Legend: (W)
The Writer; (IDLM&SP) Int’l Directory
of Little Magazines & Small Presses;
(N&SSWM) Novel &
Short Story Writer’s Market; (SPR) Small Press Review;
(P&W)
Poets & Writers
Lunch Hour Stories (www.lunchhourstories.
com),
22833 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Ste. 102, PMB 1117, Bothell, WA 98021.
16 issues/yr. $26 for a subscription.
Email:
editor@lunchhourbooks. com.
Guidelines on website.
Short stories
published one at a time for easy and quick “lunch hour” reading.
Seeking previously unpublished
mainstream or literary fiction, 4,000-8,000 words.
Also accepts some genres: mild suspense, mystery, fantasy
and sci-fi, as long as the story appeals to a general audience. NO children’s, religious, romance or erotica.
Read “Tips for Better Stories” on
their web site.
No query necessary.
Submit hard copy to:
“Submissions” at above address.
Response time: two months.
(W)
Think,
Christine Yurick, editor, PO Box
454, Downington, PA 19335.
Published 4 times/yr.
Subscription: $20. Sample: $6. 50 pgs.
The philosophical theme of
Think adheres to that
of Ayn Rand, and focuses on form, structure, plot, reason and
rationality.
Accepts poetry, fiction, art,
criticism, letters, parts of novels, long poems.
The journal is devoted to, but not restricted to, the
individual works of writers who live by, and believe in, Ayn
Rand’s objectivist views.
No info on response time, rights
purchased, or payment. (SPR).
Main Street Rag,
PO Box 690100, Charlotte, NC
28227-7001.
Guidelines on web site:
www.mainstreetrag.com.
Or send SASE for details and guidelines.
Seeking short fiction to fill two
anthologies with the following themes: (1) unique small-town
characters and (2) eccentric women.
No deadline. When editors have
enough material to fill an anthology, they will close
submissions.
No info on payment or rights. (P&W)
Diversion
Press (www.diversionpress.com)
or email questions:
diversionpress@yahoo.com.
A new small press, seeks book
proposals for how-to, slice of life, academic and other
nonfiction works. Also seeking children’s books, fiction and
nonfiction, short stories and poetry.
Visit website for submission
guidelines and more information regarding payment, rights, etc.
(P&W)
The Wittenburg Door,
Editorial Offices, PO box
1444, Waco, TX 76703.
Web site:
www.thewittenburgdoor.com. Email:
dooreditor@earthlink.net. Religious humor
and satire magazine. Bi-monthly. $29.95/yr.
Articles run 250-800 words.
Interviews to 2,000.
Also accepts single-panel cartoons—pays $50 each.
From the editor: “Our readers are
highly educated pastors, priests, rabbis, active lay people plus
a large contingent of folks who’ve been burned by toxic churches
of preaching…Break in by sending us funny stuff about religion
that has a (usually subtle) redemptive point…”
Queries not necessary.
Send ms. via email attachment or hard copy.
Pays on publication for FNAR.
Response within 3 months.
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Aethlon,
Joyce Duncan, editor in chief,
Sport Literature Association, Box 70270 ETSU, Johnson
City, TN 37614. A print journal designed to
celebrate the intersection of
literature with the world of play, games and sport.
Publishes works about sport and
sport literature, including original fiction and poetry, juried
scholarly and critical essays, and book reviews.
All submissions must relate to sports.
No info on rights purchased,
payment or response time. (SPR).
C O N T E S T S
Atlantic Pacific Press Drama
Prize,
Christine Walen, Editor, 279 Gulf Rd.,
South Dartmouth, MA 02748. Phone: (508) 994-7869, and (774)
263-2839. Web site:
http://atlanticpacificpress.com.
Guidelines: SASE to above address
or
abcworks@att.net.
Sample copy: $10 postpaid.
Winning stage
play to be published in Summer and Fall 2009 issues.
Fee: $2.50 nonrefundable entry fee.
Deadline: January 30, 2009. (P&W)
Delacorte Press Contest for a
First Young Adult Novel,
Delacorte Press Contest, Random
House, Inc., 1745 Broadway, Fl 9, New York, NY 10019. Full
guidelines at
www.randomhouse.com/kids/writingcontests
Book-length mss with a
contemporary setting for readers 12-18. Open to YA novelists.
Deadline:
December 31.
Winner receives $1,500 cash, book
contract and $7,500 advance.
NEWS OF INTEREST
More market resource material for
writers is available on the internet than in print these days.
Anyone with access to the web via a home computer or a
library can take advantage of these web sites. Most are free.
Here are a few that have been around for a while:
www.duotrope.com
offers a free submissions tracker with a database of more than
2,000 listings for short stories, poetry, novels/collections,
with info on payment, reprints and more.
www.forwriters.com
offers market and event listings, and
writer organizations.
www.agentquery.com
is a free, searchable database of agents.
www.easywaytowrite.com
is a blog run by Rob Parnell that is filled with free market
info including poetry, flash fiction and e-zine fiction that
pays.
www.kidmagwriters.com
offers the latest news on writing for kids as well as paying
children’s markets.
www.writergazette.com
is
a long-lived site that offers free articles, info on submissions
and freelance work and contests.
www.thepoetrymarket.com
is a free
monthly e-zine that posts markets, contests, reviews and news.
www.ralan.com
is a free market source for all kinds of genre writing: sci-fi
and fantasy mostly.
For a fee (monthly or annually):
www.writersmarket.com
is the bible of market listings, updated
daily to give subscribers the most current information
available.
If you have a favorite web site
that you go to for inspiration, market resources, employment,
etc., let us know.
Send either Cynthia or Sandy a note and we will list it in a
future issue of Calliope.