Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Market News

We've got a couple of links that came via SMFS this morning.

The first is a contest for unpublished authors sponsored by the Love is Murder writers conference. They're looking for stories up to 5000 words postmarked by July 16. The winner will be published in CrimeSpree magazine. You can find out about the conference and the contest here http://www.loveismurder.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=16&Itemid=24

And BV Lawson posted a link to an article about short story writer Deborah Eisenberg which was quite interesting. I do wish though, that crime fiction short story writers could garner the attention that the literary short writers do. But at least the shorts are getting their due. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100422/ap_en_ot/us_books_short_story_genius

Shroud Magazine will be opening for submissions on May 1. They have a short window for submissions this year as they will only be open until July 31, so you'll only have three months to get a story submitted. They accept stories up to 5000 words in the genres of dark mystery, horror, dark fantasy, and suspense. They're also having a special Fall/Halloween Issue with a different submission email so pay close attention to that portion of the call if you want to submit a Halloween story. This is a paying market with a $10 flat fee for flash stories and a $25 flat fee for shorts. You can find all the details at http://shroudmagazine.com/info.html And if it matters to anyone, they've recently been put on the approved list for the Horror Writers of America.

And I found a new crime magazine over at Duotrope this morning. Criminal Class Press already has three issues of their Review under their belts. This is a print publication that claims "The writing in our journal is so crass and honest it would be hard to find anywhere else." I'm assuming they haven't read Crime Factory or Needle yet. Their home page is http://www.criminalclasspress.com/ and you can find their submission guidelines here www.criminalclasspress.com/contact.htm This is a non-paying market (there was no mention of pay in the guidelines at all, so I'm assuming non-paying) accepting stories of 12 to 20 pages.

2 comments:

Charles Gramlich said...

Shroud magazine. I like their name.

sandra seamans said...

They're a very well-thought of print magazine, Charles. They've published some of the bigger names in horror so they have a good track record even though they're fairly new.