Fiction: Publishing & Markets II

Frederic Murray, M.L.I.S.Reference Librarian

Review Major Concepts

Study the Market Polish your Work Follow Submission Guidelines

Review Major Concepts

Study a magazine’s guidelines Word Count, Manuscript Format, Dates

Check a magazine’s website New Information, Opportunities

Read several current issues of the target Learn what the editors are publishing Learn what their readers are expecting

Submit Professionally

Polite Formal Businesslike

Be Aggressive

Fiction Markets Contests & Awards Conferences Small Presses Consumer Magazines Vanity/Self-Publishing

Contests & Awards Can Launch a successful career Most require a small submission fee: 10-15$

Again, do the research Read the requirements carefully. Do you match the

guidelines? Are you qualified? Find out about the previous winners.

Contact before submitting, a lot of small magazines fold every year.

Conferences Workshops

Feedback, Editorial Help, Publishing Tips Quiet beautiful places to work

Networking Opportunities Meet other writers, agents, publishers

Affords Discipline: Scheduled Writing Time

Small Presses Best Place to shop your short stories In lieu of payment, free copies awarded Outside of Awards/Contests best Market

around If you don’t like what you find…Start

your own.

Consumer Magazines

Esquire Atlantic Monthly Good Housekeeping

Most do not accepted unagented fiction submissions

Journals

Poets & WritersThe Writer World Literature Today

Published by University of Oklahoma

The New Wave? Relentless Aaron Penguin Books Fictlets

Query & Cover Letters

201 killer cover letters, by Sandra Podesta, Andrea Paxton

175 high-impact cover letters, by Richard H. Beatty

Gallery of best cover letters, by David F. Noble

Al Harris Library has 26 books on this topic….

Reference Books Writer’s Market 2007: R 051 W93

Literary Market Place 2007 (LMP): R 070.5025 L712

Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities: R 070. 5088865 C111

Poet’s Market: R 070.5 P752

Thanks

And Good Luck !

Frederic Murray, M.L.I.S.