - 15,000 (flexible), pays $.01 - $.03/word.

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Triangulation: End of the Rainbow ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 03/31/2010 All spec-fic, themed to "End of the Rainbow" $0.0200
http://parsecink.org/staticpages/index.php/triangulation_10_guidelines
Flashing Swords - DEAD MARKET see note $0.0100
http://flashingswords.sfreader.com/guidelines.htm
Arkham Tales - DEAD MARKET Weird and fantastic $0.0100
http://www.arkhamtales.com/writers-artists-guidelines
Roar of the Crowd ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 01/31/2010 Historical war/combat games with fantastical element $0.0100
http://www.roguebladesentertainment.com/2009/08/roar-of-the-crowd-2010-rbe-anthology/
Descant: Ghosts and the Uncanny Themed Issue ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 03/01/2010 Literary - paranormal and ghost-themed
$100.00 http://www.descant.ca/submit.html
Town Drunk - DEAD MARKET light-hearted fun spec-fic
$35.00 http://www.thetowndrunk.org/guidelines.aspx
Atomjack - DEAD MARKET Science Fiction and Science Fantasy and Spec-fic
$10.00 http://www.atomjackmagazine.com/guidelines.htm
Port Iris SF/F/H/Spec-fic
$10.00 http://www.portiris.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=3
Little Death of Crossed Genres, The Erotic SF/F
$5.00 http://make-believable.com/submissions/
Ghostlight Magazine Horror, dark sci-fi, dark fantasy, or dark humor, preferably with Michigan or Great Lakes connection
$5.00 http://www.greatlakeshorror.com/ghostlightmagazine.html
Flash Scribe - DEAD MARKET All genres except erotica
$1.00 http://flashscribe.net/?page_id=3
Year of the Bear – DEAD MARKET apocalyptic/dystopian fiction and origin myths $0.0028
http://yearofthebear.com/submit.html
Steampunk Tales Steampunk

http://www.steampunktales.com/submissions.html
Nature Futures Hard SF $0.0500
http://www.nature.com/nature/authors/gta/others.html#futures
Timelines ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/31/2009 Stories inspired by HG Wells' The Time Machine $0.0100
http://northernfrightspublishing.webs.com/guidelines.htm
Abyss Walker ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 03/19/2010 Dark fantasy, horror, or cross-genre set in the Abyss Walker universe $0.0100
http://stygianpublications.blogspot.com/2009/11/abyss-walker-anthology-from-stygian.html
Night Terrors ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 03/13/2010 Horror $0.0500 $5.00 http://www.bloodboundbooks.net/submissions.html
Shadows & Light Vol II ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/31/2010 Fantasy told from the perspective of the hero or the villain $0.0100
http://www.pillhillpress.com/shad--light-vol-ii.html
Flesh and Bone: Rise of the Necromancers ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 07/31/2010 Dark fantasy about necromancers and the undead rising
$125.00 http://www.pillhillpress.com/flesh--bone-rise-of-the-necromancers.html
Zero Gravity: Adventures in Deep Space ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 06/30/2010 Intergalactic SF
$25.00 http://www.pillhillpress.com/zero-gravity.html
Silver Moon, Bloody Bullets ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 05/15/2010 Werewolf-themed, with strong elements of horror
$10.00 http://www.pillhillpress.com/silver-moon.html
While the Morning Stars Sing ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 01/31/2010 Spiritually infused speculative fiction
$5.00 http://www.resaliens.com/a-call-for-submissions/
Unspeakable: A New Breed of Terror ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 05/01/2010 Creature-based horror stories
$5.00 http://www.bloodboundbooks.net/submissions.html
D.O.A. ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 08/01/2010 Extreme horror
$5.00 http://www.bloodboundbooks.net/submissions.html
Music for Another World ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 04/30/2010 Intellectually exciting F/SF themed to music
$132.00 http://www.music-strange-fiction-submissions.info/2009/10/what-im-looking-for.html
Lightspeed Magazine Science Fiction $0.0500
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/



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11/15/2009 Market List Update


The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be on 12/15/2009.


Editor's Note

You may recall back in August, right after I had knee surgery, I talked about choosing an anthology and writing a story to submit to it. I was in a fair amount of pain and heavily drugged, and I could only write tiny amounts at a time. My point was that even when you can only do a little bit, it's worth doing instead of giving up. Well, they accepted it! "Missing You in Pieces" will be published in the upcoming Dead Bells anthology.

This month I've been thinking a lot about motivation and production goals when writing. I read an article about setting achievable goals that resonated. Writing is one of those things that there's always more of, and it's easy to feel like the only way to get a break from it is to procrastinate. The article makes the excellent point that instead of a to-do list, perhaps what we need is a done-after list: a set of easily achievable goals after which we are guilt-free done for the day. Step one is figuring out what achievable goals actually are--how long certain tasks take. I've been trying it out. Counter-intuitively, by trying to do less, I'm getting more done. As in all things, YMMV.

Things Shiny or Useful

* Tips on reading your writing aloud: http://www.sfwa.org/2009/08/reading-aloud/
* 20 tips on query letters: http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/PermaLink,guid,d2d3d106-8d27-4698-aa25-3df73e67f73e.aspx
* A detailed approach to self-editing, plus, um, scarf stuff! http://naturalartificial.blogspot.com/2009/10/scarf-weather-answers-part-eleven.html
* Write characters, not Mary Sues: http://bethanyharvey.com/blog/posts/2007/07/write-characters-not-mary-sues/
* On Outlines, Peskiness of: http://ilona-andrews.livejournal.com/384315.html
* Turn Your Book Into An IPhone App: http://blog.writersdigest.com/norules/2009/10/23/TurnYourBookIntoAnIPhoneApp.aspx
* Step-by-step guide to self-editing plot: http://www.writersdigest.com/upload/images/PDF/Revising%20Plot.pdf
* Common themes in a prompt-based short story contest (I always find these fascinating--it's good to know the common paths writers' minds take, so I can make my stories more unique): http://writersweekly.com/the_latest_from_angelahoycom/005676_10282009.html
* What to do if your story is used without permission: http://writersweekly.com/ask_the_expert/005679_10282009.html

Featured Market
Beneath Ceaseless Skies wants character-focused literary adventure fantasy set in other worlds.

We want stories set in what Tolkien called a "secondary world": some other world that is different from our own primary world in some way. It could be different in terms of zoology (non-human creatures), ecology (climate), or physical laws (the presence of magic). It could be set on Earth but an Earth different from our primary world in terms of time (the historical past) or history (alternate history). It could have a "pre-tech" level of technology, or steampunk technology, or magic as technology, or anything else that's not advanced or modern technology. However, the setting should contain some element that is in some way fantastical.

The inhabitants of this secondary world should have developed their own culture in response to the uniqueness of their world. The characters should fit this culture, and the qualities of the secondary world should have some bearing on the plot.

...We prefer styles that are literary but readable. We love gorgeous, poetic prose, but in genre fiction it's vital that the style be clear enough so the reader can understand what's happening. Our favorite prose styles are lush but still clear.

...We prefer stories that are as original as possible, particularly in the setting. We are unlikely to enjoy stories featuring elements we have seen repeatedly, such as elves or barbarian swordsmen or an opening scene in a fantasy tavern, unless they present that element in a unique new way.

The basics: Fantasy, prefers less than 10,000 words, no reprints, pays $.05/word.

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
HorrorWired ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/15/2009 Horror $0.0500
http://www.deliriumbooks.com/site_news/delirium-opens-to-submissions/
Bull Spec F/SF $0.0500
http://bullspec.blogspot.com/2009/11/welcome-to-bull-spec.html
Short-Story.me! F/H/SF and mystery $0.0100
http://www.short-story.me/submission-guidelines.html
Golden Visions Science fiction, fantasy, spec-fic, mild horror $0.0025
http://goldenvisionsmagazine.homestead.com/NewGuideLines.html
Mercury Retrograde Press – Hermes Imprint SF/F and interstitial novellas $0.0000 $0.00 http://www.mercuryretrogradepress.com/submissions.asp
Day Terrors ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 01/01/2010 UNTIL FILLED Horror in broad daylight
$10.00 http://theharrowpress.com/2009/10/call-for-stories-day-terrors/
Aether Age ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 11/15/2009 – 01/30/2010 Shared world SF